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Every breath you take

Monday 9 December 2019

"I grew up in one of the most polluted cities in the world. So I thought that I would easily handle New Delhi’s winter, known as pollution season. I thought I was prepared for it," writes Jewel Samad, photo chief for Southeast Asia based in New Delhi. "Turns out it’s not something that you can prepare for."

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Killing me softly

Wednesday 17 October 2018

"Every time I cover a disaster like this, a little piece of me is lost," writes veteran photographer Jewel Samad after covering the aftermath of an earthquake and a tsunami in Indonesia that killed more than 2,000 people and left thousands more missing.

"The soft part of you, the part that feels, that cares, the human part I guess. It kills that part of you a bit. I can feel that it’s not as strong as it was before, when I first started being a photojournalist."

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Saving the shot

Friday 11 November 2016

New York City -- When I learned that the stage at Hillary Clinton’s election night party was shaped like the United States I rubbed my hands in anticipation. That was going to be THE shot that I got on election night -- a beautiful shot from above a mini US of its first-ever woman president-elect.

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Flying bulls in Manhattan

Wednesday 21 January 2015

"I’ve worked for AFP for nearly 15 years, and I can say I’ve covered pretty much everything – but this was my first rodeo," writes AFP's Jewel Samad after covering the PBR 'Monster Energy Buck-Off', billed as a showdown between the best bull riders in the world. "I went there thinking it could make a nice little feature, but after the first few riders, I was hooked."

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