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  • After Fleeing War, They Made an Abandoned Hospital Their Home – The New York Times

    After Fleeing War, They Made an Abandoned Hospital Their Home – The New York Times

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    After Fleeing War, They Made an Abandoned Hospital Their Home Alexandra Rose Howland documented a community of internally displaced Abkhazians who made their home inside an abandoned hospital. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/after-fleeing-war-they-made-an-abandoned-hospital-home/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body The hospital, a cardiology institute in Abkhazia, shut down when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991. The following year, war made it…

  • Who put the ‘free’ in freelance? – Witness

    Who put the ‘free’ in freelance? – Witness

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    Who put the ‘free’ in freelance? Why we can’t subsist on subsistence journalism via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/who-put-the-free-in-freelance-9ee804568631 The truth is, many freelance journalists are just not very good at freelancing. I realize this is not going to be a popular thing to say, and I may be dismissed by some as disputatious and cantankerous, but it…

  • Jeffrey Milstein: LA NY: Aerial Photographs of Los Angeles And New York | LENSCRATCH

    Jeffrey Milstein: LA NY: Aerial Photographs of Los Angeles And New York | LENSCRATCH

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    Jeffrey Milstein: LA NY: Aerial Photographs of Los Angeles And New York “I love these works not so much for their technical virtuosity, but for the resultant revelation of content. It is this aspect of Jeff’s work that leaves me breathless at the scope of his ambition and execution. This is Jeff’s love affair with…

  • Inside the Black Label Bike Club – Vantage – Medium

    Inside the Black Label Bike Club – Vantage – Medium

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    Inside the Black Label Bike Club Bike-jousting Brooklynites, swaying spectators and sloshing spirits via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/inside-the-black-label-bike-club-40dae0af2b68 he longest project of Julie Glassberg’s career was spent mostly in Greenpoint, jostling in the dark for a good shot of eccentric Brooklynites jousting on bikes. Dodging swaying spectators and sloshing spirits, determined to stay in the middle of…

  • Unearthing a Massacre in Peru – The New York Times

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    [contentcards url=”https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/unearthing-a-massacre-in-peru/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body”] Unearthing a Massacre in Peru – The New York Times Silent clues to a violent past are buried among the scores of mass graves that dot Chungui district in the mountainous Ayacucho region of Peru. There, above layers of earth that mark geological time, lie relatively new remnants attesting to the massacres carried…

  • The Rohingya’s Desperate Journey Out of Myanmar | The New Yorker

    The Rohingya’s Desperate Journey Out of Myanmar | The New Yorker

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    The Rohingya’s Desperate Journey Out of Myanmar The photojournalist Moises Saman was in Bangladesh this past week documenting the conditions Rohingya refugees are enduring as they flee. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-rohingyas-desperate-journey-out-of-myanmar The Magnum photojournalist Moises Saman was in Bangladesh this past week documenting the conditions Rohingya are enduring as they flee, whether wading through…

  • Santa Cruz del Islote, one of the world’s most crowded islands – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/10/18/article/159969043/santa-cruz-del-islote-one-of-the-worlds-crowded-islands/”] Santa Cruz del Islote, one of the world’s most crowded islands – The Eye of Photography 540 people inhabit an island the size of two soccer fields. This photography series by Colombian photographer Charlie Cordero takes us to one of the most densely populated islands on the planet. There’s no water, no cops,…

  • A ‘Soulful Journey’ in a Family Photo Album – The New York Times

    A ‘Soulful Journey’ in a Family Photo Album – The New York Times

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    A ‘Soulful Journey’ in a Family Photo Album Ernesto Bazan’s latest book is a family album of sorts for his twin sons, who were born in Cuba and now live in the United States. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/a-soulful-journey-in-a-family-photo-album/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body Ernesto Bazan was teaching a workshop in Brazil in 2013 when he received a call that his…

  • 40 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1977 – The Atlantic

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    40 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1977 Four decades ago Jimmy Carter was sworn in as the 39th president of the U.S., the original Star Wars movie was released in theaters, and much more. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/10/40-years-ago-a-look-back-at-1977/542997/ Four decades ago Jimmy Carter was sworn in as the 39th president of the United States, the original…

  • Iggy Smalls: Neverland | LENSCRATCH

    Iggy Smalls: Neverland | LENSCRATCH

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    Iggy Smalls: Neverland Iggy Smalls’ project Neverland investigates the ability of a photograph to present stories as truth. Through a sequence of photographs of real objects and real places, Iggy creates a fictitious place that is grounded in reality. From small, mysterious eve via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/10/iggy-smalls-neverland/ Iggy Smalls‘ project Neverland investigates the ability of a…

