December 6th, 2008
A nice plug on the show I am a part of with VII, ‘Georgia: The August War’
http://www.zoom-in.com/vii
and here:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/around_town/nightlife/Photojournalists-Bring-War-to-Brooklyn.html
and here:
http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/11/vii_gallery.php
December 3rd, 2008
On assignment in Georgia (the country) for the NGO War Child December 7 – 15.
November 25th, 2008
Advance notice of my new book, ‘Bastard Eden, Our Chernobyl,’ found on the PhotoEye booklist here:
http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/mShowDetailsbycatAmazon.cfm?Catalog=ZD595&i2=9781934334058
Books will be ready (signed copies available) mid-December, just in time for Christmas.
November 4th, 2008
VII Photo in association with Human Rights Watch and The Frontline Club presents a VII DUMBO opening of Georgia: The August War. The show is comprised of images from the work of photojournalists Marcus Bleasdale, Ron Haviv, and Donald Weber, who witnessed this swift and intense conflict between Georgia and Russia, providing a sweeping narrative of both the media’s prominent and controversial role, as well as the sheer senselessness of the war that erupted in August.
Reception: Tuesday, November 18th, 6pm
Show dates: November 13th – December 31st 10am-6pm
Curated by: Carroll Bogart & Denise Wolff
RSVP: viidumbo@viiphoto.com
28 Jay Street, DUMBO, Bklyn
October 23rd, 2008
A nice write-up from Sara Distin on the Hey, Hot Shot blog here:
http://www.heyhotshot.com/blog/2008/10/23/hey-hot-shot-donald-weber/
I submitted three photographs from ‘Bastard Eden, Our Chernobyl.’ Not sure why I went with this work, but it’s still very close to my heart and has the feeling of the most ‘completed’ body of work that I have done. Anyway, she was right on in her assessment of my photo of the orange Lada in the forest.
Please read!
October 12th, 2008
I will be giving a talk at Ryerson University as part of the Loyalist College Photojournalism program and the Ryerson Student Run Lecture Series.
Lecture Theatre 103, Centre for Computing and Engineering, 245 Church Street
Thursday, October 16, 2008 7 p.m.
Free entry (I think)
September 24th, 2008
I’ll be in the United States and Canada from September 26, for approximately one month. Available for assignments.
September 1st, 2008
Pick up the latest issue of The Fader, featuring a photo essay from the ‘Zek, In The Prison of the East’ series.
thefader.com/magazine/current_issue
August 30th, 2008
Will be in Perpignan, France for Visa Pour l’Image September 3 – 7.
August 30th, 2008
Back from covering the Georgian – Russian conflict for Newsweek. Look for a revised edit on the VII website and here.
August 19th, 2008
I’m still here covering the conflict in Georgia for Newsweek and then the ensuing refugee crisis for War Child, once my assignment for the magazine is complete. I expect to be in Kiev August 23.
August 8th, 2008
On assignment in South Ossetia to cover the conflagration between Russia and Georgia. Back in Kiev around August 15th or so.
July 30th, 2008
On assignment in Ukraine for the US Holocaust Museum, starting August 5th.
July 24th, 2008
I will be in the US from July 25 – August 4, returning to Kiev where I have an assignment in Nikolaev.
July 17th, 2008
Back in Kiev, on assignment for Clifford Chance, Law Firm, in Kiev and Moscow, July 21 – 23.
June 11th, 2008
A nice write-up on the Heading East blog for the ‘White Nights’ series.
www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/ 2008/06/donald-webers-white-nights-rus.html
June 8th, 2008
I have added the latest work from my ongoing Guggenheim Fellowship, ‘White Nights: Russia After the Gulag,’ photographed in the month of May in Komi Republic, Russia. (Vorkuta, Inta, Syktyvkar, Obyachevo, Vukhtym)
June 5th, 2008
On assignment to Kabul, Afghanistan on June 10 for War Child. Probably 10 days.
June 5th, 2008
Forgot to mention Newsweek ran four pages on Luxury in Russia, last week in May.
