Posted in Photographers, Places on Jul 18th, 2009 No Comments »
The Big Picture In Afghanistan, Part 1
The Big Picture In Afghanistan, Part 2
This is one of the best collections of images from Afghanistan yet. #9, the thumbnail headshots are incredible.
Posted in Adventure, People, Photographers, Places on Jul 15th, 2009 1 Comment »
The Big Picture has one of the best sets of images yet: Remembering Apollo 11.
Many unusual shots I’ve never seen before and I’m a junkie for this kind of stuff. Great shots of the elusive Neil Armstrong.
Posted in Photographers, Places on Jul 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Toronto’s Bubble Bursts
Miles Storey has a nice set of bubble pictures at the Torontoist site.
Posted in Photographers, Places on Jul 7th, 2009 3 Comments »
Showcase: Russian Noir
New York Times Lens photoblog showcases Jason Eskenazi’s incredible photographs of Russia.
Posted in People, Photographers, Places on Jul 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Andrew Sullivan – Samba da Bahia
Burn photojournal has a wonderful collection of Andrew Sullivan’s documentary work in Rio de Janeiro.
[via Gary Sharp]
Posted in Photography, Places on Jul 6th, 2009 2 Comments »
Fueling Europe
Wonderful photo essay on the process of turning trees into fuel pellets.
Posted in Photographers, Places on Jul 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Independence Day Fireworks
Sacramento Bee’s The Frame put together a great collection of fireworks images, mostly from New York City but a few other places tossed in too.
Posted in Adventure, Hiking, Landscape, Places, Slide Show on Jul 5th, 2009 13 Comments »
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Posted in Architecture, Photographers, Places on Jul 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Michael Wolf’s incredible collection at The New York Times’ Lens photoblog: Life Behind Glass.
These images were made with a medium format camera in downtown Chicago.
The comments section gets interesting because as you’ll see in the collection, Wolf is shooting with a long lens into the lives of people in buildings a long way off. How [...]
Posted in Photojournalism, Places on Jul 1st, 2009 No Comments »
Dateline: Iraq
Moises Saman’s incredible black and white photography of what’s going on in Iraq right now.
Posted in Art and Design, Places, Video on Jun 29th, 2009 No Comments »
South Indian Film Posters
A short video showing an old offset press and a large collection of shots of posters on walls in Bangalore, India. Oh man, I love this stuff, what a great taste of both Bollywood and Indian graphic design.
[via Coudal Partners Blended Feed]
Posted in People, Places, Stories, Video on Jun 29th, 2009 2 Comments »
YouTube Reporters’ Center
YouTube has a new channel where professional journalists post tips on covering stories and more. Here’s Nicholas Kristof on covering a global crisis.
Posted in Art and Design, Cartoons, Places, Politics on Jun 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Persepolis 2.0
A graphic story about the Iranian elections based on the graphic novel, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
[via Boing Boing]
Posted in Photographers, Photojournalism, Places on Jun 29th, 2009 2 Comments »
Newsha Tavakolian
An intimate view of life in Iran by Iranian photojournalist Newsha Tavakolian. Incredible images.
[via Lens Culture]
Posted in Photojournalism, Places on Jun 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Sacramento Bee, The Frame: Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine.
This is a spectacular collection of images by Mukhtar Khan of a religious pilgrimage in Indian controlled Kashmir.
Posted in Photojournalism, Places on Jun 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Photo Journal: Inside Yangon, Myanmar.
Yangon was the capital of Myanmar until the government moved it about 320 km to Naypyitaw in 2005. The economic crisis and neglect of the military junta has left much of the city in disrepair.
I can feel the dampness, decay, heaviness. I can smell it. This is great photography.
Posted in Photojournalism, Places on Jun 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Photo Journal: Inside Yangon, Myanmar
This is a spectacular collection of images by Aliece Alisha of the old capital of Burma (Myanmar).
Posted in People, Photojournalism, Places, Politics on Jun 17th, 2009 No Comments »
The Big Picture: Israeli Settlements in the West Bank.
This is one of the best photo documentaries of the Israeli settlement situation I’ve ever seen. It’s amazing what pictures can do with few words. This is an incredible collection of images, one of the best The Big Picture has put together to date (IMHO).
Posted in Photojournalism, Places, Politics on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
The Big Picture: Iran’s continued election turmoil
Incredible images of growing demonstrations in various cities around the world.
Posted in Movies, Places on Jun 16th, 2009 2 Comments »
Sonja Sharp for Mother Jones: Bollywood for Beginners.
Fantastic overview of Hindi cinema with videos. Wow, this is a time suck but it’s quite a great overview and worth exploring, even if you’ve seen much of this before. The commentary is excellent.
[via Boing Boing]
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