#john stanmeyer

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John Stanmeyer’s  photo of African migrants in Djibouti trying to catch a cell phone signal from family back in Somalia, won the World Press 2014 Best Photo of The Year, and touches on the universal themes of migration, technology and globalisation.

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“Your parents, Grandparents …. All constituted in Yourself. Love Yourself, Revere Yourself. – a Zen Harvest

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John Stanmeyer: Signal - Djibouti

African migrants crowd the night shore of Djibouti city, trying to capture inexpensive cell signals from neighboring Somalia—a tenuous link to relatives abroad. For more than 60,000 years, our species has been relying on such intimate social connections to spread across the Earth.

Published in National Geographic magazine

World Press Photo of The Year 2014

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A Hasidic Jewish man in Ukraine immerses himself before Rosh Hashanah in a quarry pool that serves as a mikvah, a body of water used for spiritual cleansing.

John Stanmeyer

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John Stanmeyer is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and educator, dedicated to social, humanitarian, and political issues that defin

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"Mada'in Saleh", John Stanmeyer

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Laid to rest: The family of Ramesh Pandey agreed to be photographed as they prepared to cremate him in Prayagraj on the bank of the Yamuna. His ashes will flow into the Ganges. Hindus believe that cremation at a holy site frees the soul from the cycle of life and death.

India and pollution

Photographer: John Stanmeyer

The cost of pollution: The hands of Resham Singh, a 59-year-old carpenter in Punjab, are gnarled from arthritis. Doctors say it may have been caused by exposure to water tainted by fertilizers and pesticides. Heavy use of chemicals in the 1960s to late 1970s brought India out of famine and into its green revolution, but Singh’s village, Mari Mustafa, has high cancer rates.

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Foto(s) do dia / Photo of the day Charcos cheios de vida Como é característico em praticamente todo o continente africano, onde há água, há camelos e tratadores.

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