Shortly after crossing the Ukrainian border to Siret, Romania, Nikol, a 12-year-old Ukrainian refugee from Kharkiv, rests in a bus with her mother Maryana and her six-year-old brother Vladyslav, in this image taken by National Geographic photographer and photojournalist Muhammed Muheisen. Taken on a Canon EOS R5 with a Canon RF 28-70mm F2L USM lens at 28mm, 1/1000 sec, f/2 and ISO50. © Muhammed Muheisen
Photojournalism is one of the most important and exciting genres of photography, but as two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, National Geographic photographer and Canon Ambassador Muhammed Muheisen explains, you need to be very sensitive towards the people you're photographing.
"Sometimes you photograph events in which you have to put yourself on the other side of the camera," he explains. "You need a camera that allows you to capture moments in time without invading the subject's privacy or their personal space."
Muhammed, also a mentor on the recent Canon Student Development Programme 2022 , fell in love with photography at an early age and steadily built a successful career. "I became passionate about capturing moments in time and then I combined my passion with my education to be a good storyteller," he says. "Working hard, endlessly seeking knowledge and improving my skills helped me get noticed by agencies and big media outlets."