RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER TO CAPTURE IMAGES OF PEACE, PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN – UN
World-famous photographer Tim Page is joining the United Nations mission in Afghanistan to document efforts to shore up democracy and peacebuilding efforts in the South Asian nation.
Mr. Page, from the United Kingdom, will capture images of the final weeks before landmark presidential and provincial council elections on 20 August, as well as photographing the lead-up to the International Day of Peace on 21 September.
“One image is worth 1,000 words, or is it a billion pixels?” said Mr. Page, voicing hope that his work will have the same impact as images taken during elections in Cambodia in 1993 and Bosnia in 1998.
While in Afghanistan, the renowned shutterbug will also hold a series of master classes for young Afghan photographers.
“For me, the chance to mentor Afghan photojournalists is an awesome privilege, to promote their skills and passions,” said Mr. Page, who snapped some of the most famous and enduring images during the Viet Nam War during the course of his nearly five-decade career.
The head of the UN mission, known as UNAMA, expressed optimism that the photographer will help raise awareness of the hopes and aspirations of the Afghan people ahead of the historic polls.
“Too often the images we see of Afghanistan are those of conflict and violence,” said Kai Eide, who also serves as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative. “Afghanistan has another story to tell. Few people have the opportunity to see the dignity and determination with which Afghan people live under the most challenging circumstances.”
Recently, he told the UN News Centre that the upcoming elections are by far the most difficult and complex he has ever seen, illustrated by the use of over 3,000 donkeys to deliver ballot papers to the most remote regions.
Despite flaws in the process, the envoy said the campaigns were dignified and the political debate intense.
In addition, the “security organizations – the Afghan army, the Afghan police and ISAF – are doing their utmost with the Election Commission to identify and try to open as many as possible,” said Mr. Eide.
(VN: New York, Aug 5, 2009)
woensdag 5 augustus 2009
vrijdag 17 juli 2009
Zeer indrukwekkende foto’s uit Afghanistan
Bijna 8 jaar na de invasie van westerse troepen in Afghanistan woedt er nog steeds een gruwelijke oorlog.
In deze aangrijpende fotoreportage in The Boston Globe zijn onder meer afbeeldingen opgenomen van soldaten die verwikkeld zijn in zware gevechten en foto’s van de gewone Afghaanse burgers.
Boston Globe: Indrukwekkende foto’s van de situatie in Afghanistan
In deze aangrijpende fotoreportage in The Boston Globe zijn onder meer afbeeldingen opgenomen van soldaten die verwikkeld zijn in zware gevechten en foto’s van de gewone Afghaanse burgers.
Boston Globe: Indrukwekkende foto’s van de situatie in Afghanistan
zaterdag 25 april 2009
Top 10 van guitige kampioenskatten
“Het valt mensen op dat ze naakt is, maar ze is een doodgewone kat,” zo valt er te horen. Voor elke kattensoort bestaat een standaard: de vacht, de kleur van de ogen, alles. Dit is een top 10 van kampioenskatten.
In The Guardian: Top 10 van guitige katten
In The Guardian: Top 10 van guitige katten
vrijdag 17 april 2009
Een schitterende fotocollectie uit de dierentuinen in The Big Picture van The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe reports: “Springtime brings many new animals to these parks as well, as newborns. Collected here are some photographs from zoos and aquariums around the world from the past couple of months."
2009 has also been designated as the "year of the gorilla" by the United Nations.
The newspaper continues: “According to the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), over 600 million visitors pass through the gates of over 1,300 zoological parks, reserves and aquariums worldwide every year.”
In The Boston Globe: Scenes from the zoo
About Waza
The mission of the WAZA is to guide, encourage and support the zoos, aquariums, and like-minded organisations of the world in animal care and welfare, environmental education and global conservation.
De website van de WAZA
WAZA - World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
2009 has also been designated as the "year of the gorilla" by the United Nations.
The newspaper continues: “According to the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), over 600 million visitors pass through the gates of over 1,300 zoological parks, reserves and aquariums worldwide every year.”
