Stories about Photography from April, 2007
Greece: The Roma
Romania International Media Watch links to a blog on discrimination of the Roma population of Greece – The Roma Series, by Devious Diva: “Unfortunately, there is seems to be very little tolerance in the Greek society for Roma people or/and especially for people like DD who have been writing about...
Armenia: HayPost Election Mailing
Oneworld Multimedia reports on the Armenian Postal Service's massive, computerized direct mail campaign to reach every voter with a voting notice card, a campaign that may just help rejuvenate the postal service.
Armenia: From the Campaign Trail
Onnik Krikorian files another report from the campaign leading up to Armenia's parliamentary vote, this time covering Orinats Yerkir.
Kyrgyzstan: The Crackdown
Teo Kaye reports that protests against Kyrgyzstan's president in Bishkek have been broken up for now.
From Uruguay: Thunderstorms in Uruguay
Gabo of From Uruguay posts an incredible photograph of Tuesday's thunderstorms taken by his friend, Tali.
Kyrgyzstan: Opposition Rally Photos
Elena Skochilo posts photos of the ongoing opposition protests (ru) in Kyrgyzstan.
Peru: Photo-Blogger Meetup
Juan Arellano links to some of the resulting photography from Lima's inaugural photoblogger meetup last month. Not to worry if you missed out, the next one is right around the corner (April 22).
Russia: Dissenters’ March in Moscow (2)
There is a lot of media coverage of the post-Dissenters' March developments, but here is a bit more of what Russian bloggers write about the April 14 Moscow rally itself, as well as links to their photos.
China: Community embraces orphan
Late last month, a husband-wife migrant laborer couple from China's poverty-stricken Henan province working in Beijing killed themselves, leaving two teenage children to fend for themselves. Last week, Beijing-based Sohu blogger Li Yuanyuan took her camera and went to the younger child's school to see how the community has reacted.
Russia: Dissenters’ March Photos by Dmitry Shubin
Forty-eight pages of photographs from the Dissenters’ March in St. Petersburg this past Sunday – in a .pdf album (available for download here) created by LJ user studio204 (St. Petersburg-based Russian photographer Dmitry Shubin).
Trinidad & Tobago: Salt Fish
Thebookmann takes a detour from his Caribbean Fruit theme to photograph saltfish (salted cod), a popular regional dish that has also been the subject of double entendre in some of Trinidad and Tobago's most entertaining calypsoes.
Russia: Dissenters’ March in Moscow (1)
The volume of blog coverage of the weekend's opposition rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg is truly overwhelming - as overwhelming, perhaps, as the number of riot police deployed from all over Russia to disperse these rallies - but nowhere near as shocking.
Afghanistan: Buzkashi in the Panjsher Valley
Kabul Diary reports on a visit to Afghanistan's Panjsher Valley to see a game of the traditional Central Asian game of buzkashi.
Interview with Digital Kalashinkov, Journalist and Blogger
Blogs are the most free media in Iran and have found their own place in society. The blogs have pushed the boundaries ... Reformist politicians have given importance to bloggers. And conservative politicians, little by little, have disocovered the importance of being part of this new media. Of course they have a lot of enemies too.
Bangladesh: Celebrating Bangla New Year 1414
Shuvo Bangla Noboborsho (Happy Bengali New Year) to everyone. April 14th was the first day of the Bangla year 1414 also known as Pohela Baishakh. In Bangladesh, this day is a national holiday and in West Bengal it is a public holiday. Now Bangladeshi bloggers will take us through the history, culture and celebrations of this event.
Ukraine: Orthodox Easter Photos
Michael Forster Rothbart posts photos from an Orthodox Christian Easter service held at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
Armenia: On the Trail with Heritage
Onnik Krikorian reports from the Armenian parliamentary election campaign trail with on a Heritage party event.
Iran:Women of Tehran's pre-revolution brothel district
Here are several photos of women of Tehran's pre-revolution brothel district.Photos were taken in the Citadel of the New City — “Shahreno” — was Tehran's brothel district before the 1979 Revolution.
Taiwan: Bloggers’ Further Action on Saving Losheng Sanatorium
As mentioned in the previous post, discussions and actions on saving Lo-Sheng Sanatorium have widely spread in Taiwan blogosphere. Now the whole event has also attracted attention from mainstream media, the public, and politicians. Bloggers’ actions: In addition to discussions and collaboration over their blogs, several bloggers decided to take...
Kuwait: Bloggers’ Show Aired Following Protests
Popular Kuwaiti television show Al Diwaniya is being aired again – following protests from some of Kuwait's bloggers. The show, which was expected to feature interviews with some bloggers in one of its episodes was taken off the air, sparking speculations and rumours as to why it was pulled off....
Ukraine: Kyiv Photos
Michael Forster Rothbart photographs one of the Kyiv neighborhoods to which evacuees from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were relocated two decades ago – and gets his camera bag with 41 items in it stolen. (There are many more photos and stories on the blog, including a few from the...
