February 2012
5 posts
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The Return of Ben Ali
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Apartheid / Saudi Arabia
Lynsey Addario/VII
I read a very interesting article by Nina Åkestam the other day. She brought up the striking similarities between between South Africa’s apartheid and the situation in today’s Saudi Arabia. Between 1948 and 1994 the apartheid laws in South Africa separated blacks and whites. They weren’t allowed to be together, they weren’t allowed to work or study together...
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The Darkest Spot on Earth
My good friend Freddie Torberntsson made this just a few weeks before Kim Jong-Il passed away. Statistics from one of the worst human rights offenders in the world.
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Hans Gedda
You have probably never heard the name Hans Gedda if you aren’t Swedish, infact, being Swedish wouldn’t guarantee it either. What you might have seen are some of his iconic portraits taken during the 70s and 80s. Nelson Mandela, Andy Warhol, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Bjorn Borg and the late Swedish prime minister Olof Palme are only a handful of the people that have been caught...
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GOLF WANG
My lovely girlfriend gave me this book for Christmas. It’s a collection of pictures from the GOLF WANG blog by the Odd Future collective with Tyler, The Creator.
Odd Future are more than a music group. It’s a collective of skaters, artists, photographers and most importantly a group of friends at the center of America’s next punk movement. The book features their...