Campaigners from the Equality Network hold a rally outside the Scottish Parliament on November 20, 2013. The Scottish government’s Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill subsequently passed the first of three parliamentary hurdles by 98 votes to 15 with five abstentions. By Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.
George Zimmerman, the acquitted shooter in the death of Trayvon Martin, listens to defense counsel Daniel Megaro (L) during a first-appearance hearing on charges including aggravated assault stemming from a fight with his girlfriend on November 19, 2013. Zimmerman, 30, was arrested after police responded to a domestic disturbance call at a house. By Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images.
Alice at My Modern Met marvels:
Ulric Collette, the Quebec-based photographer behind Genetic Portraits, a series where he splits family members’ faces apart and then photoshops them together, recently created a new portrait that’s close to his heart. Saying, “I’m really proud of this one,” it shows his mother who’s 61 years old on one side, and his daughter, who is 12 years old on the other.
Though a lot of his other portraits look a little on the creepy side (see here and here), this one is almost like we’re looking at a younger and older version of the same person. “My daughter grew to look a lot like my mom, and this portrait really show it,” Ulric states. “On a personal level, this photograph represent the two most important woman in my life. On a more technical level, they look so much alike that it’s incredible. It’s because of results like that I continue to do this series.” As author Gail Lumet Buckley once wrote, “Family faces are magic mirrors looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.”
More of Collette’s work here. Previous Dish on the artist here.
Jordan G. Teicher captions the above image by Scott Dalton:
In Mexico, curanderos, or traditional healers, have long served an important role in peoples’ medical and spiritual lives. A select few have even become celebrities. In the early 20th century, El Niño Fidencio became one of the country’s most famous curanderos and was considered a miracle worker. Today he is regarded as a folk saint by thousands of his devotees, or fidencistas.
In the 1990s, photographer Scott Dalton heard about a pilgrimage of Fidencio followers in Espinazo, Mexico, from friends and decided to check it out. He returned to Espinazo again in 2006 and 2009 to document the festival for his series “Faith Healers.” … At the pilgrimage, Dalton said, thousands of followers gather to commemorate important dates in Fidencio’s life as well as participate in religious services and healings. Fidencistas believe that modern-day curanderos can channel the spirit of Fidencio and that under his influence they can use his powers to perform healings. Dalton said he witnessed these transformations, in which the eyes of curanderos would roll back and they’d assume a high-pitched voice. “Obviously, there is a strong following,” Dalton said. “I think in Mexico people have a very strong sense of faith and religion plays an important part in their lives, but like anywhere there are varying degrees of belief. These events attract followers from all over the region, so for many this pilgrimage is an important part of their faith.”
Pinar captions:
Before They Pass Away is a powerful documentary series by photographer Jimmy Nelson featuring dozens of cultures around the world whose people live in seclusion and are at risk of fading away. Traveling across five continents, the English photographer manages to embrace the various cultures he has encountered and highlights each of the 35 tribes’ unique beauty. From Ethiopia and Nepal to Papua New Guinea and Siberia, Nelson exhibits a wide array of environments that these diverse tribes inhabit. …
There is a very human appeal to viewing Nelson’s series. Though modern civilizations are equipped with technology and an abundance of unnecessary possessions, the photographer digs deep into the remote tribes of the world, finding something far greater than gadgets and gizmos—a sense of humanity.
(Photo of Karo in the Omo Valley of Africa’s Great Rift Valley copyright © Jimmy Nelson, courtesy of teNeues)
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stands amid the media at City Hall on November 15, 2013. The City Council today voted to strip the embattled Ford of authority during emergency situations, the ability to hire and fire the deputy mayor, and the ability to appoint members of the executive committee. By Aaron Vincent Elkaim/Getty Images.
In perpetual motion:
Ruby from Emma Allen on Vimeo.
Lauren Davis highlights a compelling portrait series:
Klaus Pichler’s photo series Just the Two of Us explores the dual identity of the costume and the person who wears it by taking the subjects out of the conventions and carnivals where we typically encounter them and showing them in their homes. Pichler photographs not just cosplayers who dress up as characters from genre fiction, but also other costume enthusiasts: furries, medieval reenactors, people who participate in Krampus and Carnival traditions. The photographs are fascinating, not just for their frequent juxtapositions of the fantastical and the mundane, but also because they invite us to speculate on the lives of these masked men and women—including what prompts them to chose their particular mask.
Read the artist’s project statement here.
(Photo courtesy of Klaus Pichler/ Anzenberger Agency)
A man sits crying on a packed C130 aircraft after he and hundreds of other victims of super Typhoon Haiyan are evacuated from the area in Tacloban, Philippines on November 12, 2013. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region, many are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. By Paula Bronstein/Getty Images.
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