Amos Chapple is a New Zealand-born photographer and picture researcher with a particular interest in the former U.S.S.R.
A well-known Belarusian photographer took on the authorities in an effort to fight back against the unauthorized use of his work for propagandistic purposes. But expert testimony questioning the uniqueness of his images doomed his case.
A controversy is escalating in Ukraine over a photo that seems to capture the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in a single frame. It could be one of the greatest war photographs ever taken – or a fake.
Thousands of kilometers from the Kremlin’s watchful eye, a plucky newspaper in Siberia is practicing its own brand of independent journalism and running a unique antipropaganda campaign after being tarred earlier this year by state-controlled Russian media.
