Jean-Matthieu Gautier

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Acoy, Honey bees hunter from the Aetas tribe, Luzon island, Philippines.

At one point, Acoy, which had disappeared in the sweltering jungle, resurfaced suddenly from a thicket, announcing that he had spotted the hive on top of a bamboo.

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Manila, Philippines. A young mentally handicapped woman (“special”) stands on her bed in a room of the RAC (Reception and Action Center).

ALFRED & RAYMOND, two youngs “Specials” (mental handicaped) from Virlanie’s foundation “Aime” home, in Manila, Philippines, are playing in their room.

Au marché d’à côté, que l’on appelle “Marché Indien”, marché de toutes sortes de choses situé dans une rue piétonne par la force des choses (mais qui ne l’est pas du tout dans la réalité), du quartier de Silom, j’ai voulu faire un petit essai du Fujifilm 18 mm équivalent 28 mm acheté pendant la semaine pour venir épauler le merveilleux petit Fujinon 35 mm (équivalent 50) qui orne mon X Pro 1 depuis presque un an.

C’est un chouette petit outils, et une chouette focale et je m’étonne en somme qu’on en parle si peu. Il est discret et rapide (oui, rapide, contrairement à ce que l’on peut lire ici ou là à propos de la gamme X).

On ne peut cependant nier qu’il “pique” peu, mais quand bien même ? Il y a du plaisir à jouer avec ce genre de jouets et je crois bien que le plaisir - même dans un usage professionnel, ce qui n’est pas le cas ici - est essentiel. Sans le plaisir, il n’y a plus ni patience ni créativité, encore moins le désir de voir plus loin, ce qui est, il me semble une des bases de la photo.

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One year ago, legendary correspondent Marie Colvin and photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed in Homs, Syria. Evidence from eye witnesses suggests that the journalists were targeted by the Syrian regime in an attempt to limit exposure of the war’s atrocities. Their deaths struck an industry still reeling from a string of tragic losses, including the deaths of photojournalists Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington in Misrata, Libya, in April 2011.

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“It is unacceptable that those looking to report objectively from conflict zones around the world are deliberately singled out, targeted and murdered with impunity, with those responsible for their deaths not facing any repercussions. Without these journalists bearing witness, atrocities committed in war would go unremarked and it is an equal cruelty that their deaths go without justice. This is a situation that has to change. We are heading towards a day when it will be too dangerous for journalists to enter into or report from war zones.” - Aidan Sullivan, Vice President, Photo Assignments, Editorial Partnerships and Development for Getty Images and founder of A Day Without News?

A Day Without News?, launching today, will raise awareness of the risks faced by journalists and photojournalists in war zones, and lobby governments and tribunals to pursue and prosecute those who harm members of the news media. Many media professionals find themselves deliberately targeted when attempting to cover conflicts, and, while it is considered a war crime to do so, there has been little to no enforcement of this international humanitarianlaw.  Over the past decade, 945 photojournalists and correspondents have been killed while covering conflict zones, 583 of these without any resulting prosecutions as war crimes. Ninety journalists were killed in 2012 alone, the deadliest year on record.

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