Kandinsky
``Black is like the silence of the body after death, the close of life.''
-- Wassily Kandinsky, 1911
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Helena Christensen: threats of climate change on people living in Peru (photography)
An exhibition of photographs taken by Helena Christensen documenting the threats of climate change on people living in Peru has opened in London. The photographs premiered at the United Nations in New York when the UN General Assembly met in September and are on a global tour heading to Copenhagen for the UN climate negotiations next month. [BBC]Read more...
Guantanamo Last Days (photos
As President Obama's administration prepares to finalize details on closing the controversial prison, photographer John Moore catches a rare glimpse of the life for detainees and guards behind the wire. (Photographs by John Moore / Getty)Read more...
H1N1 around the World (photos)
Health officials around the world are stepping up vaccination efforts and are closely tracking the progress of the H1N1/09 virus (often referred to as "swine flu" in the media). World Health Organization officials recently noted that the virus has spread to virtually every country in the world, reaching as far as remote tribes in Venezuela and aboriginal populations in Australia. Although the number of deaths attributed to H1N1 this year (over 7,000 to date) remains low compared to a normal seasonal flu outbreak of several hundred thousand deaths in a year, health officials remain concerned because of the instability of H1N1/09 combined with its tendency to affect younger healthier people. Collected here are photos of people around the world preparing for and dealing with the current H1N1 pandemic. [The Big Picture]Read more...
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