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WINTER 2010 Issue SEVENTEEN This issue contains images taken between JUNE 26 and SEPT. 14, 2009
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The summer of 2009 was a sad one, as it was marked by the untimely death of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop.
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Our Backstory is about Harrison Funk, the King of the Fame Game and Michael Jackson’s personal photographer. Funk made many images that you recognize. One image in particular shows off Funk’s amazing talents, and we discuss that image in depth in this Backstory.
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This issue’s zReportage features Edwin Koo’s “O’Swat -- Oh My!” There are over 2.5 million homeless people in Pakistan’s Swat Valley; not since the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan have so many been displaced. This elegant essay’s beauty grows from spread to spread. This is why we gave it the biggest run ever with 32 pages. Often bigger is not
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Picture by Susan Tusa/Detroit Free Press Aug. 4, 2009 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S. - Army specialist Jason Kemp, 32, of Dear Park, Texas, shows off one of his tattoos, a quote from author Robert Fulghum, at the Society of the First Infantry Division’s annual reunion. Kemp has served in Iraq, Kosovo, and Kuwait.
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“Paradise on Earth, Mother Nature’s gift to Pakistan, O’ Swat, you have it all; virgin beauty, Crystal Rivers, green meadows. High mountains, valley bowls, alpine lakes, and much more. Footprints of Buddha, Alexander’s soldiers and Jahangiri Kings...Buddhists called you Udhyana, the Garden. Chinese called you Soto. You are the land of snow, fresh water, clean air. O’ Swat, valley of hanging chairs. O’ Swat, Switzerland of the East.” – excerpt from O’ Swat by Dr. Farrukh Saleem Fifteen-year-old Ismail Khan considers himself lucky. At least he has a job at the nursery. But life has otherwise turned upside down for the young refugee of Swat Valley. Two weeks ago, he was a carefree student in the eighth grade, and now he is the family’s sole breadwinner.
Sher Zaman, 50, squeezed 10 people into his LPG-powered auto-rickshaw on his flight from Swat Valley to the city of Mardan. He now stays in the tent village of Sheikh Yasin. More than 2 million refugees have poured out of Swat Valley as the Pakistan army launched a massive operation to eliminate Taliban militants, after the breakdown of a peace deal in early May 2009. The exodus of refugees is Pakistan’s largest since the Partition in 1947.
Neelam, 12, a refugee from Shaidul Sharif, has been bleeding from her nose for the past two days.
DTzine.com 18 His peaceful hometown, once a tourist haven, has become a full-blown battlefield. Ismail is part of Pakistan’s largest exodus since the Partition in 1947. Some 3 million refugees have poured out of the scenic Swat Valley and its surrounding towns since the government suddenly declared an all-out war against the Taliban following the breakdown of a peace deal in May. The scrawny young man remembered helicopter gunships firing onto his village, destroying houses and shops. The army had surrounded his village when they fled. “When the curfew lifted for an hour, we left the village. We walked for 4 to 5 miles to catch our relative’s truck. We paid 8,000 rupees to him for the fuel.” Packed like cattle with only standing space on the truck, Ismail, with his extended family of 40, fled to the capital Islamabad, more than 200 km away. There they rented two houses in the rural outskirts for 9,500 rupees (USD $120). The men in the family, all farmers and daily-wage workers, pooled all their money to pay the first month’s rent. The rooms were spartan, except for a few rope-lashed beds. There was no drinking water, no electricity, and no gas supply. The family of 40 shared one toilet. Two weeks into their flight, they are now penniless, and Ismail’s meager wage – 150 rupees a day – will not bring in enough to even pay half the rent. So far, they have received some food supplies from a local NGO, but feeding 40 people is no easy task. Even for drinking water, the refugees depended on the kindness of their neighbors. “All the time, we are very worried about our houses at home. We left everything there. And still, we are trying to look for work to meet our daily needs and pay the rent,” said Shah Zarin, 45, Ismail’s uncle. Like many others, Shah Zarin fled with nothing but the shawal kameez he’s wearing. Since the military operation began in May, 24-hour curfews have been enforced. When curfews were lifted for a brief hour or two, the civilians would exit their houses in droves to escape to safer places, with nary a minute
Women in the traditional hijab queue up for medicine at the dispensary in Shah Mansoor camp.
