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BALAD, Iraq, May 27, 2008 – Iraqi security forces are taking “shooting” to a new level as they learn to use cameras in their quest to bring security and stability to their country. Iraqi special operations forces practice clearing a building during their combat camera course in March. Seven members of the ISOF graduated the first Iraqi instructed combat camera course May 6, 2008. The 10-day course teaches the soldiers the basics of the camera and how to successfully document activities and missions within their brigades. The first week of the instruction led the soldiers through the inner working...

KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq, April 28, 2008 – A hard-fought transition brought one Marine from shooting photos to shooting rifles. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew M. Oquendo, a scout with Company D, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, stands in front of a light armored vehicle at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, April 16, 2008. Oquendo, 22, from Paterson, N.J., joined the Marine Corps infantry after being a photographer for the U.S. Air Force. Photo by Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson, Regimental Combat Team 5   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Cpl. Andrew M. Oquendo, a scout with...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military says it has "convincing and irrefutable" evidence that an award-winning Associated Press photographer is connected to the insurgency in Iraq. The photographer, Bilal Hussein Zaidon, faces charges in the Iraqi Central Court based on the evidence, Pentagon officials said Monday. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell and other U.S. military officials would not say directly what charges he faced. They referred reporters to the Iraqi court system.

LONDON (Reuters) - An Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters in Iraq were killed in Baghdad on Thursday in what witnesses said was a U.S. helicopter attack but which the military described as a firefight with insurgents. Iraqi police blamed American military action for the deaths. Photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40, were killed in eastern Baghdad, the international news and information company said. The U.S. military said the pair died after a clash between its troops and insurgents. The incident was under investigation, it said in a statement. U.S. and Iraqi forces engaged "a hostile...

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2007 – An award-winning Air Force photographer routinely braves bullets and bombs to tell the military’s story through the lenses of his Nikon cameras. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock, a member of the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., is the Defense Department’s Military Photographer of the Year for 2007. Lock also earned that honor in 2002 and 2005. Defense Department photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Combat photographer Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock is the Defense Department’s Military Photographer of the Year for 2007. Lock also earned that honor...

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI ordained 22 men on Sunday in St. Peter's Basilica, including the son of the man who has been the Vatican's official photographer for decades.  Juan Carlos Mari was ordained as a member of the Legionaries of Christ, a conservative religious order, the order said. His father Arturo has been taking photographs of pontiffs on pilgrimages and during ceremonies for decades for the Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. The elder Mari was among the faithful in the pews on Sunday.  Benedict called for prayers for the new priests to persevere in their ministry and...

(SALEM) - Q Madp is the only person I know or know of that has dedicated his life to preserving the integrity of those who have died fighting for their nation overseas. Q is a photographer and he has his work cut out for him as the self-appointed unofficial photographer of NW military funerals. He travels to services and he is constantly on the move. When he isn’t driving or shooting pictures, Q spends his time researching combat statistics and adding names to the vast list that he hopes will eventually include every American lost in the combat theaters and...

Iranian photographer Jahangir Razmi, took 70 pictures of an execution in Kurdistan on Aug. 27, 1979. One picture (No. 20, below) won the Pulitzer Prize. It was, however, awarded to an unnamed photographer -- the only anonymous recipient in the 90-year history of the award. Mr. Razmi preserved 27 of the photos on a contact sheet and stowed it away in his home. Below are those photos -- made public for the first time. Photos: http://online.wsj.com/public/page/8_0004.html VIDEO - interview of WSJ reporter's story about identifying the photographer http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-iranpics0611-28.html

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Monday that an Iraqi photographer working for The Associated Press and held by the U.S. military since April was considered a security threat with "strong ties to known insurgents." Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said there was sufficient evidence to justify the continued detention of Bilal Hussein, 35, who AP said was taken into U.S. military custody on April 12 in the Iraqi city of Ramadi and held since without charge. He declined to elaborate on what that evidence was. "All indications that I have received are that Hussein's detainment indicates that he...

The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing. Military officials said Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen, was being held for "imperative reasons of security" under United Nations resolutions. AP executives said the news cooperative's review of Hussein's work did not find anything to indicate inappropriate contact with insurgents, and any evidence against him should be brought to the Iraqi criminal justice system. Hussein, 35, is a native of Fallujah who began work for the AP in September 2004....

