Photojournalist: Tim Anger

Title: "Maria Ressa"

Tim Anger: "Maria Ressa," Blackwell's, Oxford, 2023

Nobel Peace Prize winner and co-founder of the Manila-based news organization, Rappler, Maria Ressa has been described as a "pint-sized dictator slayer." In 2023, despite fighting multiple legal battles designed to silence her, Ressa published "How to Stand up to a Dictator." She traveled to the iconic Blackwell's bookshop in Oxford to talk about her experience. Before the event, moderated by ICFJ's Dr. Julie Posetti, Anger made several portraits of Ressa. Afterward, he noticed Ressa relaxing in an armchair, and he was able to capture a few intimate frames that bely her frenetic schedule and irrepressible energy.

Tim Anger

Anger is a freelance Australian photographer specializing in sport and portraiture whose interest in photography began in his early teens. While living in Paris in 2014 and 2015, Anger worked as a photojournalist, covering events including the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack. Now based in the UK, Anger is the official photographer for one of the world's oldest rugby clubs, Richmond FC. He's had several commissions from the award-winning publication, The Rugby Journal. In 2024 Tim was longlisted for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize. He was a Head On Portrait Prize semi-finalist in 2021 and 2023, and Rugby Photographer of the Year finalist in the Portrait section in 2022.

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