Photo by Dwight Eschilman.

Australia’s Lucas Neill is reflected in the water as he jogs with the team during a training session at Ruimsig Stadium in Roodepoort. Photo by Daniel Munoz

Soccer City, also known as the FNB Stadium, seen in Johannesburg on May 11, [...]]]>
A South African boy plays soccer in an open field in Soweto, South Africa.
Photo by Hassan Ammar

Australia’s Lucas Neill is reflected in the water as he jogs with the team during a training session at Ruimsig Stadium in Roodepoort.
Photo by Daniel Munoz

Soccer City, also known as the FNB Stadium, seen in Johannesburg on May 11, 2010. The stadium is set to host both the opening and final soccer matches of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.
Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko

Photos from the Boston Globe’s “Preparing for the World Cup” by Alan Taylor.

View it here. Thanks Meg.

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 [...]]]>

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.

More info about Vee Speers here.

The [...]]]> “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.

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.

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.

Jamie’s Italy. Cardiff, Wales, U.K. Super good.

The weather caused a mess in Europe just before winter holidays. Canceled flights and trains everywhere. Thankfully Eurostar sorted themselves out and we only had to wait 2.5 hours to start our trip from London to Paris.