May 22nd, 2008
Currently in New York City for the Photo Festival and VII Seminar, then Toronto until May 30, when I will be back in Moscow.
April 25th, 2008
Just returned from the Russian north in the Komi Republic where I was working on my Guggenheim Project “Supreme Measure: Lost in the Gulag.” Will post an edit on the site within the next two weeks.
March 23rd, 2008
Will be in the Komi Republic in the north of Russia from March 24 for approximately one month working on my Guggenheim project.
March 14th, 2008
After three trips to Africa courtesy of War Child Canada, the fruition of our work is being rolled out at University campuses across Canada as part of the Canadian International Development Agency’s Public Engagement program. The first exhibit will be at the University of Toronto’s Hart House Map Room, starting March 24. Dr. Samatha Nutt, one of the co-founders of War Child Canada, will be giving a presentation.
For more photos, follow the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/warchildcanada/
And to help out with War Child’s excellent initiatives across the planet, follow this link:
http://www.warchild.ca/
March 6th, 2008
An article about my photographs of Russian Zeks (thieves) can be found on the Moscow Times website.
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/story/183477/
March 4th, 2008
Please pick up a copy of this week’s New York Times Magazine for a story on Russian dissident write and politician Edward Limonov, featuring a portrait by me.
March 4th, 2008
I have been included in this year’s selection of PDN’s 30. Please follow the link to read more and to see a gallery.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003718293
(they have my age wrong; I’m 34, not 26)
February 14th, 2008
On assignment for the New York Times Magazine in Moscow.
February 13th, 2008
The latest issue of Prairie Fire Magazine is now on stands in Canada. Larry Frolick and myself have the cover and 26 pages on the inside. Entitled “Exorcism in Carpathia: God, History and Ukraine”, it is the first time Prarie Fire has printed colour photos.
Also interesting is a small spread of black and white photos I collected as negatives from atop a shelf in an empty apartment in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Chernobyl. Despite the fragility, the negatives more or less withstood the elements, which now include radioactive dustclouds.
www.prairiefire.ca
February 11th, 2008
Canon Europe’s Professional Network has a promotional piece on the VII Network:
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/vii_launches.do
January 26th, 2008
Glad to be a part of the following:
The VII Photo agency announced a new division this week called VII Network, which will represent projects by photographers who are not VII members. At its launch, VII Network is representing seven freelance photojournalists: Eric Bouvet, Jessica Dimmock, Tivadar Domaniczky, Balazs Gardi, Ben Lowy, Stephanie Sinclair and Donald Weber. Their work can be viewed here:
http://viiphoto.com/vii_network.html
January 26th, 2008
Off to Congo with War Child again. January 28 – February 11th.
December 19th, 2007
TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year is Vladimir Putin. (With an amazing portrait by Platon) I have a photo essay online and in the magazine on Russia’s New Aristocrats. Check out the weblink below:
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/personoftheyear/0,30706,1694373,00.html
December 17th, 2007
A selection of photos from my “Zek: In the Prison of the East” story is featured in this week’s issue of Newsweek’s Year in Pictures. Also featured is work from Paolo Pellegrin, Christoper Anderson and my personal favourite, a great little story from Cedric Gerbehaye.
December 17th, 2007
Also this week is a story in Newsweek about the booming global economy. A nice double page spread from the assignment in Kiev.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/78113
December 7th, 2007
The latest Walrus Magazine is on newsstands now featuring their Cities Issue, featuring photographs from Steve Simon, Lorne Bridgman, Christopher Anderson, amongst others. I photographed Calgary. An online gallery can be found here:
http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.02-online-canada-photos-cities/1/1
December 7th, 2007
A photo from a opposition rally in Moscow is featured in TIME Magazine’s Pictures of the Week:
http://www.time.com/time/picturesoftheweek/0,29409,1689090_1494872,00.html
December 7th, 2007
I now have work posted on the Saatchi Online Gallery, found here: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/photographers/ The site receives over 40,000,000 hits a day and has a detailed Dealer, Gallery and Artist Index.
