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  • Life Happened Here: Tsunami Survivors Revisit Ruined Sites | PROOF

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    Life Happened Here: Tsunami Survivors Revisit Ruined Sites Five years ago a massive earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Japan. The tsunami it unleashed destroyed large swaths of the island nation, killing nearly 16,000 people, causing $200 billion in damages, and roiling the lives of those who survived. On via Photography: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/10/tsunami-memories/ Alejandro Chaskielberg…

  • The Environmental Legacy of the Steel City – The New York Times

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    The Environmental Legacy of the Steel City The photographer Lynn Johnson grew up in Pittsburgh, a city famed for its industry and attendant air pollution. She still recalls how her father would take a spare white shirt to work every day, as his collar would become discolored by noon. While the Steel City has given…

  • Invisible Bridges: Life Along the Chinese-Russian Border – The New Yorker

    Invisible Bridges: Life Along the Chinese-Russian Border – The New Yorker

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    Invisible Bridges: Life Along the Chinese-Russian Border Historically, Russia has held the upper hand in conflicts with China. Davide Monteleone’s photographs tell a different story. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/invisible-bridges-life-along-the-chinese-russian-border In the summer of 2014, Davide Monteleone, an Italian photographer who had lived in Moscow for more than a decade, began to travel to the…

  • Carl Corey’s series, “Americaville.”

    Carl Corey’s series, “Americaville.”

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    These Photos Make America Look Like One Big, Weird Town The United States may be immense and immensely diverse, but in Carl Corey’s ongoing series, “Americaville,” disparate pockets of the country seem to… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/02/08/carl_corey_s_series_americaville.html The United States may be immense and immensely diverse, but in Carl Corey’s ongoing series, “Americaville,” disparate pockets…

  • Flor Garduño’s Vision in Black-and-White – The New York Times

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    Flor Garduño’s Vision in Black-and-White Flor Garduño, the celebrated Mexican photographer, had a confession: Photography was not her first love.

  • From an Iowa Caucus Photography Workshop

    From an Iowa Caucus Photography Workshop

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    From an Iowa Caucus Photography Workshop When we heard documentary photographer Jeff Jacobson was giving workshops during the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, we were intrigued.  via Reading The Pictures: http://www.readingthepictures.org/2016/02/iowa-caucus-photo-workshop/ When we heard documentary photographer Jeff Jacobson was giving workshops during the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, we were intrigued. Since the images…

  • When Giant Teddy Bears Roamed the Streets of Nazi Germany – Feature Shoot

    When Giant Teddy Bears Roamed the Streets of Nazi Germany – Feature Shoot

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    When Giant Teddy Bears Roamed the Streets of Nazi Germany – Feature Shoot Art collector Jean-Marie Donat’s affaire-de-coeur with TeddyBär began three decades ago when he stumbled across the very first snapshot picturing the mammoth wooly creature traipsing down the streets over Berlin. Over the last twenty years, the Frenchman via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/02/when-giant-teddy-bears-roamed-the-streets-of-nazi-germany/ Art…

  • The Putin of Chechnya’s Flair for Instagram – The New Yorker

    The Putin of Chechnya’s Flair for Instagram – The New Yorker

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    The Putin of Chechnya’s Flair for Instagram Ramzan Kadyrov, the thirty-nine-year-old Chechen ruler and photo-sharing star, presents a case of virtual influence becoming real. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-putin-of-chechnya-shows-his-colors-on-instagram The feed is a cross between a Presidential news service and a Hollywood film studio; his posts can be bureaucratic, theatrical, or seemingly playful. A photo…

  • Looking for Hope in the Land of the Ignored | TIME

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    Looking for Hope in the Land of the Ignored French photographer William Daniels returns to Central African Republic via Time: http://time.com/4203034/central-african-republic-william-daniels/ French photographer William Daniels returns to Central African Republic

  • Bruce Gilden’s Mardi Gras – The New Yorker

    Bruce Gilden’s Mardi Gras – The New Yorker

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    Bruce Gilden’s Mardi Gras Gilden’s images from New Orleans in the seventies and eighties find confrontations of character and power amid Carnival’s topsy-turvy social order. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/bruce-gildens-mardi-gras We find here, of course, the mirth of the party, though less than we might expect, as well as many photos in which the “underdog”—Gilden’s…

