Towell from Kiev (and Canada): the Cream Rises to the Top

Towell from Kiev (and Canada): the Cream Rises to the Top – Updated – Reading The Pictures

this photo is jarring for the  woman in the fashionable jacket putting her hand to the shield — as if pushing (or pushing back) with the strength of modernity.

via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2014/02/towell-from-kiev-and-canada-the-cream-rises-to-the-top/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29

I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter about the world being too full of photos these days and how the glut threatens the cream from rising to the top. Well, looking at these photos from Kiev by Magnum’s Larry Towell, I don’t think there’s much risk of that. (Standing out, too, is how the home team CBC makes a big point of the fact he’s Canadian. Well, maybe that’s why the photos are so distinct.…)