Comments on: Heber Vega

By: The Inside of a Photo Essay | Heber Vega: Freelance Humanitarian Photographer

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:46:52 +0000

[...] The first night I went out to look for my story. I thought I’d find it in one of my old Iraqi friends, but it just wasn’t there. I was feeling disappointed, but then I talked to one of my colleagues in the NGO who pointed me to the story of an old Kurdish soldier who was part of the resistance against Saddam Hussein for at least 30 years. He is what we call a revolutionary Peshmerga (someone who faces death). For more on the story, just check on the photo essay here. [...]

By: Elizabeth Brown (Betsy)

Elizabeth Brown (Betsy) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:45:10 +0000

Heber, this piece brings reality to Kurdish history. I recently read “Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History” by Susan Meiselas. Your interview and photos of a peshmerga who fought and lived through those terrible years, remembering the losses and his own imprisonment, brought such meaning to what I had read. Thank you.

By: BBuck1967

BBuck1967 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:00:22 +0000

Very cool.

By: michaeldreves

michaeldreves — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:59:17 +0000

Yes, and many thanks to Herbers. It's a wonderful experience to watch. It makes me remember and think about the conflicts in the region. Thanks Herbers!!

By: Matt Brandon

Matt Brandon — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:48:23 +0000

Michael – Thanks, but it is all Hebers work. He has a real vision for this. I am proud to be able to showcase this.

By: HotDotDeeDee

HotDotDeeDee — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:31:51 +0000

Matt – THANKS for letting Heber showcase our work over here! We're having dinner with Abdul and his family tonight and they'll be so proud of how Heber showed the world this important cause – Freedom from persecution for the Kurds!

By: heber_vega

heber_vega — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:17:32 +0000

Mario, It would be an honor to be part of this wonderful initiative.
Pls, send me an email to know how I can do that. (email in the credits of the slide)

By: mariomattei

mariomattei — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:53:55 +0000

Heber, I sincerely enjoyed this piece. Make more!

I think we've connected somewhere before b/c I have your name and email listed as someone who might be interested in joining the visual peacemakers movement. All would be blessed by the images and stories you capture there. We aim to launch the official visualpeacemakers.org on April 15th.

Re: SS Plus, I've never tried captions like that. In full screen you can see the full text. But there is no line break in the smaller dimension. This is probably an unresolvable issue in SS Plus. You could contact their support forums and add your desires to a wish list for the next version. For now, you'd probably have to use a smaller font and use less text per frame. This could result in more pics moving faster. Too bad the tech set back affects your aesthetic. I have a love - hate relationship with SS Plus.

Please continue the work and I hope you'll share it through the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers with the rest us.

Peace,
M

By: michaeldreves

michaeldreves — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:16:22 +0000

Matt,

Powerful and beautiful. As the story moves along I get the sense of how long the Kurdish conflict has been going on and how little interest surrounding countries has in solving the issues.

It also makes me think about the current events in Iran.

By: heber_vega

heber_vega — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:26:21 +0000

Matt, thank you again for helping us out with our work over here.
Stories are so important for what we do and now we have a better tool to communicate them to the world.
You are a great person.