TOMORROW!
Just a few weeks ago, Hindus around the world celebrated the festival of colors, known as Holi. Participants of all ages throw brilliantly colored powders to welcome the coming of springtime.
The Atlantic rounded up a gorgeous set of photos of Holi festivals from across the country of India.
Holi 2013: The Festival of Colors Across India
Images by Daniel Berehulak and Kevin Frayer
Everyday there are lives at home and on the other side of the world that go unnoticed; lives that may matter little to the personal hustle of trying to pay rent, get children to do their homework or figure out how late to leave the couch and still make it to work on time; but everyday photojournalists celebrate these lives.
From children playing while 1,034-plus bodies are pulled from the rubble of a clothing factory in Lahore where shirts are sewn for wealthy westerners, to the tattered remains of an American flag on a still ravaged New Jersey coast line on the six month anniversary of Hurricane Sandy; these documentary images take us beyond a scrolling news flash on the bottom of a cable news show and ask us to look. To look and if we stop long enough to force us to stare for a moment; to question why.
Click though to The Daily Beast to see all the images for the week in pictures.
(via humanrightswatch)
Hailing from the Czech Republic, self-taught photographer Martin Stranka uses a bit of Photoshop magic to create totally surreal portraits. He also compiled his favorite shots into a limited edition book that is worth checking out.
Surreal Portraiture from Self-Taught Photographer
via We and the Color
“not natasha,” a photographic essay on eastern european sex trafficked slaves by dana popa
(documentary, the real sex traffic; film, lilya 4-ever)
(via humanrightswatch)
The New York Times Article “Fair-Trade Movement Extends to Clothing.”