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Mar. 27, 2007 - Zhengzhou, Henan, China - Students stand among sand sculptures during a demonstration in Zhongyuan University of Technology. More than 3,000 students participate in the event, which is aimed at arousing interest in farmers.
DTzine.com 21 to pack their belongings. Although Shah Zarin knows about the tent camps along the southern fringe of the conflict zone, the proud Pashtun man from the northwest have chosen dignity over convenience. “The camps are too hot. We have three elderly folk with us, all half paralyzed. So, it is better that we stay here. If we can’t find work to pay the rent, then we have no choice but to go to the refugee camps,” said Shah Zarin. Many refugees share similar sentiments with this family. Of the 3 million displaced, only 200,000 end up the makeshift tent camps dotting the southern fringe of the conflict zone. The other 90% are either taken in by relatives and local people wanting to help, or like in the case of Ismail Khan, struggling with exorbitant rents and joblessness. Because these dispersed refugees are not registered officially, their problems remains largely out of sight.
Dozens of cooks, some refugees, others from nearby Swabi, cope with the demands of some 12,000 displaced people in Shah Mansoor. It is a gargantuan and often thankless job. They start from as early as 3 a.m., and end their duties at 5 p.m. Every day, five tons of rice are cooked using traditional pots and firewood. Sher Hasan, 38, head chef at one of the kitchens said that 8,000 Pakistani naan breads are handmade each day for breakfast and dinner. Thousands of cups of kawa (tea) are readied by 3 p.m. The cooks work in an unbearable furnace well above 45 degrees Celsius, kept up by constant wood fire and the relentless summer heat.
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Sumera, 5, fled with her extended family of 40 from Swat to Islamabad on a truck.They pooled all their money to rent two houses in Golra Sharif, on the outskirts of the city, paying 9,500 rupees (USD $120) a month. But they have no drinking water and no more money to buy food.
Fauziah Aminullah, 35, a Muslim from Shaidul Sharif, Swat, coos her baby to sleep in a church in Mardan along with four others from her family. She has no money and no relatives in Mardan. The Pashtun women need privacy and refugee camps are too open. “There is no problem. I have my own tent and do my prayers there.�
Bibi Zarjan, 65, is paralyzed on one side of her body and sits on the bed for most of the day. When fighting broke out in Swat Valley, she was transported on her bed onto a truck to make a 200-kilometer journey to Islamabad. On the rural outskirts of the capital, her extended family of 40 rents two houses for 9,500 rupees (USD $120) after pooling all their money together. They do not have enough to pay the next month’s rent.
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On May 7, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced the Operation Rahe-Rast (“the Right Path”). “The armed forces have been called in to eliminate the militants and terrorists. We will not bow before extremists,” he said. Only weeks before, the same government sealed a peace deal with the same extremists, allowing the Taliban to impose their own brand of Islamic law in the region. This sudden about-turn in policy, according to analysts, has resulted in a haphazard response to the internal displacement. “These women and men are displaced because of a war which they did not start and which they do not support. But the government is not providing adequate relief,” said Mr. Rayat Ullah Khan, 36, who heads a Swat-based NGO called Female Human Rights Organization (FEHRO). So far, his organization has helped 1,280 refugee families in the capital, out of
On the evening of May 22, Peshawar’s oldest cinema, built in the 1920s, was destroyed by a car bomb, killing more than 10 people and injuring 70 others. The attack came on the day the UN appealed for $543 million U.S. dollars in aid to help people displaced by fighting in northwest Pakistan. The theater, one of the nine cinemas in Peshawar, was screening a Pakistani action flick called The World Is for You. Muslim extremists, who denounced movies and music as moral decadence, have targeted music and video shops in the garrison city of the volatile northwestern capital. A similar blast six days before outside an Internet cafe in Peshawar killed 11 people. The capital of North-West Frontier Province, Peshawar has become the front line city in the war on terror in Pakistan. Bombings and suicide attacks, coupled with kidnap for ransom, have become commonplace. Pakistan’s army began an offensive in May against the Taliban after a peace deal broke down and militants began expanding their area of influence.
