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World Press Photo 2011
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The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Samuel Aranda from Spain as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011. The picture shows a woman holding her wounded son in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen on 15 October 2011. Samuel Aranda was working in Yemen on assignment for The New York Times. He is represented by Corbis Images.Read more...
Ground Zero: September 11, 2001 - September 11, 2011 (Big Picture)
One of the most indelible memories in the collective psyche of Americans - and the world - comes from the images of the World Trade Center following the terrorist attacks on the United States, September 11, 2001. Yesterday, Americans and the world collectively remembered those who lost their lives in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania ten years after that unforgettable day. This post (edited by Leanne Burden) shows the transformation, of what became known as Ground Zero, over the last ten years. A memorial rises from the ashes of that day on September 11, 2011. -- Paula NelsonRead more...
South Sudan: A new nation rises (Big Picture)
The world has a new nation. The Republic of South Sudan officially seceded from Sudan on July 9, ending a 50-year struggle marked by decades of civil war. After a referendum earlier this year on independence passed with the support of 99% of the population of southern Sudan, events were set in motion that led to Saturday's celebration. Joy marked the festivities, but South Sudan faces steep challenges. Although the country has oil reserves and fertile soil, there is much poverty and little infrastructure. Collected here are images from the last several months, showing scenes of daily life, portraits of South Sudanese, and the celebration of independence. -- Lane TurnerRead more...
Face That Screamed War’s Pain Looks Back, 6 Hard Years Later
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Samar Hassan had never seen the photo of her taken after her parents were killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
(...) The image of Samar, then 5 years old, screaming and splattered in blood after American soldiers opened fire on her family’s car in the northern town of Tal Afar in January 2005, illuminated the horror of civilian casualties and has been one of the few images from this conflict to rise to the pantheon of classic war photography. The picture has gained renewed attention as part of a large body of work by Chris Hondros, the Getty Images photographer recently killed on the front lines in Misurata, Libya. (...)
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Osama, Obama
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OBAMA: ‘WORLD IS SAFER’
DNA Evidence Confirms Body Is Bin Laden’s, U.S. Says
Cohen: The Al Qaeda leader dies as a new Arab world is coming to life
JSOC: The Black Ops Force That Took Down Bin Laden
Osama Bin Laden Dead: Obama Speech Transcript
Notes on the Death of Osama bin Laden
New Test for U.S.-Pakistan Relations
Stanley Kubrick, Photojournalist
Before A Clockwork Orange, Lolita and Dr. Strangelove, director Stanley Kubrick worked as a photojournalist for Look magazine, supplementing his wages by hustling chess at Washington Square Park. (...)
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Photographers in peril (Big Picture)
Creepy Soviet Posters From Mental Hospitals
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National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010
Hiroshima 65 years
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mitsuo matsushige
There is great debate surrounding the the term “terrorism” and precisely who can be labelled as such. What most scholars agree upon is that terrorism refers to non-conventional acts of warfare or violence which openly targets civilians, rather than militaries, and aims to force change by striking widespread fear in society. [...]Read more...
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