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bremser: Jonathan Frantini, Shanghai Acrobatics

Thu, 31 May 2012 05:57:03 +0100

Jonathan Frantini, Shanghai Acrobatics

newsweek: picturedept: The Cataracts by Andrew McConnell Here...

Thu, 31 May 2012 05:56:01 +0100

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The Cataracts by Andrew McConnell

Here in The Cataracts, Irish photographer Andrew McConnell braves the rapids of the Congo River to document the amazing Wagenia fishermen going about their daily catch—a livelihood that goes back centuries. Andrew takes the viewer into the midst of this drama: he is literally in the churning water, and in some pictures captures the perspective of the fish being caught.

For some of the shots I used a waterproof housing so that I could get low in the water and get a different perspective. I didn’t use the housing when I was on the tolimos because it made shooting very difficult. And after a while I didn’t use it in the pirogues (wooden canoes) either because, even though we were navigating some heavy white water, I found that the fishermen were so skillful at steering through the rapids that I never felt worried about capsizing—in fact, I barely got wet. Much to my astonishment a fisherman would sometimes dive into a raging torrent and just as I’d be thinking, my God we’ll never see that guy again, he would pop up beside a pirogue 30 yards away.

Andrew has traveled extensively, and his work covers a range of subjects. His enigmatic portraits, called The Last Colony,” document Sahrawi refugees and won the World Press Photo award for Portraits in 2011. Surf’s Up in Gaza ran in Newsweek International and won the Society of Publication Designers award in the category for Feature: News/Reportage.

For Andrew’s full account of shooting “The Cataracts,” read an interview here. And visit our Tumblr’s page to watch a wonderful short film he made about this project.

This is so awesome. Tumblr exclusives, you guys! Do click that short film he made about the project. We love when photographers really take us inside the production process and tip their hand a tad.

Instagram Blog: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Thailand

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:06:14 +0100

Instagram Blog: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Thailand:

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nevver: The tide is high

Wed, 30 May 2012 06:51:29 +0100

nevver:

The tide is high

nevver: You are not Banksy

Wed, 30 May 2012 05:59:20 +0100

nevver:

You are not Banksy

nevver: Ain’t nothing on

Wed, 30 May 2012 05:44:21 +0100

nevver:

Ain’t nothing on

laughingsquid: A 62-Foot Long Swimming Pool Shaped Like a Les...

Tue, 29 May 2012 18:57:47 +0100

laughingsquid:

A 62-Foot Long Swimming Pool Shaped Like a Les Paul Custom Guitar

nevver: — Paul Fussell

Tue, 29 May 2012 10:34:57 +0100

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— Paul Fussell

nevver: Calvin and Hobbes

Tue, 29 May 2012 10:34:54 +0100

nevver:

Calvin and Hobbes

nevver: Plans

Mon, 28 May 2012 19:34:48 +0100

nevver:

Plans

nevver: Cake Pie Chart

Mon, 28 May 2012 19:34:44 +0100

nevver:

Cake Pie Chart

onethingwell: Cobook is an impressive address book app for OS X...

Mon, 28 May 2012 14:41:27 +0100

onethingwell:

Cobook is an impressive address book app for OS X with tight Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin integration. The keyboard-driven interface makes adding or editing contacts a breeze, and the app syncs contacts with iCloud.

Frankly, it blows Apple’s skeuomorphic horrorshow of an address book out of the water.

Cobook is free on the App Store.