Photographer of the Week: Tyler Hicks

 Tyler Hicks is a senior photographer that works for The New York Times , which started in 1999 when he came to Kenya as a contract photographer. His stories mainly focus on on East and West Africa. He was born July 9th. 1969 and currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya. He graduated from Boston University in 1992 With a B.A in journalism. What stands out about Tyler Hicks’ work is the harsh reality he captures in it. His work is uncensored, realness captured to show us the realities of what is happening in Africa and outside of the United States. He risks his life to capture these photos mid-combat and in life endangering situations. He brings to light the real world issues and struggles that we don’t really see here in the states. In 2013, Hicks captured a terrorist attack at a mall, where many were killed and injured. He witnessed everything from people being shot, windows and shops being destroyed, and most importantly, victims being human and helping protect one another.



Victims and witnesses help each other outside of the mall



This image, where people can be seen helping each other out of the mall, is my favorite from all the photos taken during the 2013 terrorist attack at the mall. It's my favorite out of all the photos taken because it captures a true demonstration of humanity and unity. The people seen in this demonstrate a variety of differences, such as race and culture, although this shows that those factors don't truly matter because we are all human and should stand by one another. 

Other evets and situations Hick has covered are "The Coronavirus Unleashed Along the Amazon River"

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