For my personal page: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/photographers/?inc=details&id=76100
December 6th, 2007
The latest issue of Newsweek International is now on newstands featuring a cover and photo essay about how Russians are enjoying rising incomes and a higher standard of living under Putin, but Moscow remains a center of murkiness and political intrigue.
(My first magazine cover, by the way).
http://www.newsweek.com/id/73233
December 1st, 2007
On assignment in Moscow for TIME Magazine November 29 – December 2, 2007.
November 26th, 2007
In Moscow on assignment for Newsweek, November 25 – 28, 2007.
November 21st, 2007
I have updated the website a bit. Added the work-in-progress “Zek: In the Prison of the East”, and new tearsheets.
November 19th, 2007
The latest issue of Conde Nast Portfolio Magazine is on newsstands now featuring my photographs about the booming gas business on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
View slideshow here:
http://www.portfolio.com/slideshows/2007/11/Sakhalin-Oil
October 28th, 2007
Latest issue of Hello! Magazine on newstands now, featuring a photo essay from Ethiopia with singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk.
October 28th, 2007
On assignment for the NGO War Child in Sierra Leone and Ghana November 8 – 18th, 2007.
October 23rd, 2007
American Photo Magazine has named me, along with fourteen others, in their Emerging Talents issue as one of “A New Generation of Photo Pioneers”. Be sure to grab a copy, there is some fantastic work featured in there. (I am particularly moved by Jehad Nga’s work).
Here’s a link: http://www.popphoto.com/americanphotofeatures/4736/emerging-artists-2007-donald-weber.html
Also, Atlas Press, my photo agency, is featured as an important agency to watch.
October 18th, 2007
Will be in Canada October 19 – November 4. On assignment for The Walrus Magazine in Calgary, Alberta October 21 – 24.
October 10th, 2007
On assignment for Portfolio Magazine on Sakhalin Island, Russia October 11 – 15, 2007.
October 3rd, 2007
I now have a PhotoShelter account. Will be uploading my archive over the next few weeks. All stories and assignments will be available for searching, and downloading of high res files on a fee-based structure. If you’re interested in something I may have shot, please check here.
Also, I will be uploading periodically some work-in-progress.
http://www.photoshelter.com/user/donaldweber.com
October 2nd, 2007
On assignment for the NGO War Child in Ethiopia October 3 – 10, 2007.
September 22nd, 2007
On Assignment covering the Ukrainian Elections September 21 – 30. Will be in Donetsk, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Lviv and Kiev.
August 15th, 2007
Featured on the blog “Heading East”, well worth the time to read (not about me, the site).
http://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/
August 4th, 2007
Almost in Beijing for the New York Times Magazine. But I couldn’t get a visa in time.
June 25th, 2007
On assignment in Saint Petersburg, Russia; June 23, 24
June 11th, 2007
Winner in the Applied Arts Magazine Annual Photography Competition in the Photojournalism category for the story “Bastard Eden: Chernobyl at Twenty”.
June 11th, 2007
Winner of two News Photographers Association of Canada Awards, and two Honorable Mentions, including Canadian Photojournalist of the Year.
1st Place, Portrait
2nd Place, Picture Story
HM, Picture Story
HM, Canadian Photojournalist of the Year
http://npac.ca/
June 11th, 2007
Winner of two PDN Photo Annual Awards in the Photojournalism Category. One for Bastard Eden: Chernobyl at Twenty, shot for Newsweek Magazine, and The Underclass and Its Bosses: Crime and Punishment in Ukraine, an ongoing personal project.
http://gallery.pdnevents.com/annual2007/
June 3rd, 2007
PhotoLucida has awarded me one of two book prizes from the Critical Mass Competition. The book will be a softbound monograph of 64 pages, full colour. It was awarded after a juried competition from over 150 finalists, for a photographer without a previously published monograph.
So, be on the lookout at your favourite bookstores and online retailers in a years time for “Bastard Eden: Chernobyl at Twenty”
http://www.photolucida.org/
May 2nd, 2007
Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) announces winners of the 2007 competition.
