Saturday, May 28, 2016

In Sight: They thought they were going to religion school. They ended up slaves.

Harrowing scenes of Venezuela on the brink of collapse; This is a legendary photographer’s twenty-year obsession with ‘real food’; Our skies are full of art, just look at these pictures; Why do some artists achieve fame, while others live in obscurity?; In case you missed it: The incredible tale of seven kids who grew up locked in a Manhattan apartment; How one photographer was affected by a four-year journey through the Arab Spring; The brilliant photos of the first American female war photographer killed in action;
 
In Sight
A curated view of your world in photographs
 
 
They thought they were going to religion school. They ended up slaves.
Poor families in Senegal send their children to schools to study the Koran, but sometimes they are instead forced to beg for eight hours a day, are beaten and even raped.
Harrowing scenes of Venezuela on the brink of collapse
The weariness looks like exhaustion in these images from Venezuelan photographer Alejandro Cegarra.
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This is a legendary photographer’s twenty-year obsession with ‘real food’
A world renowned photographer's over two decades long obsession with food.
 
Our skies are full of art, just look at these pictures
Scientists employ cameras to document facts in a quest for truth.
 
Why do some artists achieve fame, while others live in obscurity?
A new book examines the forks in the roads that led artists seemingly destined for fame to obscurity instead.
 
In Case You Missed It
The incredible tale of seven kids who grew up locked in a Manhattan apartment
Inside the world of the Angulo boys, better known as the "wolfpack." A photography book by Dan Martensen shows the world of the boys who were secluded in a Manhattan apartment growing up, only allowed to leave their apartment between one and nine times a year.
 
How one photographer was affected by a four-year journey through the Arab Spring
Magnum photographer Moises Saman's personal journey through the Arab Spring.
 
The brilliant photos of the first American female war photographer killed in action
Dickey Chapelle, one of the first female war photographers, risked her life to capture history on world stages from Iwo Jima to the Vietnam War. 
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