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Portraits of Mexican Pointy Boot Wearers South of the Border
Michael Zhang, petapixel.com

After being intro­duced to long, pointy Mex­i­can boots through a Face­book video, Brookyln-based pho­tog­ra­phers Alex Troesch and Aline Paley decid­ed to trav­el to the north­ern city of Mate­huala, Mex­i­co to see and doc­u­ment the shoes…

This is the best thing I’ve seen in a while. Absolutely beautiful video about an amazing guy who built a massive film camera into his truck to tell stories. A must see.

fotojournalismus:

Richard Mosse , “Infra”, Eastern Congo, 2011.

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wired:

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Wind! On a map. Totally cool. Click on the map to see the even better interactive version. 

Completely mesmerizing.

fotojournalismus:

Sandwich Islands, 2009.

[Credit : Sebastião Salgado]

nevver:

“April 1st is absolutely the worst day on the Internet. I’m going outside.”

The Izalco prison, like many in El Salvador, is overcrowded with inmates sprawled over every inch of cell floor. The country’s 19 prisons were built to hold a total of 8,000 prisoners. Today, 24,000 are stuffed into them. In another Salvadoran prison, inmates often must string hammocks from the ceiling or bed down on the floor of a library that is now too full of prisoners to hold any books.

Meredith Kohut/The New York Times

The City Of Samba.

Great effect here.

fotojournalismus:

[World Press Photo 2012]

Daily Life, 2nd prize stories :

Bolivianas by Pietro Paolini

Inside a depository of cocoa leaves in the region of Yungas, a worker relaxes in the middle of a heap of leaves. (27 January 2010)

[Credit : Pietro Paolini/TerraProject]

fotojournalismus:

[World Press Photo 2012]

Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize singles :

Afrikaner Blood by Ilvy Njiokiktjien

A sergeant shows boys at a ‘kommandokorps’ camp in South Africa how to use a gun. The camp is organized by self-proclaimed ‘Kolonel’ Jooste, a South African white man who fought in the old apartheid army. He wants to put the white youth up against Nelson Mandela’s culturally mixed ‘rainbow nation’. (05 April 2011)

[Credit : Ilvy Njiokiktjien]

fotojournalismus:

[World Press Photo 2012]

Arts and Entertainment, 2nd prize singles :

Dakar Fashion Week by Vincent Boisot

A model poses in front of tailor stalls in the center of Dakar, Senegal. She wears the creation of a designer, Yolande Mancini, participating in the 9th edition of Dakar Fashion Week. (09 July 2011)

[Credit : Vincent Boisot/Riva Press for Le Figaro Magazine]

WORLD PRESS PHOTO WINNER

1st Prize General News Singles: Protestors cry, chant and scream in Cairo’s Tahrir Square after listening to a speech in which Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would not give up power in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 10, 2011. (Alex Majoli/Magnum Photos/Newsweek) #

M.I.A. - Bad Girls Video

nevver:

I am Mahatma

Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno, of Panama, dodged a punch from Cecilio Santos, of Mexico, in the WBA Bantamweight championship bout in Panama City Friday. Mr. Moreno defended his title, winning the fight after seven rounds. (Sky Gilbar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

wehavemanysurfboards:

Bike up a mountain in a suit.

The new video from Justice. This is phenomenal, and, oh NSFW.

Elephants, Uganda

Elephants have miles of unbroken savanna to roam inside Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth Park, where their numbers total 2,500, a dramatic rise after heavy poaching in the 1980s. Outside the preserve villagers kill elephants that trample and eat crops, though attacks have diminished with the digging of trenches to protect fields from wild trespassers.

(Joel Sartore, National Geographic)

Ellwood Beach. (Sky Gilbar)