IRVINE, Calif. — Former Associated Press photographer Dang Van Phuoc, who was wounded multiple times during the Vietnam War and returned to capture the action even after losing an eye in an explosion, has died. He was 91. Phuoc died Saturday in Southern California after collapsing suddenly, his nephew, Van Nguyen, said. Phuoc was hired … Read more
NEW ORLEANS — Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement, has died. He was 86. Thornell died Thursday at a hospital in the New Orleans suburb … Read more
Photographer Chris Fallows, known for his dramatic photos of great white sharks breaching the water near Cape Town, South Africa, shared the stories behind his astonishing images of wildlife, from elephants and cheetahs to humpback whales and lions. Source link
When wildlife photographer Chris Fallows first ventured into the waters of False Bay, in Cape Town, South Africa, he saw a thriving community of great white sharks. They would hunt the tens of thousands of seals that lived on a nearby rock called Seal Island. A decade ago, Fallows saw 250 to 300 different great … Read more
Fadel Itani is no stranger to Israeli strikes in his hometown. The 39-year-old photographer from Beirut captured a stunning sequence of images in the early hours of Wednesday morning, showing an IDF missile demolishing a tower block in one fell swoop. Itani, a freelance photograher with more than 16 years experience, told NBC News that … Read more
Team USA’s Jack Hughes may have netted the game-winner against Canada, but a photographer captured an indelible moment of her own — an iconic photo of his gap-toothed grin after securing the first U.S. men’s hockey Olympic gold medal since 1980. “I just was kind of just doing my job. It wasn’t until maybe well … Read more