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Entries from December 2006

Looking East – by Steve Mc Curry

December 25th, 2006 · No Comments

Mc Curry’s latest book ‘Looking East‘, is a collection of – as always – precious and breathtaking photographs of faces from the east. Faces which have something to tell, faces with a story. As with the other books of Steve Mc Curry, this one is again a small jewel…
“Taken with a patient eye, McCurry’s pictures [...]

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Tags: Art & Culture · Asia · Photography & journalism

Groundbreaking design in a traditional society">Groundbreaking design in a traditional society

December 25th, 2006 · No Comments

Reza Abedini (1967, Iran) is generally known as one of the best designers in the Arab world who combine the rich graphic history of Persia with contemporary and timeless design at the same time. Last week he got the Principal Prince Claus Award in Amsterdam.
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Tags: Art & Culture · Design & Technology · Middle East

‘Fair’ trade and ‘fair’ consumption bad for the world?">‘Fair’ trade and ‘fair’ consumption bad for the world?

December 21st, 2006 · No Comments

Has the supermarket trolley dethroned the ballot box? Voter turnout in most developed countries has fallen in recent decades, but sales of organic, Fairtrade and local food—each with its own political agenda—are growing fast. Such food allows shoppers to express their political opinions, from concern for the environment to support for poor farmers, every time [...]

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Tags: Actuality · Developing Countries · Globalization & Global Culture · Politics & International Relations · Sustainable Development

Manufactured Landscapes">Manufactured Landscapes

December 12th, 2006 · No Comments

(On Anothercompany.blogspot.com): Manufactured Landscapes is a feature length documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky makes large-scale photographs of ‘manufactured landscapes’ – quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines, dams. He photographs civilization’s materials and debris, but in a way people describe as “stunning” or “beautiful,” and so raises all kinds [...]

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Tags: Art & Culture · Globalization & Global Culture · Photography & journalism · World

Obsession The Movie">Obsession The Movie

December 11th, 2006 · No Comments

A shocking, eye-opening documentary about islam which has turned into radicalism, inhuman hatredness and an endless Jihad… A short movie which everyone should have seen in a globalizing world of interconnectedness and increasing threats.

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Tags: Globalization & Global Culture · Middle East · War & Terrorism