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[from BruceStrong] Rafal Milach photography - photo essays, portrait, documentary photography, fotografia dokumenta... http://bit.ly/88ksEx
kocinetwork (koci) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:17:20 -0000
[from BruceStrong] Rafal Milach photography - photo essays, portrait, documentary photography, fotografia dokumenta... http://bit.ly/88ksEx
The Year in Pictures 2009 - Photo Essays http://om.ly/dGgl #year #pictures #2009
nikla88 (nicoletta donadio) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:56:06 -0000
The Year in Pictures 2009 - Photo Essays http://om.ly/dGgl #year #pictures #2009
RT @ademelle: Photo essays from Copenhagen via Kris Krug http://www.kriskrug.com/ #COP15
mailemae (mailemae) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:28:16 -0000
RT @ademelle: Photo essays from Copenhagen via Kris Krug http://www.kriskrug.com/ #COP15
Photo essays from Copenhagen via Kris Krug http://www.kriskrug.com/ #COP15
SBC_Consulting (SBC Consulting) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:09:07 -0000
Photo essays from Copenhagen via Kris Krug http://www.kriskrug.com/ #COP15
Photo essays from Copenhagen via Kris Krug http://www.kriskrug.com/ #COP15
ademelle (Anne DeMelle) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:09:06 -0000
Photo essays from Copenhagen via Kris Krug http://www.kriskrug.com/ #COP15
@anishajxD yeah kind of.. i was wondering if it comes with the photo booth and the thing to write essays and such
itsMariaJonas (Maria Paula Velandia) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:33:12 -0000
@anishajxD yeah kind of.. i was wondering if it comes with the photo booth and the thing to write essays and such

 

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2 Nashville - 49 photos by Jerry Hall documenting Nashville's eccentric southern nature since 1997.
Meta Description: [ Pictures of Nashville by Jerry Hall. Documenting Nashville's unique eccentric, southern culture. ]

9-11 Images - Photographic journey through the aftermath of 9-11, the heroes, the missing and the mourning, in memory of those who died.

A Mendel Photo Essay - Photographs of places associated with the life of Gregor Mendel (born 1822), Abbot of the Augustinian convent in Brno. By Simon Mawer.
Meta Description: [ Photographs of places associated with the life of Gregor Mendel ]

Absent Reality - Alejandro Jaimes-Larrarte's experience with WTC before the tragedy and the events in NY after the tragedy (not photographs of the event itself).
Meta Description: [ Fine art photography, from different parts of the world, by Alejandro Jaimes-Larrarte ]

Afghanistan - Chris Steele Perkins's pictures from Afganistan in the 1990s, also published as a book and touring exhibition.

AfghanPix.com - Detailed photo essay covering the civil war and the daily life of Afghans, by Alexander Merkushev.
Meta Description: [ AfghanPix.com, anecdodal account of the war on terror in Afghanistan and other crises, and how the world's journalists cope with associated distractions: by Alexander Merkushev ]

Akbar Nazemi - Purchasing information for photos and images of Iran Revolution.
Meta Description: [ Purchasing information of 1978-1979 Iranian revoluion pictures. Over 2000 pictures by Akbar Nazemi. ]

American Families: Beyond the White Picket Fence - By Courteney Coolidge, exploring the lives of ten families across the United States at the dawn of the new millennium.
Meta Description: [ American Families: Beyond the White Picket Fence is a photographic documentation exploring the daily lives of ten American families whose diverse forms reflect our country's changing family landscape. Through 100 photographs, audio clips, and text, the project web site examines the myths and t... ]

American Pictures - By Jacob Holdt, who hitchhiked more than 100,000 miles throughout the USA in 5 years. A multi-media show since 1976, it has been a focus for the international media as well as human rights and anti-apartheid groups.
Meta Description: [ Most popular campus lecture on racism, racial discrimination, oppression, poverty, slavery and social injustice - more than 4,000 presentations in USA and Europe. Ideal for black history month, sociology, cultural diversity and conflict resolution ]

American Skin - Nation united under a freak flag issue: American strippers, 19-year-olds' world of sex for sale, Alabama drag queens, motel life and a personal journal by Tyler Ondine Whitman.
Meta Description: [ the american skin magazines documentary forum for the american freaks: goths, punks, strippers, drag queens, girls, hollywood motels - a fight for freedom. photographs, short films, mp3's, animations, e-zines, journals ]

404 Apriori: Carol Polakoff - A 1976 photo journey across Russia and a 1996 retrospective.
Meta Description: [ An online photography gallery featuring the works of American artist Carol Polakoff. Two collections are currently available: a 1976 photo journey across Russia and a 1996 retrospective show. Over 70 photos in all available for online purchase. ]

Around the World in a Viewfinder - A selection of photo essays by Jean-Philippe Soule to present various Native Cultures.
Meta Description: [ Professional Travel Stock Photography featuring: Indigenous People photography, tribal photos, native people photos. Stock Photo Agency and photographers specialized in Travel and Adventure Photography with a focus on World Cultures, Indigenous tribes, minority people, ethnology. ]

As Long As We Both Shall Live - An ongoing essay depicting long-married couples in America. By Robert Fass.
Meta Description: [ Selections from an ongoing photographic essay depicting long-married couples in America in images and accompanying text ]

Ashfactories - Fire as a cleansing agent and as society's post-industrial solution to the problem of death. By Juraj Lipscher.

