He moved through the aftermath of two deadly earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia, documenting the damage to structures, neighborhoods and — most importantly — human lives. All through it, Associated Press photographer Fernando Vergara kept one thing top of mind: the responsibility of photographing people living through their worst moments.
Vergara, who has been making photographs for AP for 20 years, paused from his work this week to reflect on doing his job through physical and emotional peril — and how he approached the balancing act that chronicling tragedy requires. Vergara spoke Thursday while photographing activity at an aid collection center in Bogota for victims of the recent earthquake in Pereira.
