GAZA STRIP - A Palestinian boy stands at the entrance of his family's impoverished house in Beit Hanun. #AFP @mohmdabed: image via
Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 February 2017
Conversación después de la lluvia al atardecer en una calle del campamento de refugiados de Shati en la Franja de Gaza #AFP @mohmdabed: image via Agence France-Presse @AFPespanol, 13 February 2017
GAZA CITY - Palestinians ride donkey carts through a wet street after the rain at the Al-Shatee refugee camp in Gaza City. Photo @mohmdabed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 February 2017
Re Israel-Palestinian peace accord: “I’m looking at two states and one state,” said President Trump,“I like the one that both parties like.": image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 15 February 2017
Meeting
Israel's Netanyahu, Trump avoids commitment to a two-state solution:
image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 15 February 2017
Palestinians react with dismay as U.S. appears to back off two-state solution.: image via New York Times World @nytimesworld, 15 February 2017
GAZA CITY - Palestinians walk through a wet street after the rain at the Al-Shatee refugee camp in Gaza City. Photo @mohmdabed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 February 2017
And we're off: image via Olivier Knox @OKnox, 15 February 2017
With
Netanyahu, Trump makes most robust pro-Israel statement of any
president in years but says “both sides will have to make compromises.": tweet via Peter Baker @peterbakernyt, 15 February 2017
Also here are Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.: tweet via Peter Baker @peterbakernyt, 15 February 2017
Melania
Trump enters the East Room with Sara Netanyahu, the first time the new
first lady has made an appearance at a press conference here.: tweet via Peter Baker @peterbakernyt, 15 February 2017
Melania Trump and Sara Netanyahu are at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, per pooler @anniekarni: tweet via Jennifer Epstein @jeneps, 15 February 2017
Bibi: "There is no greater supporter of the Jewish state and the Jewish
people than President Donald Trump. I think we should put that to rest": tweet via Jennifer Epstein @jeneps, 15 February 2017
Trump starts answer to Q about anti-Semitism by saying: "We are very honored by the victory we had": tweet via Jennifer Epstein @jeneps, 15 February 2017
"You are going to see a lot of love, a lot of love," Trump says, ending
response that didn't really address post-election anti-Semitism: tweet via Jennifer Epstein @jeneps, 15 February 2017
Trump cites Ivanka and Jared's Judaism, adds "you're going to see a lot
different United States of America over the next 3, 4 or 8 years": tweet via Jennifer Epstein @jeneps, 15 February 2017
Palestinians "have to get rid of some of that hate" that "they're taught at a very young age," Trump says: tweet via Jennifer Epstein @jeneps,15 February 2017
Bibi: “Jews are called Jews because they come from Judea”: tweet via Zeke Miller @ZekeMiller, 15 February 2017
Tfw the Israeli prime minister's visit to the White House isn't the biggest White House story of the day: tweet via Jennifer Epstein @jeneps, 15 February 2017
Dear
colleagues in the Israeli press corps: Please ask Donald Trump about
Russian contacts if you're called on at today's press conference.: tweet via Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein, 15 February 2017
President Trump to hold joint press conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu at the White House today. #BlairHouse: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 15 February 2017
A barefoot Palestinian girl poses for a picture in el-Zohor slum, in KhanYounis, southern Gaza Strip: #KhalilHamra: image via khalil hamra @khalil_hamra, 30 June 2016
GAZA CITY - View of a rainbow appearing over Gaza City. Photo @mohmdabed: image via Fréderique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 15 February 2017
Reince
and Bannon emerged from Spicer's office just now, looked at scrum of
reporters. Bannon: "The opposition party, all lined up.": tweet via Julie Davis @juliehdavis, 15 February 2017
Julie Davis @juliehdavis
In
wk 4 of presidency, Trump will hold a campaign rally at an airport
hangar in Melbourne, FL on Sat. WH refers all questions to campaign
Laura Rozen Retweeted Julie Davis
Laura Rozen added,
what is he campaigning for? didn't he already win?
