Michael Kamber: "I Want to Carry on the Legacy"
Over the past 20 years, tragedy and loss has marked much of Michael Kamber's work.
Typically, that loss belonged to the subjects inside his camera's frame; this year, however, the grief belonged to Kamber himself. In April, Michael's close friend and colleague Tim Hetherington was killed in Misrata while covering the Libyan war.
Michael talked frequently with his best friend about opening a gallery dedicated to photography and nonfiction stories in the Bronx.
"Tim was fascinated with finding new audiences. He didn't just want his work to be in magazines; he wanted his work to be out in communities," Michael recalls. "When Tim was killed, I just knew we had to create this space and we had to put this together to show his work and the work of other photojournalists."
With the wages he earned as a war photographer, and with help from his friends in the journalism community, Michael is bringing his and Hetherington's vision to the poorest congressional district in the United States.
More information on "The Bronx Documentary Center" can be found here.
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