Young refugees play at the playground in Shah Mansoor camp. More than 2 million refugees have poured out of Swat Valley as the Pakistan army launched a massive operation to eliminate Taliban militants after the breakdown of a peace deal in early May 2009.
DTzine.com 31 an estimated 20,000 families seeking asylum in Islamabad. But funds are drying up fast, and Rayat thinks that there is a deliberate government policy to keep the relief funds out of the capital. Wanted: Good Samaritans To address the problem, Rayat penned a formal petition to the Supreme Court demanding for organized aid relief to refugees living with host families in the Islamabad and its twin city, Rawalpindi. “Some 300,000 refugees are living with host families in Islamabad, and more than half are children who have been out of school since November 2006.” “The youth and men experience arbitrary arrests under the garb of anti-terror crackdowns simply because they do not have internally displaced person (IDP) registration. The women and children are suffering from various health and nutritional ailments which are easily avoided if the millions of dollars in relief aid are shared with the IDPs, who are living in rented rooms with host families under poor hygiene,” said Rayat. Throughout our brief meeting, Rayat’s furrowed brows never relaxed and his ears were glued to his mobile phone half the time. As I left his office, three Pashto-speaking women from Buner and Swat were waiting outside to speak to him. Amidst the tragedy, some are luckier than the others. Abdul Rashid, 45, a civil servant from Swat, Mingora and his family of seven were offered free accommodations and food supplies the moment they arrived in Islamabad – partly due to his connections as a government official. Most of the refugees, like Ismail and his family, arrive in the city with little idea what to expect. A boy walks past the makeshift curtain of his tent at Jalozai camp, home to nearly 100,000 refugees from the conflict-hit northwestern Pakistan. Living in the open tent villages has been traumatic to most refugees, especially women who mostly kept within the privacy of their homes.
Food distribution center at Jalozai camp, Peshawar, home to nearly 100,000 refugees.
Ismail Khan, 15, works as a daily-wage worker in a nursery on the outskirts of Islamabad. He earns 150 rupees a day (USD $2), hardly enough to pay off the rent for his family of nine. Like many young people, he was yanked out of school when a military operation turned his peaceful town into a battlefield.
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Refugees take a dip in the sparkling spring of the Sikh temple of Gurdwara Siri Punjab Sahib. Some 3,500 Sikhs and minorities stay in the temple. Life here is generally better than in tent villages or rented houses, as the temple is well equipped with rooms and messes to accommodate thousands of pilgrims every month.
DTzine.com 39 “When the curfew was lifted for two hours, we took the chance to flee. We walked for 10 hours to Batkhela, about 60 km away. From there we managed to find a bus to Mardan, and then from Mardan, we took another bus to Rawalpindi,” recalled Abdul Rashid. Along with more than 30 other refugee families, FEHRO arranged for Abdul Rashid to put up in a hostel in Mirabadi, a poor man’s enclave right next to the gleaming estates of Islamabad. “We do what we can, but funds are drying up fast,” said Rayat. Still, there are tales of good Samaritans, though they are poor themselves, extended a helping hand to others. For two weeks already, Mr. Osman Ullah (not his real name), who lives Mardan city, has opened his home to more than 30 strangers. Even as his own coffers run dry, Osman finds it hard to tell his guests to leave. Confronted by such circumstances, Osman, like many of the host families, have been selling cattle at a fraction of their value to raise funds. Despite the difficulties, Osman finds it hard to ask his guests to leave – such is the culture of Pashtun hospitality. Khorshad Ali, 44, was a barber from Mingora. In a good month, he can earn 6,000 rupees (USD $75). But life started changing two years ago when the Taliban started spelling out the rules for his trade. “No crew cuts, hair should cover the years if kept long, and I can only shave the moustaches, not the beards.” With his family of nine, he now lives in a room in Mardan, belonging to his relative, who is staying in another house in Rawalpindi, paying a token sum of 600 rupees a month. He is lucky – others without kith and kin are paying thousands of rupees a month for a roof over their head. Like most of the 2.4 million refugees, Khorshad would rather pay for a room than to stay in a tent. And even as new refugees continue to pour out of the conflict zone, the options are limited. Mardan and Peshawar are already brimming with refugees and it is difficult to even find rented accommodation in these two cities.
