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'''Finbarr O'Reilly''' (born 1971) is a Welsh-born Irish/Canadian<ref name=fin>[http://www.reportageatrifestival.it/eng/?p=2021 Finbarr O’Reilly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722051014/http://www.reportageatrifestival.it/eng/?p=2021 |date=2011-07-22 }} Reportage Atri Festival. Retrieved on 31 December 2010</ref> [[photographer]]. He is a regular contributor to ''The New York Times''. O'Reilly won the 2019 [[World Press Photo]] First Place prize in the Portraits category, and also won the [[World Press Photo of the Year]] award in 2006. He is co-author of the joint memoir with U.S. Marine Sgt. Thomas James Brennan, ''Shooting Ghosts'' (2017).
'''Finbarr O’Reilly''' (born 1971 [[Swansea]]) is an award-winning [[Canadians|British/Canadian]] [[photographer]], and the co-author with Sgt. Thomas James Brennan of ''[http://www.shootingghosts.com Shooting Ghosts]'', a joint memoir by a conflict photographer and U.S. Marine whose unlikely friendship helped both heal their war-wounded bodies and souls (Viking/Penguin/Random House, August 2017). O'Reilly won the premier award of the 49th annual [[World Press Photo]] contest in 2006. He has been a Harvard Nieman Fellow (2012-2013), a Yale World Fellow (2015) an Ochberg Fellow at Columbia University's Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma (2014), a MacDowell Colony Fellow (2016), and a writer in residence at the Carey Institute for Global Good (2016).


==Early life and education==
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==Life==
O’Reilly was born in [[Swansea]] in [[South Wales]] and raised in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] until he moved with his family to [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], [[Canada]] at the age of nine.<ref name=fin/>
O'Reilly was born in [[Swansea]] in South Wales and raised in [[Dublin]], Ireland until he moved with his family to [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada at the age of nine.<ref name=fin/> He attended high school at [[Vancouver College]].{{cn|date=February 2023}}


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==Life and work==
He was later a Toronto-based arts correspondent for ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' and then spent three years writing pop culture and entertainment pieces for the ''[[National Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=325&type=gallery&Itemid=115&bandwidth=low |title=World Press Photo |publisher=World Press Photo |date= |accessdate=2010-12-03}}</ref>
After high school he became a Toronto-based arts correspondent for ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' and then spent three years writing pop culture and entertainment pieces for the ''[[National Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=325&type=gallery&Itemid=115&bandwidth=low |title=World Press Photo |publisher=World Press Photo |date= |accessdate=2010-12-03 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718212038/http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=325&type=gallery&Itemid=115&bandwidth=low |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He joined [[Reuters]] as a freelance correspondent based in Kinshasa, Congo in 2001 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2010/nov/24/finbarr-oreilly-reuters-helmand-photography |title=Featured photojournalist: Finbarr O'Reilly &#124; Art and design &#124; guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date=2010-11-25 |accessdate=2010-12-03}}</ref> before moving to Kigali, Rwanda, where he became the Reuters Africa Great Lakes correspondent from 2003-2005. He turned to photography in 2005 and became the Reuters Chief Photographer for West and Central Africa, based in Dakar, Senegal from 2005-2012, when he took a sabbatical year off to study psychology as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard. Upon returning to Reuters, he was posted to Tel Aviv as a Senior Photographer for Israel and the Palestinian Territories. He covered the 2014 Gaza War from inside the Strip before leaving Reuters to write ''Shooting Ghosts'' with Thomas James Brennan, a U.S. Marine who he had met during one of his assignments to Afghanistan.


He joined [[Reuters]] as a freelance correspondent based in [[Kinshasa]], Congo in 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2010/nov/24/finbarr-oreilly-reuters-helmand-photography |title=Featured photojournalist: Finbarr O'Reilly &#124; Art and design|publisher=The Guardian |date=2010-11-25 |accessdate=2010-12-03}}</ref>
==Work==
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In 2003 he co-produced ''The Ghosts of Lomako'', a documentary about conservation in the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]. In the same year he co-directed the documentary, ''The Digital Divide'' about technology in the developing world.<ref name="fin" />
He is one of several prominent journalists featured in Under Fire: The Psychological Cost of Covering War, a documentary short-listed for a 2012 Academy Award. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/11/documentary-under-fire-shows-that-war-is-hell-for-journalists/248232/ The film won a 2013 Peabody Award http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/cbc-documentary-channel-s-under-fire-wins-peabody-award-1.1307150


From 2003 to 2005 he was the Reuters [[African Great Lakes]] correspondent in [[Kigali]], Rwanda.{{cn|date=February 2023}}
As a 2013 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, O'Reilly spent an academic year researching psychology with a focus on conflict-induced trauma. He is also a 2014 Ochberg Fellow at the DART center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York.
He turned to photography in 2005 and from 2005 until 2012 was the Reuters Chief Photographer for West and Central Africa, based in [[Dakar]], Senegal.{{cn|date=February 2023}} In 2012 he took a sabbatical year off to study psychology as a [[Nieman Fellowship|Nieman Fellow]] at Harvard with a focus on conflict-induced trauma.{{cn|date=February 2023}}


Upon returning to Reuters,{{when|date=February 2023}} he was posted to [[Tel Aviv]] as a Senior Photographer for Israel and the Palestinian Territories. He covered the 2014 Gaza War from inside the Strip before leaving Reuters in 2015.{{cn|date=February 2023}}
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The international jury of the World Press Photo contest selected a color image of O'Reilly of Reuters as the World Press Photo of the Year 2005. The picture shows the emaciated fingers of a one-year-old child pressed against the lips of his mother at an emergency feeding clinic in [[Niger]].


