Photojournalism Daily: Dec. 10, 2014

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Vigilante Justice in the Mountains of Mexico
The Washington Post In Sight: Vigilante Justice in the Heart of Southern Mexico’s Drug WarCitizens of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, Mexico, and surrounding villages take up arms in self-defense against drug cartels and criminals who they say are threatening their subsistence.Kirsten Luce
By Mikko Takkunen

Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights Kirsten Luce‘s work on vigilante justice in Guerrero, Mexico. The southern Mexican state has been in the news recently after the disappearance of 43 students, who were allegedly rounded up by police and killed by drug gangs. Guerrero is a poor region with the highest homicide rate in Mexico. In the worst areas, civilians have banded together to create self-defense groups called “autodefensas” to protect their communities from cartel related violence. One of the driving forces behind the autodefensas is the perceived lack of help from local, state and federal authorities. While not recent, Luce’s photographs from Ayutla de los Libres offer a compelling look at citizens taking the law into their own hands.

Kirsten Luce: Vigilante Justice in the Heart of Southern Mexico’s Drug War (The Washington Post In Sight)

Meridith Kohut: Vegetable Spawns Larceny and Luxury in Peru (The New York Times) These photographs show how a Peruvian vegetable, maca, and its growing demand is creating havoc in the farming communities.

Peter van Agtmael: The Art of Partying: Art Basel in Miami (MSNBC) The Magnum photographer looks at the party-happy art crowd in Miami.

TIME’s Best Photojournalism of 2014 (TIME LightBox) Collection of great photojournalism that has appeared in print and online during the past 12 months, by photographers such as James Nachtwey, Lynsey Addario, Yuri Kozyrev and others.

Anastasia Taylor-Lind: Fighters and Mourners of the Ukrainian Revolution (TED) Powerful TED talk by the British-Swedish photographer on her portraits from the Maidan square in Kiev.

Vigilante Justice in the Mountains of Mexico
The Washington Post In Sight: Vigilante Justice in the Heart of Southern Mexico’s Drug WarCitizens of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, Mexico, and surrounding villages take up arms in self-defense against drug cartels and criminals who they say are threatening their subsistence. Kirsten Luce
Workers harvest maca roots in the mountains outside of Tarma, Peru.
The New York Times: Vegetable Spawns Larceny and Luxury in PeruWorkers harvest maca roots in the mountains outside of Tarma, Peru, Oct. 3, 2014. Meridith Kohut—The New York Times/Redux
More than two years of war has destroyed the once-thriving middle-class neighborhood of Qabaris, in the Old City area of Homs. May 13, 2014.
TIME LightBox: TIME's Best Photojournalism of 2014More than two years of war has destroyed the once-thriving middle-class neighborhood of Qabaris, in the Old City area of Homs, Syria, May 13, 2014.Yuri Kozyrev—NOOR for TIME
Olena, 26, and her 6 month old baby Ostap, in Kiev, Feb. 26, 2014.
TED Talks: Anastasia Taylor-Lind on the Fighters and Mourners of the Ukrainian RevolutionOlena, 26, and her 6 month old baby Ostap, in Kiev, Feb. 26, 2014. Anastasia Taylor-Lind

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