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LOS ANGELES — Taking pictures from a car was something you’d be admonished for in New York City.
Essay: Motor Drive - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com
He’s trekked through glacial storms, fallen through rifts and awakened on ice that’s drifted out to sea.
Showcase: Black and Very White - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com
Dolphins are leaping across the wall, their leaps frozen against the blue background of the wallpaper. Then there is the reference to Alcatraz, but the floors of the cells are covered with industrial oriental carpets.
lens culture: Suburban Slovakia by Andrej Balco
A French Oil Giant's Gamble in Yemen - The New York Times > Busi
In a few months, Yemen will become the world's newest exporter of natural gas. Total, the French oil giant, has spent billions of dollars building this plant at the edge of the Gulf of Aden, which will export liquefied natural gas to Asia, Europe and the United States.
The Town That Won - The New York Times > U.S. > Slide Show > Sli
While much of the country is mired in recession, the town of West Point, Ga., about 80 miles south of Atlanta, has somehow managed to draw the winning ticket in the nation's economic lottery: a new Kia Motors Corp. automobile plant is opening.
Slum sanctuaries: For six weeks in 2005, photojournalist Jonas Bendiksen lived in a tiny sweltering room in Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Planet Slum | Foreign Policy
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Wasteland © 2009 - Produced by Bombay Flying Club - Poul Madsen
Sakhalin Photographed predominantly in the broken, rusted, skeletons of communities around Sakhalin Island, Russia, these images explore the enigmatic spirit of a place and its people, long scarred from the Soviet era and left behind in modern times.
michael c. brown – sakhalin | burn magazine
The Heart of Punjab - The New York Times > World > Slide Show >
Taliban insurgents are teaming up with local militant groups to make inroads in Punjab, the province that is home to more than half of Pakistanis, reinvigorating an alliance that Pakistani and American authorities say poses a serious risk to the stability of the country.In the middle of the bustling Philippine city of Manila, home to almost 11 million people, lies the North Cemetery.
james chance – the dead | burn magazine
Downturn
"I simply can't help but wonder when a topic so large looms in front of young artists why not the desire to address it through their work? Is the self still so important? Will it really be how we remember the beginning of the 21st century?”Mitch Epstein is one of the foremost photographers working in Am erica today, writes Wayne Ford .