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Mohamed "Mo" Amin (29 August 1943 – 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist noted for his pictures and videotapes of the Ethiopian famine. Mohamed Amin was born on 29 August 1943 in Eastleigh, Nairobi and developed an interest in photography at school.〔Episode One, ''Mo & Me''〕 He founded ''Camerapix'' company in 1963 in Dar es Salaam and moved the company to Nairobi three years later. During the 1970s, he became one of the most relied-upon African news photographers,〔 reporting on wars and coups all through the continent, and his pictures were often used by Western news media. Amin's most influential moment came when his photos, along with Michael Buerk's reporting of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave that resulted in Live Aid concerts. Apart from Ethiopian famine, he contributed exclusive photos of the fall of Idi Amin and of Mengistu Haile Mariam, and was author of numerous books, including ''Journey Through Pakistan'', ''Pilgrimage to Mecca'', and covered various themes like East African Wildlife and the Uganda Railway. In 1991, Amin lost his left arm during an ammunition dump explosion in Ethiopia during the Ethiopian Civil War.〔"( Mohamed Amin, 53, Camera Eye During the Famine in Ethiopia )." ''The New York Times''. November 26, 1996.〕 Amin published issues of ''Selamta'', the Ethiopian Airlines in-flight magazine.〔Episode Seven, ''Mo & Me'': , 〕 Ironically, he died when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked and crashed into the ocean in November 1996. ==Black September== Amin was not just active in Africa, but also in the Middle East. He covered the Palestinian (Black September ) uprising to seize control of Jordan in September 1970. He was able to move among the Palestinian forces where Western journalists could not. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mohamed Amin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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