Photo Scare 2011

On Sunday, August 28, I went to World Press Photo 2011 exhibit for seeing the “Press - Side” (photojournalism) style photography ..Apart of ingenious  ‘nature photography’ pieces displayed at the furthest corner of all - guess what: I was stunned by how deeply politicized and disgustingly brutal the whole thing is... Stunningly brutal scenes of Asia, Mexico and Africa are very suggestive indeed...

The only ‘shot’ I took there is a (at the entrance) poster of ‘WPF 2011’s' avatar displaying an Afghan woman who’s husband cut her nose (and years) off for running away to her parents. Needless to say – it’s a winner image...

Set opinions aside; - I’ll let your imagination run wild. My favorite images are:

1.Joséphine Nsimba Mpongo, 37, practices the cello in the Kimbanguiste neighborhood of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

2. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il  attends a military parade, together with his youngest son and designated successor Kim Jong-un, in Pyongyang on 10 October.

See the whole thing here

Cheers !

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Farsari's photographic work was highly regarded, particularly his hand-colored portraits and landscapes, which he sold mostly to foreign residents and visitors to the country.


His studio was the last notable foreign-owned studio in Japan and was one of the country's largest and most prolific commercial photographic firms. Largely due to Farsari's exacting technical standards and his entrepreneurial abilities, it had a significant influence on the development of photography in Japan.

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