Indonesia: Down the barrel of a lens

February 29, 2000
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- As violence swept Indonesia last year, TIME photographer John Stanmeyer was in the frontline recording the mayhem that resulted in a new president for the country.

His images of violence in Jakarta and on the streets of East Timor were flashed around the world and he put his life on the line to get close to the action.

This month, Stanmeyer was rewarded. He took out first and third place in the spot news category of the prestigious World Press Photo awards.

One of the winning images, that of a man murdered in East Timor, made the front cover of TIME Asia.

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