Lecture by Burhan Ozbilici, Winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2017
Associated Press Burhan Ozbilici
April 24, 2018 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · 101 McCormick
Department of Art & Archaeology, Humanities Council
On December 19th, 2016, while covering the opening of a photography exhibition in Ankara, Associated Press Reporter Burhan Ozbilici captured the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, by an off-duty Turkish police officer. The daring photograph was named World Press Photo of the Year in 2017.
Co-sponsored by the Humanities Council; Department of Art & Archaeology; Program in European Cultural Studies; Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies; Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures; and Ferris Seminars in Journalism
