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Victoriana

2007-03-21T23:52:00.001-03:00

Victoriana, originally uploaded by light_arted.

Built in 1870 and paid for by local mill owner Hugh Mason, this building was one of the first and largest municipal swimming baths. The building is constructed almost entirely of brick, with some stone decoration. It was built in a Byzantine style and has a 120 feet high tower which housed the flues from the steam boilers and heaters.

Photo by Gavin Clarke, United Kingdom.

Urban Decay

2007-03-13T22:30:00.001-03:00

Urban Decay, originally uploaded by Lyttelton.

Lichfield Lanes - a potentially interesting, but terminally under-capitalised redevelopment that was intended to give Christchurch something akin to a Latin Quarter.

Photo by Marcus Lyttelton, Lyttelton – NEW ZEALAND.

There is Beauty Everywhere You Look...

2007-03-06T22:36:00.001-03:00

There is Beauty Everywhere You Look..., originally uploaded by lapidim.

Salvador - Bahia

A study of colours and texture in the Pelourinho.
Un estudio de colores y texturas en el Pelourinho.

Photo by Mario Lapid, Madrid – SPAIN.

Stairway to heaven

2007-03-05T21:53:00.001-03:00

stairway to heaven, originally uploaded by hkvam.

Those steps can be hard to reach sometimes.

One of the old tanks at the abandoned factory in Hjalteyri, N-Iceland.

Photo by Helga Kvam, Svalbarðsströnd – ICELAND.

Long Island

2007-03-04T23:14:00.001-03:00

, originally uploaded by ghostfield.

Photo by Brian, New York – USA.

Soacha enmarcada

2007-03-03T00:07:00.001-03:00

Soacha enmarcada, originally uploaded by chocolate buttons.

Soacha, the place where I work, nearby Bogota. I love this view because it represents beauty through hardness. Too many houses, too many people, too many dreams, too little money, too little space.

Para mi la tipica foto de la plaza y de la iglesia del pueblito o municipio no describiria tan bien como esta lo que yo entiendo por Soacha. Tanta gente, tantos sueños, tantas casas, tan poco espacio, tan poco dinero, tan pocos servicios, aun asi no puedo dejar de pensar en la belleza que todo esto encierra. La de los Robles desde la Isla.

Photo by Donna Cabrera, Bogoto - COLOMBIA.

Log Cabin

2007-03-01T01:22:00.001-03:00

Log Cabin, originally uploaded by WV Fan.

Bedford County, VA.

Photo by Larry, Virginia – USA.

Squares...

2007-02-26T19:38:00.001-03:00

squares, originally uploaded by Keith Emmerich.

Inside the Packard auto plant, Detroit - Michigan.

Photo by Keith Emmerich.

Beliard, Shipyard

2007-02-25T23:16:00.001-03:00

Beliard, Shipyard, originally uploaded by sonny489.

Photo by Sonny, Ostend, Belgium.

Courtyard Doors

2007-02-24T16:47:00.001-02:00

Courtyard Doors, originally uploaded by sigma..

This place is pretty big. Lots of halls and rooms. Its almost shaped like the letter E but there are areas that are just open with walls on all sides. This is one of the doors to the courtyard. I never went to shoot outside because of the rain. This building is filled with documents. So many plans and rolls of schematics. Almost like a time capsule in here.

If you decide to go down these stairs..your choices are.. the courtyard, or the basement...

Photo by Chris Smart, San Rafael, California - USA.

Blue haze

2006-08-28T21:01:00.000-03:00

Blue haze, originally uploaded by Oh Lenna.

The blue light is case by a window off to the left.

Photo by Olena Sullivan Toronto - CANADA.

45 soweto

2006-08-10T19:00:00.000-03:00

45 soweto, originally uploaded by camera_rwanda.

A boy stands in front of the barbed wire fence that protects his home--the gate a sobering reminder that crime still corrupts in this corner of the township.

Soweto, South Africa.
A very bright day.
July, 2005.

