On Assignment

(C) Kim Ludbrook EPA   Fireworks fill the sky over Vancouver at the end of the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, 12 February 2010. Winter Olympic workflow.

As a South African photographer, the thought of editing images from
photographers during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games is very
intriguing;  mainly because I have never been in ‘real’ snow or seen any
winter sports with my own eyes.
Over the past two weeks I have been editing Winter Olympic images as part of
the EPA Photos and DPA [...]

(C) Kim Ludbrook EPA  The Times newspapers staff photographers, Alon Skuy (L) and Halden Krog (R) work in Soweto township during a service delivery protest. Are you a snob of a photographer?

http://rising.blackstar.com/where-do-you-rank-with-photography-snobs.html
Editorial photographers used to jump from one story to another. News was news — whether sports, conflict, celebrity or natural disaster. A photojournalist would shoot a head of state one hour and a celebrity the next. And he or she would do so with the same talent, the same intense [...]

(C) Kim Ludbrook EPA  A seriously injured man is photographed by local and international media after being shot by police forces during ongoing xenophobia clashes in Ramaphosa squatter camp east of Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 May 2008. Can news photographers become war paparrazi?

http://www.dvafoto.com/2008/09/a-pack-of-war-paparrazi/comment-page-1/
http://stateoftheart.popphoto.com/blog/2008/09/perpignan-satur.html

During the xenophobic violence in Johannesburg, South Africa that took place in 2008, an extraordinary situation occured that still has me considering the approach of photographers in conflict situations.
Running battles between the police and protesters left a man lying wounded by a rubber bullet and as he lay in pain waiting to be tended to [...]

Contestants in the annual Mr Gay South Africa add oil to their skin as prepare to go on stage at the final of the pageant at the State Theatre in Pretoria South Africa, 28 November 2009. You look gorgeous, darling!

Little did I know that this was going to be one of those days – a day I would feel totally inadequate!
In the space of six hours I had covered the fashion section of the 2009 Miss World Pageant and the grand final of the Mr Gay South Africa pageant in Pretoria.
I don’t know if [...]