  • Scenes From Iowa – The Atlantic

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    Scenes From Iowa Scenes from the past few frantic months in Iowa, as presidential hopefuls made appearances in every corner of the state. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/02/scenes-from-iowa/458751/ Today, the Iowa Caucus takes place, the first major event of the presidential election process for 2016. Candidates have spent months (some of them years) visiting potential voters…

  • What it was like to walk in the shoes of America’s slaves – The Washington Post

    What it was like to walk in the shoes of America’s slaves – The Washington Post

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    What it was like to walk in the shoes of America’s slaves Vivid photos show what it would be like to follow in the footsteps of slaves on the Underground Railroad. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/02/01/what-it-was-like-to-walk-in-the-shoes-of-americas-slaves/ A project by Jeanine Michna-Bales “Through Darkness to Light” seeks to illuminate one aspect of the journey: what it would…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – The work of Zhang Xiao

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – The work of Zhang Xiao The diversity of subjects that capture Chinese photographer, Zhang Xiao’s interest appears at first broad, but at the root revolve entirely around his… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/the-work-of-zhang-xiao/ The diversity of subjects that capture Chinese photographer, Zhang Xiao’s interest appears at first broad, but at the root revolve entirely around…

  • What if this baby were mine? – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/what-if-this-baby-were-mine The baby is the first dead body I see when I get to the beach. He looks like he is nine or ten months old. He is dressed warmly and was wearing a hat. An orange pacifier is attached to his clothes. Near him floats a child of eight or nine…

  • Irina Popova – Welcome to LTP « burn magazine

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    Irina Popova – Welcome to LTP  Irina PopovaWelcome to LTPIn 1967, during the cold war, the Soviet Union introduced the system of labour treatment profilactoria which was actively used for the forced isolation of persons sufferi… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2016/01/irina-popova-welcome-to-ltp/ In 1967, during the cold war, the Soviet Union introduced the system of labour treatment…

  • A Global Journey With a Camera and a Motorcycle – The New York Times

    A Global Journey With a Camera and a Motorcycle – The New York Times

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    A Global Journey With a Camera and a Motorcycle After years of covering breaking news or serious social issues, Walter Astrada has embarked on a motorcycle trip to take pictures around the world. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/a-global-journey-with-a-camera-and-a-motorcycle/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0 Walter Astrada wanted to go on a motorcycle trip and take photographs around the world. He didn’t have…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Hamburger Eyes 15th Anniversary Exhibition

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Hamburger Eyes 15th Anniversary Exhibition Slow Culture Gallery presents Hamburger Eyes 15th Anniversary Exhibition “CYBERNETICS,” a photo exhibition showcasing their deep archives of images co… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/hamburger-eyes-15th-anniversary-exhibition/ Slow Culture Gallery presents Hamburger Eyes 15th Anniversary Exhibition “CYBERNETICS,” a photo exhibition showcasing their deep archives of images collected over the years.

  • Light Transforms the City of Beirut in Graphic Black and White Photographs – Feature Shoot

    Light Transforms the City of Beirut in Graphic Black and White Photographs – Feature Shoot

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    Light Transforms the City of Beirut in Graphic Black and White Photographs – Feature Shoot It takes a special kind of photographer to show us a city in a different light. And Lebanese photographer Serge Najjar has managed to do just this, focusing his lens on his home city of Beirut to bring out the…

  • Amid Bay Area Gentrification, One Man’s Three-Year Struggle – The New York Times

    Amid Bay Area Gentrification, One Man’s Three-Year Struggle – The New York Times

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    Amid Bay Area Gentrification, One Man’s Three-Year Struggle A chance encounter with a man trying for a new start in Oakland led to a complex, three-year tale with no easy answers. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/amid-bay-area-gentrification-a-mans-three-year-struggle/?module=CloseSlideshow&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-6&action=keypress&contentCollection=Blogs&pgtype=imageslideshow Amid the political and cultural fervor a half-century ago, Oakland and the Bay Area were once home to founding members…

  • The 25th edition of Photo L.A. by Andy Romanoff – The Eye of Photography

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    The 25th edition of Photo L.A. by Andy Romanoff I love photo fairs.  In just a day or two I can immerse myself in new work, see some classics, meet a few artists, learn something new from an expert and have a great time, all for the price of a movie in a high end…