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futurejournalismproject:

Innocence Assassinated: Living in Mexico’s Drug War

fjp-latinamerica:

REPORTAGE, the photojournalism branch of Getty Images, is featuring  an astounding slideshow on Mexican violence through the lens of New York-based Katie Orlinsky, one of its most talented photographers. 

For Innocence Assassinated, in order to depict how locals deal with the rampaging narco-fueled bloodshed that overwhelms their communities day after day, Katie went on a breath-taking journey through the some of the most violent regions of Mexico, such as Ciudad Juárez, the Tamaulipas borderlands, the shores of Guerrero (including Acapulco), and the P’urhépecha plateau in central Michoacán. The resulting product is pretty impressive.

So, go ahead and make sure you turn on the captions. 

Image: A destroyed sign at the entrance of Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas, México. Cover of Innocence Assassinated [PDF], via Reportage by GettyImages.

simply-war:

Mohamed Conteh, 14, learns that he is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for possession of marijuana. (Fernando Moleres/Panos)

Fernando Moleres, a Spanish photographer who strives for positive change through his work, has won the Tim Hetherington Grant from World Press Photo to continue his project on child prisoners in Sierra Leone. Moleres will receive 20,000 euros to continue the project, “Waiting for an opportunity.”

Moleres has visited the West African country three times to capture the suffering of young boys incarcerated with men for years as they await trials in a broken system. He spent most of his time at Pademba Road Prison in Freetown, where 32 boys lived with 1,300 adults, Moleres said in his project description.

(via drugpolicyreform)

fotojournalismus:

An anti-government protester gestures as she is detained by riot police in Manama, Bahrain, June 13. 

[Credit : Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters]

fotojournalismus:

A stray dog sleeps on a snow-covered street in Bucharest, Romania on Jan. 26, 2012.

[Credit : Radu Sigheti/Reuters]

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thepoliticalnotebook:

Picture of the Day. Kandahar, Afghanistan. An F/A-18F flies over the mountainous southern province on January 8. 

Take a look at the Denver Post’s collection of photos looking at the changing face of military air power.

Photo Credit: Tyler Hicks/New York Times. Via.

View more Picture of the Day posts. Submit a photo.

(via thepoliticalnotebook)

fotojournalismus:

Ukrainian police officers detain an activist from women’s rights group Femen during a protest outside government buildings in Kiev. The protest was organised to draw attention to the lack of women in the Ukrainian government, on the occasion of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov’s birthday.

[Credit : Gleb Garanich/Reuters]

fotojournalismus:

A woman arranges registration plates lost from vehicles driving through floodwaters, at a roadside shelter displaying lost and found license plates in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, December 14, 2011. Thailand’s worst floods in 50 years have killed more than 600 people and devastated industry, but the situation is improving, with water receding in many affected areas and some firms resuming business.

[Credit : Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters]

Damn that’s a lot of potentially missing people..