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Máfia siciliana: como foi fotografar o ápice da guerra de facções rivais

Dec 12, 2023 | correiobraziliense.com.br | Harvey Day

Para ser fotógrafo de jornal em Palermo, no auge do poder da máfia siciliana, era necessário se acostumar a ser acordado por telefonemas no meio da noite. Houve um assassinato, diria o editor, antes de dar o endereço de onde o fotógrafo deveria chegar o mais rápido possível. Correr para cobrir um assassinato ou uma prisão policial já era bastante perigoso, mas pior era ser enviado para fotografar um funeral da máfia.
La fascinante vida de los fotógrafos que cubrieron los años más duros de la guerra entre bandas de la Mafia siciliana

Nov 25, 2023 | elimparcial.com | Harvey Day

Cualquier fotógrafo de periódico que trabajara en Palermo, en el apogeo del poder de la mafia siciliana, tenía que acostumbrarse a que le despertaran llamadas telefónicas en mitad de la noche. Ha habido un asesinato, le diría su editor, antes de darle una dirección para que acudiera al lugar lo más rápido posible. Correr para cubrir un asesinato o un arresto policial ya era bastante peligroso, pero peor era que te enviaran a fotografiar un funeral de la mafia.
La fascinante vida de los fotógrafos que cubrieron los años más duros de la guerra entre bandas de la Mafia siciliana

Nov 24, 2023 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Harvey Day

Cualquier fotógrafo de periódico que trabajara en Palermo, en el apogeo del poder de la mafia siciliana, tenía que acostumbrarse a que le despertaran llamadas telefónicas en mitad de la noche. Ha habido un asesinato, le diría su editor, antes de darle una dirección para que acudiera al lugar lo más rápido posible. Correr para cubrir un asesinato o un arresto policial ya era bastante peligroso, pero peor era que te enviaran a fotografiar un funeral de la mafia.
How I lost £120,000 to romance scam gaslighting

Sep 15, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Harvey Day

A romance scam victim, a fraud expert and the writers of a new BBC thriller explain how gaslighting is used to cheat people out of their money. After divorcing her husband of 24 years, Linda Young found herself alone in her home in a small, coastal town. Her grown-up children had finished university and were out of the house - and she didn't know too many people nearby. She was ready for a new relationship, so she decided to try online dating.
How I lost £120,000 to romance scam gaslighting

Sep 15, 2023 | bbc.com | Harvey Day

Image source, Linda YoungImage caption, "It was a temporary insanity," says romance scam victim Linda YoungA romance scam victim, a fraud expert and the writers of a new BBC thriller explain how gaslighting is used to cheat people out of their money. After divorcing her husband of 24 years, Linda Young found herself alone in her home in a small, coastal town. Her grown-up children had finished university and were out of the house - and she didn't know too many people nearby.
Eight startling images of life under the Mafia

Aug 30, 2023 | bbc.com | Harvey Day

As a group photography show about life in Palermo is staged, three of the Sicilian capital's natives – including a newspaper photographer – tell Harvey Day what it was like to record the Mafia's terror. If you were a newspaper photographer working in Palermo at the height of the Sicilian Mafia's power, you had to get used to being woken up by telephone calls in the middle of the night. There's been a murder, your editor would tell you, before giving you an address so you could rush to the scene.
'I couldn't sleep, eat or function after eviction stress'

Aug 7, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Harvey Day |Shola Lee

Image source, BBC / TRUE NORTH PRODUCTIONSHarvey Day and Shola LeeBBC ThreeEvictions are starting to look like a key driver of youth homelessness, charity Centrepoint tells the BBC. Young people facing eviction share the toll it has taken on their mental health. Thai moved into her flat in 2018 and it soon became her own "little slice of Bristol". So when she was told she'd have to leave, the impact was huge. "I couldn't sleep, or eat, or function," she says.
Why BBC One's Champion will be ‘a huge cultural moment’

Jun 30, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Harvey Day
Why BBC One's Champion will be ‘a huge cultural moment’

Jun 30, 2023 | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Harvey Day
Why BBC One's Champion will be ‘a huge cultural moment’

Jun 30, 2023 | bbc.com | Harvey Day