Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 07/08/2025We started shooting this on the night of July 3 when Russia launched the largest air attack against Kyiv, echoing the lyrics. You can see the smoke from the strikes in the car shots the next morning 010
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Georgia’s 🇬🇪 restrictive foreign agents law (FARA) is now in effect. It targets journalists, not transparency. Autocrats fear journalists because we hold them accountable. 022
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 28/05/2025I took this photo a year ago May 28, 2024 south of Izium 🇺🇦 000
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Great investigative reporting from @kyivindependent.com kyivindependent.com/investigatio...kyivindependent.comInvestigation: We tried to buy American chips as a Russian defense manufacturer — and it workedDespite bans put in place by the U.S. and Europe on the supply of electronic components to Russia, dozens of Russian microelectronics suppliers continue to obtain and resell imported chips to Russian ... 000
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 06/03/2025“We here at Notre Dame stand with the people of Ukraine.” - Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame at today’s opening of the Nanovic Institute’s 2025 Ukrainian Studies Conference. 🇺🇦 💪🏼 000
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 28/02/2025It was -10° and windy at the wall of heroes in Ivano-Frankivsk. As in all towns and cities across Ukraine it goes on forever - an incalculable loss 💔 🇺🇦 000
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I shot this love letter to Mother Motherland 🇺🇦 ❤️ last month 030
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Be sure and check out Ukrainian 🇺🇦 photographer and 2024 Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant recipient Iva Sidash’s powerful piece with Artem Cheh in today’s @nytimes.com “This Is Our Country, and We Have No Other” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is Our Country, and We Have No OtherHow long can Ukraine stand? For as long as Ukrainian soldiers, bent over from the extreme pressure, can hold on. 030
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 08/01/2025“despite these lethal adjustments it makes little economic sense for Kyiv to use the capital’s US Patriot air defences to shoot down the drones at a cost of $4 million per missile. Instead… part-time volunteers armed with antique guns to keep the Shaheds at bay” www.thetimes.com/world/russia...thetimes.comDrone-hunters defend Kyiv from Kremlin’s kamikaze attacksForget Patriot air defences — volunteer brigades equipped with clunky machineguns are taking down swarms of lethal Shaheds 010
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Paul Melcher breaks down what the Getty-Shutterstock merger means for the stock industry kaptur-co.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/kaptur.c...kaptur-co.cdn.ampproject.orgThe Shutterstock-Getty Images Merger: A Bold Move in a Shifting Landscape - KapturThe Getty-Shutterstock merger will undoubtedly reshape the stock photography landscape. But is it a step forward or a last desperate move? 010
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 31/12/2024I took a lot of photos in 2024 that I’m proud of. This is one that keeps popping up. Taken outside Izium at the highest point in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. 🇺🇦 011
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 26/12/2024A cherished gift from kids I work with in Ivano-Frankivsk. Let’s hope this year sees victory and peace 🇺🇦🎄 120
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 23/12/2024“More than 100 journalists were killed this year – over half of them in Palestine” www.theguardian.com/news/datablo...theguardian.comMore than 100 journalists were killed this year – over half of them in PalestineFifty-five journalists were killed in Palestine this year, and nearly all have been forced from their homes, data shows 000
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 22/12/2024One month from prototype to striking Russian positions at the front, with no previous defense experience. A key Ukrainian advantage continues to be its ability to innovate faster. 🇺🇦 💪🏼 “Ukraine Bets a Free Market for Weapons Production Can Out-Innovate Russia” www.wsj.com/world/europe...wsj.comUkraine Bets a Free Market for Weapons Production Can Out-Innovate RussiaWhile Russia is mass-producing machinery at state-owned industries, Ukraine has spawned hundreds of entrepreneur-led defense startups by slashing regulation and cutting taxes. 110
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Do you remember when they’d coat little balls of sugar in silver and sell them as cookie decorations with an FDA warning saying do not eat? www.huffpost.com/entry/silver...huffpost.comHere's What'll Happen If You Eat Those Little Silver Balls On Christmas CookiesRumors have been flying for a century that they're poisonous. 000