Photo by Kresta King Cutcher, Based in East Africa at the moment.

El hotel de los pobres

2006-08-09T01:27:00.000-03:00

El hotel de los pobres (Kdda en San Carlos, extensión Empalme), originally uploaded by Arantxata.

Kdda en San Carlos, extensión Empalme

Photo by Arantxa, Morelia - MÉXICO.

World Ceasefire Vigil

2006-08-07T22:27:00.000-03:00

World Ceasefire Vigil, originally uploaded by carf.

During the last week I’m sure there are many visitors to the Flickr photostreams who have noticed all the small black ribbons that Flickrites are now using as their buddy icons. Those icons represent more than just another Flickr identity, they represent a strong desire for world peace and a stop to the recent war breakout, by the many who have chosen to wear them for this peace action, an important action against yet another war to destroy thousands of innocent citizens, their families, their homes and their countries.

This is why over 4000 Flickrites decided to unite their actions this last week in a group called MUNDO UNO

…and the group is constantly growing as one of the fastest and most
meaningful on Flickr.

* MUNDO UNO means ONE WORLD.
* MUNDO UNO is a call for peace.
* MUNDO UNO is a virtual protest against the madness of the war.
* MUNDO UNO is a way to say: stop the killing of civilians in both sides.

Shall we be ONE, one world, one face, one people to change this?

I hope and believe so and that is why I am asking you, my Flickr friends and contacts and anyone else visiting this Blog, to be part of this important action for World Peace.

Please join us today and take part in the group's CEASEFIRE action in
support of Amnesty International's WORLD CEASEFIRE VIGIL.
More information about this can be found in the group's discussion
threads.

I thank you and I'm sure our group members thank you.
MUNDO UNO

Gregory J. Smith (CARF)
Social Entrepreneur and Founder
Children At Risk Foundation - CARF

Sober - Colour

2006-08-05T18:43:00.000-03:00

Sober - Colour, originally uploaded by Karl Harrison.

The continuation of my night/portrait experiments. All lighting used has to be carried in a backpack.

Equipement used:
-EOS 7N with 50mm 1.4 lens
-Kodak Kodachrome 100iso slide film, Exposure 1-2secs @ f2.0
-3.5million candelight flashlight with blue gelatin.
-Manfrotto Tripod

Any comments, critiques or tips will be greatly appreciated.

Photo by Karl Harrison Montreal, Canada.

Gate to nothing

2006-03-16T23:17:00.000-03:00

gate to nothing, originally uploaded by hkvam.

A gate leading to nowhere. Eyjafjörður, N-Iceland.

I dont know if there was ever a house there or why this gate is there.
Perhaps an entrance into another dimension?

March 7th 2006

Photo by Helga Kvam, Svalbarðsströnd - ICELAND.

Untitled.........

2006-03-15T22:02:00.001-03:00

, originally uploaded by iloveotto.

Photo by ILoveOtto, Taipei - TAIWAN.

Time Machine

2006-03-14T07:53:00.000-03:00

Time Machine, originally uploaded by sigma..

Decided to do some digging in the ol' archives. Found something i liked from my last trip to the Brickworks so here it is. Everyone has taken shots of this thing, you almost have to if you visit this place. Dont know if I will go back here anytime soon, all I know is Im dying to do some exploring. I haven't been out to explore in ages. Crazy work hours, crazy weather.... Hopefully I'll find some time soon.

Photo by Chris Smart, Toronto - CANADA

Paint It Black

2006-03-13T01:06:00.000-03:00

Paint It Black, originally uploaded by Karl Harrison.

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they’re all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I’ll fade away and not have to face the facts
It’s not easy facing up when your whole world is black

-The Rolling Stones

Photo by Karl Harrison, Montreal - CANADA.

Christ and Feather

2006-02-23T23:01:00.000-03:00

Christ and Feather, originally uploaded by SteveFE.

Ruined cottage near Crusheen, County Clare - Ireland.

