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Gary Knight
Gary Knight (born 1964) is an Anglo-American photographer, editor and author. Co-founder of the VII Photo Agency, co-founder and CEO of the VII Foundation and founder and CEO of the VII Academy. Life and work Knight was born in 1964 in Oakham, England and was raised in the village of Knowle in the West Midlands. He attended Arden School and Solihull Sixth Form College. Knight left higher education midway through his first year and started to travel in Europe and the Middle East. He began working as a photographer in the late 1980s in South East Asia and Indochina from his home in Bangkok, Thailand. In January 1993, Knight moved to the former Yugoslavia where he became involved in documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the civil war. During this period he covered conflicts in Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans and worked widely in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia and the Far East (including North Korea) concentrating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakham
Oakham is the county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, east of Leicester, south-east of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. It had a population of 10,922 in the 2011 census, estimated at 11,191 in 2019. Oakham is to the west of Rutland Water and in the Vale of Catmose. Its height above sea level ranges from to . Toponymy The name of the town means "homestead or village of Oc(c)a" or "hemmed-in land of Oc(c)a". Governance Local governance for Oakham is provided for by the single-tier unitary Rutland County Council, which is based in the town. Oakham is a civil parish with a town council. Oakham, along with Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire and the rest of Rutland, has been represented at Westminster by the Conservative Member of Parliament Alicia Kearns since 2019. Having lain within the historic county boundaries of Rutland from a very early time, it became part of the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire from 1974 to 1997. Historically, Oakham had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Photo
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carey Institute
Carey may refer to: Names * Carey (given name), a given name * Carey (surname), a surname ** List of people with surname Carey Places Canada * Carey Group, British Columbia; in the Pacific * Carey Island (Nunavut) in James Bay United Kingdom * Carey, Herefordshire (see List of places in Herefordshire) * Carey Baptist Church, an independent Evangelical church in Reading, England United States * Carey, Alabama (see List of places in Alabama: A–C) * Carey, California * Carey, Georgia * Carey, Idaho * Carey, Ohio * Carey, Texas * Carey, Wisconsin * Carey, Wyoming, a locale near the eastern end of Wyoming Highway 95 * Carey Block, historic building in Wyoming * Carey Farm Site, a prehistoric archaeological site in Delaware * Carey Formation, a geologic formation in Oklahoma * Carey House (other), several * Carey Lake, a lake in Cottonwood County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Elsewhere * Carey Glacier, Antarctica * Carey Gully, South Australia * Carey Islands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the most prestigious and highly ranked universities in the world. The university is composed of ten academic faculties plus Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate academic disciplines, and other faculties offer only graduate degrees, including professional degrees. Harvard has three main campuses: the Cambridge campus centered on Harvard Yard; an adjoining campus immediately across Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston; and the medical campus in Boston's Longwood Medical Area. Harvard's endowment is valued at $50.9 billion, making it the wealthiest academic institution in the world. Endow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nieman Fellow
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University awards multiple types of fellowships. Nieman Fellowships for journalists A Nieman Fellowship is an award given to journalists by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. The fellowship is a transformative learning opportunity open to candidates working in all media in every country around the world. Some two dozen fellowships are awarded annually, half to Americans and half to non-Americans. As part of each class, specialized fellowships are also available: *The Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation *The Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism (open to U.S. candidates) *The Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships Additionally, "during years in which a watchdog journalist or investigative reporter from the United States is selected for a fellowship from the general application pool, the Nieman Foundation may offer the Murrey Marder Fellowship in Watchdog Reporting." The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants. Located within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans, a region of Southern Europe. Sarajevo is the political, financial, social and cultural center of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a prominent center of culture in the Balkans. It exerts region-wide influence in entertainment, media, fashion and the arts. Due to its long history of religious and cultural diversity, Sarajevo is sometimes called the "Jerusalem of Europe" or "Jerusalem of the Balkans". It is one of a few major European cities to have a mosque, Catholic church, Eastern Orthodox church, and synagogue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arles
Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of Provence. A large part of the Camargue, the largest wetlands in France, is located on the territory of the commune, making it the largest commune in Metropolitan France in terms of geographic territory. (Maripasoula, French Guiana, is much larger than Arles). The city has a long history, and was of considerable importance in the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. The Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1981 for their testimony to the history of the region. Many artists have lived and worked in this area because of the southern light, including Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Jacques Réattu, and Peter Brown. The Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh lived in Arles from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. Tufts remained a small New England liberal arts college until the 1970s, when it transformed into a large research university offering several doctorates;Its corporate name is still "The Trustees of Tufts College" it is classified as a " Research I university", denoting the highest level of research activity. Tufts is a member of the Association of American Universities, a selective group of 64 leading research universities in North America. The university is known for its internationalism, study abroad programs, and promoting active citizenship and public service across all disciplines. Tufts offers over 90 undergraduate and 160 graduate programs across ten schools in the greater Boston area and Talloires, France. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dispatches (magazine)
''Dispatches'' is a defunct quarterly political magazine founded in 2008 by photographer Gary Knight, journalist and author Mort Rosenblum, and pharmaceutical executive Dr. Simba Gill. It ceased publication after five issues. With its signature plain brown paper cover, its small book-size format, and at almost 200 pages in length, ''Dispatches'' did not resemble a typical news magazine. Nor did the magazines' emphasis on printed word (as opposed to online content) reflect the general trends in the media industry. Further, ''Dispatches'' was distinguished by its use of long-form journalism and photo-essay to explore a single topic of international relevance in each issue. Format Each issue of ''Dispatches'' focused on one topic in the fields of international relations and foreign affairs. Topics included "In America", "Beyond Iraq", and "On Russia". Contributors differed with each issue, as they were commissioned based on their experience and expertise in the topic being explored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mort Rosenblum
Mort Rosenblum (born 1943), is an American author, editor and journalist. Biography Rosenblum directs Reporting Unlimited, which includes the Mort Report: Non-Prophet Journalism, magazine assignments and book projects. Since 1963, he has reported on seven continents from about 200 countries and territories. At 17, Rosenblum left the University of Arizona in Tucson to work at the ''Mexico City Times'' and then wrote for the Caracas Daily Journal. After returning for a B.A. at the University of Arizona, he joined the Associated Press at Newark in 1965. His international career began in 1967, when the AP sent him to cover mercenary wars in Congo. Since then Rosenblum has run AP bureaus in Kinshasa, Lagos, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Singapore, Buenos Aires, and Paris. From 1979 to 1981, he was editor of the '' International Herald Tribune'' but later returned to AP as special correspondent, based in Paris. Rosenblum left AP in 2004, and in 2008, launched dispatches, a quarterly mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonin Kratochvil
Antonin may refer to: People * Antonin (name) Places ;Poland * Antonin, Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Antonin, Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Antonin, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Antonin, Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Antonin, Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Antonin, Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Antonin, Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship * Antonin, Zduńska Wola County, Łódź Voivodeship * Antonin, Masovian Voivodeship * Antonin, Podlaskie Voivodeship * Antonin, Pomeranian Voivodeship * Antonin, part of Nowe Miasto, Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship See also *Antolin (name) * Antonina (other) * Antonini (other) * Antonino (other) * Antoniny (other) * Antoninus (other) *Antoniu *Antonen Antonen is a Finnish language, Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Joose Antonen (born 1995), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Boulat
Alexandra Boulat (2 May 1962 – 5 October 2007) was a French photographer born in Paris. In 2001, she co-founded the VII Photo Agency. Her work has appeared in many magazines, including ''Time'', ''Newsweek'', ''Paris Match'' and ''National Geographic Magazine'' and she received numerous international awards. Life and work She was trained in graphic art and art history at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Before co-founding the VII Photo Agency in 2001 she had been represented by Sipa Press and by her mother's agency, Cosmos. Since 2006 she had been concentrating primarily on the conflict in Gaza. In June 2007, she suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm, and spent three weeks in a hospital in Israel in a medically induced coma An induced comaalso known as a medically induced coma (MIC), barbiturate-induced coma, or drug-induced comais a temporary coma (a deep state of unconsciousness) brought on by a controlled dose of an anesthetic drug, often a barbiturate such as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
