João Silva

thumb|President Barack Obama talks with New York Times photojournalist Joao Silva (cropped) João Silva (born 9 August 1966) is a Portuguese-born South African war photographer. He is the last working member of the Bang-Bang Club, a group of photographers who covered South Africa from the time of Nelson Mandela's release from prison in 1990, to the country's first multiracial elections in 1994. Quotes I have this fascination to be on the cutting edge of history [and] witness history firsthand. Somehow the camera gives us access to the most intimate moments in peoples' lives. I always understand that it's the history that I'm documenting — that's the whole point of being there. https://www.nprillinois.org/2011-04-20/two-war-photographers-on-their-injuries-ethics?utm Being behind the camera doesn’t exclude you from being there. It’s not a shield, it’s not a filter. External links João Silva (photographer) João Silva (photographer) Category:Photographers from South Africa Category: Living people Category:1966 births