Palestinian Liberation Organization
Spot News, third prize stories
00-08-1982
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) resists Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Commissioned by:Â Black Star
Photo Credit: Robin Moyer
American photographer Robin Moyer received his bachelor’s degree in Communications (Motion Pictures) from the University of North Carolina in 1969. Afterwards, he moved to Hong Kong, where he worked as manager of a motion pictures production house. In 1970 he was assigned to produce a series of documentary films and TV news pieces for United Press International Television News on the war in Vietnam, where he worked for four months as a combat television cameraman. He later returned to the United States, working as chief photographer for the environmental awareness group Environmental Action. From 1972 to 1975 he worked as a freelance photographer in Washington D.C., during which time he was named artist-in-residence at Glen Echo National Park, where he established a photography education center.