The Forgotten War
August 25, 2005 - ZUMA
Photojournalist Robert
King continues coverage from southern Afghanistan where he
is embedded with the 82nd Airborne. As part of the U.S.military objective,
the 82nd patrol and attempt to curb the country's drug trade. King accompanied
the 82nd and Afghani police on a drug bust where marijuana crops were
seized.
The 82nd faces regular dangers in this area as it's a known hotspot for
Al Qaeda sympathizers and Taliban fighters, who have vowed to disrupt
the upcoming legislative elections. King reports one of the greatest dangers,
and the cause of the rise in recent U.S. casualties, are IEDs. The patrol
he was with last night was hit by another IED but no one was hurt.
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more from Robert King. To book him on assignment, please
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zNews Update
The New Gaza Begins by Nadav Neuhaus/ZUMA
Press
ZUMA Press photojournalist
Nadav
Neuhaus witnessed history as Netzarim,
the last remaining Israeli settlement in Gaza, was evacuated. Neuhaus
described the process as "very symbolic and powerful." Both
the military and the settlers were visibly shaken as members of the
religious farming community of 500 worshiped in their synagogue for
the last time, then dismantled and marched with the community's menorah.
Neuhaus is currently completing a feature he began months ago on a family
of settlers. He spent time shooting them before the disengagement process
began, and has followed their move, and re-settlement into new, temporary
housing provided by the government. Stay tuned for more on this developing
feature next week.
Nigeria's Oil Mayhem by Mark Allen Johnson/ZUMA
Press
With oil prices reaching record levels, and world markets increasing their
dependence on West Africa's petroleum exports, the stability of oil producing
nations like Nigeria is more critical than ever.
Shaky and even violent clashes between oil companies and Nigerian locals
plague the industry with frequent production interruptions. ZUMA
Press photographer Mark
Allen Johnson spent over a month in Nigeria recently covering
this conflict. What he found was country overrun by finger pointers.
Local villagers complain that they have seen little benefit from the billions
of dollars being made from oil production. Instead, they claim their livelihood
is being stolen from them by widespread destruction of their farmland
caused by repeated pipeline leaks. Meanwhile, oil companies argue they
have contributed millions of dollars in contributions to the local economy.
Johnson says that much of his work in Nigeria was extremely risky as he
specifically tried to capture the conflict between the two sides. Local
officials were very sensitive being of accused of corruption, and thus
didn't want any pictures taken of their military assisting oil companies.
Despite being arrested over half a dozen times during his month long assignment
in the country, Johnson managed to capture very rare coverage of military
escorts for petroleum industry employees and extensive pipeline leaks/environmental
degradation--the root cause of so many conflicts.
zMusic
Personal Portraits of Basement Jaxx by Sarah Lee/eyevine/ZUMA
Press
Photographer Sarah
Lee just completed a portrait shoot with the Grammy award-winning,
UK house music duo, Felix
Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe of Basement Jaxx. The South Londoners rose
to popularity in the late 1990s after starting out in Brixton in 1994.
Hardcore clubbers and music editors will love these environmental portraits.
zSports
Rippin' up Waves by Karen Wilson/ZUMA
Press
ZUMA's Karen
Wilson is at the Rip
Curl Pro Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying
Super Series event, where the world's best are impressing crowds in Les
Bourdaines, France this week. Competing for the $150,000 title are surf
greats Samba Mann (Aus), Luke Stedman (Aus), Bruno Santos (Bra), Teppei
Tejima (Jpn) and more. This World Qualifying Series (WQS) event boasts
a format that mixes the top 100 WQS competitors along with the World Championship
Tour (WCT) (top 44) surfers into the one tournament.
zPeople
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is happy to announce the arrival of Dylan Thomas Rhoades,
the new son of our beloved Credentials Manager, Simone
Doering-Rhoades and her husband Stephen Rhoades.
Born on August 18 with the biggest smile you've ever seen on an infant,
Dylan weighed in at 9.2 pounds and measured 22 inches long. Please join
us in congratulating Simone and Stephen on the new addition to their
family.
While Simone is away on maternity leave, the lovely Jackie
Lovato will be assisting photographers with credentials. Please
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zEvent
The 17th International Festival of Photojournalism, Visa
Pour l'Image Perpignan, takes place in France next week and
ZUMA will be well-represented
at this most prestigious industry event. Scott Mc Kiernan,
ZUMA's Director and Founder,
Ruaridh Stewart, ZUMA's
Picture Desk Manager, plus dozens of ZUMA-represented
photojournalists and partners will also be on hand. If you plan on attending,
feel free to stop in on Scott and Ruaridh to catch up. They can usually
be found in meetings at the roof top café at the Palais
De Congress.
Like last year, ZUMA will
distribute the latest issue of DOUBLEtruck Magazine
at Perpignan--so be sure to pick up your copy for a sneak peek at this
high-impact slice of photojournalism before anyone else gets a chance
to.
See you there!
zReportage Update
People's
War: Nepal at a Crossroad - by ZUMA
photographers KASH GABRIELE TORSELLO & PETE PATTISSON
In any given year, 68,000 children serve time in the Philippines' prisons.
Most are illegally detained on trivial offenses, yet all face the same
cruel, abusive fate. Crammed together with adult inmates into sweltering,
standing room only cells, the juveniles live in constant fear and in
conditions amounting to nothing less than torture. Thanks to the PREDA
Foundation, one child at a time is being rescued.
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