Photo by Steve Ford Elliott, County Clare -IRELAND.

Ghost town church (abandoned)

2006-02-22T23:39:00.000-03:00

ghost town church (abandoned), originally uploaded by bealluc.

This abandoned church is in the ghost town of Dorothy, Alberta. There are two churches there, maybe a hundred feet apart. We arrived in Dorothy with maybe twenty-five minutes of sunlight remaining to the day -- an excellent time for photographing.

If you're in the mood for more badlands & ghost town photographs, you can look at the full set, click here.

My friend Bonedad also had his camera with him and he took some astonishing photos of the badlands sights which you can see here.

Photo by Felix Constantinople, Calgary, Alberta.

What I do (or) Caught in the act

2006-02-21T16:35:00.000-03:00

what i do (or) caught in the act, originally uploaded by tearapen.

Photo by Will Snap, Eastern, North Carolina - USA.

Forsaken by Intel

2006-02-20T21:11:00.000-03:00

Forsaken by Intel 2, originally uploaded by Crochunter.

A view into the partially finished Intel Building in downtown Austin. During the tech boom of 1999-2000 a number of tech companies expressed their desire to build new offices in downtown Austin and one of them, Intel, actually broke ground on this building. However, when the bubble collapsed, everyone abandoned their efforts... and unfortunately 5 years later this eyesore is still a part of our downtown area. This view shows the top of the structure, looking the same as when it was abandoned in 2001.

Photo by Steve Santore, Austin, Texas - USA.

Revisited

2006-02-19T23:51:00.000-03:00

revisited, originally uploaded by hkvam.

The abandoned farmhouse in Höfðaströnd, N-Iceland.

Photo by Helga Kvam, Svalbarðsströnd - ICELAND.

Vícam Pueblo

2006-02-18T11:18:00.000-02:00

Vícam Pueblo, originally uploaded by Memo Vasquez.

Uno de los ocho pueblos Yaquis...

Photo by Memo Vasquez, Hermosillo - MÉXICO.

Burnt

2006-02-17T07:21:00.000-02:00

Burnt, originally uploaded by shadowoflightproject.

Photo by ShadowOfLightProject, Mojave Desert - USA.

Shadow Of Light Project

Turn on the right corner...

2006-02-16T23:22:00.000-02:00

Turn on the right corner..., originally uploaded by magic fly paula.

and you may find the lost places ...

Photo by Paula C., Porto - PORTUGAL.

Wet Paint

2006-02-15T23:57:00.000-02:00

Wet Paint, originally uploaded by Karl Harrison.

Photo by Karl Martel, Montreal - CANADA.

2-tone shack

2006-02-14T22:58:00.000-02:00

2 tone shack 2, originally uploaded by tearapen.

Photo by Will Snap.

Empty

2006-02-13T10:02:00.000-02:00

Empty, originally uploaded by eyefulimages.

I'm in Colorado right now and you would think I would find something beautiful to photograph.

Photo by Victor J. Palagano, Mesa - USA.

Outside world

2006-02-12T23:39:00.000-02:00

Outside world, originally uploaded by magic fly paula.

Near the edge of our blind cities we can find these lost places, these no places.They have their own story, a parallel one... Do I really see this?Does anybody notice their existence?

Photo by Paula C, Porto - PORTUGAL.

in a western town

2006-02-11T23:59:00.000-02:00

in a western town, originally uploaded by astrocruzan.

Photo by Astrocruzan, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

After the hurricane (suggested title)

2006-02-10T22:03:00.000-02:00

, originally uploaded by -Angela.

Another from my first trip back to New Orleans after hurricane Katrina.

Photo by Angela, Virginia - USA.

Santiago. Nº 17

2006-02-09T23:59:00.000-02:00

Santiago. Nº 17, originally uploaded by Manuel Bóo.

Photo by Manuel Bóo, Vigo - España.

Bleached bones

2006-02-08T00:22:00.000-02:00

Bleached bones, originally uploaded by Moskau Moskau.

