Pedro UGARTE end Ed JONES - North Korea

North Korea, one of the world's most secretive countries, invited hundreds of foreign journalists to witness celebrations in April to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of leader Kim Il-Sung, and the launch of a rocket considered by the US and its allies to be a cover for a ballistic missile test. Pedro Ugarte and Ed Jones, photographers based respectively in Hong Kong and Beijing, described their experience of the hard-line communist state as "traveling back in time."

Pedro Ugarte
Born in Chile, Pedro Ugarte started his career as a photograher at La Epoca newspaper in 1989. He joined AFP in Central America in 1991 before working in Latin America until 2001. He covered east Africa based in Nairobi until 2003 and was chief photographer for Israel and the Palestinian territories based in Jerusalem until 2007, before moving to New Delhi until 2011. He is now the photo director for Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong. Here he covers North Korea's countdown to the 100th anniversary of its founder's birth
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/apr/13/photojournalist-pedro-ugarte#/?picture=388610962&index=0


http://portfolios.afp.com/photographer/pedro-ugarte.html

Ed JONES

DSLR video introduction:

http://www.dslrnewsshooter.com/2010/01/08/agence-france-press-photographer-ed-jones-uses-5dmkii-to-shoot-wire-service-video/

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/feature/1650990/moving-images