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News Photo of The Day, July 28, 2010

Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:12:00 +0000

A boy uses cream on his face as he sits in rain water on the street of Karachi, Pakistan on July 27, 2010.
Photo by Akhtar Soomro (Reuters)

News Photo of The Day, July 27, 2010

Admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:04:28 +0000

Children play in water pipes at a construction site on the banks of the Yamuna River in the northern Indian city of Allahabad July 26, 2010. Photo by Jitendra Prakash (Reuters)

News Photo Of The Day, July 26, 2010

Admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:38:19 +0000

Hong Sa Vath (C), 47, cries in shock after the verdict was heard in the case of former Khmer Rouge cadre Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh July 26, 2010. Hong’s father was formerly an official at the Japanese embassy in Cambodia, and he died in Tuol Sleng prison, which was run by Duch. Hong felt that Duch should have been given a life sentence.
Photo by Chor Sokunthea (Reuters)

Kodachrome – The Last Roll

Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:03:38 +0000

From NPR:

In 1984, photojournalist Steve McCurry was in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan. He followed the sound of voices to a tent where he found a group of girls. “I noticed this one little girl off to the side that had his incredible set of eyes that seemed almost haunted — or very piercing,” he tells NPR’s Audie Cornish.

McCurry snapped a picture that ended up on the cover of National Geographic’s June 1985 issue. “The Afghan Girl” became one of the magazine’s most widely recognized photographs — and one of the century’s most iconic. To get that shot, McCurry used a type of film that has become iconic in its own right: Kodachrome.

Listen to the excellent NPR piece on this photographic legacy

News Photo of The Day, July 21, 2010

Admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:03:39 +0000

Water is discharged from the Three Gorges Dam to lower the level in its reservoir in Yichang, Hubei province July 20, 2010. (Reuters)

News Photo Of The Day, July 12, 2010

Admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:50:02 +0000

Shackles on a classroom floor are seen in Camp IV at Camp Delta where detainees are housed at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on July 8, 2010. Detainees are shackled to the floor when contractors are teaching classes to ensure teachers’ safety. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

Media Censorship at work in the Gulf?

Admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:04:12 +0000

From PDNOnline.com:

“Photographers and journalists reporting from the Gulf on the Deepwater Horizon spill are now subject to $40,000 fines and Class D felony convictions if they are found to be in violation of a new Coast Guard directive.

The directive established a 20-meter [65-foot] safety zone around all oil containment boom in the gulf. According to The Deepwater Horizon Unified Command press release, “[v]essels must not come within 20 meters of booming operations, boom, or oil spill response operations under penalty of law.”

In a blog post over the weekend, journalist Georgianne Nienaber argued that this new regulation effectively prevents photographers from getting near affected areas. “If the Coast Guard has its way, all media, not just independent writers and photographers… will be fined $40,000 and receive Class D felony convictions for providing the truth about oiled birds and dolphins, in addition to broken, filthy, unmanned boom material that is trapping oil in the marshlands and estuaries,” she wrote.

According to the Coast Guard directive, “[t]he safety zone has been put in place to protect members of the response effort, the installation and maintenance of oil containment boom, the operation of response equipment and protection of the environment by limiting access to and through deployed protective boom.”

Read more about this troubling directive here

News Photo of The Day, July 7, 2010

Admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:02:32 +0000

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) walks with Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu (L) as he departs the White House on July 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. The two leaders met in the Oval Office and both attended a working lunch. Photo by Mark Wilson/UPI/Pool

News Photos Of The Day (Sites)

Admin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:35:09 +0000

We figured we’d list a bunch right here for your perusal:

Reuters News Photos

UPI News Photos

Washington Post News Photos

BBC News Photos

PDN Photo of the Day

WSJ News Photos

News Photos of the Day (from Peru!)

Lastly, yours truly: NewsPhotoofTheDay.com

News Photo of The Day, July 2, 2010

Admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:00:17 +0000

Catholics from Belarus and neighbouring countries carry candles during the annual Icon of the Mother of God procession in the Belarussian village of Budslav, north of Minsk, July 2, 2010. Photo by Vasily Fedosenko (REUTERS)