Contributor's note: Hi again everyone, Pat Nabong here. For those of you who haven't read my previous introduction, I'm a staff photojournalist at the Chicago Sun-Times. This week's newsletter highlights important work about the situation in Afghanistan and Haiti as well as efforts to help people on the ground. As usual, we also have some photography opportunities & inspiration listed below.
1. Photographer Kiana Hayeri chronicles Kabul's tension, her evacuation, and the guilt she feels for leaving people behind. She also had a wonderful piece in the NYTMag back in June (updated recently to reflect the current news) about the post 9/11 generation in Afghanistan. 

2. Photographer Fatimah Hossaini uses photography to challenge stereotypes about women in Afghanistan. 

3. ‘Just Watching With Horror’: Photojournalist Paula Bronstein was on assignment in Afghanistan in the final months before the Taliban takeover. Her photos and perspective document the country’s descent into chaos and confusion.

4. Here' a roundup of a few more Aghanistan-related links: Here is how news organizations rescued their Afghan colleagues. LATimes photographer Marcus Yam wrote a first-person story about a harrowing encounter. Katie Couric interviewed Lynsey Addario about the transformation she's seen there as a photojournalist who's spent the last two decades working in the country. CNN Reporter Clarissa Ward: I Fear for the Future of Afghan Women. There's also new reporting on Danish Siddiqui's last photographs, which cast light on his final hours, on the collapse of the Afghan military and on the risks faced by journalists who cover conflict. And lastly, stateside, Sacramento Bee photojournalist Renée C. Byer documented the large Afghan population in Sacramento as they waited anxiously for news from Kabul where relatives and friends with SIV visas attempted to leave the country. As a sidebar to that last one: In 2016, The Sacramento Bee’s extensive investigation of “No Safe Place” revealed the lives of Afghanistan SIV holders within the community.

5. As the conflict in Afghanistan takes center stage on mainstream media, we want to also highlight everyday life on @EverydayAfghanistan’s Instagram. 

6. HOW YOU CAN HELP: By supporting women journalists in Afghanistan through the International Women’s Media Foundation. Also, Stephanie Sinclair's non-profit Too Young To Wed is working to arrange the safe evacuation of 175 high-risk female Afghan journalists, activists, and their families, taking care to keep them together as much as possible during the arduous asylum process.
7. The devastating impact and challenging recovery from the earthquake in Haiti as seen through Joshua Lott and Andrea Bruce’s eyes. Haitian Black Women Photographers members are selling prints to help Haiti recover from the earthquake. 

8. A list of photography collectives in South Asia that are challenging visual narratives and “reimagining the region’s cultural histories.” 

9. NPPF’s Michele du Cille Fellowship is a $15K annual award to honor the memory of Michel du Cille has extended the entry deadline to AUG. 31. It's for visual storytellers in stills and/or video - the goal is to encourage photojournalists to cover topics of great importance in today’s changing world. AND the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Awards is open for submissions until October 6. 

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