Ron Haviv’s work has appeared in such magazines as Fortune, the
New York Times Magazine, Time, Vanity Fair, Paris Match and Stern.
He has published two extremely well received collections of
photography -- Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal and
Afghanistan: On the Road to Kabul - and contributed to several
other books as well.
He has covered conflicts and humanitarian crises in Latin America,
Africa, the Middle East, Russia, the Balkans, and most recently,
Darfur and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He has received awards from World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year
and the Overseas Press Club, and won the Leica Medal of Excellence.
His photographs have been widely exhibited, most notably at the
Louvre and the United Nations.
Haviv has been the subject of three documentary films. Freelance in
a World of Risk, made by National Geographic Explorer, is about the
hazards of being a war
photographer. The Serbian film Vivisect explores Serbian reactions
to the Blood and Honey exhibit. Eyes of the World, which has been
featured in film festivals throughout the world, examines the
nature of war journalism.
Works
Blood and Honey
The International Court of Justice for the first time has declared
that the massacre of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995 was an
act of genocide. The same ruling, however, determined that Serbia
can not be held liable for the crime, although it did aid ethnic
armies who carried out the massacre.
Amid the numerous photographs of the conflict in Yugoslavia, Ron
Haviv's work stands out as a unique record of the conflict, from
its beginnings in 1991 to the hostilities in Macedonia. From the
front-line trenches to the refugees behind them, his images of
poignant immediacy capture both the urgency and tragedy of war. Not
only are they a powerful testimony to the suffering of the Balkan
people, but also their importance is also historical.
For more images and information visit:
VII Photo: http://www.viiphoto.com/showstory.php?nID=278
Ron Haviv: Blood and Honey: http://photoarts.com/haviv/bosnia/test.html
Child Alert Darfur
For over three years, conflict in Darfur has torn apart the lives
of over 2.5 million people, mostly women and children. More than
200,000 people have been killed. Women and girls face the danger of
being attacked and raped while performing daily acts of survival,
such as gathering firewood. More than a million people have been
displaced by ethnic and political conflict in the region. Many
families pushed out of their homes have become refugees across
Sudan and into neighboring countries. Ron Haviv's images reflect
the resiliency of a people who continue to be torn apart by
internal conflict and the courage with which they face their
reality.
For more images and information visit:
VII Photo: http://www.viiphoto.com/showstory.php?nID=410
The Fires Within: Sri Lanka at
War
As the Sri Lankan civil war enters its 25th year any chance of a
diplomatic solution has been abandoned. The Sri Lankan Government
buoyed by recent capture of Tamil Tiger territory has decided there
can be a military solution to the conflict. Earlier this month, Sri
Lanka rejected demands for international monitoring of human rights
in the country, after the UN warned of a disturbing lack of
investigation into reports of killings and abductions. In recent
weeks, fighting between the government and the Tamil Tiger
separatists escalated in what many believe is a planned government
offensive to retake the remaining areas held by the Tigers.
For more images and information visit:
VII Photo: http://www.viiphoto.com/showstory.php?nID=647