Recently my mother in law had some visitors. A couple of guys had come home , asking for details wrt the census. These guys were going from door to door, knocking on homes, asking for details . While I was in New York last month, the census activity was on as well. I do [...]
Overheard at JFK while waiting in the long queue for the immigration clearance – “Papa , yeh airport bada hai but achcha nahin hai. Sirf decorations achcha hai.” The kid is obviously not fascinated by the airport and the father looks tired . Standing behind me is another couple from India and their infant just [...]
Update evening of 4.25.2010: Both Marco Vernaschi and the Pulitzer Center For Crisis Reporting responded to the critics. I was pleased to read this final paragraph of the response (my emphasis): We do not suggest that the decisions involved in this reporting project are anything but difficult, as we hope was apparent in our statement [...]
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Photograph © Kevin Bubriski-All Rights ReservedKevin Burbriski arrived in Nepal as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1975, and spent about 4 years working in remote villages. He returned in 1984 as a photographer, and with a 4” x 5” view camera, a Nepalese photographic assistant, and two porters, he traveled the length and breadth of [...]
The Foundry Photo~Journalism Workshop 2010 is in Istanbul, and if your dream is to be coached by some of the best photographers and photojournalists available, do it now! The roster of instructors reads like a Who’s Who in the world of photojournalism: Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario, Jared Moosy, David Bathgate, Jon Vidar, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Rena [...]
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Photo © Ralph Childs-All Rights ReservedPhoto © Ralph Childs-All Rights ReservedAlthough Ralph Childs participated in my photo~expedition to Bali in summer 2007, he’s once again joining Bali: Island of Odalan Photo-Expedition™ which I’m organizing and leading this coming August. Ralph is an active member of the Arlington Camera Club, and his photographs of a Balinese [...]
On Tuesday night, I watched the harrowing Frontline: The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan which exposed an ancient practice know as as “bacha bazi” which, literally translated, means ‘boys’ play’. This illegal practice exploits orphans and street boys, and has been revived by powerful warlords, businessmen and military commanders in Afghanistan. These men dress the boys [...]
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The Travel section of the Washington Post has featured a collection of short videos titled India In Motion. The videos are somewhat eclectic, and start with fast paced clips of Mumbai, then Udaipur, Jaislamer, Agra, Haridwar and Rishikesh. The videos are by Whitney Shefte, while the design is by Kat Downs. It’s unfortunate that some [...]
Update: 4.25.2010: See my follow-up post So Whose Judgment Lapse Is it?Update 4.22.2010: Jon Sawyer of the Pulitzer Center responds, and within the response is this: “Yet we also believe, and Vernaschi agrees, that it was wrong to ask that the body be exhumed. It showed disrespect for the dead, and forced a grieving family [...]
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Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedPhoto © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedAlthough I have a couple of international trips in the interim, my mind is increasingly getting focused on my forthcoming Bali: Island of Odalan Photo-Expedition™ in August, and to refresh my memory, I’ve been revisiting my RAW images files of my 2007 photo-expedition, and even [...]
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