Photographer Says 'Dame Edna' Punched Him May 03 9:43 AM US/Eastern SYDNEY, Australia Internationally renowned comic character Dame Edna Everage's alter ego, Australian actor Barry Humphries, punched a photographer who pursued him outside a Sydney restaurant Wednesday, his publicist said. The 72-year-old _ who has found enduring fame in the United States, Britain and Australia on stage and screen through the purple-haired housewife character he has been playing since the 1950s _ struck celebrity freelance photographer Malcolm Ladd, 54, publicist Suzie Howie said. Humphries became upset when Ladd followed him from Dee Bee's Cafe in Sydney's exclusive Double Bay where...

LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) - Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel A. McGovern, a combat photographer who filmed the aftermath of the atomic bomb detonations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, has died. He was 96. McGovern died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Laguna Woods. Weeks after the bombs were dropped in August 1945, McGovern began taking photographs that have since appeared in history books, newspapers, television shows and movies. Earlier during the war, McGovern photographed President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House. In 1943, McGovern flew missions as a cameraman while stationed in Chelveston, England. He survived two...

ATLANTA (AP) - Photojournalist Michael Evans, who captured an iconic image of a grinning Ronald Reagan wearing a worn cowboy hat, has died. He was 61. Evans died Thursday at his Atlanta home after having cancer for four years, the National Press Photographers Association said. In 1975, while covering Reagan's unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, he took the famous picture of the future president, which ran on the covers of Time, Newsweek and People magazines after the president's death last year. After Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980, Evans became the new president's personal photographer. For the next...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A lawyer who was Columbus' "naked photographer" says in a deposition for a bar association panel investigating him that his nude stalking of women was an addictive behavior. Stephen Linnen says he believes the time he served in jail and the counseling he has received will make him a better lawyer. Linnen, 34, pleaded guilty in September 2004 to 53 misdemeanor counts of public indecency, sexual imposition and criminal trespassing and was sentenced to 18 months in jail. He would jump naked out of bushes in front of women and take pictures of their shocked expressions. He'll...

REDMOND, Wash. - A professional skiing photographer attempting to document the harsh Argentine terrain where plane crash survivors once resorted to cannibalism died in a 4,500-foot fall, his family said. Carl Warren Skoog, 46, fell from the remote southern face of 22,210-foot Mount Mercedario in the Andes on Oct. 17 while working with a longtime ski partner, Rene Crawshaw. "It wasn't extremely dangerous. He just fell somehow, and he just couldn't get his ice pick in to stop him," said Crawshaw, who needed more than a day to trek out of the remote area to get aid. The pair had...

Canada demands justice over photographer murdered in Iran Wed Sep 21, 2005 Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew said he had told his Iranian counterpart that Ottawa expected justice to be rendered in the murder of Canadian-Iranian photographer Zahra Kazemi. Pettigrew had a rare meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. "I have indicated to him that Canada was determined in going to the bottom of Madame Kazemi's case," he told reporters. "That lady was raped, beaten and killed," he said. "Justice must be rendered... They owed it to Madame Kazemi,...

It is, everyone agrees, a beautiful picture. The subject, Erno Nussenzweig, is an 84-year-old retired diamond merchant who lives on a quiet block in Union City and spends his days reading the Torah. The photographer, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, has filled some of the world's top galleries with his work and also has published several books. Four years ago, their worlds unwittingly collided in Times Square, when diCorcia discreetly photographed Nussenzweig, who was wearing a black, wide-brimmed hat and buttoned overcoat. It is a simple but haunting picture. The photo went into a book that has since sold out, and diCorcia has...

Belmont Club History and history in the making Friday, December 24, 2004 "Insurgents want their stories told" -- Associated Press Little Green Footballs links to a Poynter Online press release here reproduced verbatim. From JACK STOKES, director of media relations, Associated Press: [This is a solicited letter regarding Salon's "The Associated Press 'insurgency.'"] Several brave Iraqi photographers work for The Associated Press in places that only Iraqis can cover. Many are covering the communities they live in where family and tribal relations give them access that would not be available to Western photographers, or even Iraqi photographers who are...

