Pulitzer Award winning photo journalist says David swanson,
“Have I been shot? Oh God, yes,” Swansan says, which is on assignment for Reuters. “Sometimes they do not go aim and not shoot.”
Violence has also been directed in the media. After robbing retail shops and the police used internet photographs to identify the suspects, some protesters threatened or attacked the media with cameras.
Almost everyone has a camera. Swansan says that the lines among the news photographers along with credentials and others are blurred, who claim to be media and sometimes agitate the authorities.
Los Angeles with the world, Reuters “”Day photosOn June 9, a person of Swansan with a widely published photo of Swansan with a Mexican flag between burning ruins.
Swanson’s image from Los Angeles for Reuters appeared worldwide News publication Also social media posts in many languages.
Gear and preparation
Swanson uses canon cameras with one 70-200 lenses On a camera and 28-70 mm lens On another.
Their gear includes a helmet for protection against rubber tablets and ballistic glasses, which may be in fog due to heat. On assignments, Swansan brings water, snacks and cliff protein bars.
risk level
With experience of over three decades Philadelphia InquareerSwansan documentation after the earthquake in Hurricane Katrina (2005) and Haiti (2010). they shared Inveeror2012 Pulitzer Award for coverage of school violence.
Swansan knows about the danger. He was embedded with American military units in Afghanistan in 2003 and Iraq in 2004, when she was shot in hand.
It is risky to cover the current opposition in Los Angeles, but is less deadly than covering the match.
Swansan said on June 10, “I (against Los Angeles) are not being killed.”
Swansan says that his goal is to drown in a chaotic situation without standing without standing: “We (photographer) (gun) do not want to go out in sites.”
A different type of fire
Swanson (Class of 1988, Ohio University) went to Los Angeles in 2019, working for major news outlets and expertise Fire photography,
How is different wildlife being separated by covering fierce protest in Los Angeles?
“Fire is a common enemy (fighting a forest fire),” Swansan says. “In this one (Los Angeles collision), all have their own agenda.”
Image Credit: David swanson Until otherwise notes are noted.
About the author: Ken Klein Silver Spring, lives in Maryland; He has retired after a career in politics, lobbying and media, including Associated Press and Ganate in Florida. Klein is an alumnus of Ohio University and a member of the Advisory Council of Dean of Scripps College of Communication. Professionally, he has worked for Fort Myrs News-Press (Ganenet), The Associated Press (Talhasi), Senator Bob Graham and Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAA).