Donald Weber of Canada was Awarded: Third Prize in category PHOTOJOURNALISM for the entry titled, ” The Underclass and Its Bosses .” The jury selected 2007’s winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries.
Visit http://px3.fr
May 2nd, 2007
An online exhibition of the story ‘The Underclass and Its Bosses” is being displayed by the Ball-Saal Gallery. Please go to the following link:
http://www.ball-saal.com/MainPage/Gallery.php?type=Exhi&ID=36&page=1
April 23rd, 2007
Will be in Russia and Ukraine starting April 25, 2007, beginning work on my Guggenheim project. Will also be available for assignment through my agency, Atlas Press.
April 6th, 2007
I have been selected as the Grand Prize Winner for this year’s PHODAR Biennial ’07, a photography festival in Bulgaria. This year’s theme is ‘Identity.’
If you find yourself in Pleven, Bulgaria, May 11, 2007, please come by the opening festivities!
April 6th, 2007
Today I learned I am one of the recipients of a Guggenheim Fellowship. I am very humbled, as those who precede me are many. The Guggenheim’s purpose is to give fellows “blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible”, but they should also be “substantially free of their regular duties.”
Robert Frank created his “Americans” as a Guggenheim Fellow. Other photographers include Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Gary Winogrand and William Eggleston. Very very very big shoes indeed.
http://www.gf.org/newfellow-fields.html#US
March 30th, 2007
Images now online from assignment for Medecins sans Frontieres can be found at:
If you go to www.msf.org and click on the World TB day feature, you’ll see
the article and the slideshow of pictures.
The American site at http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Also on the german site, http://www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.de
March 7th, 2007
Currently on extended stay in Ukraine and surrounding CIS countries. I can be reached by Canadian cel or my Ukraine cel: +38 093 147 1765
March 7th, 2007
On assignment for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Uzbekistan; March 12 – 20.
January 4th, 2007
This is version two of my website, courtesy of Marty Spellerberg.
December 24th, 2006
Latest issue of THE BELIEVER magazine features an excerpt from ‘The Human is an Atom That Won’t Be Split: Ukraine From Below’, the Lange Taylor Documentary Prize-winning story.
December 14th, 2006
On Assignment for German magazine DER SPIEGEL December 15 – 19, 2006.
December 7th, 2006
Latest issue of MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE on stands now. Featuring work from Eastern Chad on the apreading genocide from Darfur.
November 29th, 2006
On assignment for NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE in the capital of N’Djamena, Chad, covering rebel advances on capital and potential presidential coup. Home December 3 or 4.
November 11th, 2006
On assignment in Chad covering refugee and political crisis Nov. 12 – 28. Will be out of communication till return.
Latest issue of MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE on newsstands now. Features work in the annual University Guide from Acadia University, St. Francis Xavier and the University of Toronto.
November 2nd, 2006
Latest issue of THE BELIEVER featuring a segment of “The Human is an Atom That Won’t Be Split” by myself and text by Larry Frolick. On newsstands now.
October 27th, 2006
Launch party of the Magenta Foundation’s Emerging Photographer book ‘Flash Forward’ at Lennox Contemporary in Toronto. I have four photos from Chernobyl in this years show.
Thursday, November 2, 2006, 7 pm to 10 pm
Lennox Contemporary
12 Ossington Avenue (at Queen Street West)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also, will be teaching Long Term Projects Workshop at the Great White North Workshops, sponsored by the Eastern Canadian News Photographers Association (ECNPA) www.gwnw.ca
October 3rd, 2006
Brian Stewart of the CBC program ‘Our World’ has a program on photojournalism, featuring an interview with World Press Photo winner Finnbar O’Reilly, and myself, airing:
SAT OCT 7, 11:30 ET/8:30 PT
SAT OCT 7, 14:30 ET/11:30 PT
SUN OCT 8, 13:30 ET/10:30 PT
SUN OCT 8, 18:30 ET/15:30 PT
September 27th, 2006
On assignment for MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE for four days.
