Photojournalism Daily: Dec. 11, 2014

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Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights Evgenia Arbugaeva‘s photographs of a weather man living in extreme solitude in northern Russia. The photographs follow Vyacheslav Korotki, a Polyarniki – a meteorologist specializing in the polar north, who mans a remote Arctic outpost in Khodovarikha, where he keeps track of the temperatures, snowfall and wind. The closest town to Khodovarikha is an hour away — by helicopter — and visitors are rare with supplies brought in only once a year. From the outside, Korotki’s existence appears to be a lonely one, but as Arbugaeva explains in her accompanying text, she found him to be anything but. This man is right where he wants to be. The pictures are stunning and the viewers can almost feel the Arctic cold. It’s truly extraordinary work.

Evgenia Arbugaeva: Weather Man (The New Yorker)

Larry Towell: Afghanistan (The New York Times Lens) Another look at the Magnum photographer’s Afghanistan work which was recently published as book.

How John Moore Covered the Ebola Outbreak (TIME LightBox) The Getty photographer talks about his assignment covering Ebola in Liberia.

China’s wild west: photographing a vanishing way of life (The Guardian) For her book Wild Pigeon, Carolyn Drake spent seven years exploring China’s Xinjiang and the Uyghurs living there. The work is collaborative as Drake asked the locals to draw on, reassemble and play with her photographs. The work was also published on TIME LightBox in November.

Sim Chi Yin – A Singaporean Abroad (Channel NewsAsia) A TV program on photographer Sim Chi Yin and her long term projects.

Slava walks to the old lighthouse near Hodovarikha meteorological station to take (dismantle) some fire wood from it’s walls. Full moon.
The New Yorker: Weather ManVyacheslav Korotki walks out under a full moon to an abandoned lighthouse that used to serve the Northern Sea Route, to gather firewood to help heat his home. Khodovarikha, Russia. Evgenia Arbugaeva
Dust Storm at Forward Operating Base Sharona, garrisoned by the US 501 Infantry Batallion, 4th Brigade, 25th infantry division, West Paktika, Afghanistan, May, 2009.
The New York Times Lens: Larry Towell's AfghanistanDust Storm at Forward Operating Base Sharona, garrisoned by the US 501 Infantry Batallion, 4th Brigade, 25th infantry division, West Paktika, Afghanistan, May, 2009. Larry Towell—Magnum
Umu Fambulle stands over her husband Ibrahim after he staggered and fell, knocking him unconscious in an Ebola ward on Aug. 15, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia.
TIME LightBox: How John Moore Covered the Ebola OutbreakUmu Fambulle stands over her husband Ibrahim after he staggered and fell, knocking him unconscious in an Ebola ward on Aug. 15, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. John Moore—Getty Images
I took a photo of this man in his home after he and his ten siblings sacrificed a camel to celebrate the Kurban festival. When I came back with the print, he wrote some words in Uyghur around his figure. ÒSadakhat (Faithfulness). Life is only one time. Everyone has to remember their faith.Ó 2011
The Guardian: China’s wild west: photographing a vanishing way of lifeCarolyn Drake: I took a photo of this man in his home after he and his 10 siblings sacrificed a camel to celebrate the Kurban festival. When I came back with the print, he wrote some words in Uyghur around his figure.’Carolyn Drake

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