Onlookers gathered to inspect the remnants of bombings, which killed at least 12 people and injured more than 100. As the Pakistani military intensified its offensive against Taliban militants in Swat Valley, bombings and suicide attacks have begun to unleash a wave of terror in cities throughout Pakistan.The latest attacks on the northwest provincial capital of Peshawar targeted the busy Qissa Khwani bazaar, using car and motorcycle bombs. Brazen militants later engaged the police in an urban gunfight, in which two militants were killed and another two arrested. On the same day, a suicide bomber attacked a police checkpoint 20 kilometers south of Peshawar. Most shops remained shuttered the next day and fear paralyzed the city.
DTzine.com 42 Tent Cities “There are no fans, there is a lot of dust. It’s very hot; there are mosquitoes and snakes. You know, 20-40 people are killed daily by snakes,” said Ibra Ali, 29, a shopkeeper from Swat. He has found a house in Mirabadi and considers himself lucky not to be living in the tent cities. Tales of tent cities have spread far and wide, and the stories are not unfounded – conditions were terrible in the beginning, as aid agencies struggled to set up camps at short notice. Problems like water and food shortage, overcrowded tents, and even snakebites are the common experience of some the camps’ earliest settlers. But conditions have vastly improved. In Swabi, the Red Crescent has even set up two air-conditioned tents used as emergency hospital wards. But the taboo of living in tent camps is hard to dispel. Latif Ullah, 52, a carpenter, fled Swat’s Mingora city with his family soon after mortar shelling started. He arrived in Sheikh Yasin camp two weeks ago, a tent “city” in its own right, with more than 1,650 tents housing 15,000 displaced people. For the first week, Latif’s family – five adults and five children – squeezed into a 3 x 3-meter tent, meant to house only three. Latif’s list of complaints went on: from shortage of water, toilets and money. As he passed yet another plastic water barrel, he could not suppress his emotions, “Look, look at the water! Filthy water comes from these strange looking barrels. In Swat, the water is like from jana (heaven)!” DT
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Farmer AQAL WASIR, 45, stares at the tent city of Shah Mansoor. He had fled from Chaktara in Upper Dir with his wife and seven children, the youngest less than a year old. His passage on a truck, with only standing room for everyone, cost his 15,000 PKR (200 U.S. dollars). ‘Life was pleasant, everyone was happy,’ said Aqal. But all that changed when the military operation to chase out the Taliban militants in the northwestern province. ‘I left my crops in he field to rot,’ he said..
Underground Fashion
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July 2, 2009 - Berlin, Germany - Models show off fashions from the label Savage Wear on the Underground Catwalk in a metro train during 2009 Berlin Fashion Week.
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Wish You Were Here
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July 6, 2009 - Pamplona, Spain - Thousands of people congregate to the square in front of the city hall to celebrate the traditional chupinazo. The firing of the chupinazo rocket from the city hall’s balcony marks the beginning of the traditional San Fermín festival, a weeklong celebration honoring Pamplona’s patron saint.
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Thriller
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July 10, 2009 - Gary, Indiana, U.S. - Dancers dressed as zombies prepare for their reenactment of “Thriller” at the Michael Jackson memorial in Jackson’s hometown.
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Tour de Piscines
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July 16, 2009 - Vittel, France - The peloton of cyclists passes children in a swimming pool during the 12th stage of the Tour de France between Tonnerre and Vittel. The Tour de France is the world’s toughest bike race with 20 teams and 180 riders tackling 21 grueling stages.
