On Assignment: Hard Lessons in Somalia

Few photographers will find themselves in as dangerous a setting as Somalia. But some of the lessons learned there by Michael Kamber, who is at work on a book about photojournalism and war photography, can be applied to many challenging situations.
This was my fifth or sixth trip to Somalia. In some ways the anarchy there reminds me of Liberia during the fighting in 2003 — a place with no central authority, and where pretty much anything can happen. In many places it is completely anarchic, with clans and sub-clans and even sub-sub-clans fighting each other block by block. International experts say Al Qaeda is heavily involved in recent fighting there...more..,http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/assignment/