On the heels of back-to-back A1 photos in the New York Times, The Columbia Journalism Review has an interview with freelance conflict photographer Moises Saman. Along with explaining how he got the shots that ran with stories on the WikiLeaks documents, Saman had a lot to say about his good friend and colleague João Silva, who lost both legs to a landmine in Afghanistan last weekend.

But when something like this happens there are many questions that go through your mind. You try to reconcile that sense of loyalty to a story—the reason you got into the business in the first place. You have to keep focused and continue to do your job. I still feel strongly that it’s very important to have independent journalism, especially from conflict zones.

On a side note, Foreign Policy has a gallery of Silva’s war zone work here.

Source: CJR