PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2021
Courtesy of Jim Huylebroek
Jim Huylebroek
Jim Huylebroek (b. 1989) is a freelance photographer from Antwerp, Belgium, and has been based out of Kabul, Afghanistan, since 2015. He has been commissioned or published by The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, Paris Match, and others. His first photo book, "Afghanistan: Unsettled - Three years documenting Afghans on the move" was published in cooperation with the Norwegian Refugee Council in 2018. Jim has produced work in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Nigeria, Mali, Somalia, and the Balkans.
How the Taliban Outlasted a Superpower
The Taliban stand on the brink of realizing their most fervent desire: U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan. They have given up little of their extremist ideology to do it.