fotojournalismus:

A Pakistani man, right, stands inside his grocery story which id decorated with festive lights, for the Christmas holiday in a Christian neighbourhood in Islamabad, Pakistan on Dec. 24, 2012.

[Credit : Muhammed Muheisen/AP]

hrtbps:

The ‘Napalm Girl’, 40 years later

Joe McNally, who was commissioned by LIFE magazine to find and photograph subjects of Pulitzer Prize winning photos, shot Kim Phuc – the girl running from an airborne attack in this devastatingly iconic shot during the Vietnam War.

The original photo was taken by AP photographer Nick Ut, and turned Kim into a propaganda tool for the anti-war movement.  Joe had the privilege of meeting and photographing Kim, who had recently given birth to her newborn son. Joe knew to treat the situation with care, since showcasing her scars from the napalm burn was significant.

“For me, doing this assignment reconfirmed so many things I’ve always believed about photography,” says Joe in his blog post “On a Road, 40 Years Ago“. “That photo made on that horrible day was made in less than a second. Yet a lifetime spun on its power. With so many photographs being taken everywhere, easily, and thoughtlessly, it’s easy to forget how powerful they can be, and occasionally are.” (via)

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Policemen apply vermillion powder and perform rituals on a dog during the Tihar festival at a police kennel division in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Nov 13, 2012. On Tihar, as the Hindu festival of Diwali is known in Nepal, it is customary for people to offer blessings to dogs (which are seen as messengers of Yamaraj, the god of death) and cows (considered incarnations of Laxmi, goddess of wealth).

[Credit : Niranjan Shrestha/AP]

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gawkercom:

President Obama comforts a woman in New Jersey whose marina was damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

As the Wall Street Journal’s Jeff Yang put it, “If enough people see it, this is the photo that singlehandedly re-elects Barack Obama.”

[Twitter via AP]

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fotojournalismus:

An elderly man takes his afternoon nap in a shopping mall on Friday Oct. 12, 2012 in Singapore.

[Credit : Wong Maye-E/AP]

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Pussy Riot punk group supporters place masks on a monument to WWII heroes to resemble Pussy Riot members, at an underground station in Moscow on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral on Friday.

[Credit : Yevgeny Feldman/Novaya Gazeta/AP]

thebengalcat:

Mourners take part in a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting, in Milwaukee, on Sunday August 5, 2012. A white gunman killed six people at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee in a rampage that left terrified congregants hiding in closets and others texting friends outside for help. The suspect was killed outside the temple in a shootout with police officers. AP

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Hindu women at a temple in New Delhi after participating in a procession that was part of Ganga Dussehra, a major Hindu festival, May 31, 2012. Hindus celebrate Ganga Dussehra by worshiping the River Ganges, consider the holiest river.  

[Credit : Kevin Frayer/AP]

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Photo of the Day: May 15, 2012

Patrick Kovarik / AP

So Long, Farewell…
Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the Elysee Palace after the handover ceremony.

PHOTO OF THE DAY ARCHIVE

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An Indian nomadic Gujjar child and her mother, at a temporary settlement in Jammu, India, May 6, 2012.

[Credit : Channi Anand/AP]

fotojournalismus:

North Koreans, lit with red light, look on with delight as they watch a fireworks display along the Taedong River in Pyongyang to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung on April 15.

[Credit : David Guttenfelder / AP]