Archive for the ‘photos’ Category
Peace Protest
September 22, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A demonstration against the Iraq war, 1991.
© Carl De Keyzer / Magnum Photos
Wordless Wednesday
September 12, 2007
Venice Film Festival
August 30, 2007WHO’S IN THE BOAT?
THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
August 29 – September 9, 2007 | Venice, Italy
AP photo
The entertainment season is back in full swing, kicking off with the Venice Film Festival, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, followed by events leading up to the Oscars in 2008!
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Found this remarkable shot of Venice’s San Marco Square under water in 2004.
Click the link above to find out who’s in the boat…
maryt
Afghan girl revisited
August 19, 2007This is Sharbat Gula. The woman who was the young girl with the haunting look on the cover of National Geographic.
When Sharbat agreed to have her picture taken for the second time in her life, she came out from the secrecy of her veil to tell her story. She wanted the people around the world who knew her face to know that she survived the refugee camp in Pakistan.
She married and had four daughters, one of whom died in infancy. She lives in obscurity, according to the customs and traditions of her culture and religion.
A member of the Pashtun ethnic group in Afghanistan, Sharbat said she fared relatively well under Taliban rule, which, she feels, provided a measure of stability after the chaos and terror of the Soviet war.
Read the entire article here.
maryt
