FotoEvidence

25/08/2026

After a year of work, we are ready to share Journalism Is Not a Crime, the 2026 FotoEvidence Book Award publication.

This 376-page book brings together the photographs, testimonies and social media posts of 73 Palestinian journalists and photojournalists who documented the war in Gaza from 2023-2025, reporting what they witnessed while living through the war themselves. Some of the journalists whose work appears in these pages were killed while reporting.

Journalism Is Not a Crime was created to preserve this record and the voices of those who made it.

With an introduction by Palestinian journalist وائل الدحدوح Wael Al Dahdouh and a cover art, created exclusively for this publication by Belal Khaled.
Photo editor: Sarah Leen , Research and Curation Aruallan, Concept: Svetlana Bachevanova, Designed by Melike Taşcıoğlu.

Family and friends, including Al Jazeera reporter, Wael Al Dahdouh (2nd right), bid farewell to the bodies of journalists Hamza al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya in Rafah, Gaza. The journalists, Hamza al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, were reportedly killed when their car was bombed after reporting from the location of an air strike on a building that morning. January 7, 2024. Photo: Ahmad Hasaballah/ GETTY

A resident walks among the rubble of residential buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the Al-Zahra neighborhood of Gaza, October 19, 2023. Photo: Mustafa Hassona /AA

Samer Abu Daqqa, a 45-year-old Palestinian journalist, cameraman, and editor for the Qatari-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera Arabic, was killed in what is believed to be an Israeli drone strike in Khan Yunis of Gaza on December 15, 2023. Photo: Belal Khaled

Displaced Palestinians fleeing Northern Gaza Strip with their belongings along the Sea Road in Gaza City. September 12, 2025 Photo: Eyad Baba

People carrying sacks of flour walk along al-Rashid Street in Western Jaballa. June 17, 2025. Photo: Said Mohmad

During the holy month of Ramadan, Palestinian Tamer Hassan El Shafei breaks his fast with his wife and children beside the rubble of their destroyed home in Beit Lahia, Gaza,March4, 2025. Photo: SaherAlghorra / The New York Times

TRT World Middle East Eye Zeteo Clarissa Ward Mariam Abu Dagga

The book is available at the FotoEvidence bookstore online: https://fotoevidence.com/books/journalism-is-not-a-crime-by-palestinian-journalists-in-the-gaza-war

04/05/2026

“To change the world, we must first change the way babies are being born.”
— Dr. Michel Odent (1930–2025)

FotoEvidence’s new publication, Birth Wars by , is a powerful visual narrative about the pursuit of dignified childbirth and quality care.

The story unfolds in Guatemala and Mexico, where Indigenous communities have long relied on midwives, while medical institutions increasingly favor hospital births—often resulting in high rates of caesarean sections, unnecessary interventions, and experiences of disrespect and abuse.

Birth Wars explores the tension between a woman-centered model rooted in ancestral knowledge and today’s institutional birth practices.

Through intimate images and deeply personal narratives, the project reveals an ongoing struggle for women’s rights—the right to decide where, how, and with whom to give birth.

📍 Launch at ICP Book May 9 at 1 PM (EST)
✍️ Book signing with the artist 5pm (EST)

06/09/2025

Happening now in Perpignan

08/06/2025

„Украйна: Любов + Война“ – Дигитална изложба за руските военни престъпления

📍 От 12 до 15 юни на площада пред Народния театър „Иван Вазов“, София – първата дигитална фотоизложба за руските военни престъпления в Украйна.

📷 Над 700 кадъра от 149 фоторепортери от 29 страни, събрани в 3-дневно визуално преживяване, което няма да ви остави безразлични. Специално пространство – „тъмна стая“ – показва най-жестоките кадри. 72 часа безплатен достъп.

💬 Говорят очевидците. Гласовете на Георги Господинов, Владимир Карамазов, Койна Русева, Захари Карабашлиев, Кремена Халваджиян и други ще ви поведат през историите зад кадрите.

