Extraordinary images by the photojournalist Micah Albert. His images of refugee camps, under-covered issues, and conflict are breath-taking, and capture the hope and beauty behind the chaos.
It was with disbelief and great sadness that I heard photographer Tim Hetherington had been killed in Libya. His photography and film work is both beautiful and heart-wrenching, but most importantly it provided a raw and unflinchingly honest insight into many social and political issues worldwide. Image from Tim Hetherington - Blindsight.
There is something in the beauty of a grey wintery day. The bare trees, the thin, watery light, the frozen earth....such beauty in the icy bleakness and wintery silence....a deep winter still.
Joseph O. Holmesbeautifully wintery photographs could easily be mistaken for rural scenes, but they are in fact taken in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. You can see more of Joseph's work here, and here. I hope your Monday is off to a good start!
I'm back, and had the best time in one of my fav cities! My family's in town for the next week, and we're off out the beach for Labour Weekend, so posting might be a bit erratic - but I will be back come Friday with what:nots. I hope you're having a great week. Image by me (love the Helga).
Tucked away in my inbox was a sweet email from Romina telling me about her lovely new photographic collection of natural things. Simple, subtle, and, beautiful.
You can see more of the collection here, and make sure you hop on over to Romina's blog and website to see Romina's utterly lovely work, like the images below.
Jessica Hilltout spent seven months traveling across Africa documenting the continent's love of soccer. The photographs of her journey are spell-binding, as is the story of the people she met. "So many people have so much and do so little with it," she said. "The people I met had so little, yet managed to do so much with it." Hop over here to read an interview, and here to have a peek at the book of her travels. And her quote below is so true.
"I have always been interested in the poetic character of the small, seemingly unimportant things.To me, there is hidden beauty in the ordinary and great beauty in the overlooked."
The River a short film by Derek Henderson - serene, breathtaking, beautiful.... You can see more of Derek's work here and here. Clip from The Anthropologist.
I hope you've had a grand week - mine has been hectic. I'll be back tomorrow with what:nots - that's a promise. Until then hop over here and have a peek at Darius Kuzmickas' ethereal pinhole photographs. Image by Darius Kuzmickas.
Here's to long sunny days, clear blue skies, and lots and lots of sunshine. How was your weekend? I hope you had fun. Our was really laid back and quiet - perfect actually. Image from Max Abadian.
Loving these slightly surreal photographs from Vee Speers 'The Birthday Party' series. I came across them while reading this. Pretty impressive what you can do in 10 days (and no doubt with a hefty budget). I hope your week is hopping along nicely.