Interior shot here.

Photo by Jess, Regina, SK - CANADA.

Casa en ruinas

2006-02-07T23:51:00.000-02:00

Casa en ruinas, originally uploaded by arantxamex.

El centro histórico de Morelia es muy bello y por lo general está bien cuidado, pero también es frecuente encontrar viejas casas de adobe y piedra olvidadas y ruinosas. Esta está frente al mercado del Santo Niño
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Morelia is usually beautiful and well conserved, but it is not unusual to find some old stone forgotten houses, eaten by time.

Photo by Arantxa, Morelia, Michoacán - MEXICO.

Caged

2006-02-06T01:35:00.000-02:00

Caged, originally uploaded by kodama.

Photo by Sam Bowman, San Francisco - USA.

Fragile

2006-02-05T01:02:00.000-02:00

fragile, originally uploaded by tearapen.

Photo by Will Snap.

Jeriko

2006-02-04T21:16:00.000-02:00

jeriko, originally uploaded by wacky doodler.

ELC Penthouse

ELC is a phenomenally awsome group of artists in NYC. Ralder and I were only able to book a night at the penthouse suite, but you can check out more of their collab projects both on and off the streets here.

Photo by Wacky Doodler,

Vícam Pueblo, Tierra Yaqui

2006-02-03T07:18:00.000-02:00

Vícam Pueblo, Tierra Yaqui, originally uploaded by Memo Vasquez.

Vícam es uno de los ocho pueblos Yaquis, indígenas de Sonora de gran tradición histórica.
La iglesia con el panteón a la salida y la Ramada, son los principales puntos de reunión para sus rituales y juntas, ya tienen territorio y gobierno local propios.

Photo by Memo Vasquez, Hermosillo - MÉXICO.

Staying there

2006-02-02T21:29:00.000-02:00

Staying there, originally uploaded by MemaNH.

I think this truck will be completely hidden next summer.

Photo by MemaNH, New Hampshire - USA.

The Secret Door

2006-02-01T23:06:00.000-02:00

the secret door, originally uploaded by ellectric.

Photo by Michelle, London - UK.

Old Farm House

2006-01-31T22:16:00.000-02:00

Old Farm House, originally uploaded by WV Fan.

Botetourt Co, VA.

Photo by Larry,
Virginia - USA.

Reservation

2006-01-30T07:03:00.000-02:00

reservation, originally uploaded by skylinejunkie.

Photo by Darrin, Edmonton - CANADA.

Carolina

2006-01-29T07:42:00.000-02:00

, originally uploaded by tearapen.

Photo by Will Snap

Roofus

2006-01-28T23:59:00.000-02:00

Roofus, originally uploaded by hkvam.

My brother daring a roof thats about to cave in.

Photo by Helga Kvam, Svalbarðsströnd - ICELAND.

Bimba mia....

2006-01-27T09:52:00.000-02:00

Bimba mia...., originally uploaded by ale2000.

Sopra o sotto, m'inquieti.
(per fabbio)

Photo by Alex, Firenze - ITALY.

Bam

2006-01-26T19:37:00.000-02:00

Bam, originally uploaded by pooyan.

Far from the tent washing family cloths in a little river.

On 26 Dec of 2003 at 4:40 am a powerful earthquake struck southeastern Iran and flattened Bam. Killing over 70,000 people, injured 20,000, left 60,000 homeless and destroyed much of the city of Bam. The USGS National Earthquake information center reported a magnitude of 6.6 for the quake, which was located just southwest of the city. About 60 percent of the buildings in Bam were destroyed. The old quarter and a 2,000-year-old citadel (severely damaged by the earthquake) were built primarily of mud brick.

Photo by Pooyan Tabatabaei, Toronto - CANADA.

After party

2006-01-25T02:21:00.000-02:00

after party, originally uploaded by yesfuture.

Photo by Yesfuture, Mensk, Belarus.

