Christoph Bangert
Christoph Bangert has worked in Palestine, Japan, Darfur, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, the US, Lebanon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Iraq, where he spent about nine months in 2005 and 2006 on assignment for The New York Times. His work from Iraq is collected in his book "Iraq: The Space Between."
His pictures have been published in leading international publications and he regularly photographs on assignment for The New York Times, Stern Magazine and Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Bangert won awards from World Press Photo, POYi and others and participated in the Joop Swart Masterclass. After completing a 14 month long overland journey with his Land Rover across Africa he published a book called "Africa Overland" with National Geographic Germany in 2013.
Currently he is working on a long term project about the Fukushima nuclear disaster. His new book "War Porn" was released in May 2014.
Recent Posts by Christoph Bangert
Bangert and Chin Debate Value of "War Porn"
November 4, 2014 by Christoph Bangert, Alan ChinChristoph Bangert and Alan Chin have photographed gruesome scenes around the world and argued with editors about why they are important for the public to see. Earlier this year, Bangert published a new book, “War Porn,” in which he confronts the arguments and ethics over violent imagery in new ways. In a Dart Center exclusive, the two photographers sat down to discuss their work, its origins and impact.
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