No surprise—John Moore won the NPPA 2008 Photojournalist of the Year Award. Moore, 41, is Getty Image’s Pakistan staff photographer. In general, his work is amazing. But Moore won for his spectacular pictures of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, which I featured here.
Breaking news photography at its finest: The blast that killed Bhutto.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at the rally where she died. Left, Bhutto leaves the stage to get into the pick-up, pictured at right. Both shot just before the blast pictured above.
At least 20 others died on that despairing afternoon.
Above, more examples of Moore’s work. Left, a protester hurls in rock in Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan 2006. First off, it’s illegal for journalists to travel to Quetta. Second, a whitey risks his life traveling to Quetta. Third, a whitey really wants to die when he goes to Quetta and stands in the middle of the street during a riot. Right, right now Moore’s in—oh yeah—Zimbabwe, another country where it’s illegal to be a journalist. This picture is of an awesome Harare supermarket and all the food not on the shelves.
By risking his life to tell the most important stories of our time, John Moore has captured life in its most fragile and unstable conditions. Many talk of “understanding the human condition” but few actively try to do so. Moore is unique—a seeker whose work transcends journalism to become documentary art.Wow.
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April 1st, 2008 at 3:12 am
Wow is right. Insane, incredible, incredibly insane.