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Jellyfish By James R.D. Scott

Barbara Minishi: The Red Dress →

A female photographer explores the lives of Kenyan women and tells their unique stories as seen through her lens.

newyorker:

In this week’s issue, Charlayne Hunter-Gault examines the disturbingly pervasive occurrence of hate crimes against gays and lesbians in South Africa. Click through for a photo slideshow of Zanele Muholi’s Portraits from South Africa’s Lesbian Community: http://nyr.kr/KIOSxw

To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Minds Eye

See Cartier-Bresson’s rare color photographs here.

(via life)

fotojournalismus:

An ethnic Uighur vendor (3rd R) and his family sell vegetables, as his son rests under his tricycle, on a street in Uqturpan county, Xinjiang, Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 3, 2012. 

[Credit : Stringer/Reuters]

life:

Here, five decades after the Freedom Riders put their lives on the line for dignity and equal rights, LIFE.com presents unpublished photos by Schutzer — images that chart the historic journey of King and the nation-changing movement he led, from the monuments of Washington to the streets, churches, and bus depots of the Deep South.

Unpublished: Martin Luther King Jr. and young Freedom Riders in Mongtomery, Alabma, in 1961.

npr:

A Toast To Spring, With A ‘Cherry Blossom’ On Top!

The party started early this year. It’s the centennial celebration of the cherry blossoms, and everyone’s invited.

Many of the cherry trees now bursting with pink around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., have been there for a century. Talk about some inspiring longevity! What started as a simple gift of 3,000 trees from the city of Tokyo has blossomed into a five-week extravaganza that’s become something of a national celebration of spring.

So we decided to wander through the crowds to get a better look at these blossoming glories — and the million or so folks who flock to the nation’s capital every year to see them. -John Rose and Doriane Raiman

life:

It’s true what they say, things are not always what they seem.

In 1937, LIFE published Margaret Bourke-Whites ‘American Way’ photograph that, for generations, has been the image of the Great Depression: an economic cataclysm distilled in one frame. But the story behind the picture tells a slightly different, equally fascinating tale.

(see more here)

fotojournalismus:

People buy flowers at the Flower Market to decorate their homes on the eve of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Hong Kong on Jan. 22. The Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. Flowers are said to give good luck and are given when visiting family for the traditional New Years Eve feast.

[Credit : Pedro Ugarte / AFP / Getty Images]

fotojournalismus:

Actors dressed in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) costumes take part in the heaven-worshipping ceremony, in which people pray for good harvest and fortune, to celebrate the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, January 23, 2012.

[Credit : Soo Hoo Zheyang/Reuters]