Athos - Photography by Zbigniew Kosc of monasteries and monks of Mount Athos, Greece.
Meta Description: [ Mount Athos in Greece, black and white photographs of the monks and monasteries by Zbigniew Kosc ]

Behind The Stonewall - 5 essays on US Civil War battlefields Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Manassas, Gettysburg and Chickamauga.

Berlin Mitte: Explorations of an Urban Conversion - Photography by Ulrich Wuest looking at the transformation of East Berlin after the fall of communism
Meta Description: [ Online Photo Essay by Ulrich Wüst (Photos), Web concept / realization: Pat Binder and Gerhard Haupt. ]

Brothers in Arms - Elena de la Vega looks at FARC guerrillas favourite passtime: soccer.
Meta Description: [ Football stories from the Columbian jungle to the Hackney marshes ]

Children of Eastern Europe - Of children living in orphanages and psychiatric hospitals in Russia and Moldova, and who have gone underground in Bucharest, Romania. By Northstar Gallery.
Meta Description: [ Fine Art Photography of the people of Russia, Romania and Eastern Europe ]

China's Yangtze - A series of images shot below the submersion levels of China's future Yangtze reservoir. By Bill Zorn.

Construction of the Gotthard tunnel, Switzerland - Panoramic reportage of the Gotthard tunnel building sites in Zurich and Sedrun (Switzerland). By Mark-Steffen Göwecke.

East Side Stories - Black and white photographs of Latino gang members in East Los Angeles by Joseph Rodriguez.

Evaporated Milk - A photo essay and story with over thirty photos about the declining number of family dairy farmers in Northern New England.

Farwell to Bosnia - By Gilles Peress, a member of Magnum Photos. Black and white images taken over a 4-month period in 1993, now a book as well as a traveling exhibition.

Fast Forward - By Lauren Greenfield. A photographer's penetrating look at youths growing up on both sides of the tracks in the shadow of Hollywood - also a book.

FotoFestival Naarden - Photo essay about a photo festival in Holland.

Friends Of Vast Industrial Concrete Kafkaesque Structures - Photo journal of industrial structures in the Los Angeles area with commentary and observations. By Greg Ercolano.
Meta Description: [ Photos of the Los Angeles River ]

Gary Walts: Photographs of my Father - A photo story documenting the years leading up to his father's suicide. [Requires Shockwave]

Grafted Tokyo - A few days through Tokyo: people and encounters, sounds and fragrances. Street photography by unknown photographer.

Havana Mia - Black and white photo essay presenting Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte's personal perspective on Havana, Cuba.

Holding Ground under Water - On China's Three Gorges Dam and its effects on the environment and people of the Yangtze River Basin. By Ben Sandler.
Meta Description: [ See recent color photographs from cities affected by China's Three Gorges Dam construction project.   ]

Hope Revisited - Ten years ago, Hope, a small Kansas country town was struggling to preserve its way of life. A look back since then. Story by Nancy Mays, photos by Keith Mays.

Hutong Photography - A portfolio of photographs of Beijing's hutongs by the photographer Iain Masterton
Meta Description: [ Iain Masterton Photography - Photographs of Beijing's hutongs by Iain Masterton, A unique portfolio of contemporary photographs of Beijing's hutongs ]

Jan Shim Photography - Collection of the people and places one Brunei Darussalam ambassador has been and met during his official business.

Kurdistan photographs - Features photographs of Kurdistan (Turkey) people, landscape and history by Zbigniew Kosc.
Meta Description: [ Black and white photographs of Kurdistan (Turkey) by Zbigniew Kosc ]

Lake Street, USA - Six miles of photography by Wing Young Huie, shown on store fronts, bus-stops and as murals along Lake Street, Minneapolis.
Meta Description: [ A photographic documentary of the people of Lake Street, USA ]

Last Call: Faces of Alcoholism - A portrait of alcoholism by photographer Mark Peterson, featuring residents of the Queens nursing home in Minneapolis. [requires Shockwave]

Leros - Alex Majoli's disturbing account of the gradual improvements in Greece's most notorious mental asylum.

