Saturday, April 23, 2016

In Sight: If you live in Romania, your laundry may be airing on Instagram

In the newly crowned most violent country in the world, the coffin industry is booming; What Russia looked like before 1917 … in color; Looking back at the Post’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer; Why a desperate scheme in World War I turned Allied boats into wacky Cubist artworks; In case you missed it: Who’s the most photographed American man of the 19th Century? HINT: It’s not Lincoln…; The plague, alive and well in Madagascar; How does the 1 percent really live? This collection of photos shows us.; The next ‘Blackfish’ controversy may be at Thailand’s Tiger Temple; Once lost to obscurity, this photographer is now a legend;
 
In Sight
A curated view of your world in photographs
 
 
If you live in Romania, your laundry may be airing on Instagram
Catalina Hirean is sharing her culture through laundry lines.
In the newly crowned most violent country in the world, the coffin industry is booming
In this tiny town, the grim business is siphoning off workers from coffee and agricultural industries.
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What Russia looked like before 1917 … in color
Photographer and chemist Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii documented the Russian empire in full color images years before the 1917 revolution.
 
Looking back at the Post’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes, In Sight is looking back on the first Washington Post photographer to win the prize.
 
Why a desperate scheme in World War I turned Allied boats into wacky Cubist artworks
Dazzle camouflage was pioneered by the British in a desperate attempt to combat the deadly threat of German U-Boats.
 
In Case You Missed It
Who’s the most photographed American man of the 19th Century? HINT: It’s not Lincoln…
Frederick Douglass understood and heralded not only the power of the written or spoken word, but also the power of the visual image — especially, his own likeness. As a result, Douglass was photographed more than any other American of his era: 160 distinct images (mostly portraits) have survived, more than Abraham Lincoln at 126.
 
The plague, alive and well in Madagascar
Although it is often thought of as a medieval disease, the plague strikes hundreds of people every year, with its highest concentrations in Madagascar.
 
How does the 1 percent really live? This collection of photos shows us.
A new book looks at the state of global inequality.
 
The next ‘Blackfish’ controversy may be at Thailand’s Tiger Temple
Tiger Temple has been accused of "speed breeding" to inflate the number of cubs for tourists to play with, abusing the animals and of shady dealings on the black market.
 
Once lost to obscurity, this photographer is now a legend
The brilliant photographs of Saul Leiter.
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