Nick Turse

This fabulous and iconic picture, by the great photojournalist...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:20:10 -0400

This fabulous and iconic picture, by the great photojournalist known as Chim, was taken in 1947 on Omaha Beach, in Normandy, where massive slaughter had been seen just a few years before. It’s now in a show called “We Went Back: Photographs from Europe 1933-1956 by Chim”, at the International Center of Photography in New York. This is just about the most lyrical image that Chim ever shot, and there’s something especially great about his rare use of color film for it. We mostly think of this era, and its horrors, as having happened in black and white, so it’s lovely that an image of recovery should glow, Oz-like, in soft polychrome.

heidijulavits: A FAN’S NOTE Found in my storage space.

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:40:12 -0400

heidijulavits:

A FAN’S NOTE

Found in my storage space.

"We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide. And one for the..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:10 -0400

“We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide. And one...

"When you fight, you sometimes win; when you don’t, you always lose."

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:20:20 -0400

“When you fight, you sometimes win; when you don’t, you always lose.” - Rebecca Solnit,...

"For the aging Wall Street speculator stepping out for an evening to squander his investment in..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:40:21 -0400

“For the aging Wall Street speculator stepping out for an evening to squander his investment...

latimes: wnyc: architizer: Astounding Tilt-Shift Perspectives...

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:20 -0400

Photo: Richard Silver. Machu Picchu, Peru.

Photo: Richard Silver. World Trade Center Memorial, New York City.

Photo: Richard Silver. Taj Mahal, India.

Photo: Richard Silver. Brooklyn Bridge, New York City.

Photo: Richard Silver. Moai of Easter Island, Chile.

Photo: Richard Silver. Houses in Reykjavik, Iceland.

latimes:

wnyc:

architizer:

Astounding Tilt-Shift Perspectives of World Monuments!

Anyone who’s traveled to popular touristic sites knows the feeling of being caught in the crossfire of countless camera lenses—the annoyed (and annoying) jockeying to capture the perfect shot…which in most cases looks exactly like everyone else’s. When we stumbled across Richard Silver’s photographs of iconic monuments, we were shocked—caught in the same tourist hustle, Silver manages to give us a new perspective on famous landmarks we didn’t think possible. Read more!

How to take the “monumental” out of the worlds monuments. Super cool.

-Jody, BL Show-

Whoa!

"Ten years ago, my part of the world was full of valiant opposition to the new wars being launched..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:28:35 -0400

“Ten years ago, my part of the world was full of valiant opposition to the new wars being...

"The New Delhi rape and murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey, the 23-year-old who was studying physiotherapy..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:20:33 -0400

“The New Delhi rape and murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey, the 23-year-old who was studying...

futurejournalismproject: Syrian Death Map Via the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:40:31 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

Syrian Death Map

Via the Guardian:

The conflict in Syria continues to claim lives, over a year since the war started - especially in west of the country. This map, created for us by the team at CartoDB, uses data from Syrian Shuhada - also used by the UN - and each circle represents the number of people who died each day. The play button starts the calendar of deaths, which can be paused at any point

Via CartoDB

One of these online activists involved in “the media war” is curating a casualties database based on information from several websites that have already documented killings or casualties from direct sources. The “Syrian Revolution Martyr Database” (www.SyrianShuhada.com) currently collects detailed info and links to 22.601 deaths since March, 2011…

…The Vizzuality team worked on the visualization. The map is powered by CartoDB to manage and serve the timeseries data and uses d3.js for the animated datapoints and graph.

The man behind the Syrian Suhada database —who did not share his personal information— launched the project in early May 2011. He designed the website and back-end database, and populated it initially with the first available data on casualties. Currently a team of 2 curate the data contained on the site

Image: Screenshot, Syria conflict: a year of deaths mapped. Via The Guardian.

kateoplis: Finally!

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:20:16 -0400

kateoplis:

Finally!

pulitzercenter: Photojournalist Sean Gallagher discusses his...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:40:25 -0400

pulitzercenter:

Photojournalist Sean Gallagher discusses his recent work photographing on the Tibetan Plateau. He shares his thoughts in how he conceptualised his project, its evolution and how he executed it whilst in the field, discussing some of the challenges he faced. His final project, titled ‘Meltdown: Climate Change and Environmental Degradation on the Tibetan Plateau’, looks at issues such as melting glaciers, grassland degradation, desertification, mining and the disappearance of Tibetan culture.

We’re featuring our water-related reporting all week for World Water Day.

theatlantic: These 2 Maps About Student Loans Explode One of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:35:59 -0400

theatlantic:

These 2 Maps About Student Loans Explode One of the Biggest Myths About Student Loans

The media fixates on the overall size of student debt. But where you go to school, whether you graduate, and what kind of job you get later may matter much more.

Read more. [Images: FRBNY Consumer Credit Panel]

intldev: Rise of the Megacity - A megacity generally defines a...

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:33:33 -0400

intldev:

Rise of the Megacity - A megacity generally defines a metropolitan area that has a population in excess of 10 million people.

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vietnamization: The Pentagon Papers is a United States...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:20:31 -0400

vietnamization:

The Pentagon Papers is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States’ political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. The papers were first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of the New York Times in 1971. A 1996 article in The New York Times said that the Pentagon Papers “Demonstrated, among other things, that the Johnson Administration had systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress, about a subject of transcendent national interest and significance”.

"I’ve seen extraordinary change in my lifetime, some of it in the last decade. I was born in a..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:05:01 -0400

“I’ve seen extraordinary change in my lifetime, some of it in the last decade. I was born in a...

Kapture Blog: Who We Love: The Strand Bookstore

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:40:27 -0400

Kapture Blog: Who We Love: The Strand Bookstore : kapturenyc: Gorgeous bookworms, this one’s for...

McGraw Hill Building, from 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue looking...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:20:32 -0400

McGraw Hill Building, from 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue looking east, Manhattan. (May 25, 1936)

pulitzercenter: Millions of cancer patients around the world...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:40:21 -0400

pulitzercenter:

Millions of cancer patients around the world have no access to pain medication. Read the latest piece from PRI’s The World and the Pulitzer Center’s series on #globalcancer. Graphic by Kim Ducharme, Zia Sobhani.

APARTMENTS OF “CO-OP CITY,” A VAST HOUSING...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:20:14 -0400

APARTMENTS OF “CO-OP CITY,” A VAST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE BRONX, THESE BUILDINGS STOOD ON THE EDGE OF A LANDFILL THAT HAD EXCEEDED ITS DUMPING CAPACITY: 03/1973 (NARA)

kateoplis: A far-reaching new study suggests a staggering $21...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:14 -0400

kateoplis:

A far-reaching new study suggests a staggering $21 TRILLION in assets has been lost to global tax havens. If taxed, that could have been enough to put parts of Africa back on its feet – and even solve the euro crisis.

Wealth doesn’t Trickle down — it just floods offshore | Guardian