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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Muhammed Muheisen




Muhammed Muheisen, a photojournalist for Associated Press since 2001, he has travelled to places such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Israel and returned with some of the most astounding and well known photographs of our recent years and recent turmoil around the world. He photographed the war, the lives of people and individuals involved in countless situations in these desert areas we find ourselves so commonly talking about here in America. He also, when in West Bank, began a set of photographs documenting local children that were living in refugee camps.
Over the past several years, Muheisen has received a numerous variety of different international awards for his dangerous and daring works of art. In  2005 he received the Breaking News Pulitzer Prize for his images of Iraq and an image of the annual Muslim pilgrimage won him the Picture of the Year award in 2007. 
I really enjoy Muheisen's work. Having been a photojournalist myself in high school, I enjoy seeing images of what is happening around our world currently, and he manages to capture the moment that is occurring, without disrupting the event itself. One of my favorite images is the wedding photograph with the man pointing the Israeli soldier's gun away from his child in a fit of rage and protection. My thought process? Who was the gun pointing at when the man pointed it away? Muhammed Muheisen... The man is capable of producing images that we can involve ourselves in in an emotional way without disturbing what is happening or posing the individuals involved in the situation. He captures what is happening, the emotion involved, and the beauty in the turmoil that is occurring... 

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