Stories about Photography from February, 2008
Iran:No beautiful faces please
Kamangir writes when Iranian Fars News wanted to publish pictures from a meeting in a film festival in Tehran, they had no othere choice than to focus on the name-tags and blur out the ladies.You can see several photos here.We should say that Fars News in another photo collection did...
Jordan: Cairo Pictures
mohammad alQaq, from Jordan, travelled to Cairo and shares pictures from his trip here.
Kazakhstan: Gaisha Madanova – Winter Photos of Almaty
Daniel presents Gaisha Madanova, the photographer, capturing the streets of Almaty, the largest city of Kazakhstan, this winter taking photos that are poetic and meditative.
Kuwait: Traffic Jam
Mishary, from Kuwait, posts pictures of a traffic jam.
Bahrain: For sale?
In this post we look at some of things that Bahraini bloggers have been saying during the last month. We start with a complaint about the privatisation of utilities in Bahrain, followed by an opinion about changes at the Ministry of Information, and another about the role bloggers can play...
Uruguay: File Sharing Site Raises Questions
What started as a photo sharing site is now a site attracting thousands of visitors hoping to download mp3 files from Uruguayan musical artists. In an interview, one of the founders of the site Uruguay Photos talks about some of the controversy over hosting music files and his interaction with the artists, most of whom fully support the site as a way to reach more people. The interview was conducted by Martin Balao and is translated for Global Voices.
Trinidad & Tobago: Making ‘Mas
Mark Lyndersay posts a series of photos depicting the process of making costumes for Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.
Armenia: Rallies, Revolution & the Numbers Game
The Armenian Patchwork posts photographs from major rallies staged in Yerevan’s Liberty Square by two of the country’s nine candidates for the 19 February presidential election in Armenia. On Friday, Vahan Hovannisian and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation — Dashnaktrutyun (ARF-D) held theirs and set a precedent for the most Western...
Armenia: Political Posters
The Armenian Patchwork posts photographs of some of the different types of pre-election campaign posters on display in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.
Macau: The Year of the Rat
Leocardo [pt] has pictures of the New Year Celebrations in Macau. The blogger has also been publishing Year of the Rat's predictions for each sign in the Chinese Zodiac.
Iran:Remember Faridani,a great photographer
Dokhtari az Iran, writes[Fa] about the death of Nikol Faridani, a famous Iranian photographer who has published several photo books about Iranian cities and nature.Watch some of his photos.
Kazkahstan: Nostalgia-type Photos
Daniel posts pictures by Malik Abyshev, who is using a Soviet made Zenit 35mm film camera to take wonderful photos of the Kazakhstan's largest city of Almaty this winter. His current series resembles a faded memory.
Hong Kong: From Sex to Police Scandal
It has been 10 days that Edison Chen’s sex photos scandal occupied the front page of local newspapers (ESWN has summed up local newspapers report everyday.) The issue is not only a sex scandal about various prominent local pop stars, but also an outburst in response to the tension caused...
India: Eastern Promises and Bollywood
A wonderful set of photographs at Trivial Matters – focusing on women from Russia and Eastern Europe who work in the Bollywood film industry in India.
China: Bullhorn Moment
Enka compares the bullhorn photo of Premier Wen Jiabo with a bullhorn photo of Bush.
Morocco: The Whole “Kitten” Caboodle
Cats are abundant in Morocco. Overabundant, even. One of my favorite things about living there was photographing the street cats - of which there would often be groups of up to 20. Judging by the spate of posts from the Moroccan blogoma (and even some recent travelers to Morocco) about cats, I'm not the only one who loves felines - and lately, even professional artists and photographers have found them to be a popular subject, reports Jillian York.
Afghanistan: The Hazara, In Pictures
Joshua Foust reviews a National Geographic's big special photo coverage on the Hazarajat, a big central mountainous region in Afghanistan, but notes that America’s broken promises continue to haunt the land.
Pakistan: Where are these clock towers?
A quiz at All Things Pakistan. Recognize the location of the clock towers in the photographs!
Colombia: United in a March Against the FARC
For the first time in Colombia´s history, an initiative which began on the internet managed to become a massive, worldwide event in just one month. The February 4th demonstration against the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) , began as an idea on a FaceBook group "A Million Voices Against the FARC" and then it snowballed into a worldwide event with marches in 133 different cities around the world.
China: Storm in the way home
China is wading on its icy way home. I hope to record how common people face the most serious snowstorm and sleet disaster China met in as long as 50 years. Their stories tell how the whole country shares one dream of going home, a dream that ties us together.
Armenia: On The Campaign Trail
With a little over two weeks to go until Armenia's presidential election, my Armenia Election Monitor 2008 posts photographs and an account of one of the largest opposition rallies held during the campaign period to date. However, with the election now entering a crucial stage, all attention is on whether...
