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Summary Execution by Richard Mark Dobson Rhino poaching is on the increase in South Africa. As world demand for the horn increases in China and the Middle East (used in traditional medicine and to make dagger handles) the number of Rhino poached in South Africa in 2008 was close to 100. The dead …
Beating by Michael Francis McElroy Ft Lauderdale, Florida .This unidentified man was attacked and beaten by 2 youths in broad daylight. Teen violence is a serious and rapidly growing problem in America. From the horrible incident at …
Bullet Catcher by Nathaniel Ward “Sargent says I’m going to grow up and be a bullet catcher.”, Cadets, Mt. Sterling High School ROTC, Mt. Sterling, KY I encountered two teenage ROTC cadets in Mt Sterling, Kentucky this fall. After I photographed them, they asked to see a copy of the shot. Holding the Polaroid …
Amur Leopard by Andrew Harrington Amur leopards are the world’s rarest cat. Between 25 and 40 remain in the wild. Can you remember how many kids were in your class at school? Imagine that’s the whole human race, it is not a good place to be. The population has been stable for the last …
As Light Shines on thy Thigh by Anton Kusters Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo – Going deeper underground… Walking the streets with Soichiro and his family. Kabukicho is the red light, food & gambling district of Shinjuku, smack in the middle of Tokyo. We gather at his office, where he shows me the work of …
Untitled, Greece by Young Tom “Out of the sea, as if Homer himself had arranged it for me, the islands bobbed up, lonely, deserted, mysterious in the fading light. I couldn’t ask for more, nor did I want any thing more. I had everything a man could desire, and I knew it. I …
Buceros bicornis by Peter Tonningsen This image is from my series, Descent which is an immersion into the visual pathos of an analytical world; a mournful ballad resulting from a marriage of art and science that began when I was invited to come to U.C. Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology to draw …
Fast Food Worker by Sigurd Fandango http://www.fandangophoto.com editors note: this photograph was turned in during my class this morning by Sigurd who is doing a portrait essay on fast food …
To Have and Not to Hold Self Portrait by Daria Endresen Website: Daria Endresen
Cluster Bomb Survivor by Laura Boushnak Mohammed’s prosthetic legs lay on the sofa at his home in the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidiyeh in Tyre. Mohammed lost both legs when he was sitting behind his father on a motorbike and drove over a cluster bomb near Tyre in the last week of Israel-Hezbollah war. …
