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5 Great Photography Projects Empowered By Communities. Photography collectives are perhaps one of the most enriching aspects of the photographic experience.

5 Great Photography Projects Empowered By Communities

Their social dynamic push the collective’s members to improve and to maintain focus, thanks to various projects they may undertake. At the time of writing this article, in which we presented 5 photography collectives that are doing interesting work around the world, we came across another type of group. These collectives had not themselves decided to join together but were instead brought together because of an idea spawned by an entity foreign to them. Why do we need to know about progress if we are concerned about the world’s large problems? The year in patriarchy 2019: from Epstein conspiracy theories to Japanese high heels. A young Sudanese woman, dressed in white, standing high above a crowd and demanding change.

The year in patriarchy 2019: from Epstein conspiracy theories to Japanese high heels

A fearless Lebanese woman drop-kicking an armed bodyguard in the groin amid anti-corruption protests in Beirut. A teenage girl from Sweden staring down Donald Trump at the UN climate summit. If there is an image that sums up 2019 it may well be a young woman protesting. The Roaring 20s. Roaring twenties. L’Afrique, si la colonisation n’avait pas eu lieu. 22 maps and charts that will surprise you. By Ezra Klein on March 11, 2015 A good visualization helps you see what the data is telling you.

22 maps and charts that will surprise you

The best visualizations help you you see things you never thought the data would tell you. These 22 charts and maps were, at least for me, in that category: all of them told me something I found surprising. Some of them genuinely changed the way I think about the world. More than half the world's population lives inside this circleThis map can be summed up quite simply: a ton of people live in Asia. Discovering The Civil War. Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints - About this Collection - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress)

All images are digitized | All jpegs/tiffs display outside Library of Congress | View All This online collection provides access to about 7,000 different views and portraits made during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and its immediate aftermath.

Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints - About this Collection - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress)

The images represent the original glass plate negatives made under the supervision of Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner as well as the photographic prints in the Civil War photographs file in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room. These negatives and prints are sometimes referred to as the Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection to indicate the previous owners. The Library purchased the negatives in 1943. Search tip for this collection: Try putting in very few search terms, particularly when searching for people (for example, try just the person's last name). Teaching Materials. Explore More Teaching Materials The 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike Teaching Activity.

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By Bill Bigelow and Norm Diamond. Students “become” several of the social groups who participated in the 1934 Longshore Workers Strike—some of whom had to answer the question, “Which side are you on?” Pay to View. - The Washington Post. - The Washington Post. True size. Native Americans. Historielinks. Mineraler og malme. Big Tech. Futuresque. Natural History. Plastics.