Stories about Photography from April, 2007
Mali: politics is a youth movement
Sociolingo's comments about Mali's election photos from BBC: “Politics in Mali is a youth movement, and there are many young Malians who take a keen interest in the political parties. In schools we have mock parliaments and elections. It is a BIG thing and each class has to choose their...
Mongolia: Carless Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia Matters shares a photo of something remarkably rare for Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, carless streets.
Kyrgyzstan: Kemin Photos
LJ user morrire has photos from Kemin (ru), where a by-election for Kyrgzystan's parliament just took place.
Armenia: Behind the Scenes at Public TV
Onnik Krikorian reports on the Armenian parliamentary election campaign from behind the scenes at public television.
Japan: Baby Crying Contest
James from Japan Probe posted some photos from the annual baby crying contest.
Africa: African cities
Saharan Vibe posts photos of different African cities in “African Cities Part 1: Isn't Africa beautiful!”
Israel: Picture Quiz
Israeli blogger themiddle wants you to play the guessing game this week and let us know where this picture was taken.
Guatemala: Laundry Day!
A photo of day of life in Antigua, Guatemala brings readers of Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo a glimpse into life in this Central American country. The most recent photo shows a public washbasin where the women of the area wash their clothes by hand. A shared water tank is combined...
Bahrain: Flickr Problems?
Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif raises the alarm that something may be amiss with flickr services in Bahrain.
Trinidad & Tobago: Reading the Signs
Thebookmann is amused and somewhat intrigued by “two eloquently painted wall signs” in Trinidad.
An Abandoned Clinic in Guadeloupe
Breves de Guadeloupe posts photos of an abandoned clinic.
Barbados: A World of Orchids
Chenette posts a Flickr photoset of shots from Orchid World in Barbados.
Central Asia: Old Photographs
Sue Sypko discusses how photographs taken by Russian Imperial and Soviet photographers communicate different meanings.
A week goes by in Kuwait
The unpredictable weather, shoddy telecom services and the rapid surge in the stock market are just some of the topics keeping Kuwaiti bloggers entertained this week.
Armenia: Accessible Elections
Oneworld Multimedia reports on efforts to make Armenian election ballots more accessible to the blind.
Armenia: Prosperous Armenia Rally
Onnik Krikorian reports on a Prosperous Armenia political rally in Yerevan's Arabkir district that featured the talents of pop stars.
Aruba, Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago: Happy Earth Day
Arubagirl, Trinidadian blogger Elspeth at Now is Wow and Lynn Sweeting from the Bahamas all recognize Earth Day.
Myanmar: New Photo Blogs
Blogger MgHla introduces 5 new bloggers where three are outstanding photo blogs (Uhteik, Stevenalexand, MgBaOo) with sceneries from Myanmar.
Iranian Women's Movement Beyond Gender and Age
Thanks to Kosoof, a leading photoblogger, we can discover some important moments of this movement in photographs from the last two years. Here are six photos chosen to display that in the struggle there is no question of gender or age. We see old and young men and women taking part in the demonstrations as well as female police repressing women activists.
Ukraine: Abandoned Village Near Chernobyl
Michael Forster Rothbart posts photos from an abandoned Ukrainian village near Chernobyl.
Moldova: Village of Tarnova
Scraps of Moscow links to the “outstanding” website of the Moldovan village of Tarnova.
