Capturing Tragedy: Behind the New York Times Lens 

Your sensitivity being human transcends through your photography. Bravo!

Hey Justin - dude - I love your stuff. I love it that you are the real deal, that's so important. I'm a photographer in Perth, Western Australia. I cover all the big events in the city, I'm always at national celebrations, protests, gigs. I'm used to brushing shoulders with the other professional photographers around the traps. We kind of all know each other now and watch our backs on a shoot. I'm saying this, because when an imposter turns up, they stick out like a sore thumb. There are so many imposters here on YT. They spruik themselves as professional photographers, but all they are is gear shufflers. You are not that, you are the real deal and I love it. Always look forward to your fantastic videos!

thanks for sharing your experiences❤

Thanks for sharing Justin. A very tough assignment but incredibly well covered from those photos. Respect.

Very emotional, Justin, and thank you for sharing. The essence of PJ is to bear witness to some event that is unfolding - and you certainly were doing so with this story. Power to you and all those PJs that bring us the news day in, and day out. So much happening in this world right now, and efforts like this are often taken for granted. As many have said, your channel is unique and it is such a great insight into photography without the usual YT spin. Take care.

You are right; this one brought tears to my eyes but it reminded me that I am human (and a softie too). It's true that photo-journalism is not for everyone (myself included). So, I tip my hat to all of you who represent this genre as ethically as you can. Be safe, Justin.

Super interesting. Thanks also for sharing some details of your camera and lens setup

Enjoying this series.

Lovely sensitive video about an important and interesting event and reporting. Thank you!

Really like these vids your doing Justin, very insightful

A nice addition to the series, Justin. You mentioned that you value formal training in photojournalism. Does this include a degree or college classes? What do you consider formal training? The thought process and real life tips (always keep your batteries charged) is always helpful! Keep it up!

Reliving some of the tragic events we cover as photojournalists can evoke a cascade of emotions. A few months ago, I posted a 50-year retrospective of my work on Facebook. In that time, I covered many situations I would like to forget. Unfortunately, some images are so burned into my mind that I will relive them until the day I die. I did not post those images, even though most were published. As you said, we compartmentalize our emotions to do the job, but the effect they have later makes us human.

Nice frames of a very sad/difficult situation. Respect.

Thanks for sharing. Just reviewing the work of Sabastiao Salgado and realizing that sometimes the difficult needs to be seen.

Really interesting and helpful to see and to hear your thoughts on your assignments. Thank you.

Justin, I really appreciate this segment that you made. Can you please offer some insight as to how to approach these very emotionally charged situations with the sensitivity that is needed, and without seeming intrusive?

Thanks for this video, man 🙂 This was a wonderful story - sympathetic and insightful. Good job. I'm here for other stories 😊

I love this series so much as I am weaving my way into the world of pphotojournalism, and these videos are so helpful and meaningful.

Hi Justin to my understanding in Cambodia More than 300 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a stampede at an annual water festival in Cambodia, watching your video it’s quite horrifying takes a lot of compassion to do what you just did even though you mentioned you have a lot of feelings that you have to hold back, again congratulations excellent work excellent reportage again good luck on your next assignments that you do. cheers from Las Vegas Mike🙏✌

Very interesting insights Justin. The Baltimore Bridge disaster is fresh news here stateside and I’m certain there are pro photographers experiencing some of this same baggage related to their work. And….in my experience, NOTHING someone is paid for, paid regularly for doing, and paid well for is ever as easy is it may look to others. Keep up the good work, your videos and stories inspire this amateur shooter right here.

it’s beautiful and knowing someone is out there capturing work with compassion and humility is huge. thank you for sharing

Well told. I also hope and believe good comes from sensitively telling tragic stories such as this.

Thanks for sharing, Justin

Thank you for sharing 😊

Hi Justin, this a whole different ball of wax compared to a nice street scene. I've wondered how people like Nachtwey deal with this stuff. Thanks for bringing it to us, its clearly distressing for you. Keep it coming mate. Thank you again.

Really appreciated this: difficult subject but good to talk about, and to get an insight into how the very moving images were captured.

Thanks for sharing your experience on this most difficult and important story. Possibly it takes just the right balance of a connection (with) and separation (from) your subjects and the story in order to effectively communicate with you viewers. Bravo.

Good video. Good photography. Important work. Thank you. - Tim.

You do good work despite the occasional tragic circumstances which separate us from our comfort zones. It is much more than pretty photography that most of us enjoy. It is much appreciated!

Well done Justin.

Thanks!

Good Photogernalism is reality through the lens, Great photojournalism is emotion through the lens .

Fascinating story and interesting photos. What camera and lens did you use most of the time? Thanks

I wonder what you thought of that new Civil War movie

Wow! Great story, great photos. On a visit to a third-world country, how do you choose where to eat? I'm sure you stick to bottled water, bottled Coke, and bottled beer.