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Peanuts Car Wash
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July 20, 2009 - Winston, Oregon, U.S. - Wildlife Safari park has devised a novel way of using their elephants to help beat the credit crunch. For just $20, elephants Tiki, George and Alice (from left to right) spray the dirt off of a car at the new Elephant Car Wash. The elephants even use sponges to scrub away the dirt before rinsing off the car.
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Manic Sunday
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July 19, 2009 - Verbier, Switzerland - A very tired looking Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line during stage 15 of the Tour de France. Armstrong is in second place in the race with an overall time 1 minute, 37 seconds behind the leader, his Spanish teammate Alberto Contador.
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mighty Aphrodite
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July 22, 2009 - Seeboden, Austria - Artists from 40 countries gather at the world’s biggest body painting festival to transform beautiful bodies into works of art.
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All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go
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July 13, 2009 - Wuhan, Hubei, China - Vibrantly colored dogs take a walk after a salon visit. China’s pet industry has boomed in the past 10 years as the standard of living increases for many people.
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I’ve Been Working on the Railroad…
Picture by Liu Ta/ChinaFotoPress
July 24, 2009 - Fujian, China - A man works at a section of the Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway. The Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway will be able to travel up to 250 kilometers per hour and will open on Nov. 30, 2009.
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Dog Day Afternoon
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July 24, 2009 -Washington, D.C. - U.S. President Barack Obama makes an unannounced visit to the daily White House Press Briefing to comment on his remarks made during his prime-time press conference on Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s arrest by a Cambridge police officer.
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Going Over the Falls
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July 25, 2009 - Newport Beach, California, U.S. - Sailboats line the horizon as 20-foot swells pound the Wedge, a popular surf spot in Newport Beach.
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Trick or Treat?
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July 25, 2009 - San Diego, California, U.S. - Los Angeles costume designer Heather Harris captivates as Snow White and Becky Young charms as Tinkerbell on the convention floor at Comic-Con 2009. The festival of comic books and all things related to the fantasy genre celebrates its 40th year.
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Hot Music
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July 25, 2009 - Nyon, Switzerland - The Indian Jaipur Mawarta Brass Band performs during the 34th Paleo Festival. The Paleo, Switzerland’s largest open-air music festival, runs July 21-26 and draws 225,000 spectators.
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Men Who Stare at Goats
Picture by Lu Qijian/ChinaFotoPress
July 27, 2009 - Linquan County, Anhui, China - Two goats get ready to butt heads during a goat-fighting match.
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Snap! Crackle! Pop!
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July 30, 2009 - Tempisque River, Costa Rica - A tourist gets the shock of her life when a previously inert crocodile suddenly shoots from the river and snaps its jaws inches from the tourist’s face before disappearing back into the murky depths.
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Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones
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July 30, 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa - One policeman grimaces in pain after being hit by a rock while another fires rubber bullets at shack dwellers of the Masiphumelele settlement during a riot over a lack of housing.
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Home on the Range
Picture by Alexey Druzhinyn/epa
Aug. 4, 2009 - Republic of Tyva, Russia - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a horse while on vacation.
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Deep Throat
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Aug. 4, 2009 - Sodwana Bay, South Africa - Whale sharks are the largest living fish species on the planet and can grow up to 65 feet (20 meters) in length. This massive 40foot whale shark’s open mouth is capable of swallowing a person whole. Luckily, these sharks are gentle giants, feeding only on tiny plankton.
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Rambo
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Aug. 7, 2009 - Helgoysund, Norway - A ram zip-lines down a hill after accidentally getting his horn snagged on a power line.
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Buddha Belly
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Aug. 8, 2009 - Seattle, Washington, U.S. - Rich Lemmon of Bothell, Wash., has an image of the Buddha on his belly, but Tattoo Expo judges Chris Adams and Michele Madsen seem more intrigued by the image of the Buddha’s back tattooed on Lemmon’s back during the tattoo expo at Seattle Center.
