Photographer Yuri Kozyrev was born in Russia in 1963 and has worked as a photojournalist for the past 20 years, covering every major conflict in the former Soviet Union, including two Chechen wars. Immediately after 11 September 2001, he was on the scene in Afghanistan, where he documented the fall of the Taliban.

During this interview, Kozyrev details how he lived in Baghdad, Iraq, between 2003 and 2009, working as a contract photographer for Time. He has traveled all over Iraq, photographing the different sides of the conflict. Since the beginning of 2011, he has been following the Arab unrests, traveling in Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, and Yemen, covering the conflicts there for Time Magazine.

In 2011, Kozyrev won the Visa d'or News for his body of work: "On Revolution Road". Since February, Yuri traveled to Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and Libya to cover the Arab revolts for Time magazine. With this prize, organized by the international festival of photojournalism Visa Pour l'Image, some of the most renowned international picture editors acknowledged the best report published between September 2010 and August 2011. He also won both Trophee and Public Prize at the Prix Bayeux-Calvados for his work "Dispatch from Libya".

Jim Brandenburg is one of the most renowned nature photographers worldwide. For many years he worked for the American "National Geographic" and has travelled the entire world throughout his career.

We all know his photographs through numerous publications, exhibitons or even documentaries that he has filmed for television.

In 2008 FotoTV. was able to do an extensive interview with him, where we learned a lot of interesting things about how he grew up and the path he has followed throughout his career.

The positive feedback we received to the the aforementioned two-parter brought us to ask Jim if he would be interested in doing another interview. We had the chance to do this during his exhibition in Iserlohn, Germany.

A lot has changed since the last time we talked with him. He has moved away from the big business with the "Big Boy Cameras" and has equipped himself with a "Toy Camera" to help him get back to the roots.

Enjoy this new three part interview and let the views of an old master put their spell on you!

We spent a day at Camera Work in Berlin with French Photographer Bettina Rheims to explore her latest exhibition. Her series "Gender Studies" is all about transgender.

The Web helped her recruiting people from across the globe who share this lifestyle. Not only the pictures, but the very models spoke for themselves, as the show featured voice recordings to accompany the images.

The encounter with the "third sex" ist just as peculiar as Rheims' earlier works "Chambre Close" and "I.N.R.I.", the latter of which is a contemporary portrayal of the bible.

We thank Camera Work for accessing their gallery and realising the interview.

FotoTV. could accompany Steve Thornton for an afternoon and had the opportunity to watch him do a photoshooting with model Swetlana Lobanova.

The fashion professional selected an old, dilapidated barn as location, which should give an optical contrast to the models clothing.

Lightingtechnically Steve limited himself to one flash, which is locked to a California Sunbounce Reflector.  Due to the reflector the illuminated area of the small flash is increased.  This results, in spite of a relatively small lightsource, a soft beautylight.

Apart from the flash, Steve relies on the sunlight of this warm summer afternoon and shows the possibilities given through the combination of flashlight and available light.