Freelance Journalist Arrested After Photographing Voting Lines POSTED: 6:10 am EST November 1, 2004 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A freelance journalist taking pictures of voters waiting outside the Palm Beach County elections headquarters was arrested after ignoring a deputy's orders to stop, sheriff's officials said. James S. Henry, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence. Sheriff's Deputy Al Cinque tried to stop Henry as he shot pictures of about 600 people standing in line to vote Sunday afternoon. Henry began running away, but Cinque tackled him, the Palm Beach Post reported. The...

Freelance journalist arrested after photographing voting lines Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A freelance journalist taking pictures of voters waiting outside the Palm Beach County elections headquarters was arrested after ignoring a deputy's orders to stop, sheriff's officials said.James S. Henry, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence.Sheriff's Deputy Al Cinque tried to stop Henry as he shot pictures of about 600 people standing in line to vote Sunday afternoon. Henry began running away, but Cinque tackled him, the Palm Beach Post reported.The deputy pinned Henry, 54, to the ground,...

Journalist Arrested After Photographing Voting Lines POSTED: 6:10 AM EST November 1, 2004 UPDATED: 12:47 PM EST November 1, 2004 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A freelance journalist taking pictures of voters waiting outside the Palm Beach County elections headquarters was arrested after ignoring a deputy's orders to stop, sheriff's officials said. James S. Henry, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., (pictured, left) was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence. Sheriff's Deputy Al Cinque tried to stop Henry as he shot pictures of about 600 people standing in line to vote Sunday afternoon. Henry began running away, but Cinque...

As they bent down to get detergent or stooped to find the right shade of eye shadow, the unsuspecting women shopping at Target didn't notice a man with a hidden camera taking pictures up their skirts and down their blouses. What the man, a middle-aged attorney from the suburbs, didn't notice was that Target's security team was secretly watching him, too

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UFO's over Utah? A local photographer snapped a picture this week that has people talking. Tommy Woodard is a photo librarian for the Utah Film Commission, and this past Tuesday he took this photo in Provo Canyon. Tommy Woodard, Photo Librarian, Utah Film Comm.: “Well it has the flying saucer shape that’s so familiar. A saucer, that’s all I can think of.” Tommy was in the canyon shooting still photos for a possible film location. He says when he took the shot of the mountainside, he never noticed the strange object. QUESTION: “Did you see that when you took the...

Here's a dilemma for you.... With all your honor and dignity what would you do? This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. Please don't answer it without giving it some serious thought. By giving an honest answer you will be able to test where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation, where you will have to make a decision one way or the other. Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous. Please scroll down slowly and consider each line - this is important for the test to work...

LOS ANGELES - Acclaimed fashion photographer Helmut Newton died Friday after his car sped out of control from the driveway of the famed Chateau Marmont hotel and crashed into a wall, police said. He was 83. Newton, whose work appeared in magazines such as Playboy, Elle and Vogue, was best known for his stark, black-and-white nude photos of women. Newton apparently lost control of his Cadillac while leaving the Hollywood hotel, said Officer April Harding, a police spokeswoman. It was unclear whether he became ill while driving. People were on the sidewalk in front of the driveway, and the car...

NEW YORK - Fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo, who shot covers for Cosmopolitan magazine for more than 30 years, died Tuesday morning of heart failure, his companion said. He was 81. AP Photo   Scuvullo was preparing for an assignment when he complained of feeling weak, and then collapsed, Sean Byrne said. Known for works ranging from enamel-on-canvas photo silkscreens to portraits of celebrities such as Grace Kelly (news) and Elizabeth Taylor (news), Scavullo was also recognized for his photographs of children. One of the most famous was his 1975 portrait of a young Brooke Shields (news). Byrne said his partner's...

Madonna is being sued by the son of Guy Bourdin over similarities between her recent "Hollywood" video and photos taken by Bourdin, a Parisian fashion photographer who died in 1991, according to the Smoking Gun. Are the allegations true? Judge for yourself with screen captures from the video next to the (11)photos that they most closely resemble, posted by a site dedicated to the photographer. While many worry that the Internet creates a fertile ground for appropriating the creative output of artists, this situation demonstrates how the Internet can make clear the relationships between derivative work and inspiration, putting the...

