Le Journal de la Photographie

Protest, Part 1 ”The United States joined other countries that in recent months have seen large street demonstrations provoked by an ongoing financial crisis. Protestors have converged on New York City’s financial district over the past several weeks. The focus of the demonstrator’s ire includes the influence of... Protest, Part 2 ”The “Occupy Wall Street” protest spread to Los Angeles, where it took on local flavor. Activists looking some media coverage showed up outside the courthouse where Michael Jackson’s former doctor is on trial for involuntary manslaughter.” Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP, “Lens,” New York Times Protest, Part 3 ”Not every protest this week had to do with the international financial mess. New York hosted a ’Slutwalk’ protest against sexual violence toward women. The essential theme of the protest was captured by the sign seen in the photo at right: ’We Are Souls, Not Holes’.” Photos by David Shankbone vi... Protest, Part 4 ”Austerity measures continue to provoke street protests in Greece. Here, high school students in Athens confront riot police.” Photo by John Kolesidis/Reuters, “Framework,” The Los Angeles Times Protest, Part 5 ”Inside an unused billboard in Sanaa, Yemen, protestors demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh took a break from demonstrating in order to pray.” Photo by Hani Mohammed “Framework,” Los Angeles Times Flood, Part 1 ”The monsoon season again brought flooding and desperation to Pakistan. Here, Pakistani villagers displaced by floods showed identity cards at a relief station near Hyderabad.” Photo by Pervez Masih/AP, “Lens,” New York Times Flood, Part 2 ”Monsoons mixed with tropical storms to create watery misery throughout parts of China and Southeast Asia. In Thailand, floods and mudslides have killed at least 84 people since late July. The weather did not dampen the entrepreneurial spirit of this food vender plying his trade on a flooded stre... The World: Libya ”In Libya, the surreal rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi seems to be coming to a surreal end, if this photo of a stairway to heaven is any indication. The abandoned V.I.P. stairway is seen on a road leading to the airport in Surt, the tribal hometown of Col. Qaddafi.” Photo by Anis Milli/Reuters, “... The World: Thailand ”In Phuket Island, Thailand, devotees to the Chinese shrine of Jui Tui shield themselves as fireworks explode around them. The scene took place during the annual Vegetarian Festival, traditionally held during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar.” Photo by David Longstreath/EPA, “Framewo... The World: Russia ”Members of the Preobrazhensky cadet school snack down after a ceremony marking the Moscow boarding school’s 10 anniversary.” Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA, “Lens,” New York Times The World: Nepal ”Sitting in my office on a rainy day in New York, I saw this picture and thought of the words from a favorite Bob Seger song: ’If I ever get out of here, I’m going to Kathmandu.’ Photographer Navesh Chitrakar snapped this perfect rainbow as it appeared over the city’s Bashantapur Durbar Square.” ... The World: Germany ”Meanwhile, back to the financial crisis: Gyrating stock markets didn’t stop European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso and German Chancellor Angela Merkel from enjoying a jovial moment on September 28. Do images like this make us any more confident in our leaders? More inspiring was the $... The World: Pennsylvania ”Does it matter that families eat together? Yes, according to the New York Times Magazine, which pointed out this week that children who regularly eat with their families have better vocabularies, do better in school, and are less likely to suffer from obesity. The trouble is that modern life and... The Natural World, Part 1 ”Finnish photographer Sanna Kannisto has spent the past 14 years exploring how art and science portray nature. She lived at research stations in Brazil, Costa Rica, and French Guiana, developing field skills by assisting scientists. Now she has collected her photography in a new book titled Field... The Natural World, Part 2 ”After the death of Ansel Adams in 1984, the U.S. Congress created the Ansel Adams Wilderness Area in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains—the location of many of the photographer’s most revered images. The October issue of National Geographic pays tribute to the photographer and the wilderness t...