Exhibition
National Geographic: unpublished
Stephanie Sinclair. Girl on trampoline, The Polygamists, February 2010, Beryl, Utah Snow at Harker Farms doesn’t deter the children from outdoor activities. In winter girls don multiple layers of heavy long underwear beneath their cotton prairie dresses. Harker Farms was seized by the state of Utah to satisfy an $8.8 million judgment against Warren S. Jeffs and the FLDS church. Indicted on charges ranging from bigamy to sex with a minor, Jeffs is awaiting trail scheduled for early 2011.
Pascal Maitre. Laughing cow. The Pierced Heart of Madagascar, September 2010, Antananarivo, Madagascar Hard morning light catches a moment of life on the street where most people spend their days and nights. Amid population pressure and political turmoil, many of the country’s poor have resorted to monetizing the valuable natural resources created by the island’s geographic isolation.
Paolo Pellegrin. Parting the Waters, April 2010, Jenin, West Bank Palestinian boys play in the cool waters of a swimming pool. Photographer Paolo Pellegrin appreciated the joyful moment, a respite from weeks of documenting water storages and problems throughout the West Bank.
Alex Webb. Painting vendors. The New Silk Road, August 2010, Yerevan, Armenia A woman examines the selections available at a painting market. Isolated and landlocked, Armenia has been left out of the regional railroad plan because of political tensions with Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Michael Melford, Two bears fighting, Alaska’s Choice, Salmon or Gold, December 2010, Katmai National Park, Alaska Two brown bears fight for the best fishing spot at Brooks Falls. The Bristol Bay region is home to the only pristine, sustainable salmon stocks remaining in North America. In the park these up to 2,000 bears.
James Nachtwey. Boy jumping, Mandela’s Children, June 2010, Dobsonville, Soweto, South Africa Bouncing on a portable trampoline, these youngsters capture much of the exuberance on display during the World Cup. Once the center of media attention for apartheid-era violence, Soweto has transformed into a tourist stop and boasts Maponya Mall, which draws 1.5 million people a month.
Stephanie Sinclair. Girl on trampoline, The Polygamists, February 2010, Beryl, Utah Snow at Harker Farms doesn’t deter the children from outdoor activities. In winter girls don multiple layers of heavy long underwear beneath their cotton prairie dresses. Harker Farms was seized by the state of Utah to satisfy an $8.8 million judgment against Warren S. Jeffs and the FLDS church. Indicted on charges ranging from bigamy to sex with a minor, Jeffs is awaiting trail scheduled for early 2011.
A new photographic exhibition, “Beyond the Story: National Geographic Unpublished,” just opened at the National Geographic Museum.
On display will be nearly 50 photographs made by 15 photographers for 15 stories in the magazine. They cover topics as varied as Asia’s disappearing glaciers, contemporary South Africa, the fight to save the Jordan River and the struggles of modern Afghan women. The exhibition is open through June 12, 2011, in the museum’s M Street gallery.
In the course of a year, more than 1.5 million images are taken by National Geographic magazine photographers around the world. The photographers return from each assignment with thousands of photographs, and together with the magazine’s photo editors, they embark on the painstaking process of winnowing them down to a mere handful for publication. As only about a dozen photos appear in each National Geographic article, many images never get the spotlight they deserve.
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