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Philly photojournalist in Ukraine documents early scenes of Russian invasion
The photograph of Helena’s bandaged deal with stared out at the planet on Friday early morning — one particular of the initially victims of the Russian invasion that the earth noticed on the entrance webpages of dozens of newspapers. Blood checkered the woman’s experience and leaked by means of the gauze bandages wrapped close to her head. She was hurt in a Russian airstrike that hit the japanese Ukraine town of Chuhuiv early on Feb. 24 just hrs after Russian forces launched a total-scale invasion. And Philadelphia-dependent freelance photographer Wolfgang Schwan was a person of the very first journalists on the scene to document her survival. “She was the initial…
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Longtime Photojournalist Mike Eliason Releases Santa Barbara Photography Book | Local News
In the parlance of photography, it’s called capturing the “decisive moment,” the split-second when the composition, emotion and technical elements come together in a perfectly timed image. You know it when you see it. Photographer Mike Eliason, 54, has been capturing decisive moments for the past 30 years, as a photojournalist, public information officer and hobbyist, earning a reputation as a top-tier photojournalist. At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Chaucer’s in Loreto Plaza, Eliason, an interminable introvert with a big smile and jolly disposition, will experience yet another special moment, but this time, he’ll be in front of the camera, with all eyes looking looking at him. Eliason will sign copies of…