This panel celebrates the exhibition Conversations on Conflict Photography, curated by Lauren Walsh and Keith Miller, in The Gallatin Galleries, and launches Professor Lauren Walsh’s new book of the same title.  It brings together award-winning photographer Nina Berman and the former director of photography of the Associated Press (AP), Santiago Lyon.

Moderated by Walsh, this discussion explores the complexities and ethical dilemmas of conflict photography in the contemporary moment—where the tools of warfare include chemical weapons, terrorists compete using visual propaganda, media literacy lags, and the critical line between documentation and exploitation is trickier than ever to define. This conversation among experts presents a penetrating look at the struggles of the craft and the practitioners who keep it alive, from brushes with death on the frontlines to the battles for space, resources, and attention in the media. 

Nina Berman has covered conflict in Bosnia and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and now focuses attention on the aftermath of war and contemporary political landscapes in the US. 

Santiago Lyon was an award-winning conflict photographer himself, and under his direction, the AP won three Pulitzer Prizes.