Photojournalism Daily: Dec. 12, 2014

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Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights Fernando Moleres‘ work on the rehabilitation of young Internet gaming addicts in China. There are more than 600 million web users in the country and around 10% of online minors are said to show signs of Internet-related addictions. Moleres documents a center in southern Beijing, which treats severely addicted youth — some have spent up to 20 hours a day online — using a tough-love approach with military discipline, drugs and psychotherapy. The excellent photographs capture the center’s 60-some boys and six girls (ranging from mid- to late-teens) going through soldier-like morning drills, group therapy sessions and neurological examinations, all in the hope of breaking their isolating web habits. It’s an intriguing look at a very modern problem.

Fernando Moleres: Inside an Internet gaming disorder rehab center in China (Al Jazeera America)

Natalie Keyssar: Ferguson in focus: A Look Back at a Community Upended (MSNBC) These photographs made in late August and late November show a community still coming to terms with the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

Best photos of 2014 (European Pressphoto Agency)

William Daniels Wins 2014 Tim Hetherington Grant (TIME LightBox) The French photographer was awarded the grant for his ongoing work in Central African Republic.

Photography is art and always will be (The Guardian) Guardian’s photography critic Sean O’Hagan hits back at a commenter claiming photographs cannot be considered fine art.

Michel du Cille, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, dies at 58 (The Washington Post)

Internet Gaming addiction, China 2014
Al Jazeera America: Inside an Internet Gaming Disorder Rehab Center in China13-year-old Lu Jung Song is checked with to measure his cerebral bioelectrical activity. Fernando Moleres
November 27th, 2014. Ferguson, MO.  Anthony Blocker, 36, walks home from the store on Thanksgiving morning, with lesions on his face which he stated were do to a non-protest related incident involving running from local police. After a week of unrest following Monday night's Grand Jury decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson on any charges in the shooting of unarmed 18 year old Michael Brown, Ferguson MO celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday under a cold and uneasy calm. Police and National Guard were stationed around the town as a dwindling news crews worked on the holiday. Protesters called for a boycott of black friday sales.
MSNBC: Ferguson in Focus: A Look Back at a Community UpendedAnthony Blocker, 36, walks home from going to the store on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 27, 2014. The lesions on his face, he said, were due to a non-protest-related incident involving running from local police. On the right, Pampas grass grown on a snowy hill on South Florissant Road on Thanksgiving Day, 2014.Natalie Keyssar
Kenyan university students protest in Nairobi, Kenya
European Pressphoto Agency: Best Photos of 2014A woman flees as a riot police officer beats her with a baton, after chasing protesting students into the Nairobi University campus in Nairobi, Kenya, May 20, 2014. The students were demonstrating against proposed tuition fee hikes. Dai Kurokawa—EPA
A young girls stands in the doorway of a house. A member of her family, 21 year old Fleuri Doumana, was killed two days earlier by a grenade launched by a member of Seleka. Bangui, Central African Republic. Nov., 2013.
TIME LightBox: William Daniels Wins 2014 Tim Hetherington GrantA young girls stands in the doorway of a house. A member of her family, 21 year old Fleuri Doumana, was killed two days earlier by a grenade launched by a member of Seleka. Bangui, Central African Republic. Nov., 2013.William Daniels—Panos

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