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Lianne Milton – Song of the Quetzal « burn magazine

Lianne Milton – Song of the Quetzal

Lianne Milton Song of the Quetzal This project explores the complexities of post-civil war recovery and the struggle to find peace and security from the Guatemalan Civil War among the indigenous po…

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This project explores the complexities of post-civil war recovery and the struggle to find peace and security from the Guatemalan Civil War among the indigenous populations, who suffered the most violence

January 10, 2020
Pollution and Coal Mining in India – The New York Times

Climate Change and Coal Mining in India

As the international community discusses climate change in Paris, an Indian photographer looks at his country’s reliance on coal to fuel both industry and the economy.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/pollution-and-coal-mining-in-india/

Within hours of his arrival in Jharia, a remote corner of India’s Jharkhand State, Souvid Datta’s eyes teared up and his lungs burned. Swirling clouds of coal dust and toxic fumes from dozens of fires ablaze in open seams made him dizzy. Jharia is in the main coal belt in the region that supplies the highest-quality coal fueling India’s rapid economic expansion.

January 10, 2020
Stacy Kranitz Is TIME’s Pick for Instagram Photographer of the Year 2015 | TIME

Meet TIME’s Instagram Photographer of 2015

For her use of the app as it was originally intended

via Time: https://time.com/4100278/stacy-kranitz-instagram-photographer-of-the-year-2015/

She uses Instagram as “it was intended to be used,” as Matt Black put it: “To witness things as they happen.”

January 10, 2020
Our Favorite Documentary Photographs of 2015 – The New Yorker

Our Favorite Documentary Photographs of 2015

Each of these photographers found the pieces that helped us see the whole more clearly.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/our-favorite-documentary-photographs-of-2015

These photographers’ styles are as varied as their subject matter, but each has the talent vital to any documentarian: to find the pieces that help us see the whole more clearly.

January 10, 2020
Pennsylvania Steel Town Memories – The New York Times

Pennsylvania Steel Town Memories

While Pittsburgh enjoys a renaissance, Pete Marovich returned to the nearby steel town of his youth to see how it has coped after its life-sustaining industry fled.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/14/pennsylvania-steel-town-memories/

A year ago, Pete Marovich began noticing articles boasting about a Pittsburgh “resurgence.” He knew these pieces weren’t telling the whole story. His family grew up in Aliquippa, Pa., a decaying former steel town 20 miles from the city. In towns like it — basically a river’s crossing from Pittsburgh — no renaissance is happening. Not much of anything is happening.

January 10, 2020
Homeless Veterans Surviving Rape and Indifference – The New York Times

Homeless Veterans Surviving Rape and Indifference

Mary Calvert has made it her mission to document the traumas encountered by female veterans, a group that is the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/homeless-veterans-surviving-rape-and-indifference/

Mary Calvert has deep ties to the military: Her grandfather was John F. Kennedy’s commander during his famed service on PT-109, and her parents met in the Army during the Korean War. For the last 19 years, Ms. Calvert has taught a workshop for military photographers at Fort Meade.

January 10, 2020
2015: The Year in Photos, January-April – The Atlantic

2015: The Year in Photos, January-April

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to take a look back at some of the most memorable events and images of 2015, starting with the months of January through April.

via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/12/2015-the-year-in-photos-january-april/419364/

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to take a look back at some of the most memorable events and images of 2015. Among the events covered in this essay (the first of a three-part photo summary of the year): Conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels, the beginning of the new Star Wars hype, the growth of solar power as an energy source, the start of the year’s enormous migrant crisis, a sunset on Mars, and much more

January 10, 2020
Mariano Silletti – Ludovicu « burn magazine

Mariano Silletti – Ludovicu

Mariano Silletti Ludovicu Ludovicu’s disappearance. Ludovicu arrived in Montescaglioso (Italy), with his family, from Romania. Ludovicu was 57 years old and he was suffering from Alzheimer. One day…

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Ludovicu’s disappearance. Ludovicu arrived in Montescaglioso (Italy), with his family, from Romania. Ludovicu was 57 years old and he was suffering from Alzheimer. One day in December 2013, he went out from his home and never came back. Veronica, his wife, waited for him for hours. She then finally came to our police station. Ludovicu’s story has touched my heart. I am a police officer, I have a passion for photography and I did not want this story to be forgotten

January 10, 2020
Gianni Berengo Gardin photographs Venice’s massive cruise ships.

Are These Giant Cruise Ships Destroying Venice?

Tourism is the economic lifeblood that keeps Venice running. But is it destroying what’s charming about the city in the process?

via Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/culture/2015/12/gianni-berengo-gardin-photographs-venices-massive-cruise-ships.html

In Gianni Berengo Gardin’s photos of massive boats lumbering through the lagoon and the city’s fragile canals on their way to the international cruise ship terminal, there’s no mistaking his perspective. Passing by historic squares, churches and buildings, the ships look like colossal eyesores, obscuring everything in their path.

