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Foreign Policy pubblica ‘’Inside the Digital Dump‘’, un interessante foto reportage di Natalie Behring a proposito dell’e-waste:

‘’Each year, between 20 and 50 million tons of electronic waste is generated globally. Most of it winds up in the developing world. Some of the most popular destinations for dumping computer hardware include China, India, and Nigeria. It can be 10 times cheaper for a “recycler” to ship waste to China than to dispose of it properly at home. With the market for e-waste expected to top $11 billion by 2009, it’s lucrative to dump on the developing world.'’

[via Institute for the Future of the Book]

This year’s grand prize winner is of the Tukituki River Valley in New Zealand. The photographer is 18-year-old Joelle Linhoff of Minnetonka, Minnesota. She’ll receive a Smithsonian Journeys adventure for two to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in October (or the cash equivalent). [The 4th Annual Smithsonian magazine Photo Contest - Winners Announced]

Mark Jenkins: Street Installations

I live in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
I work in midtown Manhattan.
42nd & Lexington Ave., to be exact, right across from Grand Central Station.
As the crow flies, that’s just 6 miles. But on the tracks, it can be three trains, 11 stops, and 45 minutes each way.

This is what I see every day commuting to and from work.

Travis Ruse

We [FILE Magazine] publish images that treat subjects in unexpected ways. Alternate takes, unconventional observations, odd angles — the photographs in the collection reinterpret traditional genres.

Neatorama: 13 Photographs That Changed the World.. ‘’Any picture can speak 1,000 words, but only a select few say something poignant enough to galvanize an entire society. The following photographs screamed so loudly that the entire world stopped to take notice.'’

A book of about 600 photographs (and no words) of life in Asia. by Kevin Kelly