SPOTLIGHT | Tim Gasperak

Mystery of Iceland by Tim Gasperak. Love this series of cool beautiful images.

PHOTOGRAPHER | Paolo Pellegrin

I'm used to seeing the work of Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum in the form of breathtaking black and white journalistic photographs, but when I came across these on The New York Times online, I was very pleasantly surprised. I particularly love this photo of Kate Winslet, looking raw and disheveled yet the photograph gives a sense of calm and beauty.

SPOTLIGHT | Samantha Reinders

Check out "Township Tourism by Samantha Reinders. It raises some really good questions.

SPOTLIGHT | Jyllands Posten/WPN

Check out this story by Jyllands Posten/WPN. Great images. Great light.

PHOTO ESSAY | Gaza

With journalists being refused access into Gaza, a visual testament of the current situation is hard to come by.

Gazarium by Tivadar Domaniczky/VII Network

Israel Gaza Conflict in Southern Israel by Ilan Mizrahi

Israel Gaza Conflict Enters Tenth Day by Abid Katib

ARTICLES THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST:

Israel: Allow Media and Rights Monitors Access to Gaza, Human Rights Watch, Jan. 5, 2008

Israel: Gaza Ground Offensive Raises Laws of War Concerns, Human Right Watch, Jan. 4, 2008

PHOTOGRAPHERS | World AIDS Day

To commemorate World AIDS Day, I compiled a list of selected photographers who have been devoted to documenting the epidemic and its effects as well as photo essays and campaigns:

Pep Bonet/NOOR, HIV AIDS Angola

Antonin Kratochvil/VII, AIDS in Congo and The Battle with AIDS

Joachim Ladefoged/VII, Living with AIDS and Sex Workers in Kinshasa

MSF, Mathare, Kenya - World AIDS Day 2008

MSF, WORLD AIDS DAY 2008: Brendan Bannon photography blog

MSF, My Life with AIDS

John Stanmeyer/VII, India's AIDS Crisis and Dr. Ho and China's AIDS Disaster

Francesco Zizola, AIDS, Zambia

I'll be adding many more so check back!

CAMPAIGN | Condition: Critical — Voices From the War in Eastern Congo

MSF has put together this very powerful documentary - the personal voices of survivors fuse with the photographs of Cédric Gerbehaye/Agence Vu with such eloquence and dignity. I highly recommend watching this and passing it along...

"Hundreds of thousands of people are on the run, fleeing a war that rages in eastern Congo, in the provinces of North and South Kivu. They are frightened. Many are sick or wounded. Others have been harassed or raped, or have had everything they own stolen. The people of the Kivus are in a critical condition. The destiny of everyone in this region is shaped by the war. The story of their struggle to survive needs to be told.

Starting November 20, 2008, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will help the people of the Kivus speak out through this web site."

Condition: Critical — Voices From the War in Eastern Congo

Photography: Cédric Gerbehaye/Agence Vu
Audio+Video: MSF
Producer: Eric Maierson of MediaStorm
Graphics: Tim Klimowicz
Executive Producer: Brian Storm of MediaStorm