O'Reilly is one of several journalists included in ''Under Fire: The Psychological Cost of Covering War'', a documentary which won a 2013 Peabody Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/cbc-documentary-channel-s-under-fire-wins-peabody-award-1.1307150|title=Entertainment - CBC News|website=www.cbc.ca}}</ref> shortlisted for a 2012 Academy Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/11/documentary-under-fire-shows-that-war-is-hell-for-journalists/248232/|title=Documentary 'Under Fire' Shows That War Is Hell for Journalists|first=Sean|last=Coons|publisher=The Atlantic}}</ref>
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In 2003 he co-produced ''The Ghosts of Lomako'', a documentary about conservation in the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]. In the same year he co-directed the documentary, ''The Digital Divide'' about technology in the developing world.<ref name="fin" />

In 2014, he was an Ochberg Fellow at the [[DART Center for Journalism and Trauma]] at [[Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism]] in New York{{cn|date=February 2023}}, in 2015 a [[Yale World Fellows]]{{cn|date=February 2023}} and in 2016 a MacDowell Colony Fellow {{cn|date=February 2023}} and a writer in residence at the [[Carey Institute for Global Good]].{{cn|date=February 2023}}

''Shooting Ghosts'' (2017) is a joint memoir with Sgt. Thomas James Brennan, a U.S. Marine who he had met during one of his assignments in Afghanistan.{{cn|date=February 2023}} Their unlikely friendship helped heal them after war.

==Awards==
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*2006: [[World Press Photo of the Year]] 2005 award of the annual World Press Photo contest. The color image shows the emaciated fingers of a one-year-old child pressed against the lips of his mother at an emergency feeding clinic in [[Niger]].{{cn|date=February 2023}}
*2019 [[World Press Photo]] First Place prize in the Portraits category{{cn|date=February 2023}}


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.finbarr-oreilly.com/ Finbarr O'Reilly's Website]
*{{Official website|www.finbarr-oreilly.com}}
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121008070100/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/kateday/100001074/fighting-photographic-cliches-finbarr-oreilly-and-gold-in-the-congo/ "Fighting photographic cliches: Finbarr O'Reilly and gold in the Congo"], ''The Telegraph''
* Shooting Ghosts book web site www.shootingghosts.com

*[http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/finbarr-oreilly/ "Finbarr O'Reilly"], ''The New York Times''
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*[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/kateday/100001074/fighting-photographic-cliches-finbarr-oreilly-and-gold-in-the-congo/ "Fighting photographic cliches: Finbarr O'Reilly and gold in the Congo"], ''The Telegraph''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101203070323/http://www.globalpost.com/bio/finbarr-oreilly "Finbarr O'Reilley"], ''The Daily Post''


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Finbarr O'Reilly
Finbarr O'Reilly (2022)
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Swansea, United Kingdom
NationalityCanadian
British
Known forAuthor and photographer
AwardsWorld Press Photo of the Year 2005

Finbarr O'Reilly (born 1971) is a Welsh-born Irish/Canadian[1] photographer. He is a regular contributor to The New York Times. O'Reilly won the 2019 World Press Photo First Place prize in the Portraits category, and also won the World Press Photo of the Year award in 2006. He is co-author of the joint memoir with U.S. Marine Sgt. Thomas James Brennan, Shooting Ghosts (2017).

Early life and education

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O'Reilly was born in Swansea in South Wales and raised in Dublin, Ireland until he moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the age of nine.[1] He attended high school at Vancouver College.[citation needed]

Life and work

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After high school he became a Toronto-based arts correspondent for The Globe and Mail and then spent three years writing pop culture and entertainment pieces for the National Post.[2]

He joined Reuters as a freelance correspondent based in Kinshasa, Congo in 2001[3] In 2003 he co-produced The Ghosts of Lomako, a documentary about conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the same year he co-directed the documentary, The Digital Divide about technology in the developing world.[1]

From 2003 to 2005 he was the Reuters African Great Lakes correspondent in Kigali, Rwanda.[citation needed] He turned to photography in 2005 and from 2005 until 2012 was the Reuters Chief Photographer for West and Central Africa, based in Dakar, Senegal.[citation needed] In 2012 he took a sabbatical year off to study psychology as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard with a focus on conflict-induced trauma.[citation needed]

Upon returning to Reuters,[when?] he was posted to Tel Aviv as a Senior Photographer for Israel and the Palestinian Territories. He covered the 2014 Gaza War from inside the Strip before leaving Reuters in 2015.[citation needed]

O'Reilly is one of several journalists included in Under Fire: The Psychological Cost of Covering War, a documentary which won a 2013 Peabody Award.[4] shortlisted for a 2012 Academy Award.[5]

In 2014, he was an Ochberg Fellow at the DART Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York[citation needed], in 2015 a Yale World Fellows[citation needed] and in 2016 a MacDowell Colony Fellow [citation needed] and a writer in residence at the Carey Institute for Global Good.[citation needed]

Shooting Ghosts (2017) is a joint memoir with Sgt. Thomas James Brennan, a U.S. Marine who he had met during one of his assignments in Afghanistan.[citation needed] Their unlikely friendship helped heal them after war.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Finbarr O’Reilly Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Reportage Atri Festival. Retrieved on 31 December 2010
  2. ^ "World Press Photo". World Press Photo. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  3. ^ "Featured photojournalist: Finbarr O'Reilly | Art and design". The Guardian. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  4. ^ "Entertainment - CBC News". www.cbc.ca.
  5. ^ Coons, Sean. "Documentary 'Under Fire' Shows That War Is Hell for Journalists". The Atlantic.
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