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Tacos, Tacos
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Aug. 9, 2009 - Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador - A fast-food vendor walks next to a tank during a military parade before President Rafael Correa’s official inauguration tomorrow.
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Dinosaurs for Climate Change
Picture by Dan O’Day/epa
Aug. 11, 2009 - Canberra, Australia - Demonstrators wearing dinosaur masks join commuters at Canberra Airport during a campaign by the Southern Cross Climate Coalition to get the “dinosaurs” in politics and business to stop blocking urgent action on climate change.
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Quack attack
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Aug. 11, 2009 - Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China - A man in his underwear steps aside as a raft of ducks swim through his house, which was flooded by rains from Typhoon Morakot.
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Fifth-Century Royal Playboy
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Aug. 12, 2009 - Sigiriya, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka’s King Kasyapa was known to have 500 concubines; he had frescoes painted of all of them. Due to the natural pigments used by the artists, about 21 of the 500 Sigiriya frescoes can still be seen on the backdrop of a fifth-century rock fortress.
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Virtuoso
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Aug. 12, 2009 - Hollywood, California, U.S. - Lester William Polsfuss (aka Les Paul), guitar pioneer and enthusiast, dies at the age of 94 at White Plains Hospital in New York. Paul is credited with developing the solid-body electric guitar in 1941. He also created important technology for sound recording, including echo delay, overdubbing and multitracking. Paul is distinguished as one of few inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to have a perminant exhibit.
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StandOff
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Aug. 13, 2009 - Los Angeles, California, U.S. - LAPD SWAT officers surround a man suspected of making threats to the White House outside the Federal Building after a brief chase through the city. The suspect withstood four rounds of tear gas before SWAT officers apprehended him nearly seven hours later with the help of a Taser.
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Hot Dogs
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Aug. 13, 2009 - Seattle, Washington, U.S. - Dog owners and spectators react as the first group of dachshunds launch from the starting line at the annual Wiener Dog Rally at Seattle Center.
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Dirt Jumping
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Aug. 19, 2009 - Berlin, Germany - The Czech Republic’s Roman Šebrle lands a long jump in fourth place toward his final score of the decathlon at the 12th IAAF World Championship in Athletics.
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She Wins, He Wins, She Wins
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Aug. 19, 2009 - Berlin, Germany - South African Caster Semenya reacts to winning the gold in the 800-meter sprint final at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Three weeks prior, the international federation had asked track and field authorities to conduct a gender test on Semenya, 18, after she posted a winning time at the African junior championships in July. Officials are still waiting for the results of the gender test.
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Gold and Silver All Over
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Aug. 22, 2009 - Berlin Germany - Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot (left) and Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (right) embrace after placing first and second in the 5,000-meter finals at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
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Yay!
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Aug. 22, 2009 - Berlin, Germany - Team Germany’s Marion Wagner and Verena Sailer celebrate after placing third in the 4x100-meter relay final of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
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Lightning Never Strikes Twice
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Aug. 23, 2009 - Needles, California, U.S. - Lightning strikes across the desert skies as monsoon storms cause flash flooding, shutting down local highway 95.
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Shake and Dry
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Aug. 23, 2009 - Turin, Italy - Juventus midfielder Diego Ribas da Cunha shakes off during the Italian Serie A match against AC Chievo Verona at Olimpico Stadium.
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Golden Bolt
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Aug. 22, 2009 - Berlin, Germany - Usain Bolt celebrates Jamacia’s gold in the men’s 4x100-meter relay at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics finals with the second fastest time in history, 37.31 seconds. The fastest time was set by the Jamacian team at the Beijing Olympics.
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Guns and Roses
Picture by Alan Sailer/Whitehotpix
Aug. 24, 2009 - Camarillo, California, U.S. - A red rose made brittle by a dip in liquid nitrogen explodes as a bullet pierces it.
