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May 14, 2013
by Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry traveled to Ethiopia's Omo Valley to document the Kara and Surma tribes. More...
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May 2, 2013
by Dominic Nahr
A new study shows that as many as 260,000 people died during the 2010-2012 famine in Somalia. A severe drought and a power struggle between armed opponents lead to the catastrophe, during which half of the victims who perished were under the age of five.
During 2011 and 2012 Dominic Nahr made numerous trips to Somalia to document the suffering suffering population and the conflict that... More...
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May 2, 2013
by Martin Parr
May 9th will mark the 68th anniversary of the island's liberation from Nazi German forces, which had landed there in 1940. In May 2012 Martin Parr was commissioned by the Guernsey International Photography Festival to chronicle the celebration of Liberation Day in Guernsey.
An exhibition of these images is currently showing at the Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery and will be up until May 12th,... More...
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May 1, 2013
by Jean Gaumy
A short time ago I was listening to an interesting interview with a documentary filmmaker on French radio. At one point the journalist asked him “Is there any country which is still unknown?” He immediately replied “Kyrgyzstan, capital Bishkek”. He was partially wrong -- I went there in March 2000. He was partially right, -- I went there because I sincerely didn’t know where it was. In fact what I... More...
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Apr 23, 2013
by Alex Majoli
Postcards from Milan is a collective effort to identify the most popular areas of the city.
What are the streets, roads, squares, the views of Milan that people love the most and where do the Milanese live?
Alex Majoli addresses these questions with an photographic approach. More...
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Apr 8, 2013
by Magnum Photographers
On April 8th, 2013 former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke.

A polarizing figure during her time in office, the conservative and uncompromising Thatcher was both vilified and praised by her constituency. During the economic downturn of the 1970s, she privatized state owned companies and weakened the influence of labor unions. In 1982 she... More...
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Mar 29, 2013
by Hiroji Kubota
Images from Hiroji Kubota's trip to the secluded nation in the Fall of 2012. More...
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