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Georgia: Feasting with the Spirits in a Dying Village
By Temo Bardzimashvili
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 5 February 2011
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“Tonight starts the remembrance of the spirits’ holiday. Let’s praise the souls of the dead!” Mamuka Qaldani, a thirty-eight-year-old livestock herder from Georgian mountain village of Adishi, proposes a toast at the local cemetery and then belts down a shot of vodka. Representatives from all families of the village are also here – on [...]

USA: New York Broken Skyline
By Rafael Ben-Ari
Posted in all, features, north america, slides on 20 August 2010
Stats: 4,359 views and No Comments

The skyline of New York city is one of the world’s most recognizable, showcasing marvels of architecture, historical landmarks and some of the tallest buildings anywhere on the planet. Aside from the quintessential Empire State and Chrysler Buildings, New York’s skyline relies on many equally recognizable structures such as the triangular-shaped [...]

China: Remember Old Kashgar?
By M Scott Brauer
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 18 July 2010
Stats: 3,196 views and 1 Comment

One of the world’s oldest cities, Kashgar serves as both the spiritual and political capital of traditional Uighur culture.  Since 1949, the modern People’s Republic of China has exerted strong control over the region, and Kashgar has been particularly hard hit.  Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, a province covering 1/6th of China’s territory holds a majority [...]

Vietnam: Urban Farmers In Hanoi
By Aaron Joel Santos
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 30 June 2010
Stats: 4,635 views and 1 Comment

Vietnam’s capital is at a critical junction, balanced precariously between its past and present, trying to maintain a certain sense of culture and identity while integrating further into the global economy. Rice fields and farmlands are being overtaken by new highways, skyscrapers and industrial areas. The lakes and rivers for which the city was once [...]

Canada: Salmon and Cedar
By Martyn Aim
Posted in all, features, north america, slides on 23 June 2010
Stats: 1,943 views and 1 Comment

The author Victor Hugo wrote that, “anywhere one can dream is good, provided the place is obscure, and the horizon is vast”. The west coast of Vancouver Island, the furthest western point of Canada is such a place. To do justice to this mythic landscape is near impossible, but few writers and artists who visited [...]

Turkey: Istanbul, Crossroad Of Cultures
By Delmi Alvarez
Posted in all, features, greater middle east, slides on 21 May 2010
Stats: 2,805 views and 2 Comments

Istanbul was an ongoing issue in my travels. I have to admit that it has been a pleasant surprise, even though in this the first time, were a few days which I dedicated to photographing.
Istanbul, I was impressed by the warm hospitality of the Turks not to mention a tourist [...]