Yuri Kozyrev

Yuri Kozyrev, Russian: Юрий Козырев, (born 1963 in Moscow) is a Russian photojournalist. Kozyrev is based in Moscow, but spent an extended time in Baghdad for Time.[1]

Career

As a photojournalist for the past 20 years, Yuri Kozyrev has covered every major conflict in the former Soviet Union, including two Chechen wars. Immediately after September 11, 2001, he was on the scene in Afghanistan, where he documented the fall of the Taliban.

Kozyrev lived in Baghdad, Iraq between 2003 and 2009, as a contract photographer for TIME Magazine. He has traveled all over Iraq, photographing the different sides of the conflict. Since the beginning of 2011, he has been following the Arab unrests, traveling in Egypt, Bahrain, Libya and Yemen.

Yuri Kozyrev has received numerous honors for his photography, including several World Press Photo Award for pictures from Chechnya, Iraq, Beslan, Libya. He was the recipient of the Overseas Press Club Oliver Rebbot Award in 2004 for his Iraq coverage. In 2006, he was the recipient of the ICP Infinity award for photojournalism and he won the 2008 Frontline Club Award for his extensive coverage of the Iraq war.

In 2011, Yuri won the Visa d'or News for his body of work: "On Revolution Road". Since February, Yuri traveled to Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and Libya to cover the Arab revolts for Time magazine. With this prize, organized by the international festival of photojournalism Visa Pour l'Image, some of the most renowned international picture editors acknowledged the best report published between September 2010 and August 2011. He also won both Trophee and Public Prize at the Prix Bayeux-Calvados for his work "Dispatch from Libya".

Awards

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Exhibitions

Books

References

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  4. "2003, Yuri Kozyrev, 1st prize, General News stories", World Press Photo. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  5. "2004, Yuri Kozyrev, 2nd prize, Spot News stories", World Press Photo. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  6. "The Olivier Rebbot Award 2002", OPC Overseas Press Club of America. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  7. "Infinity Awards 1996-2006", International Center of Photography. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  8. Judith Townend, "Frontline winners announced: Yuri Kozyrev takes the main award", Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  9. "2008, Yuri Kozyrev, 1st prize, Portraits", World Press Photo. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  10. Olivier Laurent, "Yuri Kozyrev wins Visa d'Or award", British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  11. 1 2 "Top Honors for Yuri Kozyrev at Visa pour l'Image", Time Lightbox, 12 June 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  12. 2011 results, Prix Bayeux-Calvados. Accessed 18 February 2012.
  13. Anna Nemtsova, "Yuri Kozyrev: Walking the revolution road", Russia beyond the Headlines, 24 October 2011. Accessed 18 February 2012.
  14. Exhibition notice, Centre de photographie de Lectoure. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  15. Exhibition notice, War Photo Limited. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  16. Notice for online and print exhibitions, November Eleven. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  17. List of exhibition notices, Site officiel de la tapisserie de Bayeux, 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  18. Exhibition notice, Site officiel du Prix Bayeux-Calvados, 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  19. Exhibition notice, Foundation for Development of Visual Communication: Objective Reality. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  20. Exhibition notice, La petite poule noire. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  21. European Week in Tbilisi, Georgia. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  22. Exhibition notice, C'est à Sète, 27 May 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  23. Exhibition notice, War Photo Limited. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  24. Michel Puech, "Perpignan Visa pour l'Image 2011", La Lettre de la Photographie. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  25. Exhibition notice, 10b photography gallery. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  26. "Palmares 2011 du Prix Bayeux - Calvados des correspondants de guerre", site du Conseil Général du Calvados, 30 September 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  27. Exhibition notice, M55 Projects. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  28. Exhibition notice, Periscopio Vitoria. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
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