Also, check out the latest issue (Vol. 1 No. 2) of MAGENTA MAGAZINE. A nice 10 page spread on my work from Chernobyl, “Bastard Eden: Chernobyl at Twenty.”
September 15th, 2006
The latest issue of PHOTO ED is currently on news stands, featuring top Canadian photojournalists Barbara Davidson, Rita Leistner, Roger Lemoyne, Lana Slezic, Larry Towell, and, uh, me. Nice to be in fine company.
September 9th, 2006
Latest story “Down & Dirty in Fort McMurray” in the October issue of CHATELAINE MAGAZINE on newstands now.
Also, covering the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 7 – 17
August 9th, 2006
On assignment for THE NEW YORK TIMES covering the World AIDS Conference in Toronto.
August 6th, 2006
“Two Girls, Three years and a Mystery ‘Mr. Big’,” in the August 14 issue of MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE. A report on a father who is suspected of drowning his twin daughters in Gander, Newfoundland.
July 14th, 2006
New story “Generation XXL,” a look at life inside the world’s first boarding school for obese teens. MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE, July 13, 2006.
Web Gallery: http://www.macleans.ca/gallery/index.jsp
May 24th, 2006
With writer Larry Frolick, I have been awarded the 2006 Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor documentary prize, a $20,000 award given annually by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
The Lange-Taylor Prize is offered to a writer and a photographer in the early stages of a documentary project. By encouraging such collaborative efforts, the Center for Documentary Studies supports the documentary process in which writers and photographers work together to record the human story.
May 21st, 2006
In California (again) on assignment May 18 – May 21.
On assignment for MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE in Windsor/Detroit May 21 – May 24 and in Newfoundland July 12 – 16.
May 15th, 2006
‘Is This the Return of the Evil Empire’, a story on the new Russia and its threats in the global world, appearing in the May 22nd issue of MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE.
8 page photo spread and online Photo Gallery found at: http://www.macleans.ca/gallery/index.jsp
May 13th, 2006
Official Selection in the FESTIVAL VOIES OFF during the “Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie” in Arles, France. Projected on the evening of Wednesday, 5th July, 2006.
May 4th, 2006
Nominated for a NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARD in the “Words and Pictures” Category with writer Larry Frolick, for the story “Kebabistan—The Woman with Seven Heads,” in DESCANT MAGAZINE.
April 27th, 2006
On assignment for MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE in California. April 30 – May 4.
April 25th, 2006
VIP Reception of the MAGENTA FOUNDATION release of CARTE BLANCHE, “an unprecedented showcase presenting the remarkable range of photographic talent in Canada.”
April 26, 2006 7:00 p.m. The Gladstone Hotel 2nd Floor 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto, Canada
April 24th, 2006
Selected as a Winner (Canada) in the The Magenta Foundation’s Emerging Photographers Competition.
Please go to http://www.magentafoundation.org/en/projects/ep2006_final.html
Also, photo Story in the International Edition of NEWSWEEK “Chernobyl, My Home” page 40 – 44.
I’m back in Toronto after attending the WORLD PRESS PHOTO Awards Ceremony in Amsterdam.
April 15th, 2006
Winner in the Photojournalism Category/Series Applied Arts Annual
April 14th, 2006
I would like to invite everyone to visit the c-20.org web site to view a slide show commemorating the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl.
The show is a collection of works by several photographers around the world and will be exhibited in Washington and New York this month before travelling to various international sites.
I have work in the show along with Stefan Boness, Gabriela Bulisova, Bill Crandall, Arek Dziczek, Paul Fusco, Itar-Tass, Robert Knoth, Menno Meijer, Yuriy Kosin, Antonin Kratochvil and Lucian Perkins.
Also, 3rd Annual Altpick Awards JURY vote category. “The Underclass and is Bosses” 1st place in Photography series.
Also, official Selection for VOIES OFF Photography Festival in Arles, France; July 2006.
