'It was his empathy that made him a great photojournalist' Tributes pour in for Reuters photojournalist Yannis Behrakis who died at 58
Yannis Behrakis takes a self portrait after surviving an ambush by Revolutionary United Front rebels in the jungle of Sierra Leone when Kurt Schork and Miguel Moreno were killed, May 2000. most decorated and best-loved photographers, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.
"You won't see anyone so dedicated and so focused and who sacrificed everything to get the most important picture." "One of the best news photographers of his generation, Yannis was passionate, vital and intense both in his work and life," said US general news editor Dina Kyriakidou Contini. "My mission is to tell you the story and then you decide what you want to do," he told a panel discussing Reuters Pulitzer Prize-winning photo series on the European migrant crisis.Kurdish refugees flee close to the Iraqi-Turkish border, April 20, 1992 [Yannis Behrakis]. He came across a Time-Life photography book as a young man, which prompted him to enrol in a private photography course. His love affair with the trade had begun.
The pictures he produced won awards and admiration among the tight-knit community of war correspondents, who noted his rare ability to find beauty amid chaos and for his courage to be at the heart of the action. Behrakis took the picture from a high position and used a slow speed/zoom technique to create a dizzying sense of movement.
Albanian gunmen demand payment from civilians hoping to board a ship for Italy near the port of Durres, Albania, March 3, 1997 [Yannis Behrakis]. "His memory helped me to 'return' to covering what I consider the apotheosis of photojournalism: war photography," Behrakis wrote. Konstantinidis, also part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team, described Behrakis as a tough, demanding mentor who led by example.
But it also brought out the best in a photographer who focused on the dignity of humans in distress rather than making them objects of pity.
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