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Oh Ripley.

Just found out that a friend of mine knows Gohar Dashti! I squealed too loud.

Gohar Dashti 12:54 AM

I'm in love.

First found off lensculture's write up on upcoming Photoquai festival directed by Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh.

More here:

Iranian photographer Gohar Dashti was born in 1980 after the Islamic Revolution. Her photographs reflect a post-war generation couple in Iran who are symbolic of the times. Because the Revolution never resolved issues of social poverty and the ensuing war with Iraq derailed their social prospects, this was a time of isolation and unprecedented despair. Dashti’s generation has inherited the legacy of war and continues to be entangled in the memories and related realities. Her photographs represent this heritage of violence and how it permeates all aspects of contemporary society by depicting a couple in a fictionalized battlefield as they interact with the everyday—for instance, watching television, surfing on the Internet, or celebrating a wedding. While her couple does not visibly express emotion, the pair nevertheless has a sense of perseverance, determination and survival. Dashti creates moments that capture the irony and ongoing duality of life and war without precluding the possibility of hope.

Me Too 10:22 PM

Rich and Poor. 1982.

MAGNUM/Jim Goldberg

Magnum Print Room, London
23 September - 6 November 2009

Rich and Poor confronts the myth of the American dream with the harsh economic reality of the American class system. Yet this documentary is more complex than that, for by including the protagonists’ voices in the form of text on his images Goldberg represents not just the polarity of class but the particularity of human experience.

20 Years of Drik 8:39 PM

20 Years of Drik

Twenty years.

How does one articulate a history spanning two decades in a few lines? The truth is, you can’t. Which is why we are sharing with you some of our proudest moments in the best way we know how - with images.

Far Eastern Economic Review

Time Magazine

Care International Annual Report

OXFAM Annual Report

This exhibition is not about the number of years that have passed, but the milestones achieved and the battles won. It is about the new paths we have forged from the unlikely location of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.

While we try to show cherished snippets of our past, there are others that we have to keep in our memory. The people who have helped us, the mistakes we made, the things we had to believe in with all our heart - these things are more challenging to visualise, but just as important.

Drik was set up to be a platform for voices from the majority world, and on this special occasion, we are proud to introduce the first in the Golam Kasem Daddy Lecture Series.

Twenty years.

For some, it could seem like an eternity. For us, this is just the beginning.

All images by Shahidul Alam / Drik / Majority World

Perspective 9:26 PM

Many apologies for the lack of credits, but I can't seem to find the name of the photographer.


Came across another photo that seems to be extremely popular:

Laurent Dejente



First seen via Smashing Magazine


Considering the wide variety of websites that took the liberty of re-publishing the photo above, I couldn't believe how long it took for me to find out who the photographer was.

But ah, happy sleuthing indeed, as it turns out the photo is from Dejente's series Torticolis. Can't seem to find a good write-up in English, but his other series Stations is rather similar.

Images and biography from Galerie Le Réverbère, Lyon.

Laurent Dejente was born in Sedan on October 2, 1961. He lives and works between Lille and Marseille.

Having recently moved to Lille, Laurent Dejente took part in the 2005 edition of the Transphotographiques festival, then exhibited at Le Réverbère gallery during the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale, presenting his new series, Stations, which revolutionizes conventional perception and destabilizes the perceptual framework of our organization of reality. "In this latest work, in addition to a critical reflection on the artificiality of nature and the dehumanization of the subject, Laurent Dejente's photography attains the status of a bewitching, fantastic tale—it becomes mythology. "

The $30 Cover Photo 10:43 PM

Photographer Robert Lam received a whopping US$30 when Time magazine purchased his photo for their cover (above) through iStockphoto. The irony is not lost on me.

More reactions found here and here. The folks at Visual Editors has a nice summary of links about this issue (including the Twitter bird).

I'm scared. Just a while back a client asked for a 50% discount on images to be used for an international MNC for a country-wide ad campaign. I guarantee you the first local company here which goes royalty-free is either going to be very, very successful, or/and have its office premises burnt down. Ho hum.

Brassai 2:58 AM

Brassai is regarded as the photographer whose pictures form the basis upon which many non-Parisians' ideas about Paris are formed. His best known work consists of night scenes of "the City of Lights" in the 1930s, including photographs of the architecture; people in cafes and bars; workers who kept the city going after dark; clochoards who lived under the bridges; and performers, artists, and writers of the period... Brassai became fascinated with the nightlife he saw around him, both on the streets and in public gathering places. He claimed that the images he saw haunted him; recording them became something of an obsession. Although he was a skilful painter, he found the medium too time consuming and lacking immediacy.

via Egodesign.ca