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About this episode

Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and humanitarian crises that have made headlines around the world since the end of the Cold War.He is a co-founder of VII Photo Agency, whose work is published worldwide by top magazines including: Fortune, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Vanity Fair, Paris Match and Stern. He has published two critically acclaimed collections of photography – “Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal”, and “Afghanistan: On the Road to Kabul”. He has contributed his wide-ranging body of work to several other books as well.With a special focus on exposing human rights violations, he has covered conflict and humanitarian crises in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and the Balkans. Most recently he has documented the wars in Darfur and the Dominican Republic of the Congo. His searing photographs have earned him some of the highest accolades in photography including awards from World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year, Overseas Press Club and the Leica Medal of Excellence. He regularly lectures at universities and seminars, and numerous museums and galleries have featured his work like The United Nations, The Louvre and The Council on Foreign Relations. Haviv also has been the central character in three films. National Geographic Explorer’s Freelance in a World of Risk deals with the hazards inherent to combat photography. The Serbian-made documentary Vivisect explores Serbian reaction to the “Blood and Honey” exhibit. Eyes of the World, examines Haviv as a witness to war and has been featured in film festivals around the world. In addition, Haviv has spoken about his work on The Charlie Rose Show, NPR, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, MSNBC and The Best Damn Sports Show Ever. Haviv has donated his time to photograph homeless teenagers for the Do1Thing project. www.do1thing.org

• Release Date

  Jan 28, 2009

• Runtime

  01:29