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Portraits of Mexican Pointy Boot Wearers South of the Border
Michael Zhang, petapixel.comAfter 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.
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Wind! On a map. Totally cool. Click on the map to see the even better interactive version.
Completely mesmerizing.
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.
Daily Life, 2nd prize stories :
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]
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]
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)
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) #
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)
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.
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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)
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A Chihuana warrior princess in traditional dress surveys the majestic Valle de Santa Ynez from a windswept field atop Montana Figueroa.
The Santa Barbara Mission as seen from the Rose Garden after a Thanksgiving picnic…
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Flying in, I caught this glimpse of LA,…wait, where is it??? Good to be home to clear-skied California.
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Hundreds of government workers protest near the presidential palace against new legal reforms proposed by the national assembly in Panama City, Panama, July 28, 2009. The workers claim the reforms will result in thousands of workers being laid off and replaced with those loyal to recently elected President Ricardo Martinelli.
-Photos: Sky Gilbar
-Model: Claudia Bravo
-Makeup & Styling: Melanie
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A Caribbean woman from sings and dnaces in an impromptu street party during the annual Congos festival in Portobelo, Panama.
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A cool guy in Portobelo, Panama who can rip apart a coconut with his bare teeth.