tweet via Laura Rozen @lrozen, 15 February 2017
The Matrioshka Presidency.: image via ian bremmer @ianbremmer, 15 February 2017
Get you someone that looks at you the way Ivanka Trump looks at Justin Trudeau: image via Philip Lewis @PhilLewis, 13 February 2017
Get you someone that looks at you the way Ivanka Trump looks at Justin Trudeau: image via Philip Lewis @PhilLewis, 13 February 2017
Jared Kushner right now: image via Philip Lewis @PhilLewis,13 February 2017
@PhilLewis: image via Darren Calvert @DMACalvert, 13 February 2017
A great discussion with two world leaders about the importance of women having a seat at the table!
image via Ivanka Trump @IvankaTrump, 13 February 2017
#TeamIvanka: image via Lara Trump @LaraLeaTrump, 12 February 2016
Laura Rozen Retweeted Julie Davis
Laura Rozen added,
what is he campaigning for? didn't he already win?
tweet via Laura Rozen @lrozen, 15 February 2017
The Matrioshka Presidency.: image via ian bremmer @ianbremmer, 15 February 2017
Clark Coolidge: A Li'l Fact
I punched out a shmoo but
the only thing was that
more came
the only thing was that
more came
Clark Coolidge: A Li'l Fact, from Life Forms Here, 2017
GAZA STRIP - Palestinians cut wood following heavy rainfall during a cold front in Rafah. Photo @saidkhatib #AFP: image via Fréderique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 15 February 2017
IRAQ - Iraqi forces clean their arms and prepare their combat gear on an armoured vehicle in Aeryj village, south of Mosul. Photo @amedafp: Image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 February 2017
Iran defeats U.S. Navy in defiant animated film: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 15 February 2017
IRAQ - Iraqi forces clean their arms and prepare their combat gear on an armoured vehicle in Aeryj village, south of Mosul. Photo @amedafp: Image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 February 2017
A child with severe
burns, from scalding water, cries out in pain as a medic cleans his
wounds at a hospital in the Zahra neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday,
Feb. 14, 2017. Doctors in the small clinic in eastern Mosul say that
since the operation to retake the city began months ago, they've only
received intermittent deliveries of supplies.: photo by Bram Janssen/AP, 14 February 2017
Lenard Clayton and Zeus, a cane corso, wait to compete in the 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in New York.: photo by Mary Altaffer/AP, 14 February 2017
Lenard Clayton and Zeus, a cane corso, wait to compete in the 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in New York.: photo by Mary Altaffer/AP, 14 February 2017
Iran defeats U.S. Navy in defiant animated film: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 15 February 2017
mi casa su casa
Get you someone that looks at you the way Ivanka Trump looks at Justin Trudeau: image via Philip Lewis @PhilLewis, 13 February 2017
Get you someone that looks at you the way Ivanka Trump looks at Justin Trudeau: image via Philip Lewis @PhilLewis, 13 February 2017
Get you someone that looks at you the way Ivanka Trump looks at Justin
Trudeau: image via Philip Lewis @PhilLewis, 13 February 2017
Jared Kushner right now: image via Philip Lewis @PhilLewis,13 February 2017
@PhilLewis: image via Darren Calvert @DMACalvert, 13 February 2017
A great discussion with two world leaders about the importance of women having a seat at the table! image via Ivanka Trump @IvankaTrump, 13 February 2017
Great discussion today with @POTUS @IvankaTrump and @JustinTrudeau on supporting women entrepreneurs and business leaders.: image via Reince Priebus @Reince45, 13 February 2017
#TeamIvanka: image via Lara Trump @LaraLeaTrump, 12 February 2016
Md. Enamul Kabir: Coexistence and Love, Dhaka (Clark Coolidge: Home)
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 29 July 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 29 July 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 29 July 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 10 February 2017
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 30 January 2017
Clark Coolidge: Home
The observatory waited on tracks
a lit bulb spun in an empty room
the children approached with stones
Clark Coolidge: Home, from Life Forms Here, 2017
#23 Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 6 January 2017
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 12 November 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 12 November 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 12 October 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 15 September 2015
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 15 September 2015
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 10 February 2017
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 10 February 2017
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 10 February 2017
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 21 January 2017
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 21 January 2017
