Stories about Photography from March, 2007
Arabisc: A Pictorial Tour of the Middle East
When I first saw these pictures. I thought to myself sheep = New Zealand. How wrong was I! A closer look will show you that the donkey was familiar, the grass not that green and palm trees in the background. It was closer to home than I thought. We kick...
China: Officer dismissed for blogging
In China, there's more precedent for blogging getting people in trouble with the police than there is for blogging in itself getting one getting fired. So what happens to cops who blog? Check out Hubei-based Soho Xiaobao blogger Wu Youming‘s most recent post, ‘Confessions of a canned cop‘, dated March...
Bahrain: Photography Vs Painting
Bahraini blogger Silly Bahraini Girl borrowed a photograph posted by blogger Mahmood Al Yousif as an inspiration for a new painting.
DRC, Belgium: 25th Anniversary of UDPS
Le Renouveau Congolais posts pictures [fr] of UDPS Belux's (Belgium-Luxemburg branch) celebration of the party's 25th Anniversary. UDPS is the main DRC opposition party.
Georgia: Kutaisi Market
Onnik Krikorian takes readers on a photo tour of a market in Kutaisi, Georgia.
Eastern & Central Europe: Travel and Food
Wu Wei travels from Ljubljana to Croatia and, on a Slovenian train, to Venice; writes about her trip to Trakai, Lithuania, and shares her thoughts on Vilnius; posts photos from her three trips to Lake Bled outside Ljubljana; – and eats “dandelions for lunch” at “Klub Preserne Zdravlice” restaurant. (All...
Georgia: Gelati and Motsameta
Onnik Krikorian posts photos of Gelati and Motsameta, two religious sites in Georgia's Imereti region. The former is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Russia: Moscow Power Plants
Russian Kafe links to a Flickr set of photos of Moscow power plants by Flickr user elephantr.
Dubai: Racist Car Sales Ad
Dubai-based blogger Sans feels there is a hint of racism in a car sale ad.
Suriname: Miss India Suriname photoshoot
Photographer Karel Donk posts photos and a short report on a recent shoot involving the winner and first runner-up in the Miss India Suriname pageant.
Kyrgyzstan: Virtual Trip to Osh
Tamara Tashbaeva takes readers on a quick virtual tour of her hometown, Osh, a city that she says she does not get to visit often enough.
Georgia: Internally Displaced Persons
Onnik Krikorian reports on and posts pictures of ethnic Georgians who were displaced by fighting in Abkhazia
Israel: Mother Cat and her Kitten
Israeli blogger Rahel posts an amazing picture of a mother cat and her kitten here.
Russia: Sergiev Posad Photos
Anton Verstakov's photos from Sergiev Posad at Russia Blog.
Brazil: Photography: Antonio Mari
The Travel Photographer introduces Brazilian photojournalist and ethnographer Antonio Mari.
Philippines: Visiting the Great Pyramids of Giza
Our Awsome Planet shares images from the blogger's recent trip to Egypt. “This is my humble attempt to share the experience with you, and I feel that there are no words to describe accurately the experience. I immediately went over to www.new7wonders.com to vote for The Great Pyramids of Egypt...
Brazil, Kenya: World Social Forum
Brazilian photographer Tatiana Cardeal was at the seventh World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, where she captured this incredible photograph of children playing in Kibera.
Dominican Republic: Humpack whales
Flickr user Simon T posts some breathtaking photos of humpback whales in Silver Banks, a whale sanctuary 80 miles north of the Dominican Republic.
Jamaica: New photoblog
Jamaican blogger Stunner has started a photoblog called My World My Lens.
Puerto Rico: Arecibo lighthouse
imagonovus has a lovely Flickr photoset devoted to the lighthouse in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Among them is a beautiful image of this weekend's lunar eclipse.
China: spring travel photo essay
Lung have a photo essay on spring travel with rural migrant in China, telling the hard life of peasants (zh).
