Fred Canonge: Pehlwan of Benares

Photo © Fred Canonge-All Rights Reserved Pehlwani (also known as Kushti) is a traditional style of wrestling popular in the sub-continent of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The wrestler is known as pahlawan which, interestingly for those who are etymologists, is the colloquial Arabic word meaning "clown". I wouldn't tell this to these wrestlers, as they would be offended and...

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Mitchell Kanashkevich: Vanuatu (And More)

Photo © Mitchell Kanashkevich - All Rights Reserved As promised, here's the updated website of Mitchell Kanashkevich, replete with new inspirational imagery of his recent travels. One of the best travel, documentary and cultural photographers I know, Mitchell describes himself as a tireless wanderer and documentarian. He's also an author, and published several...

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20 free attractions in London

View galleryGreat Court of British Museum. Neil Setchfield Lonely Planet Photographer View galleryWho cares if London’s hotels and restaurants tend to be on the expensive side? No city in the world has more free stuff to do. In addition to world-class museums without a ticket admission, you get the parks, canal walks, super markets (Portobello Road Market at Notting Hill...

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Airfare Deals and News for the Week of May 27, 2011 Read more: http://www.frommers.com/articles/7317.html#ixzz1Nuw3eQJa

Travel from June 1 and June 30, and again from August 24 and November 16. Blackout dates are September 2 and September 5. Tickets must be purchased by 11:59pm PDT May 31. Lowest sale fares are not available for travel on Fridays and Sundays. Fares include: Chicago to Los Angeles $278 San Francisco to New York $278 Las Vegas to New York $278 Los Angeles to New York $278 Los Angeles to Boston $278 Orlando to Los Angeles $278 Select Frontier Cities...

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Jacob Maentz: The Infanta Penitents

Photo © Jacob Maentz-All Rights Reserved I've been terribly remiss in covering the Philippines on this blog, but Jacob Maentz's fine work on this Asian nation will go a long way to rectify this. Originally from the United States, Jacob is based in the Philippines from where he does considerable amounts of travel, working on freelance assignments and shooting stock photography....

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Thomas Cristofoletti: Day of the Dead

. Here's a movie made of still photographs by Thomas Cristofoletti on the singular tradition in the Philippines which occurs on the Day of the Dead. The stills were made in Tandag, Surigao del Sur and document the tradition of caring for the tombs on November 1. Tombs are cleaned up, repainted and spruced up by relatives. Candles are lit and flowers placed. Many families spend a night or two near their loved ones' tombs in remembrance. Card games,...

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Evan Abramson: When The Water Ends

Ethiopia's government is building a new dam in the Omo river projected to be the largest hydropower project in sub-Saharan Africa. Almost 50% of its electrical output has already been sold to neighboring countries, but it will reduce the water flow to the Omo River and threaten the lives of some 500,000-800,000 nomadic pastoralists. Evan Abramson's When The Water Ends photo essay...

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Paul Levrier: Visions of Indochina

Photo © Paul Levrier -All Rights Reserved  Paul Levrier is in a good position to photograph all over South East Asia and in particular in Indochina. He's the managing director of a travel company specializing in Vietnam (where he's been based for the past 14 years) and Cambodia. He's also the founder of Visions of Indochina which is a digital image bank/library. Whilst...

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Live From Oaxaca

Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy -All Rights Reserved After suffering the trauma of temporarily losing my checked-in luggage between Newark, Mexico City and Oaxaca, I was delighted to be reunited with my belongings a mere 4 hours later. Not too bad Mexicana Click!! Of course, I jumped the gun and bought toothpaste/toothbrush and some other essentials (even a t-shirt) just in case, but...

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Michael Nye: About Hunger

Photo © Michael Nye-All Rights Reserved I've briefly touched upon the issue of hunger in a POV a few days ago, and coincidentally found Michael Nye's compassionate work at the same time. Michael Nye’s exhibition About Hunger & Resilience, consists of fifty portraits and accompanying audio stories of individuals who experienced hunger in the United States. Michael Nye...

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Jan Sochor: Nukak-Maku

Photo © Jan Sochor-All Rights Reserved Jan Sochor has documented the Nukak Maku people, a nomadic indian tribe from the Amazon, who were driven out of the jungle by the Colombian guerrilla and paramilitary squads. More than half of the Nukak population have died of western diseases like flu. In refugee camps, the Nukak are taught from (mainly Christian) aid workers concepts and...

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Paul Patrick: African Witches

Photo © Paul Patrick-All Rights Reserved People in eastern, southern, and western Africa generally believe in witches, both male and female, and Paul Patrick, a Norwegian photojournalist, was able to document them in Ghana. He started traveling at the age of 16 in search of stories from Europe, India, Nepal, China, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Morocco. Frenzy and hysteria about witches...

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