Le Journal de la Photographie

After Abbottabad, Part 1 Photo by Stephen Crowley After Abbottabad, Part 1. ”The week following the successful operation against Osama bin Laden, President Obama’s approval rating in one poll climbed dramatically. Last month, 46 percent of Americans said they approved on his overall job performance; this week, 57 percent gave him thumbs up. Step... After Abbottabad, Part 2 Photo by Aqeel Ahmed/AP After Abbottabad, Part 2. ”The compound in which Bin Laden lived, and died, drew photographers of all kinds. Here, a woman photographs her daughter at the gate of Abbottabad’s best known tourist attraction.” Photo by Aqeel Ahmed/AP, ”Lens”, New York Times Afghanistan, Part 1 Photo by James Nachtwey Afghanistan, Part 1. ”Afghanistan is the world’s leading producer of opium poppy, despite U.S. efforts to halt the drug trade, and from 2005 to 2009 the number of heroin addicts within the country has grown by 140 percent. James Nachtwey’s photo essay, titled “The Lost Souls of Kabul,” depicted t... Afghanistan, Part 2 Photo by Larry Towell Afghanistan, Part 2. ”In the wake of bin Laden’s death, New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson’s dispatch from Khost Province came with a question: Is it time for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan? Photographer Larry Towell provided the imagery, including this photograph of U.S. soldiers arresting men su... Yemen, Part 1 Photo by Hani Mohammed/AP “Lens,” New York Times Yemen, Part 1. ”The scene here has become the great visual cliché of the Arab Spring uprisings—angry demonstrators in crowded streets, fierce faces and fists raised for photojournalists’ lenses. The dynamism and expression of this Yemeni boy, photographed during a demonstration in Sana, makes Han... Yemen, Part 2 Photo from Yemen Lens/AP “Lens,” New York Times Yemen, Part 2. ”In this shot, there are no crowds, only disorder as demonstrators block a road in Taiz during clashes with Yemeni security forces. The New York Times reported that the security forces opened fire in an effort to break up the demonstration, killing two protesters.” Photo from Yemen... Uganda Photo by Marc Hoffer/AFP/Getty Images USA Today Uganda. ”Police in Kampala created a striking visual by firing water colored with dye at a group of demonstrators in Kampala. Note to all security forces: Spraying purple water is an almost certain way to get the world to focus on your methods of crowd control.” Photo by Marc Hoffer/AFP/Getty Ima... Ukraine Photo by Pavlo Palamarchuk/AP “Lens,” New York Times Ukraine. ”What looks like a movie scene is very real: An unidentified man waved his pistol as Ukrainian nationalists and a pro-Russian groups tangled in Lviv during a commemoration of Germany’s surrender in World War II.” Photo by Pavlo Palamarchuk/AP, ”Lens”, New York Times Missouri Photo by David Carson St. Louis Post-Dispatch Missouri. ”In the U.S., weather remained a top story of the week, as the swollen Mississippi River crested at near-record high levels. To lower water levels upstream, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spectacularly blew a giant hole in levee in Mississippi County, Missouri, allowing water to spill... Kentucky Photo by John Gress/Reuters Sports Illustrated Kentucky. ”The Kentucky Derby comes with abundant tradition, like mint juleps and very strange hats. The event’s most honored visual tradition is the shot of horses racing toward the finish line, shot from inside the rail with the landmark spires of the Churchill Downs in the background. The addi... Portaits Photo by Christopher Anderson New York Portaits. ”The deaths of photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros focused attention of the dangers that war photographers face. Christopher Anderson, a veteran combat photographer himself, made portraits of a number of his colleagues, who appear as apparitions in a half-world away from... Cover Story, Part 1 Photo by Men’s Health Cover Story, Part 1. ”One of the more controversial images of the week appeared on the cover of Men’s Health magazine. It shows Illinois congressman Aaron Schock shockingly exposed in an unbuttoned shirt. The magazine dubbed Schock, who is a Republican, as “America’s Fittest Congressman,” which i... Cover Story, Part 2 Photo by Annie Leibovitz Vanity Fair Cover Story, Part 2. ”Curvy singer Katy Perry covers the June issue of Vanity Fair. Some viewers saw a resemblance between Leibovitz’s photo and a lingerie advertisement featuring striptease artist Dita Von Teese, but the photographer denied any copying.” Photo by Annie Leibovitz, Vanity Fair