[Vision2020] Fw: Sunday Stills: An Imaginary Animal Kingdom, Seven Extraordinary Women, and More

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Subject: Sunday Stills: An Imaginary Animal Kingdom, Seven Extraordinary Women, and More
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Date: 03/15/15 15:21:02

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 Sunday Stills
 ISSUE 35
Sunday, March 15, 2015



 PROOF
 Picturing an Imaginary Animal Kingdom
 Photograph by SIMEN JOHAN
 “I first saw Simen Johan’s work at the Yossi Milo Gallery in New York City a couple of years ago,” writes National Geographic Director of Photography Sarah Leen. “I was totally struck not only by the beauty of the imagery but also by how much it expresses, in a very personal way, ideas about habitat, climate change, critical species, and man’s impact on nature.

“These are ideas that are very important to us at National Geographic. We report these issues in a documentary, photojournalistic style, while Simen expresses these concerns in a conceptually artistic way that is deeply emotional. It appeals more to the heart than to the head. His work presents questions and challenges us, as creatures that are all sharing the same planet, to look at nature from a fresh and provocative perspective. I find this moving and stimulating in an entirely different, but just as powerful, way as our more realistic approach.”
 
 READ SARAH’S INTERVIEW WITH JOHAN. 





 YOUR SHOT
 The Art of Street Photography
 PHOTOGRAPH BY Gregor Pirih
 “Good art doesn’t follow dots or lines, otherwise we would still be drawing like we did in kindergarten with paint-by-number books,” writes photojournalist Benjamin Lowy, editor of the most recently published Your Shot story. “Art—and for this class specifically, street photography—is about expressing yourself and asking questions through image-making about the world around you. Some approaches may be more successful than others, depending on what you hope to create.”
 
 SEE BENJAMIN’S FINAL EDIT. 





 News
 Swiss Adventurer Launches Quest to ‘Fly Forever’
 PHOTOGRAPH BY JEAN REVILLARD, SOLAR IMPULSE
 “Fuel is limitation, I don’t like limitations. I wanted to be able to fly forever.” —Bertrand Piccard

A week ago today, a very large and odd-looking experimental aircraft lifted off from a military airport in Abu Dhabi. Seen from above in thin, calm air, its lines suggest an albatross or a condor, strong of shoulder, built for distance. And the reasons for the craft’s oddity become clearer too: Nearly every sun-facing surface, from wingtips to rudder, gleams with blue-black photovoltaic cells. The plane is called the Solar Impulse 2, and the Swiss explorers who built it, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, intend to be the first to fly around the world propelled only by the power of light.

Piccard, a psychiatrist by training who regularly practices self-hypnosis, often uses “future” to describe a kind of hyper “present,” not something that will arrive one day but that is available now, in progressive stages of discovery.
 
 READ PICCARD’S STORY. 





 PROOF
 Portraits of Strength: Seven Extraordinary Women
 
 PHOTOGRAPH BY AMY TOENSING
 In a world where gender equality is still elusive, there are photographs that tell stories of hope, bravery, hardship, and survival.

“Ten years ago, when I was living in Portland, Maine, a large population of Somali refugees settled in the area and the cultural landscape was changing fast,” writes photographer Amy Toensing. “Parts of the community embraced the newcomers and other parts struggled with the change. I wanted to know more about my new neighbors, and as a woman, I was most interested in the teenage girls. I knew from experience female adolescence is a challenging and exciting time, but I couldn’t imagine navigating those years as a Muslim girl coming of age in the Western world.”

Are there strong women in your life? Share your images and stories of extraordinary women with the Your Shot community for our #portraitsofstrength hashtag challenge.
 
 READ THE STORIES. 





 NEWS, PROOF
 The World’s Toughest Dogsled Race
 
 PHOTOGRAPH BY KATIE ORLINSKY
 “Tamra Reynolds slumps on a faded pink loveseat in a community center in Carmacks, in Canada’s northern Yukon, and stares steadily into space,” writes Eva Holland. “The area around her is a bustling checkpoint, a spot where mushers like Reynolds who are trying to navigate a thousand-mile race through the brutal cold can grab a hot meal and a nap and check in with race veterinarians. And, in many cases, contemplate whether they and their dogs can go on.”

Holland and photographer Katie Orlinsky experienced the coldest winter of their lives when they covered the Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race last year. “The races are just one part of the story,” says Orlinsky in a Q&A about the story, “but the larger narrative of sled dog racing and dog mushing culture in general is what I am most interested in and inspired by photographically.”
 
 READ THE FEATURE. 





 PROOF
 For These Hungarians, Home Is Where the Farm Is
 
 PHOTOGRAPH BY AKOS STILLER
 At the beginning of the 20th century, agriculture was thriving in Hungary. And by the end of the 1940s over a million people lived on Hungary’s farms—people were poor, but they managed to get by. But during the Communist regime the farms were sucked into collectives, and individual landowners lost their private farms. By the early 1990s, only 200,000 farmers remained, and their ranks are now fading fast.

“I feel that the farmlands represent a part of the roots of Hungarian society,” says Hungarian photographer Akos Stiller, who did an award-winning project on the topic. “I see more and more empty farms each year, and I think there is an obligation to capture these people’s lives while you still can. These are people who are used to getting by on their own and who possess a huge ancient knowledge—how to raise animals, traditional craftsmanship, and herbal healing, which was passed down from generation to generation. Now it costs more to raise a chicken at home than to buy one at the supermarket in the village. With these changes there is nearly nobody to continue these traditions, and there is a knowledge that will disappear.”
 
 SEE STILLER’S PROJECT. 





 
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