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Photos from the Boston Globe’s “Preparing for the World Cup” by Alan Taylor. View it here. Thanks Meg. A South African boy plays soccer in an open field in Soweto, South Africa – Hassan Ammar
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Winner of the And/or Book Award 2010 for photography, given by the London-based Krasna-Krausz Foundation. “In addition to revealing the rarely-seen mechanics of its manufacture, Burtynsky captures the effects of oil on our lives, depicting landscapes altered by its extraction from the earth, and by the cities and suburban sprawl generated around its use. He also addresses the coming “end of oil,” as we confront its rising cost and dwindling availability.” More info via his website. His work is featured in the documentary Manufactured Landscapes. images.
“Vee Speers was born in Australia and has been living in Paris since 1990. Her portraits have been exhibited and published world-wide. Speer’s most recent work ‘The Birthday Party’ is a series of short stories linked by the theme of an imaginary birthday party.”
More info about Vee Speers here. The Guardian’s article about her creative process available here. images.
A tutoring and learning center in San Francisco doubles as a pirate supply store during the day. Proceeds from the store go to funding the center, which has over 1,400 registered volunteers. More info via 826 Valencia. TED talk on the learning center available here. images.
The New York Times has released a slideshow of some of their best travel photos from 2009. A personal story accompanies each one. Photos by Oliver Hartung and Timothy Fadek. More via the NYT.  |
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