From spring to fall: photographing the Libyan revolution

By The Journalism Foundation | Posted: December 16, 2011

Boys ride on a horse near Msaad on the Libyan-Egyptian border

Men weep at the funeral of a friend who succumbed to his injuries sustained during the first days of the Libyan Revolution

A fighter pilot turned revolutionary makes a statement for Libyan television, renouncing the regime

A woman holds a picture of her son, who she claims was killed in the 1996 Abu Salim massacre

Suspected mercenaries are held in a prison cell at the courthouse in Benghazi. Most turned out to be innocent migrant workers

Rebel fighters take positions against forces loyal to Gaddafi just outside Ajdabiya in eastern Libya

Rebel fighters attempt to identify the martyrs killed on the frontline outside of Brega on April 1, 2011

Rebels cheer on the frontline after advancing several kilometers towards Ras Lanuf on April 1, 2011 in eastern Libya

A rebel fighter sorts through ammunition boxes at the Ras Lanuf checkpoint in eastern Libya on March 8, 2011

Migrants en route to Benghazi after being evacuated from Misurata while the city was under seige by Gaddafi forces, April 2011

Migrants waiting to return to work, or to be evacuated, at a fishing port in Tripoli in September, 2011

Rebels celebrate the taking of Ouagadougou Convention Center and the Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte, Muammar el-Gaddafi's hometown

A rebel fighter rests at the entrance of Sirte amidst random sniper fire, October 11, 2011 in Sirte, Libya

A destroyed poster of Gaddafi lays on the floor of a school in a town east of Misurata, on October 25, 2011

Rebel fighters picked up weapons and heavy machinery outside of Ajdabiya on March 2, 2011

Nicole Tung is a freelance photographer from Hong Kong. She graduated from New York University in 2009 after studying journalism and history. Her work has been recognised and awarded by The Maybach Foundation, the International Photography Awards, Women in Photojournalism, the Hearst Foundation and the NYPPA.

The photographs shown in this gallery are from her time in Libya and were exhibited at Revolution(es) in New York in April 2011, the Prix Bayeux Festival and the Bursa Photo Festival in October 2011. For more images go to www.nicoletung.com To see images of the Tunisian revolution click here

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