Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 7, 2014

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Pro-democracy student protestors stand near the office of Hong Kong's Chief Executive in Admiralty, Oct. 3, 2014.
Pro-democracy student protestors stand near the office of Hong Kong's Chief Executive in Admiralty, Oct. 3, 2014.Moises Saman—Magnum for The New Yorker
By Mikko Takkunen

Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights Moises Saman series from the thick off the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, shot for The New Yorker. Saman, an Arab Spring veteran photographer, also shares his thoughts on the differences between the events in the Middle East and this movement in Asia.

Moises Saman: Capturing Hong Kong (The New Yorker) | More of Saman’s Hong Kong photos here.

Arthur Bondar: A United Ukraine, in Photographs (The New York Times Lens blog) Beautiful, poetic black-and-white pictures by a photographer who made the decision to look at his homeland from a different perspective.

Jerome Delay: Liberia Ebola Outbreak (AP Images blog) Photographs on the effects of Ebola on the capital city Monrovia. | Read also this piece in which the French photographer writes about working on this particular assignment.

Lalo de Almeida: Deforestation Increasing in the Amazon (The New York Times) Brazil’s fight to save the rainforest.

A different look: Photographer documents street violence in Chicago for 8 years (WGN Television) Interview with photographer Carlos Javier Ortiz about his new book, We All We Got, documenting street violence in Chicago and Philadelphia.

Anders Petersen (The United Nations of Photography) Insightful interview with the veteran Swedish photographer.

Why Iwan Baan likes to get up high (Phaidon) The Dutch architectural photographer reflects on his work.

Photojournalism Links is a compilation of the most interesting photojournalism found on the web, curated by Mikko Takkunen, Associate Photo Editor at TIME. Follow him on Twitter @photojournalism.

Pro-democracy student protestors stand near the office of Hong Kong's Chief Executive in Admiralty, Oct. 3, 2014.
Pro-democracy student protestors stand near the office of Hong Kong's Chief Executive in Admiralty, Oct. 3, 2014. Moises Saman—Magnum for The New Yorker
Fishermen come back from fishing to their homes on the frozen river in Straholessie village, Ukraine.
Fishermen come back from fishing to their homes on the frozen river in Straholessie village, Ukraine. Arthur Bondar—VII Photo Mentor Program
Children pray during Sunday service at the Bridgeway Baptist Church in the St. Paul Bridge neighborhood of Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 28, 2014.
Children pray during Sunday service at the Bridgeway Baptist Church in the St. Paul Bridge neighborhood of Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 28, 2014.Jerome Delay—AP
An area of the Amazon rainforest in the Jamanxim National Park, cleared to make way for a cattle pasture, near Novo Progresso, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2014.
An area of the Amazon rainforest in the Jamanxim National Park, cleared to make way for a cattle pasture, near Novo Progresso, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2014. Lalo de Almeida—The New York Times/Redux
Main Description: We All We Got explores the consequences and devastation of youth violence in contemporary America from 2006 to 2013, through a mix of powerful photographs, incisive essays and moving letters from diverse individuals affected by this per
Girls in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side attend a block party to celebrate the lives of Starkeisha Reed, 14, and Siretha White, 12. Starkeisha and Siretha were killed days apart in March 2006. The girls’ mothers were friends, and both grew up on Honore Street, where the celebration took place. Englewood, Chicago, 2008.Carlos Javier Ortiz
Anders Petersen
Buri Khalifa designed by SOM (2010), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Buri Khalifa designed by SOM (2010), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Iwan Baan

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