January 10, 2020
Fear and Loathing in Venezuela – The New York Times

Fear and Loathing in Venezuela

A photographer looks at those caught in the middle on the crime-ridden streets of Caracas, where the psychic landscape is emotionally draining.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/fear-and-loathing-in-venezuela/

Given Venezuela’s economic straits, long lines for food and the desire of many to live somewhere free of political strife, you’d think hitting the lottery would be a good thing. But for Alejandro Cegarra, there’s one number nobody wants to hit.

January 10, 2020
Documenting Rape in India – The New York Times

Documenting Rape in India

When Smita Sharma photographs rape victims who have been shunned and ostracized in India, she connects with them by sharing her own story of sexual assault.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/documenting-rape-in-india/

At night, vivid memories of sexual abuse haunt Smita Sharma’s dreams. During the day, they motivate her to document the stories of rape victims in India.

January 10, 2020
Most Prominent Photo Objects of 2015: The Life JacketReading The Pictures

Most Prominent Photo Objects of 2015: The Life Jacket

Who knows how many powerful images were published this year of life jackets either worn or discarded by migrants

via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2015/12/2015-the-life-jacket/

Because of all the year-end “best of” lists, I was half-joking the other day when I tweeted, why not “photo objects of the year”? Scanning innumerable migrant and year end photo galleries, though, the idea actually makes a lot of sense. So, we at Reading the Pictures have two “photo objects of the year” to recognize: the life jacket and the cell phone. In anticipation of our upcoming Reading The Pictures Salon on the migrant crisis (info and registration here), we’ll start with the life vests first.

January 10, 2020
Year in Photos 2015 from Latin America | AP Images Blog

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As Latin America and the Caribbean say goodbye to another year, The Associated Press offers a look back at some of the most interesting happenings of 2015 through the eyes of the region’s photojournalists.

January 10, 2020
Alessandro Penso is TIME’s Pick for Photo Story of the Year | TIME

Alessandro Penso is TIME’s Pick for Photo Story of the Year

The Italian photographer explains what motivated him to stick with the story

via Time: https://time.com/4139666/alessandro-penso-photo-story-of-2015/

The Italian photographer explains what motivated him to stick with the story

January 10, 2020
2015: The Year in Photos, May-August – The Atlantic

2015: The Year in Photos, May-August

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to take a look back at some of the most memorable events and images of 2015, starting with the months of May through August.

via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/12/2015-the-year-in-photos-may-august/419655/

Among the events covered in this essay (the second of a three-part photo summary of the year): Rohingya migrants fleeing Burma, the end of David Letterman’s Late Show, the demolition of Candlestick Park, the birth of the U.K.’s Princess Charlotte, wildfires in California, and much more

January 10, 2020
Year in Photos from Asia | AP Images Blog

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As 2015 comes to a close, here is a glimpse of some of the Asia-Pacific’s most important events of the year, through the eyes of The Associated Press’ photojournalists.

January 10, 2020
MuCEM : I Love Panoramas – The Eye of Photography

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This exhibition originated in an exchange between the two curators, Laurence Madeline and Jean-Roch Bouiller. It started with a text message, “I love panoramas” (a phrase spoken by Jean Dujardin in the French spy movie OSS 117) which crossed one of their phones like a flash of lightning. Familiar to artists, this flash of lightning is some little detail, an epiphany that engenders the work: in this case, an exhibition.

January 10, 2020
The Sellers Way: Lessons on Life, Love, and Connectedness | PROOF

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Matt Eich: One day, while wandering a small village in southeastern Ohio, I stumbled on a rugged-looking man and his two sons cleaning up muddy dirt bikes at a car wash. Most of the folks I had encountered up until this point were incredibly distrustful of outsiders, so I was immediately drawn in by his open demeanor. He seemed just as curious about me as I was about him.

January 10, 2020
Daoud Aoulad-Syad : Retrospective – The Eye of Photography

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The power of his images come from a detail, a gesture, an expression or an attitude. He has never set out to seek poetry; he doesn’t need to wait for it or watch out for it. His instinct is always alert. His love for the art of photography opens the way to an imperceptible imaginary. The everyday he reveals is constantly in motion. Most of the time, it would escape our attention in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, Daoud is among us, there with us.

January 10, 2020
TIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2015 | TIME

Here are the 10 Most Important Photos of 2015

Carefully culled from thousands, TIME selects the best photos of the year

via Time: https://time.com/4145154/top-10-photos-2015/

Each photograph selected for TIME’s Top 10 photos of 2015, carefully culled from thousands and presented here unranked, reflects a unique and powerful point of view that represents the best of photojournalism this year.

January 10, 2020