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Pirate Ahoy
Picture by Peter Diana/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Aug. 25, 2009 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. - The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen leaps into the arms of his awaiting teammates after scoring the game winner in the ninth inning, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6 to 4 at PNC park.
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Station Fire, Day 3
Picture by Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA
Aug. 28, 2009 - La CaĂąada-Flintridge, California, U.S. - A water-dropping helicopter flies over a firefighter at the Station fire as it continues to rage for the third day in very rugged terrain. Voluntary evacuations are taking place in La CaĂąada-Flintridge as the fire heads toward neighborhoods. The Station fire is burning the Angeles National Forest, near Angeles Crest Highway about 15 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.
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Leader of The Pack
Picture by Benoit Doppagne/epa
Aug. 30, 2009 - Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium - Belgian Grand Prix Formula One winner Finnish Kimi RäikkÜnen, of team Ferrari, leads on the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack.
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Woman Power
Picture by Bryan Patrick/The Sacramento Bee
Aug. 30, 2009 - Auburn, California, U.S. - Emma Lujan carries a hose to help firefighters save what’s left of her Harley-Davidson business. The building crumbled but not before customers rode the bikes out.
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Home Fires Burning
Picture by Will Lester/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Aug. 31, 2009 - Yucaipa, California, U.S. - While under mandatory evacuations, a young boy sits in an upstairs bedroom of a home on Elm Crest Court as the Pendleton Fire burns on a ridge directly behind the home. The boy’s family was in the backyard with firefighters and were ready to leave at a moment’s notice.
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I Got my eye on you
Picture by Scott Mc Kiernan/ZUMA
Sept. 6, 2009 - Perpignan - France - A waitress serves up espresso and sass at a coffeshop in Perpignen.
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Walking on water
Picture by Ferhat Uludaglar/ZUMA
Sept. 9, 2009 - Istanbul,Turkey - People walk through a flooded main highway connection road in Istanbul.Western Turkey has been plagued by heavy rainstorms and floods. At least 33 people have been killed in the flooding caused by heavy rains in northwest Turkey over the last 48 hours, according to Turkish television reports.
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About Face
Picture by Oliver Weiken/epa
Sept. 10, 2009 - Beijing, China - The People’s Liberation Army practices marching at a military base in preparation for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1.
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Desert Unicorn
Picture by Kim Ludbrook/epa
Sept. 11, 2009 - Tankwa Karoo, South Africa - A participant of the AfrikaBurn festival wears a mask while enjoying the open space of the desert. The four-day event is based on Nevada’s Burning Man festival. The temporary, noncommercial, sharing community built in the harsh badlands of the Tankwa Karoo National Park focuses on art, dance and music expressions to create a nirvana.
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NORTHWEST'S FINEST
BELLINGHAM '09 Reportage by ©Scott Mc Kiernan/ZUMA
Russ Kendall, Bellingham Herald Director of Photography. Using his new ‘Leica’. (Left) 1. Alan Berner Staff Photographer The Seattle Times. 2. Michel du Cille , The Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor/Photo, gives a strong and poignant presentation.
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Event Co-Directors, Russ Kendall and John Harris confer. (Below) 1. All of Bellingham got into the spirit. 2. Genevieve Alvarez, The Seattle Times Multimedia, covering tire changing. 3. Harris’ son Gus Kendall, almost 5, is a chip off the old block. Showing pro style.
Reportage by ŠScott Mc Kiernan/ZUMA
SIR SAM ABELL
GEEKFEST '09 Sept. 11, 2010 - St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. - National Geographic living legend, photographer extraordinary Sam Abell, gives the opening presentation at the 2009 version of APAD’s annual Geekfest at The Poynter Institute.
Photograph by Scott Mc Kiernan/ZUMA
BONUS FEATURE VISA POUR L’IMAGE
Reportage by ©Scott Mc Kiernan/ZUMA
PHOTO CAFÉ
AFP CEO Pierre Louette, the dynamic leader of France’s largest editorial service and picture agency: Agence France-Press, holds court at ‘The Photo Café’ aka the main floor of the Palais du Congress, which was percolating with agents and photographers from around the globe.