📡 Телемост София – Киев. Онлайн срещи с фотографите зад обектива: Пола Бронстийн, Вячеслав Ратински, Кристофър Окикоун, Гаел Гирбс.

📚 Базирана на книгите: „Украйна: военни престъпления“, „Украйна: любов+война“ и „Военни хроники“.

📅 Събитието във Facebook: https://fb.me/e/4R5tANNG2

🔗 Подкрепете инициативата: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukraina-liubov-i-voina

#Украйна #Фотоизложба #ЛюбовИВойна #КременаХалваджиян #ГеоргиГосподинов #ЗахариКарабашлиев

22/05/2025

Stacy Kranitz ( ) is the laureate of the 2025 FotoEvidence W Awar and her project After a Denied Abortion will be published in a book.

Three photographers were selected as finalists: with Seeing the Unseen
with The Crescent Moon and .irshad.mattoo with Good Story but Bad Narrative

The 2025 award called for work addressing the alarming rise of the right-wing populism across the globe and its threat to r hard-won progress for women, LGBTQI+ and other marginalized communities. The 2025 jury included: , , , , and

Stacy Kranitz lives in Tennessee, where almost all abortions are banned but where few resources are devoted to providing security for children once they are born. After a Denied Abortion follows Mayron Hollis, a recovering addict, who faced a life-threatening pregnancy but was not able to obtain an abortion. Her daughter Elayna was one of the first babies born after a denied abortion, following the overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the Supreme Court.

Kranitz followed Mayron and her daughter Elayna for a year, knowing the challenges they would face with Mayron's history with the child welfare and criminal justice systems, her history of addiction, her family's precarious finances, and Tennessee's poor outcomes for maternal health, infant mortality, and child poverty. She also knew that Elayna, born prematurely, would require significant ongoing medical care. The resulting visual story shows how one family's personal lived experience reveals many gaps in the social safety net in a post-Roe state, where abortions are not available.

"They forced me, basically, to have a child," Mayron said of the state after the abortion ban. But then, "they didn't help me take care of that child."

19/03/2025

THE JURY FOR THE 2025 FOTOEVIDENCE W AWARD REVEALED: Rehab Eldalil
, Maria Mann , Lauren Walsh , Evgenia Maximova and Svetlana Bachevanova (

This year the W Award seeks to highlight work addressing the alarming rise of the right-wing populism across the globe, threatening to roll back hard-won progress for women, LGBTQI+ and other marginalized communities. This movement often pushes for traditional gender roles, opposes reproductive rights, resists equal pay, and challenges self-expression, undermining the fight for equality and inclusion.

Deadline for applications March 25, 2025

11/03/2025

"During the Covid pandemic, I started the first OPEN DOORS for book proposals. I was sure that many photographers, confined for first time at home would start going through their archives and make sense of past and ongoing work. I met amazing people with great stories and ideas for their books. Some of them are in our bookstore.

During the conversation we’ll review your proposal and images, and talk about everything books, including: photo edit, design, printing options, writers, the audience, financing, distribution, and impact. Sign up soon to choose a time that fits your schedule. Keep in mind that I am based in France CET time.

https://fotoevidence.com/books/open-doors-for-book-proposals-2025-by-svetlana-bachevanova

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23/09/2024

UKRAINE: LOVE+WAR
New book by FotoEvidence- Robert Gerhardt tells the story behind in interviews with photographers for Blind Magazine
Natalie Keyssar, Diego Ibarra Sanchez Gaelle Girbes Carol Guzy David Guttenfelder, Fabio Bucciarelli, Timothy Fadek Photography, Maxim Dondyuk Pete Kiehart David Stuart Sarah Leen

Ukraine: Love+War looks at Russia’s aggression against Ukraine during the last decade, adding context to the current conflict.

25/08/2024

Panel Talk: Ukraine:Love+War by FotoEvidence Sarah Leen, Natalie Keyssar, Sasha Maslov, Wolfgang Schwan & Timothy Fadek Thursday Sep 5, 2024 | 6:30pm RSVP For the last two years, the FotoEvidence Book Award has recognized the collaborative effort of 95 photographers who have covered the Russian inva...