The Associated Press 🤖Bad Bunny made it clear at the Super Bowl that his global popularity translates seamlessly to the biggest U.S. stage, AP's Maria Sherman writes in her review of the halftime show.
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One photo that captures tenderness amid chaos in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong hits
Judy Bertuso feeds her husband Apollo in a tent on a basketball court in Quezon City. Apollo, 65, is recovering from a stroke. They left their home a day earlier, fearing floods from Super Typhoon Fung-wong. The typhoon, the most powerful to threaten the Philippines this year, brought winds up to 185 kilometers per hour. It battered the northeastern coast on Sunday, forcing over a million people to flee. Inside the court, families occupy rows of tents. Despite the storm outside, Judy continues to care for Apollo, embodying resilience amid chaos.
Kathy Willens, pathbreaking Associated Press photographer who captured sports and more, dies at 74. (#KathyWillens was an awesome colleague #APPhotos #photojournalism)
Kathy Willens, pathbreaking Associated Press photographer who captured sports and more, dies at 74
A pathbreaking photojournalist who helped cement women’s place behind the lens during her nearly 45-years career at The Associated Press has died. Kathy Willens was 74. Nephew Ben Willens says his aunt died Tuesday at her Brooklyn home of ovarian cancer. It was diagnosed shortly after her 2021 retirement. Willens was among The AP’s first female staff photographers, joining the news cooperative in 1976. She went on to shoot more than 90,000 images — of presidents and Pope John Paul II, protests and war, sports triumphs and human tragedy. Specializing in sports, Willens became a photographer of such stature that the New York Yankees paid tribute to her when she retired.
Rest in peace #RonEdmonds you were a class act. “Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Ron Edmonds dies. His images of Reagan shooting are indelible #APPhotos #AP
Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Ron Edmonds dies. His images of Reagan shooting are indelible
Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds has died. He was 77 and died Friday night in Virginia. Edmonds was new to the job covering the Reagan White House when the president went to a Washington hotel in March 1981 to give a speech. Edmonds was in place for an exclusive series of pictures taken across the roof of Reagan’s limousine as Reagan was struck by shots fired by John Hinckley Jr., and then shoved down and into the vehicle. It sped to the hospital where doctors saved the president’s life. That coverage and those indelible images won Edmonds the Pulitzer for spot news photography. Edmonds retired in 2009.
An AP photographer explains how he captured the moment of eclipse totality #LMOtero #APphotos #AP #eclipse
One Extraordinary Photo: An AP photographer explains how he captured the total eclipse
Photographer Mat Otero works for The Associated Press in Dallas, Texas, just inside the path of totality for this week's solar eclipse. He created a solar filter and brought three cameras to the Dallas Zoo for the big event. Clouds rolled in. He thought he’d be skunked. Then, for just a few minutes, they parted during totality. Laying on his back with a tripod, he made a spectacular photo, showing the reddish trails of plasma looping off the sun’s surface. The image captured a fraction of a second in time, but Otero says he felt like it was a secret look into the cosmos.
Gene Herrick, AP photographer who covered the Korean war and civil rights, dies at 97 #APPhotos #AP #GeneHerrick #journalism #AnonymousPhotographer
Gene Herrick, AP photographer who covered the Korean War and civil rights, dies at 97
Gene Herrick, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and is known for his iconic images of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement, died Friday. He was 97. In 1956, Herrick photographed Rosa Parks being fingerprinted during the boycott that followed her refusal to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. That same year, Herrick captured an image of King smiling while being kissed by Coretta Scott King on the courthouse steps. Herrick joined the AP at age 16 during World War II and retired in 1970 to start a new career working with the developmentally disabled.
Hal Buell, who led AP's photo operations from darkroom era into the digital age, dies at 92
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Hal Buell, who led AP's photo operations from darkroom era into the digital age, dies at 92
Hal Buell, who led The Associated Press’ photo operations from the darkroom era into the age of digital photography over a four-decade career that included 12 Pulitzer Prizes, has died. He was 92. Buell died Monday in Sunnyvale, California, where his daughter lived, after battling pneumonia. Colleagues described Buell as a “visionary” who encouraged photographers to try new ways of covering hard news. Buell spent a large part of his AP career as the editor in charge of the news services’ photos. He worked in 33 countries, with legendary AP photographers including Eddie Adams, Horst Faas and Nick Ut.
Climate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs off the Texas coast are thriving #APPhotos #AP #LMOtero #journalism #coral #reef
Climate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs off the Texas coast are thriving
Far off the Texas coast there is a beautiful surprise in the Gulf of Mexico that draws divers from around the world: a stunning amount of coral coverage on undersea mountains. Sheltered in deep, cool habitat about 100 miles from shore, the coral reefs found in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary are among the healthiest in the world. But scientists say that like all reefs, they are fragile, and their location will only offer protection for so long in the face of a warming climate. The kind of devastating bleaching that has hit other reefs during the summer's record-breaking heat is among the top concerns of the federally protected area's acting supervisor.
Covering the heat wave in sizzling Phoenix, an AP photographer recounts a scare from heat exhaustion
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Covering the heat wave in sizzling Phoenix, an AP photographer recounts a scare from heat exhaustion
Associated Press photographer Matt York, who has covered Arizona for 23 years, recently was caught off guard by the heat wave that has shattered records in Phoenix. The 50-year-old York photographed life in the city for six of seven days as temperatures hovered above 110 Fahrenheit. On Tuesday, he went in for a medical procedure to remove a skin cancer spot and learned he was suffering from heat exhaustion and was at risk of a heart attack. He shares his story as a cautionary tale to help others.