Are Your Relatives In These NYC Photographs? American Immigrants In The Late 1800's

 

"If some of those anti-immigrant folks look closely they just might see a relative in these pictures..."

Senator Marco Rubio has been for and against the immigration legislation that he help write at least ten times. Back and forth as he bends toward the anti-immigrant sentiment in the Republican Party. Having forced the Democrats to drop the LGBT community from the Immigration bill, the Republicans no longer have a scapegoat to blame their failure to pass it.

What they all should do is look at these photographs taken in New York City by a Jacob A Riis which capture the immigrants that came to America in the late 1800's. See the filth and squalor they called home so that their decedents could have a better life in America. Don't think for one moment all the brave and determined individuals in these photographs were all legal!

If some of those anti-immigrant folks look closely they just might see a relative in these pictures from Mail Online:

PHOTOJOURNALISM: Massive Floods Hit Central Europe; Two Dozen Dead

 

 

 

Throughout the Central European nations of Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary raging flood waters from the Elbe and Danube Rivers are wreaking havoc. At least two dozen people have died as the rivers have reached historic levels. Rains have been pounding the area for days.

The rivers in some areas have already crested and are expected to crest in Budapest today. Over 80,000 citizens and soldiers have been fighting the floods by building flood walls and sand-bagging.

Here are the most recent photographs from the area.

PHOTOJOURNALISM: Remembering D-Day

 

 

This past week was the 69th anniversary of the invasion of France - D-Day. Over 12,000 allied soldiers were killed in the battle that was the beginning of the end of World War II.  BusinessInsider.com has some wonderful examples of photojournalism from that day.

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The Country That The World Has Forgotten.....

 

 

 

Can you imagine if six million people over the last several decades were killed in the Balkans, the Ukraine or in the Philippines? The media would be saturated with outrage, demonstrators would be filling the streets of the world cities and heads of states would have emergency meetings.

How about you add to that the fact that 75% of the women in the eastern half of the country have been raped so brutally that reconstructive surgery is required for many of the victims some as young as eight years old. How about the fact that there are entire villages that have been leveled by war lords, gold traders and wealth seekers

The outrage would be uncontrollable around the world.

For some reason, the world has chosen to ignore all of those exact horrors that has taken place in the Congo over the last two decades. Millions have been killed, raped and entire towns destroyed as the war lords and greedy speculators who dominate the area. So off the map is this horror that continuing slaughters and rapes no long make the front pages of the newspapers of the world.

For the world, slaughter and rape are just an average day in the Congo. Somehow we have adjusted to the fact that this wealthy in resources nation doesn't deserve our outrage or attention.

When President Obama visits Africa will he even mention it?

There are brave individuals like Eve Ensler who created the "City of Joy' in the Congo where:

Conceived, created and developed by the women on the ground, the City of Joy in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo supports women survivors of sexual violence to heal and provides them with opportunities to develop their leadership through innovative programming. Through its groundbreaking model, the City of Joy provides up to 180 women a year with an opportunity to benefit from: group therapy; storytelling; dance; theater; self-defense; comprehensive sexuality education (covering HIV/AIDS, family planning); ecology and horticulture; and economic empowerment.

The City of Joy provides women a place to heal emotionally as they rebuild their lives, turn their pain to power, and return back into their communities to lead.

Where is our outrage? Where are the rallies for the victims of the slaughter and rape in the Congo? Have we forgotten them?

Recently photographer Richard Mosse created infrared photography called "Kodak Aerochrome"which captures the surreal world of the Congo.

People Who Need People.......

 

 

 

National Geographic Traveler photography contest is in its final weeks. Already thousands of submissions in a number of categories have arrived to be judged at the magazine. Portraits of people around the world are simply remarkable entries.

Here are a few of my favorites

PHOTOGRAPHY: The Month Of May For President Obama

 

 

 

Every month, the White House releases photographs of the President's busy month. Taken by White House photographer Pete Souza. The photographs always brings a smile to my face because they remind me of how fortunate we are to have President and Ms. Obama in the White House.

Here is the President's month of May!

 

PHOTOGRAPHY: Ten Perfectly Timed Sports Photographs!

 

 

HeroicSports.com has picked twenty-five photographs from sports that are perfectly timed. Some are works of art and others are quite funny. Some are even painful to view and my guess is you can figure out which ones! In many ways, these photographs are simply the photographer in the right place, with the right equipment at the right moment.

Here are some of my favorites.

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Jonathan Stoller's Picture of the Week: Serenity

 

 

 

There is an uncommon serenity
That passes across the earth twice each day
Wholly ignored by some
While others find themselves
Taken to the depths of their soul
In the violet hour

~jw stoller

PHOTOJOURNALISM: The Best Photographs From 37 Years Of LIFE Magazine

 

 

Without question the best photojournalists in the world, from the middle of the 1930's to the mid-1970's, worked for LIFE Magazine. They provided a window to the world especially before the age of television. Here from their archives are some of the magazine's most memorable photographs. Click here for the photographer credits and descriptions.

All Aboard!!!

 

 

Count me as one of those people who love train travel. One of my biggest disappointments as an American is that we have yet embrace a network of high speed rail travel. There is no question that it is essential for future generations. China will soon be approaching over 15,000 miles of their high speed rail system. Spain and Japan has over 1,500 miles of high speed travel. The United States just has the corridor between Washington, D.C and Boston which is less than 400 miles. Even then a good deal of it is not at high speeds.

Boston.com's Big Picture this week has a photograph essay on train travel around the world Enjoy!

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