Lewis and Clark Photos - Current photographs of the original Lewis and Clark Trail taken by photographer Jerry Millevoi.
Meta Description: [ Current Photographs of the original Lewis and Clark Trail. On March 14, 1804 a party of men known as the Corps of Discovery and led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off from Camp DuBois, Illinois ]

Looking for the Light - The last decade of the AIDS crisis photographed by well-known New York photographer Scott Thode. Co-published with the New York Times.
Meta Description: [ Multimedia essays about the human face of the AIDS epidemic. ]

Mexican Community in New York City - Photographer Mary Teresa Giancoli documents the rituals, festivals and foods of the Mexican community in New York City.
Meta Description: [ Photographs of the Mexican community in New York City by Mary Teresa Giancoli at Biddington's Contemporary Art Gallery. ]

Modern Ruins - Discover the roots of our place in history, through an archaeology of our culture. By Shaun O'Boyle.

Monks, Fran - Photos of 'Miscellaneous Heroes'.

Morning Light Photography - Seasonal and scenic photographs from the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

Navajo Art - Navajo indian culture and history in pictures. Earl Waggoner lived on the Navajo Indian Reservations in the 1950s and recordered the culture of the Nation among dramatic panoramic views of the Southwest.
Meta Description: [ Navajo Art, Navajo Indians Culture and History in Pictures reproduced as fine art giclee prints for resale or personal use. ]

New York Changing - Berenice Abbott's Changing New York project with the identical camera, at the same time of day and year, showing the city's evolution over 65 years.
Meta Description: [ Since 1997 Douglas Levere has been rephotographing Berenice Abbott's Changing New York, 1939. By returning to the original sites with the same large format camera at the same time of day and year. Douglas is showing New York Changing over 65 years. ]

New York City Lightning - 20 year photo essay of lightning flashes striking Empire State Building, United Nations, 59th Street Bridge and other Manhattan landmarks by Greg Geffner.
Meta Description: [ New York City lightning photography by Greg Geffner. Lightning flashes striking Empire State Building, United Nations, 59th Street Bridge and other landmarks. ]

Off Broadway - This project is the work of four Magnum photographers and friends, who have shared similar experiences during times of war, at the boundaries of life. Flash movie with music.

Over the Roads - Photographs of Iran based on Towards Ispahan an Pierre Loti novel. Links to Loti's biography, articles and web-based books.
Meta Description: [ Photographs of Iran based on Towards Ispahan a novel by Pierre Loti. ]

500 Photo Aid Project - Promotional photography to humanitarian aid organizations.

PhotogJoe's - Non-fiction about urban life and international travel by a professional photographer cum community activist.
Meta Description: [ Joe is a professional photographer who photographs art for museums and artists. His portfolio and information on services and prices are here. This website also has his recent photographs of Egypt, Athens, and Amsterdam, plus his travel stories, and his stories of life in urban America. ]

Photos of Taiwan in the 1950s - By Frederick Foley, who taught English and traveled around the island with his camera.
Meta Description: [ on-line exhibit of photos taken by fred foley in taiwan in the 1950s ]

Prostitutes of La Merced - Maya Goded's medium format work on Mexican prostitutes.

Rwanda 2004 - Photo essay by Chris Leslie documenting stories of Rwandans 10 years after the genocide.

Samuel's Spina Bifida Surgery In Utero - Miraculous photograph of a twenty-one week old fetus reaching out of his mother's womb to grasp the hand of his surgeon.
Meta Description: [ This is the original photo of Samuel's spina bifida in utero surgery taken by Michael Clancy. Permissions and copies of this image may be requested from this site. ]

Sands Hotel - Pictures and photo essay of the last day the historic Las Vegas Sands Hotel and Casino.
Meta Description: [ The Las Vegas Sands Hotel closed its doors on June 30th, 1996. It was one of the first ten hotels to open on the Las Vegas Strip. This site contains a series of pictures from the final hours of the Sands Hotel and Casino. ]

Saturday Night - By Deborah Wian Whitehouse documenting the 'Saturday Night' experience across America. Selections from the series are in private and public collections.
Meta Description: [ Fine Art color night photography by Deborah Wian Whitehouse documenting 'Saturday Night' across America. ]

Schifanoia - By K.N. Chaudhuri, historian, writer, and artist who specialises in historical sites and presents through photo-texts and images a distinctive interpretation of landscape.

Scott Carrier: From Afghanistan - A photo-audio-essay, with excerpts from Harper's magazine article: After the Fall, Letters from Afghanistan (April 2002).
Meta Description: [ Sights, sounds and stories from Afghanisatn; a photo-audio-essay by Scott Carrier (published in Harper's magazine) and ambient recordings of the streets, songs and prayers of the Afghan people. Hearing Voices is radio documentaries, sound portraits and audio art created by indpendent public radio... ]

Shattered 9/12/2001 - Photographs of the WTC attack aftermath by award-winning photojournalist James Nachtwey.
Meta Description: [ a TIME.com photo essay ]

Shore Thing - Images of the New Jersey Boardwalk 1975-85 by Mike Morizio.