CALIFORNIA —A Sacramento City College student photographer who was arrested while covering an anti-war protest in San Francisco is no longer facing charges by the district attorney. Nick Varanelli, a photographer for The Express student newspaper, was arrested during March anti-war protests in downtown San Francisco. Varanelli said the San Francisco Police Department did not accept his newspaper-issued press pass and arrested him along with 2,300 other people. He was charged with rioting and blocking traffic and detained for eight hours, he said. A hearing was set for June 18, but just days before Varanelli was supposed to appear in...

MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- Two Newsday journalists who disappeared from Baghdad may have been detained by Iraq's government, the newspaper's editor said Saturday. Reporter Matthew McAllester and photographer Moises Saman were last heard from Monday, and the newspaper has been unable to obtain information about their whereabouts from Iraqi officials, said editor Anthony Marro in a statement. Journalists expelled from Iraq have told Newsday that security officials on Monday came to the Baghdad hotel where they were staying and questioned reporters. Some were taken from the hotel. No one saw McAllester and Saman removed, but their room was empty...

Woman Supposedly Meeting Photographer Missing Foul Play Feared In DisappearanceWoman Supposedly Meeting Photographer Missing Foul Play Feared In Disappearance UPDATED: 9:47 a.m. PST February 20, 2003 LOS ANGELES -- Police asked for the public's help in finding a 21-year-old woman who disappeared on Saturday after saying she was going to meet a photographer in Beverly Hills who told her she had an unusual look. "A preliminary investigation disclosed that Kristine Louise Johnson was last seen leaving her residence in Santa Monica on Saturday afternoon," Lt. Frank Fabrega said Wednesday. "The circumstances behind her disappearance are suspicious in nature and a...

Photographer arrested for shooting alcohol-related incidentsBy DANNY BERNARDINI/MediaNews GroupA night of taking pictures of alcohol-related arrests landed a Chico State University journalism student in jail."I wasn't drunk, stoned or on Vicodin like everyone who was in there," Misha Osinovskiy said after his 6 a.m. release from the Butte County Jail in Oroville Sunday morning. "People said I looked too civilized to be in there."Osinovskiy, who was covering Labor Day events in downtown Chico Saturday night for Chico State's newspaper The Orion, was arrested for violating section 148.9 of the California Penal Code: providing false identification to a peace officer.He said...

Nature photographers Galen, Barbara Rowell killed in plane crash LOS ANGELES (AP) — Friends and admirers lined up at the gallery of nature photographers Galen and Barbara Rowell to express grief over their deaths in a plane crash. The Rowells, whose works were published in National Geographic and several books, were passengers in a charter plane that crashed in the eastern Sierra Nevada while they were returning home from a photo workshop Sunday...See link for rest of article.

By Ha'aretz Staff, Anat Cygielman, Ha'aretz Correspondent, and agencies IDF troops arrested a Reuters photographer in the Gaza Strip last Wednesday, for what military sources said were his links to terror activities. Suhaib Jadallah Salem, 22, who was intercepted while traveling to Rafiah, at the southern end of the Strip, was in possession of a hand grenade when he was seized, military sources said. Salem, who was driving in a vehicle belonging to the international news agency, was heading for Egypt to board a flight to the soccer World Cup, being held in Japan and South Korea, where he was...

Israel army holds Reuters photographer near Jenin   JENIN, West Bank, April 20 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian news photographer working for Reuters on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday. Mahfouz Abu Turk, 52, was with a Reuters news crew returning from a tour of Jenin's devastated refugee camp when troops detained him at a checkpoint just north of the city. Soldiers checked the documents of the three journalists, questioned them and searched their bags before taking Abu Turk aside. They put him under guard between two armoured personnel carriers to await further questioning. Rami Mardor, an assistant...

WASHINGTON -- She was only a forlorn, orphaned, 12-year-old Afghan refugee girl, but her face, with its haunting blue-green eyes, became one of the most famous and compelling images of our times. Photographed by National Geographic's Steve McCurry in 1984, Sharbat Gula appeared on the cover of that magazine as a symbol of all refugees in the aftermath of the long, terrible war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan. Now, another terrible war later, the remarkable girl with the extraordinary face has been rediscovered. "It was a moment of tremendous joy for me to see her again," said McCurry of...