ROOM WITH A VIEW
BONUS FEATURE
Picture by Chang Liang/ChinaFotoPress/ZUMA
Mar. 27, 2007 - Zhengzhou, Henan, China - Students stand among sand sculptures during a demonstration in Zhongyuan University of Technology. More than 3,000 students participate in the event, which is aimed at arousing interest in farmers.
ROOM WITH A VIEW
Picture by Chang Liang/ChinaFotoPress/ZUMA
Mar. 27, 2007 - Zhengzhou, Henan, China - Students stand among sand sculptures during a demonstration in Zhongyuan University of Technology. More than 3,000 students participate in the event, which is aimed at arousing interest in farmers.
BONUS FEATURE
Reportage by ©Scott Mc Kiernan/ZUMA
‘The Fame Game’: Harrison Funk’s
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PICTURES BY © HARRISON FUNK/ZUMA
Harrison Funk knew early on that he needed a beat, a niche. Funk made his niche the Hollywood music scene.The peak of this work is his 12 years of work documenting Michael Jackson, up close and personal. Funk captured more than the performer, he captured the true artist within. DOUBLEtruck interviewed Funk about one of his favorite and most famous Jackson images, an amazing Moonwalk picture. In London 1988 at the former Wembley Arena, Funk captured Jackson in mid flight while performing “Billie Jean” during the Bad tour. It illustrates Funk’s great skills and the depth of his relationship with Jackson, the most famous entertainer of our times, who passed away on June 25, 2009. DOUBLEtruck: Harrison, thank you for taking the time. Sorry for your loss. Kudos on your great picture of Michael. What was it like to work with Michael Jackson? HARRISON FUNK: The performance creates a barrier. There were times where Michael would play to my camera; there were moments when he made contact that were evident. Almost from the beginning, we had a rapport where it was very simple to relate to each other, and that shows in the photographs. DT: What was your plan when making this image? Was it heavily preplanned? And does that interfere with getting an iconic moment? Where is the balance? HF: That’s why this image is special, because so much time was spent on how to make that work. That is why it’s such an iconic image, because it was planned, but it was executed spontaneously. DT: What was the genesis of your
Photograph by Damon Higgins/The Palm Beach Post idea to do this that day at the Bad tour concert in London? HF: The idea came when after shooting a portrait of Jackson with his brothers for LIFE magazine, Jackson leapt into the air in one frame, returning to ground in the next. Afterward, Jackson mentioned that this was an idea he loved, making an image -- one frame -- that could define his movement. DT: Please give us the tech on this image for the geeks out there... HF: I made it happen by shooting with my Nikon F3 while standing on a raised platform in front of the audience. He was doing the circular version of the moonwalk, sort of not moving backward or forward but sliding sideways. I kind of go into this other world. In this particular situation, it was like stopping time. I concentrated very heavily on
what was going on. DT: What did Michael think of the image? HF: We both knew the image was something special. DT: Many photographers over the years have tried to recreate your technique on this image, never quite capturing it the same. What are you feelings about this copying? HF: It is flattering, but it troubled me. I decided to protect it, its style and reproduction, to preserve the impact. We kind of shelved the image for a long time. Initially, it was used for a few magazine pieces, but I didn’t really want it out there. It was so iconic. It was something I wanted to hold onto, I wanted to keep this image special. DT: Harrison, keep up the great work and thanks for sharing. DT
Harrison Funk New York born photographer Harrison Funk has been shooting entertainment, fashion, and advertising for nearly two decades. He’s photographed some of the world’s best-known faces. In addition to still photography, Harrison has directed more than 30 music videos and documentaries and has worked as a producer, director and cinematographer. He is also the Executive VP and Creative Director at Outwest Records, an independent record label associated with Paramount Pictures. For many years he has lectured on photography at Universities in the U.S. and London. Though his subjects were always in the spotlight, Funk kept his life very private. He has politely told reporters he has a daughter Emma and lives in Europe.
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