Monthly Archives: August 2010

Photography is Not a Crime

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Photography is Not a Crime It’s a First Amendment Right By Carlos Miller The Homeland Security Bureau of the Miami-Dade Police Department has published a “Terrorist Awareness Guide” where it advises citizens to be on the lookout … Continue reading

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Flotilla Fabrication

Subscribe to ShahidulNews “The average person believes implicitly that the photograph cannot falsify. Of course, you and I know that this unbounded faith in the integrity of the photograph is often rudely shaken, for, while photographs may not lie, liars … Continue reading

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Power from the barrel of a lens

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Satish Sharma Forget about the power that, according to Mao, flows from the Barrels of Guns! A lot more power actually flows through the matte black barrels of lenses. Camera lenses! And this is a power … Continue reading

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Pakistan Flood Appeal

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The floods raging through Pakistan at the moment have affected more people than the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, the 2006 Asian tsunami, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake combined. An urgent mail from Kanak Mani Dixit of Himal Magazine. … Continue reading

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The Face That Launched a Thousand Drones?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Anne Holmes The much talked about August 9 Time magazine cover, unabashed in its aim to shore up support for the war effort in Afghanistan, has left many still shaking their heads in disbelief at such … Continue reading

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Bangladesh army’s advancing business interests

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Kamal Ahmed BBC News, Dhaka The army is becoming increasingly involved in business activities. The Bangladeshi army has over the years played a key role in the country’s political life, but it has now also emerged as … Continue reading

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His Life

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Gita L. Vygodskaya Translated from the Russian language by Ilya Gindis Published in School Psychology International, Vol.16 Nobody in our family studied or took up religion. I only knew from the nanny, who took care of … Continue reading

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Chobi Mela VI submission deadline extended till 14 August 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Dear Photographers, It appears that the extremely large number of incomplete submissions may have been caused by the server having problems coping with the very large number of entries. As such we have decided to extend the … Continue reading

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Viewer or voyeur? The morality of reportage photography

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Do you look away from images of real-life horror, or look closer? A series of shocking photographs from Somalia asks disturbing questions about the ethics of bearing witness Sean O’Hagan Monday 8 March 2010 14.23 GMT “To … Continue reading

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