Afghanistan: A Distant War Robert Nickelsberg; Foreword by Jon Lee Anderson; Introduction by Ahmad Nader Nadery Prestel USA (2013) The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence Susie Linfield University of Chicago (2012) By mid-20th century, photography had evolved from its 19th century origins as a rarified domain of professional photographers into a technology of the masses; the Kodak Instamatic generation embraced the “decisive moment” through the power of emulsion. [read post]

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(Pix credit: Mexico: López Obrador and a memorable speech in the Zócalo: “With the people everything, without the people nothing” (Full text))I have been writing about the most interesting speech delivered to the representatives of the Mexican state assembled in Congress at an gathering to which a large number of foreign representatives were also in attendance. [read post]

E. coli bacteria: what are they, where did they come from, and why are some so dangerous? [read post]