Stories about Photography from May, 2006
Ukraine: Photographer Victor Suvorov Remembered
Abdymok.net remembers Ukrainian photographer Victor Suvorov, who died May 11 of injuries sustained in a car crash April 26: “. . . he was blunt, and plowed ahead like a tank . . . […] and never asked permission to take a picture.”
Reunion: Slideshow
Reunion Passion posts (Fr) pictures of the Port of St-Gilles (2 photos), the beach at Boucan Canot and some palm trees.
DRC Diaspora: DPLC Demonstration in Liege Yesterday
UDPS Liege posts pictures and an account (Fr) of yesterday's Debout Pour Le Congo demonstration in Liege, Belgium. The demonstration was sparked by a journalist's decision to film undocumented Congolese for remuneration. The people filmed fear consequences on behalf of Belgian authorities but also retribution by the Congolese government if...
China: Street savvy
BJ Gemer at China Rant gives some tips on how to tell if your Chinese money is fake or not.
Mauritius/New Caledonia: Bloggers Send Card to Newlyweds
Many GV readers were touched by this picture of New Caledonia-based blogger Sebastien's wedding to Annoella in Mauritius. This week the couple post additional pictures of their big day as well as a best wishes card signed by bloggers from around the world.
Haiti: Photo Essay of Preval's Inauguration
AlterPresse posts a photo essay of President Preval's inauguration including shots of pro-Lavalas demonstrators and Preval's signing of the PetroCaribe Agreement right after the ceremony.
Trinidad: Hanuman murti
Hanuman murti, Trinidad. Photo by caribbeanfreephoto Located in Carapichaima, Trinidad, this 85-foot murti representing the Hindu deity Hanuman is reputed to be the largest of its kind outside of India. The murti stands on the grounds of the Dattatreya Yoga Centre and Mandir and attracts devotees offering gifts and performing...
China: Inside an election
Does China have democracy or not? Blogging from his home in Eastern China, AllAboutAhom‘s Ahom Kwok—who turned eighteen late last year—shares his photos and experience of having voted in a local election earlier today: “Who are these eleven people? I don't know! I've never met them in my life, and...
Images from Haiti: Hinche's New Cathedral
Hinche's new cathedral, Haiti. By Martin Baran. Martin Baran blogs photos of Hinche, capital of Centre department, Haiti.
North Korea: Photos from inside
Robert Koehler at The Marmot's Hole links to 301 photos taken recently in North Korea.
Armenia: Yezidi Funeral
Onnik Krikorian attended a Yezidi funeral and has photos from it as well as an interview about Yezidi music's role in the culture and its relation to Muslim Kurdish music.
Reunion: Legend of the Bride's Veil
According to a local legend, the falls at Salazie, says (Fr) Audrey at Reunion Passion, are shaped like a bride's veil because a runaway bride once fell along the mountain's side. The blogger posts breathtaking pictures.
Nepal: When the Maoists said Cheese
A brilliant set of photographs by rangi changi chha profiling a group of Maoists he met in Nepal. He says “about an hour outside of janakpur in the south east of nepal, i was invited to meet a group of maoists. they were on their way back from kathmandu where...
Polish Blogosphere Update
Who says that in the blogosphere text is king? Photographers are alive and clicking in the Polish Blogosphere. Fotosia shows us everyday Poland through her camera. Staying with the visual arts, Polska＊ポーランド＊Poland provides a virtual tour of Warsaw parks, from a Japanese perspective (though I don't know what the perspective...
Cuba: The Tropicana
Qué Bola posts an atmospheric black-and-white photo taken at The Tropicana, the legendary night spot in Havana, noting that “The Tropicana is probably the one single constant that has existed in Havana from back in the 1940s until the present.”
Kyrgyzstan: Victory Day in Osh
neweurasia has a photo essay of Victory Day in Osh.
New Caledonia: Sunset Photos
Katuali (Fr) posts photos of the Caledonian sunset.
Image from Mauritius: Happy Bride
Annoella and Sebastien on their wedding day. By Sebastien Merion. Annoella and Sebastien met in New Caledonia. Annoella is from Mauritius and Sebastien is from metropolitan France and has been living in and blogging about New Caledonia at 5 minutes en Nouvelle Caledonie. Says (Fr) the blogger of his 150-guest...
Hong Kong: Islands bear discoveries
In which Flagrant Harbour blogger and Hong Kong resident Michael takes an educational tour to outlying Hong Kong island Tung Ping Chau, gets a geography lesson, a geology lesson too, and finds a new swimming hole.
China: Death metal opera
Aside from a trip to a sex market in the Southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and the displayed breakthrough in research of ancient Chinese erotic art, Frances at Supernaut keeps blogging up to the opening of her collaborative death metal Cantonese opera performance project, Apocalypse Pearl River Delta.
India: Kashmir beyond the front page
Akshay has a breathtaking collection of photographs that he took in Kashmir. He writes “This was not the Srinagar we read about in the papers or see on the news channels. This is not the Srinagar of curfews and bandhs, of grenade attacks, of bomb blasts, of shoot outs, of...