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 13/12/2024One minute summary from Rutte www.linkedin.com/posts/nato_w...linkedin.comNATO on LinkedIn: WATCH: Here’s everything you need to know about NATO Secretary General… | 66 commentsWATCH: Here’s everything you need to know about NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s important speech today in less than 60 seconds ⏱️ | 66 comments on LinkedIn 001
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Tough, brilliant speech today by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reminiscent of Churchill’s 1936 speech in the House of Commons. Let’s hope the West heeds Rutte’s call for unity and strength against Russia even at this late hour. Starting at 9:30 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPXZ...youtube.comNATO Must Dial Up Defenses - Mark Rutte Speech | Amaravati Today LiveYouTube video by Amaravati Today 4195
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Open Studio Night at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. These graduates are giving me hope for the future of journalism, which is under attack on many fronts @jayrosen.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Mick Reedjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/12/2024a lot of you seem to basically believe that politics is over, history has ended and the absence of legal or electoral consequences for trump means that he is the only person with agency. you all are recapitulating the basic conceit of trump’s alleged invincibility, but from the center left 814249607
Reposted by Mick ReedRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Republicans already lying that this pardon was about Joe and Ukraine when Hunter’s criminal case had nothing to do with those charges which could never be proven, while legacy media and Never Trumpers are too preoccupied clutching their pearls to set the record straight on that. 24665191165
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I took this shot of Joe Biden and Hunter in front of the White House after Obama’s first inauguration. Beau was there, too. Better days. 110
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 28/11/2024The impact it has had on me is that I might take a little more risk knowing that if I do screw it up I can probably “fix it in post”. 120
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 26/11/2024That's a wrap on Katya Rybka’s short film, ”Cleared for Takeoff”! Despite the many challenges of filming in Kyiv during wartime, we had a successful shoot thanks to the experience and hard work of our cast and crew and the generosity of our supporters. Thank you all who have helped make it happen🇺🇦🎥💪🏼 010
Reposted by Mick Reedjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/11/2024not a big shock that a serial plagiarist is impressed by two dumb guys 1113788359
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Robb, that comment is sexist and pervy. Try and be inspired by talent instead of threatened by it. 1270
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 21/11/2024😳 www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...theguardian.comCormac McCarthy had 16-year-old ‘muse’ when he was 42, Vanity Fair reportsAugusta Britt says relationship with then-married author, who died in 2023, began after they met at motel pool 001
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Remember when Russia targeted and bombed a children’s cancer hospital in Kyiv on July 8? Killing over 40 and wounding 150+ more? Don’t fall for Russia’s misplaced talk of escalation - this evil must be defeated. Russia is a terrorist state. 📸 Anton Shtuka / AP 000
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Congratulations to Ukrainian photographer Iva Sidash, this year’s winner of the prestigious Ian Parry Photojournalism grant which supports young and emerging photographers. 🇺🇦 📸 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comFields aflame and a ruined school: the Ian Parry photojournalism grant 2024 – in picturesA look at the work of the recipients of this year’s Ian Parry photojournalism grant 031
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 15/11/2024If you haven’t read @anneapplebaum.bsky.social ‘s “Autocracy, Inc.” now is the time.The audiobook is read by the author, which is always a treat. 021
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 15/11/2024And always lets me know when it’s gone on for too long. 010
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Some footage I shot this summer in Kharkiv which was under constant attack by Russia. It still is. No Patriot systems to protect this beautiful city and its people. There are little bits of broken glass everywhere from the bombings as people try to live their lives under next level air sirens. 🇺🇦 132
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Ruh roh what’s up with the “Invalid Handle” popping up everywhere here? 100
Mick Reed @mickreed.bsky.social · 14/11/2024We used to have a rule: no Christmas music until Thanksgiving night on the drive home. Now it’s: no Christmas music before Labor Day. A reminder that “Carol of the Bells” is originally a Ukrainian tune 🎄 🇺🇦 youtu.be/GqeJ38DThVc?...youtu.beShchedryk / Щедрик. Carol of the Bells. Original Ukrainian Version with English and Ukrainian LyricsYouTube video by Eileen 000