In The Boston Globe: Scenes from the zoo
About Waza
The mission of the WAZA is to guide, encourage and support the zoos, aquariums, and like-minded organisations of the world in animal care and welfare, environmental education and global conservation.
De website van de WAZA
WAZA - World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
woensdag 15 april 2009
Een reportage over “de vier gezichten van de Bengaalse tijger”
In een speciaal ingerichte fotostudio in South Carolina zijn opnamen gemaakt van de vier verschillende soorten Bengaalse tijgersoorten. Naar verluidt tonen de afbeeldingen het karakter, de leeftijd en personaliteit van elke tijger.
Van de gestreepte Bengaalse tijger zouden er nog maar 30 in de wereld zijn.
De Britse krant The Guardian meldt: "There are only four distinct types of Bengal tiger in the world and they are all in this amazing photo shoot," says Dr Bhagavan Antle of The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S), who brought these majestic animals to the studio.”
In The Guardian: De vier gezichten van de Bengaalse tijger
The Bengal tiger, or Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris or Panthera tigris bengalensis), is a subspecies of tiger primarily found in India and Bangladesh. They are also found in Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and southern Tibet.
Once found throughout the Indian subcontinent, the Bengal tiger's natural habitat has drastically reduced due to their increasing interactions with humans. Most tigers in India, home to about 50% of the world's tigers, are fragmented into many small isolated populations making them vulnerable to extinction.
Meer informatie
Millions of years ago, tigers roamed all over Asia. Tigers originally existed in Northern China, ranging into Siberia, where they grew to an enormous size, weighing as much as 700 pounds and standing over 8 feet tall.
http://www.tigerfriends.com/tigers.html
De site van de The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S):
http://www.tigerfriends.com/
Van de gestreepte Bengaalse tijger zouden er nog maar 30 in de wereld zijn.
De Britse krant The Guardian meldt: "There are only four distinct types of Bengal tiger in the world and they are all in this amazing photo shoot," says Dr Bhagavan Antle of The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S), who brought these majestic animals to the studio.”
In The Guardian: De vier gezichten van de Bengaalse tijger
The Bengal tiger, or Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris or Panthera tigris bengalensis), is a subspecies of tiger primarily found in India and Bangladesh. They are also found in Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and southern Tibet.
Once found throughout the Indian subcontinent, the Bengal tiger's natural habitat has drastically reduced due to their increasing interactions with humans. Most tigers in India, home to about 50% of the world's tigers, are fragmented into many small isolated populations making them vulnerable to extinction.
Meer informatie
Millions of years ago, tigers roamed all over Asia. Tigers originally existed in Northern China, ranging into Siberia, where they grew to an enormous size, weighing as much as 700 pounds and standing over 8 feet tall.
http://www.tigerfriends.com/tigers.html
De site van de The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S):
http://www.tigerfriends.com/
zondag 12 april 2009
Foto's van Goede Vrijdag van over de hele wereld
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Christenen in de hele wereld hebben diensten gehouden om de kruisiging van Jezus Christus te herdenken. Op de Filippijnen lieten mensen zich weer zoals gewoonlijk kruisigen. Verder foto’s uit onder meer Pakistan, Spanje, Duitsland, Israël, Ivoorkust, Costa Rica.(Afbeelding: Liebfrauenkirche, Ravensburg. Email-Triptychon der Monvaerni-Werkstattt, Limoges, ca. 1460-1500, Detail: Kreuzigung Christi. (Photo: Andreas Praefcke).
Fotoserie op Yahoo:
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Holy-Week/ss/events/lf/040809holyweek#photoViewer=/090410/ids_photos_wl/r3606503842.jpg
Bij de BBC, Good Friday around the world
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7994131.stm
zaterdag 4 april 2009
Uitbarsting Mount Redoubt in Alaska
Mount Redoubt Mount Redoubt in Alaska, 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, has been spewing enormous ash clouds after erupting nearly 20 times in the past week.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/template/2.0-0/element/pictureGalleryPopup.jsp?id=6003113&&offset=0&§ionName=WorldUSAmericas
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/template/2.0-0/element/pictureGalleryPopup.jsp?id=6003113&&offset=0&§ionName=WorldUSAmericas
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