shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 4 days ago | photography, news, women
Honestly, I believe Dove on this one. And even if there was a bit of touching up here and there, it's advertising - I grant them that much room. The photos are still very true to what the campaign is trying to promote...
Quoted: After a New Yorker profile implied that "king of the photo touchup" Pascal Dangin had airbrushed photos taken by Annie Leibovitz for Dove's high-profile " Campaign for Real Beauty," the company issued a statement last Friday explaining that Dangin had only removed dust and performed minor color corrections.
shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 8 days ago | photography, holidays
shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 10 days ago | news, photography
shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 15 days ago | photography, journalism
shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 25 days ago | environment, photography
This is a great slide show from Slate illustrating global environmental concerns, as well as solutions from around the world. Makes you realize the U.S. really needs to do its share...
Quoted: In honor of Earth Day, Magnum presents images illustrating the serious issues concerning how we treat the planet—and some creative solutions.
shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 26 days ago | photography, history
shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - 29 days ago | photography, india
Indian cows are the best!
Quoted: Sacred cows roam the vibrant streets of India, where they are revered divine representatives in the Hindu religion and are associated with the gods Shiva, Indra, and Krishna. Magnum presents a look at what life is like for some of the happiest, if not the luckiest, cows on earth.
shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 08 2008 | photography, animals
Ha, I love the title of this slide gallery. Great photos of doggy lifestyles around the world.
Quoted: As Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt sees it, dogs are just as expressive as humans, if not more so. These photographs from across the globe chronicle his lifelong pursuit of man’s best friend—and capture a spectrum of canine lifestyles.
shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 07 2008 | photography, news
Slate slide show on head scarves and turbans, marking the 39th anniversary of Sikh businessmen winning the right to wear turbans in the workplace.
Quoted: This week in 1969, Sikh busmen in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, won the right to wear turbans on duty after a long-running campaign. Abbas and other Magnum photographers illustrate the rise in head-scarf wearing and the debate surrounding the right to wear a symbolic religious article of clothing.
shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 04 2008 | photography, news
There's a lot of great news analysis today assessing how far we've really come since MLK's assassination 40 years ago.
Quoted: Today marks 40 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. During his last speech, given the night before his death, he said what would turn out to be prophetic words: “I’ve been to the mountaintop. … I’ve seen the promised land.”
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