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© Stefan Loeliger

Elemental

In geological terms Iceland is very young and the landscape is alive with the restless play of nature’s forces. Iceland has the largest glaciers in Europe – in fact, 11% of the country is covered by glaciers. The coastline is dotted with more than one hundred fjords and green, fertile valleys extend from many of them.

Iceland also has more than 10,000 waterfalls and countless hot springs. A lot of the country is technically uninhabitable, with the moss-covered rocks of ancient lava flows and tall treeless mountains, but these moonscapes are perfect for exploring an other-worldly looking place.

Enjoy the series Elemental by Stefan Loeliger!

© Jaroslav Kocian

The Twentieth Year of the Institute of Creative Photography, Silesian University in Opava

Opening in Theatre Reduta, Zeleny trh 4, Brno

Wednesday 31.3.2010 at 5:00pm

Exhibiton will be open every day from 10am to 6 pm till 2.5.2010

Introducing leader ITF prof. Vladimir Birgus

© Ami Vitale

Ami Vitale – Kashmir

Ami’s journey as a photojournalist has taken her to more than 75
countries. She has witnessed civil unrest, poverty, destruction of life, and
unspeakable violence. But she has also experienced surreal beauty and the
enduring power of the human spirit, and she is committed to highlighting the
surprising and subtle similarities between cultures. Her photographs have been
xhibited around the world by the UN, Human Rights Watch, MSF, Oxfam, the
Open Society Institute, and many others.

Ami’s work has garnered the Photographer of the Year
International award, the Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism,
Lucie awards, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting, the NPPA
Magazine Photographer of the Year award among many others. Now a contract
photographer with National Geographic, Ami is also senior producer for the Knight
Center for International Media.

You will find lots of information on the series in the text under every image.

Enjoy the exhibition Kashmir by Ami Vitale!

Last September, the Italian photo agency Grazia Neri had been forced to enter into liquidation(…)

Two months later fourteen photographers from the bankcrupt photo agency have pulled their resources together to found the Black Archives brand. Now additionally LUZphoto Agency has been launched in Italy by former employees.

Enjoy their websites !

© Bruno Trematore

Welcome Bruno Trematore as a participating photographer at still-dancing.com!

The award-winning photojournalist looks back over his 50 year career on the front line. Witness to armed conflict and atrocity on battlefields around the world, these devastating experiences changed his motivation. The conflicting emotions still haunt him.

An interview to mark the opening of Shaped by War at the Imperial War Museum, the first major retrospective exhibition of Don McCullin’s work.

Economist Magazine

An additional audio interview here at the bbc website

The exhibition takes place at the Imperial War Museum (what a name!?)

Book: Shaped by War

©Pietro Masturzo

World Press Photo 2010

© Guy Batey

Welcome Guy Batey as a participating photographer at still-dancing.com!

© Gyula Sopronyi

Fight, Fear, Hope and Faith. Pakistan
Pakistan, a country of 173 million people that encompasses dusty plains, sublime mountain peaks and some of the world’s most densely populated cities, has rarely been a placid place since it became an independent nation in 1947.

The February elections brought Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party, headed by her widower, Zardari, to power and a brief hiatus in the violence.

But the new governing coalition collapsed over petty power struggles, and the militancy resumed. Twenty-nine suicide bombings have claimed more than 400 lives so far this year.

Pakistan is in crisis.

Islamic extremism has metastasized from the lawless tribal areas on the border with Afghanistan to Pakistan’s cities one of the most conflict-plagued regions in the world.

Yet though Pakistan has been a victim of terrorism, it has also been its enabler.

Enjoy the exhibition Fight, Fear, Hope and Faith. Pakistan by Gyula Sopronyi!

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