Nie żyje fotoreporter Reutersa Yannis Behrakis

05.03.2019, 10:40

Yannis Behrakis miał 58 lat (screen Youtube.com/Estoril Conferences)

Zmarł Yannis Behrakis, jeden z najbardziej znanych i najczęściej nagradzanych fotoreporterów agencji informacyjnej Reuters.

Behrakis przegrał walkę z chorobą nowotworową. Miał 58 lat. Zasłynął, relacjonując konflikty zbrojne i kataklizmy naturalne, m.in. w Afganistanie, Czeczenii i Sierra Leone. W 2016 roku otrzymał nagrodę Pulitzera za fotoreportaż obrazujący kryzys uchodźczy w Europie.

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Yannis Behrakis, one of Reuters' most decorated and best-loved photographers, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 58. After joining the news wire 30 years ago, Behrakis covered many of the most tumultuous events around the world, including conflicts in Afghanistan and Chechnya,a huge earthquake in Kashmir and the Egyptian uprising of 2011. In the process, he won the respect of both peers and rivals for his skill and bravery. He also led a team to a Pulitzer Prize in 2016 for coverage of the refugee crisis. Colleagues who worked with him in the field said Reuters had lost a talented and committed journalist. What underpinned everything Behrakis did in his professional life was a determination to show the world what was happening in conflict zones and countries in crisis. He recognised the power of an arresting image to capture people's attention and even change their behaviour. That belief produced a body of work that will be remembered long after his passing. “My mission is to tell you the story and then you decide what you want to do," he told a panel discussing Reuters Pulitzer Prize-winning photo series on the European migrant crisis. “My mission is to make sure that nobody can say: 'I didn't know'." Follow the link in our bio to view more of Yannis’s images. Enric Marti/Handout via Reuters #photojournalism #yannisbehrakis #reuters #reutersphotos

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