  • See Photographer Bruce Gilden’s ‘Blunt’ State Fair Portraits

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    This Legendary Street Photographer Traveled to State Fairs. See the Haunting Portraits He Captured The photos are part of a series called ‘Farm Boys and Farm Girls’ via TIME.com: http://time.com/fair-faced/ Bruce Gilden has shadowed the residents of cities around the world, capturing the dark side of urban dwellers with a flash in hand. His often-confrontational…

  • Patrick Wack, China’s Far West – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/10/12/article/159968537/patrick-wack-chinas-far-west/”] Patrick Wack, China’s Far West – The Eye of Photography Borrowing from romanticized notions of the American frontier, synonymous with ideals of exploration and expansion, photographer Patrick Wack captures in this series entitled Out West a visual narrative of China’s westernmost region—Xinjiang. Whereas the American West conjures images of cowboys and pioneers, of…

  • Interpreting tragedy: Photographing the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | Interpreting tragedy: Photographing the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting The Washington Post’s Matt McClain photographs life on the Strip after the shooting in downtown Las Vegas. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/10/11/interpreting-tragedy-photographing-the-aftermath-of-the-las-vegas-shooting/ According to the Gun Violence Archive, last week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas was the 278th so far this year.  For Washington Post photographer Matt…

  • The Photographer Who Saw America’s Monuments Hiding in Plain Sight – The New York Times

    The Photographer Who Saw America’s Monuments Hiding in Plain Sight – The New York Times

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    The Photographer Who Saw America’s Monuments Hiding in Plain Sight Lee Friedlander provided an early study of our national fascination with statuary. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/magazine/the-photographer-who-saw-americas-monuments-hiding-in-plain-sight.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Lee Friedlander’s “The American Monument” was first published in 1976. That’s “monument” singular, though one of the many singular things about Friedlander is that he’s nothing if not a pluralist. Whitman-like,…

  • Fotoistanbul 2017 – Meeri Koutaniemi – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/10/11/article/159968395/fotoistanbul-2017-meeri-koutaniemi/”] Fotoistanbul 2017 – Meeri Koutaniemi – The Eye of Photography Finnish journalist and photographer Meeri Koutaniemi’s subject is female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision, a ritual practice observed in various parts of the world for non-medical purposes. It involves the removal of some or all of…

  • Empowering Girls Rescued From Child Marriage – The New York Times

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    [contentcards url=”https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/empowering-girls-rescued-from-child-marriage/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body”] Empowering Girls Rescued From Child Marriage – The New York Times Having spent 15 years photographing child marriages around the world, Stephanie Sinclair is uniquely positioned to understand its lasting impact on communities and, especially, on the girls who were forced to wed against their will. “You can’t expect individuals who have been…

  • In Search of the Balkan Soul – The New York Times

    In Search of the Balkan Soul – The New York Times

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    In Search of the Balkan Soul Thodoris Nikolaou has spent the last few years crisscrossing the Balkan Peninsula to create a visual mosaic of the region’s stories and people. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/in-search-of-the-balkan-soul/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body Thodoris Nikolaou has spent the last three years — and counting — crisscrossing the Balkan Peninsula to create a visual mosaic of…

  • Graciousness and tenacity in pictures from storm-wrecked Puerto Rico – The Washington Post

    Graciousness and tenacity in pictures from storm-wrecked Puerto Rico – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | Graciousness and tenacity in pictures from storm-wrecked Puerto Rico Washington Post staff photographer Michael Robinson Chavez’s images show the aftermath of Hurricane Maria In Puerto Rico. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/10/09/graciousness-and-tenacity-in-pictures-from-storm-wrecked-puerto-rico/ For three decades, I’ve been traveling throughout Latin America, though I had never made it to Puerto Rico. I finally made it there…

  • Álvaro Aponte-Centeno – Loíza « burn magazine

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    Álvaro Aponte-Centeno – Loíza Álvaro Aponte-Centeno Loiza after Maria The strong, penetrating sound of a whistle created by the wind entering the windows of the shelter would never leave my head. It will forever stay in my ears… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2017/10/alvaro-aponte-centeno-loiza/ This essay is part of a multimedia work from Loíza, a coastal town…

  • How France Shaped Walker Evans’s American Vision – The New York Times

    How France Shaped Walker Evans’s American Vision – The New York Times

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    How France Shaped Walker Evans’s American Vision From grizzled cotton farmers to quiet small-town scenes of buildings and signs, Walker Evans built his reputation on chronicling America’s out-of-the-way places and people. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/how-france-shaped-walker-evanss-american-vision/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body A turning point for Evans was his decision — like many young men of means — to go to Paris…