Yannis Behrakis, a championed photographer, a committed journalist, a loving father and idol to many, passed away after a long battle with cancer. cancer yannisbehrakis
LONDON: Yannis Behrakis, one of Reuters’ most decorated and best-loved photographers, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.
“It is about clearly telling the story in the most artistic way possible,” veteran Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic said of Behrakis’ style. “One of the best news photographers of his generation, Yannis was passionate, vital and intense both in his work and life,” said U.S. general news editor Dina Kyriakidou Contini.
“My mission is to tell you the story and then you decide what you want to do,” he told a panel discussing Reuters Pulitzer Prize-winning photo series on the European migrant crisis.Behrakis was born in Athens in 1960. The pictures he produced won awards and admiration among the tight-knit community of war correspondents, who noted his rare ability to find beauty amid chaos and for his courage to be at the heart of the action.
“The picture was very strong and the body of the boy almost floating in the air,” he said of the image. “It almost looked like his spirit was leaving his body for the heavens.” Behrakis took a photo of himself just after the ordeal. The picture shows him staring up at the sky, his eyes dazed. He took a younger and less experienced photographer, Alkis Konstantinidis, under his wing at that time and the two became close.
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