Fragments of Fukushima Eighteen months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, the photographer Kosuke Okahara has created a collection of haunting images of a land irreparably altered and the people who stayed behind. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/fragments-of-fukushima/ Okahara has traveled to Fukushima Prefecture almost every month. On Sept. 6, at the Visa pour l’Image…
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/09/06/getty-awards-80000-to-four-photojournalists-at-perpignan/#1 On Thursday, Getty Images awarded $80,000 in grants supporting the work of four international photojournalists. Bharat Choudhary, Kosuke Okahara, Paolo Marchetti and Sebastian Liste each received $20,000 prizes and editorial support as winners of the 2012 Getty Grants for Editorial Photography
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/09/21/snapshots-of-transnistria-an-unrecognized-state-caught-between-past-and-present/#1 Located between the Dniester River and the eastern border of Ukraine, Transnistria is an unrecognized state of approximately a half million people. Though it asserts itself as a sovereign nation, it is claimed by Moldova and has no diplomatic relations with…