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It’s all white in black and white
With all the pictures of the recent snowfalls across the U.S., this one stood out in it’s simplicity. A quiet moment in a private space where photographer Anindya Chakraborty captured the beauty of nature.
Picturing pain
Empathy is not always an easy emotion to bring out in viewers but this picture from Farzana Hossen of a woman reacting to a fire that destroyed her home in a slum in Bangladesh certainly brought it out in me. Farzana’s use of black and white seems to emphasis the woman’s face and grief.
That picture shows the harsh reality of how we live in the world. This woman and that conditions under which she lives would never have entered the minds of most Westerners. Out of sight, out of mind.While most of us are trying to figure out how to load the Christmas tree with stuff, the woman in the picture might be trying to figure out how she’s going to eat today.It’s not that we should feel guilty for living well. But do have a responsibility to be appreciative of what we have, and also to help those in need how ever we can.That picture represents how the vast majority of people live in this world. It is a reminder that we in the West need to use what we have to solve the problems that cause this woman and others like her to live the way they do. We have the power. But we don’t have the will.And unless we develop the will and act upon it, we will loose the power we have as well.http://www.theendofpoverty.com/We are not animals and we should not be content to live as such.
Battered warrior
The high contrast look of black and white, combined with the overhead light source and the expression on the fighter’s face help Afif Rahim produce a dramatic photo that looks like a scene straight out of a classic boxing film.
Auschwitz in black and white
By using black and white to photograph the museum at Auschwitz, Carmine Flamminio has created a haunting image that details the textures and tones of this pile of human hair.
Hamas is doing nothing to their own people, the Israelis are doing it all by cutting Gaza off from the outside world. It is the Warsaw Ghetto in Palestine.Abbas is still a member of the PLO which also does not recognize Israel. The Al-Agsa Martyr Brigades, who broke the ceasefire after the election of Hamas, is a Fatah affiliated organization, of which Abbas is a member (Fatah). He either did not have the will or he did not have the leadership skills necessary to get HIS OWN GROUP to stop firing rockets after elections.You think he’s strong enough to work the peace process? He and Dahlan are the problem. Look at the story. Of $3 billion in aid, $1.5 million will go to “running” the Palestinian Authority. I’d love to see some detail on that, because Yassir Arafat did the same thing, and when he died, the PA was broke and his widow was rich and living in Paris.That’s what the moderate Fatah led by Abbas will do for the Palestinians. Nothing.
Quiet of the moment
By using black and white for his image of Israelis observing a moment’s silence to mark Memorial Day, Dan Bar-Dov allows the viewer to focus on the content and gives you the sense of the stillness and silence.
View this week’s You Witness slideshow here .
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The Wall
