The Photo Brigade's video: Mohammed Elshamy - Photo Brigade Podcast 120

SUBSCRIBE! https://www.youtube.com/c/thephotobrigade?sub_confirmation=1 On this episode Robert chats with Mohammed Elshamy, a 22-year-old Egyptian photojournalist based in NYC who covers some of the world's most dire events such as the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, the political unrest and street violence in Egypt, the European refugee crisis, the armed rebellion in South Sudan, and much more. They discuss his career path and the physical and mental toll (PTSD) this sort of coverage has on photographers who document such issues. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Photo Brigade Podcast! Connect with The Photo Brigade! Blog ➟ http://ThePhotoBrigade.com Facebook ➟ https://www.facebook.com/PhotoBrigade Twitter ➟ https://www.Twitter.com/PhotoBrigade Instagram ➟ https://Instagram.com/PhotoBrigade Google + ➟ https://plus.google.com/+thephotobrigade MORE Audio Podcasts on iTunes ➟ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-photo-brigade-podcast/id625879517 Mohammed Elshamy (http://www.elshamy.me) is a 22-year-old Egyptian photojournalist based between Nigeria and Turkey working for the Anadolu Agency. In recent years he has covered all the major events in Egypt, street clashes, elections, business stories and the military coup of 2013. Since the outbreak of Ebola epidemic in West Africa he has been covering it in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, he has been one of the very few journalists to reach the most remote areas and villages in Sierra Leone and Liberia, depicting the huge problems caused by the epidemic. He has also extensively documented the aftermath of Boko Haram attacks in Northern part of Nigeria as he also followed social life and news. In the past year his work has taken him to South Sudan where he reported on the armed rebellion and escalating instability. Later on he worked on the refugee crisis in Europe and, more recently, documenting social and economic issues in Darfur, Sudan. In 2011, He became the youngest ever recipient of the Egyptian Press Award, at the age of 17. He's also the youngest participant to have been selected for the internationally renowned Magnum Foundation’s Human Rights Fellowship in New York University. Mohammed was also featured on Turning Points series by Lens Blog and was selected toa ttend New York Times portfolio review and The Eddie Adams Workshop in New York City in 2015.Mohammeds work has been featured across international press outlets, including Time Magazine, TheGuardian, CNN, EL PAÍS, Le Figaro, Wired Magazine, Aljazeera, Business Week,The Financial Times, Amnesty USA, NBC and The Huffington Post, among others. Mohammed worked for the Egyptian daily newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm. And now works as staff photographer with Anadolu Agency. THANK YOU: http://Adorama.com/events http://CPS.usa.canon.com http://Tenba.com Robert Caplin's website ➟ http://RobertCaplin.com