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 21 January 2017
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 21 January 2017
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 3 December 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 3 December 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 3 December 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 9 April 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 14 August 2014
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 20 August 2015
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 25 September 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 25 September 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 25 September 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 4 November 2014
Policing the Moral Police. Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 25 August 2016
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 16 January 2015
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 12 June 2015
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 12 June 2015
Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 12 June 2015
Coexistence and Love. Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 29 July 2016
Coexistence and Love. Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 29 July 2016
Coexistence and Love. Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 29 July 2016
Hello Tom,
ReplyDeleteHow does it work? I'm inspired and often made heart sick by the extraordinary care and precision of your work here. There is nothing like it. Help me understand why my emotions sink to such desperation at the images of domestic pets. I see the next images of the man's damaged chest and the horror and pain of the blood laden foot from Dhaka. It's gut wrenching. But the animals? Why do they make me wail so? Also, my condolence on the recent passing of your friend. I'm sorry.
Best,
Tom
Tom,
ReplyDeleteVery grateful when anybody looks long enough to take thought. To me this means the image contains a lot of reality. These Dhaka photographers are following a discipline that has certain rules. First of all, no lying. The objective is the capture, the arresting of a moment of reality. The photographer in the previous post here, also a person much devoted to animals (a pediatrician in fact), is known among his peers for precisely that. His search is for the decisive moment, the moment when things can go either way. With the photographer in this post (who is locally famous for his love of dogs, which is visible in the wonderfully funny shot of the two happy young people people with the grinning dog), the two images that seem most challenging in the way you suggest are both images of dogs. In one case, the two dogs face-a-face -- are they really fighting, or just playing? And then the shot of the plainly immobile dog in the street. It's hard for me to imagine that someone who does not care about animals could have taken that extremely affecting shot.
Maybe we should also keep in mind the fact that the phrase "domestic pet" may have very different meanings in different cultures. There are places and cultures in which, for animals, the street is home. This does not necessarily means that no one cares about them.
For many years we've sheltered stray animals that had once been domestic pets but were abandoned by their (dare one say the word) owners. The street here is very busy and an avenue to mayhem at the best of times. These creatures have been forced out onto the roads of life, as the saying goes. They have had to manage as best they can, after being in effect thrown away. My guess is that they'd probably have approximately the same chance of making it without help here on the freeway feeder as would the street animals of Dhaka, on those streets.
And another thing -- with this kind of photography, that decisive moment of the capture, is usually a moment that catches something of the mystery of what it is to be alive. And mystery isn't always easy.
(By the way, the photographers sometimes give away a certain amount of information in comments, but I try to steer away from explaining on their behalf when their proper captioning info is minimal, as is often the case. Thus if they don't explicitly talk about Eid or Kurbani or Ashura, I don't do so on their behalf, under the fools rush in clause.)
I think the motive of this blog all along has been to discover a picture language, in which each picture is a word.
(That shot titled "Policing the Moral Police", by the way, surely has to do with the shadowy presence of another kind of dog altogether.... what, watchdog?)
This is so good, Tom.. How can I respond? I have to sit with it and read it again and again. Thank you. Teri, my animal activist house mate of nearly 40 years, will love this. That piece I told you about was published here yesterday: http://bigskyjournal.com/Features/Story/risky-business. The 'dedication', I'm certain, is in my brief bio, but I haven't seen the book yet. No need to post this link. Please, I just want you to know it's out there.
ReplyDeleteBest,
Tom