SKL Photography - A web photo diary showing Hong Kong, China from the photographer's point of view.

Slices of America - Taylor Lasseigne's album of photos from around the U.S. and Canada.

Soccer in Liberia by Tim Hetherington - Tim Hetherington looks at soccer in a Liberia recovering from civil war.

Soundings - An exploration of the meaning of music through stories about musicians in the State of Missouri since 1997. By Ingrid Young.

Soviets - Shepard Sherbell - Major project on the end of the Soviet era, from religion to work to punishment

Spotfire Images: Wildfire Photojournal - Photo-essays of wildland firefighting, including smokejumping and hot shot crews. By Alaska Smokejumper and photographer Mike McMillan.
Meta Description: [ smokejumpers, smoke jumpers, smokejumper photos, wildfire photos, wildland fire, wildland firefighters, wildland fire photos, forest fire photos, wildland firefighting, wildland firefighting photos ]

St.Helier, Jersey - A photo guide to St.Helier,Jersey documenting its history and its relationship with New Jersey.

Still Training - Seamus Murphy's award-winning story on war torn Sierra Leone's Olympic hopefuls.

Streets of Osaka 1996-97 - A personal view of the street life in this city.

Terra: Brazil's Landless Movement - Sebastiao Salgado's essay on the life, times and political mobilization of Brazil's landless peasants. [Free registration at New York Times]

The Adventure Continues - Photographic compilation and diary journal of the 2001 re-creation of the historic London to Sydney Air Race.
Meta Description: [ This stunning coffee-table book, with stunning photography, is a perfect gift idea for anyone interested in aviation, photograhy or travel. - recounts the 56-day adventure of The Campbell Air Race Team. ]

The Boys of Ramallah - Jean Garup follows a group of Palestinian kids from school to stone-throwing to home.
Meta Description: [ Pictures of the Year International ]

The Call Centre - A documentary on the people and work at a particular call centre, by Jonh Perkins.
Meta Description: [ John Perkins spent 18 months in a call centre. These are the pictures. ]

The Holy Week in Sicily - Settimana Santa in Sicilia. Photography by Maurizio Distefano, narration in English and Italian.

The Lord of the Flies - An examination of violence amongst former child combatants in Africa by Stuart Freedman.

The Lost Border, Photographs of the Iron Curtain - By Brian Rose, documenting the landscape of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall in 1985; the dismantling of the Wall at the end of 1989; and the subsequent changes in the border zone, particularly at Potsdamer Platz.

The New Americans - Exploring Watsonville, (strawberry capital of the world, one of dozens of migrant Meccas in California) from the migrant perspective. Story by Ruben Martinez, photography by Joseph Rodriguez.

The Other Life - 5 images of Korean people and lifestyles by Park Chang Dai in black and white.

The Photo Documentary Press - Black and white photo essays and documentary work with passion. Specializing in editorial assignments, portraits, weddings, and fine art books.

The Pigeon Train - 2 photo essays in Korean and English: the Pigeon Train, and soldiers on the northern frontier of South Korea (untitled). By Lee Jin Hong.
Meta Description: [ korea, photographer, documentary, photo-documentary, photo documentary, korean, lee,journalism,photo journalist,journalist, Lee,leejinhong, ÀÌÁøÈ«,ÇÑ°Ü·¹, º¸µµ»çÁø, Àú³Î¸®Áò,»çÁø,Æ÷ÅäÀú³Î¸®Áò, ]

The Refugee Project - A photography project undertaken by documentary photographer Bikem Ekberzade on the lives of refugees and IDPs. The project is currently open for grants and sponsorships.

Tibetans - An exhibition on Tibet by John Trewin.
Meta Description: [ An online photographic exhibition on Tibet. ]

Town Meeting: Democracy By The People - In-depth story, accompanied by over twenty photos, about the town meeting form of government.

Trent Parke - BW images of Sydney's seafront by Trent Parke of Magnum.
Meta Description: [ The home of contemporary street photography on the web including the work of David Gibson, Ludovic Fremaux, Nick Turpin, Richard Bram, Trent Parke. ]

Truth and Reconciliation - Jillian Edelstein's medium format pictures from several years of South Africa's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation hearings.

Women They Left Behind - A photo essay on women survivors of the Vietnam War, these are mothers, wives, daughters and sister of those killed in the Vietnam War.

World War II - The Photos Tell - Images from World War II's Holocaust and the history behind several well-known images. By Louis Bülow.
Meta Description: [ Stories from the Holocaust ]