Back home in Toronto after 10 weeks in Ukraine working on Chernobyl stories. On assignment for MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE in Georgia and Ukraine covering the two countries post-revolution; March 23 – April 2.
February 11th, 2006
Awarded Honorable Mention in the WORLD PRESS PHOTO Competition in the Daily Life Category for a photograph of a drunken man falling over in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
January 28th, 2006
“Scenes From A Boomtown”, a photo essay completed for the latest issue of REPORT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE, is now available on newstands, and an audio slideshow here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/generated/realtime/specialROBmagazine.html
Just look for the “Scenes From A Boomtown” header.
January 26th, 2006
I’m off to UKRAINE (again, fourth time) based out of KIEV while I complete a long-term project began just over a year ago, some of which can be seen on this website.
I’ll also be in Chernobyl completing stories for the 20th Anniversary in April.
I will be in contact via Email and will post a Kiev phone number.
January 17th, 2006
On assignment for NEWSWEEK Magazine, January 16.
January 13th, 2006
On assignment for three days for THE NEW YORK TIMES covering the election campaign of Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper.
January 10th, 2006
On assignment for The Sunday Telegraph newspaper in the U.K.
January 3rd, 2006
On assignment for TIME Canada for four days covering the election.
Also, “Kebabistan — The Woman with Seven Heads”; now appears online and in the current issue of Descant Magazine. With writer Larry Frolick.
December 13th, 2005
On Assignment for R.O.B. Magazine in Fort McMurray, Alberta from December 13 – 20.
November 21st, 2005
On assignment for the NEW YORK TIMES in Kingston, Ontario Nov. 17 – 18.
November 11th, 2005
On assignment for THE NEW YORK TIMES in Montreal photographing the NHL coach Jacques Demers
October 26th, 2005
On assignment for THE NEW YORK TIMES in Quebec City October 28 – 30.
In New York City October 24 – October 26
October 12th, 2005
In NYC for VII Seminar; from October 13 – October 17.
September 9th, 2005
On assignment for GETTY IMAGES covering the Toronto International Film Festival from Sept. 8 – 17.
August 25th, 2005
Latest issue of OUTPOST MAGAZINE now on stands, featuring “Orange Revolution”, a photo essay featuring a general spectrum of my ongoing documentary project on Ukraine.
Also featured is the last installment of the “Dominion of Oh!” series on our road trip across Canada, where Larry Frolick and I end up at the Arctic Ocean in the North West Territories.
In PERPIGNAN, FRANCE from August 25 til September 5 for Visa Pour L’Image, the world’s premier photojournalism festival.
August 22nd, 2005
On Assignment for the NEW YORK TIMES, August 22 – 23.
August 4th, 2005
On assignment for three days for Germany’s STERN MAGAZINE covering the aftermath of the Air France crash.
Chosen to participate in this year’s Missouri Photo Workshop, one of the most prestigious workshops for photojournalists in America.
I also received the Helge Hummelvoll Scholarship, awarded to a foreign student with the best portfolio.
Some of the faculty are: Dennis Dimick, associate editor of illustrations, National Geographic; Melissa Farlow, freelance, National Geographic; MaryAnne Golon, picture editor, TIME; Kim Komenich, photographer, San Francisco Chronicle; Geri Migielicz, director of photography, San Jose Mercury News; Randy Olson, freelance, National Geographic; Lois Raimondo, photographer, Washington Post.
August 3rd, 2005
The site has also been linked at:
http://www.designiskinky .com/index_main.html
and Gomma Portal, probably the most comprehensive portal dedicated to Photography.
Check out my profile on Heavy Backpack. From their website: “This is a space that provides concise insights to creatives dealing in the visual medium.
It showcases many styles and various artistic backgrounds. Promoting individuals, collectives, companies, and their creative work.”
August 3rd, 2005
Covered the Air France crash at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport for Getty Images.
I did okay – but not great!
July 29th, 2005
The website is new and fresh. Thanks Marty!
July 27th, 2005
Returned from a 10 day assignment in Guatemala for Outpost Magazine. Story to appear in November 2006 issue.