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...want to take a picture as beautiful as this image of Nepalese children, you can either hope for some extraordinary fluke of light, timing, subject matter and hardware - or you can sign up for Workshop Asia. Award-winning Australian documentary photographer Jack Picone - who took this shot - leads these intensive, one-week courses for dedicated amateurs hoping to take their photography to the next level. Held two or three times a year in various Asian cities (the next is scheduled for Kathmandu in March 2007), the courses have previously featured guest lecturers such as photojournalist Tom Stoddart and celebrated...
Chechnya is a federal territory subject to the Russian Federation. Rich in natural resources, the area is a historical hotspot that once featured power struggles between Cossacks, Ottoman Turks, and bizarrely, Buddhist Kalmyks. Chechens eventually converted to Islam and ever since have vehemently resisted Russian control. Invariably uprising once a generation, they even collaborated with Nazi invaders in the ’40s. Comrade Stalin was so enraged about this betrayal that he called for genocidal mass deportations—and actually scattered millions of Chechens around the Soviet Union—yet the Chechen nation survived the dictator...
Paradoxically, the writer and her subject were doomed to the same fate: Anna became Chechnya. In the outskirts of the public sphere, silence still reigns autocratic and unchallenged...
According to Gordon, Lewis’ visit is not a book “promotion” since the market for books “on a specialized subject like this, is rather small, and not really enough to justify the trip.” Lewis will be one of dozens of authors Gordon’s company hosts as part of a larger year-long program...
Watching the races, one had to wonder whether perhaps Winderman’s ignorance on the subject of rowing wasn’t for the best. “You look at the sport...it’s the same thing over and over again,” said Oli Rosenbladt, the women’s coach at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Mass. “You have to be a bit of a nut to get into...