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USA-its Geography and Growth

Life is full of those precious finds, this is one of mine. A fabulous piece of documentary photography history brought for 20p in Hay-on-Wye at the Honest book store. Hay-on Wye has over 38 book stores, this book store is in the gardens of a church and the shelves are old filing cabinets, there is [...]

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Pieter Hugo

Pieter Hugo’s book at Photo Paris I have been meaning to write about the work “The Hyene and Other Men” (2008) for some time, since I first viewed his work at Paris Photo. American Suburb X has done a fantastic article. For me this body of work is captivating, and unique. Although very formulaic in execution, [...]

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Postcards of Children Smoking

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Donovan Wylie: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2010

Donovan Wylie: the Maze prison Photo: MAGNUM PHOTOS / DONOVAN WYLIE I was delighted to see the work of Donovan Wylie again. I first saw his project ‘The Maze’ at a lecture he gave years ago at my university. The course was outstanding and had some fantastic connections due to the quality of the lecturers [...]

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Born Into Brothels-Calcuttas Red Light Kids

Born Into Brothels (Calcutta’s Red Light Kids) is a 2004 American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Calcutta’s red light district. The widely acclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, won a string of accolades including the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2004. One of the most [...]

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Showcase: Social Worker With a Camera

The New York Times is my favorite place to see photography, It has some powerful projects. The slide presentations really bring the story to life. Today I love this pice by Joseph Rodriguez Posted via email from roomnoir’s posterous Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d47').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });

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