Rural minimalism

2006-01-24T01:19:00.000-02:00

Rural minimalism, originally uploaded by Lida Rose.

I was in the mood for something red!

Photo by Lida Perfetto, Northern New York State, USA.

Beggar's Cave

2006-01-23T13:01:00.000-02:00

Beggar's Cave, originally uploaded by Karl Harrison.

A modern man's home.
There are at least half a dozen men & women that sleep here on a regular basis.

The temperature was -10.

Photo by Karl Martel, Montreal - CANADA.

Township Life

2006-01-22T14:24:00.000-02:00

Township Life, originally uploaded by camera_rwanda.

One sunny afternoon in Soweto, two boys in sheer delight blur by homes of corrugated sheet metal.

Soweto, South Afrika.
July, 2005 - TMAX film.

Photo by Kresta King Cutcher, USA.

Dona Hilda’s Coffee

2006-01-21T01:11:00.000-02:00

Dona Hilda’s Coffee, originally uploaded by carf.

Continuation from here
and here.

In the small traditional kitchen of the Murycana Fazenda, coffee is served to visitors, cooked on a traditional wood stove and sweetened with rapadura, a dark-brown, chunky, natural sugar typical of Brazil.

Photo taken in Paraty by Gregory J. Smith - CARF, São Paulo - BRAZIL.

Padrón. La casa encantada / The haunted house

2006-01-20T23:06:00.000-02:00

Padrón. La casa encantada / The haunted house, originally uploaded by Manuel Bóo.

Photo by Manuel Bóo, Vigo, España

house and field

2006-01-19T13:48:00.000-02:00

house and field, originally uploaded by candace hope.

Somewhere in Western Massachusetts...

Photo by Candace Hope, Northampton, MA, USA

Halloween is coming

2006-01-18T19:45:00.000-02:00

Halloween is coming, originally uploaded by MemaNH.

I think it looks spooky.

Photo by MemaNH, New Hampshire, USA

Down and out

2006-01-17T23:15:00.000-02:00

01160, originally uploaded by Junkmale.

Photo by Steve Harrison, UK.

Abandoned

2006-01-16T11:39:00.000-02:00

Abandoned, originally uploaded by cuellar.

El color de la puerta y de la ventana en seguida llamaron mi atención. También el desconchado en la pared. Pero nada como una maceta con flores en una casa abandonada.

The door and window color immediately called my attention. Also the chipped one on the wall. But nothing like a flowerpot with flowers in an abandoned house.

Photo by Jose Maria Cuellar, Madrid - SPAIN.

Grytviken, South Georgia Is.

2006-01-15T06:30:00.000-02:00

Grytviken, South Georgia Is., originally uploaded by geccko.

Watercolor on paper, 1999 by Giorgio Maria Griffa, Italy.

Visit my homepage for more watercolours.

Art Therapy

2006-01-14T14:02:00.000-02:00

Art Therapy, originally uploaded by AnomalousNYC.

A Palestinian boy plays in front of the ruins of his home. Every little dot you see is a bullet hole. The bigger dots are holes from tank shells and mortars. There are thousands of homes in Rafah that look like this, because of constant Israeli gunfire into the camp and city. It has been like this for years now. Most of them are still inhabited, but Israel routinely bombards building like this one with bullets, sometimes for hours a day, in order to make sure residents don`t return to the areas that are being ethnically cleansed. In this building in the devastated Tel-al-Sultan part of the Rafah Refugee Camp, you can see that each sliver of window glass has been systematically shot out. Evidence of a little fun, or boredom, or perhaps artistic expression, from the Israeli Occupation Army.

The building in this photo was built and funded entirely by donations from international relief organizations, in order to provide shelter for some of the 90,000+ refugees in Rafah who had already been driven from their homes by earlier Israeli attacks. A majority fo the residents of the Gaza Strip are themselves refugees from the Israeli ethnic cleansing of 1948 and 1967.

The destruction of the southermost areas of the city of Rafah in May 2004 was called, in very typical Israeli fashion, "OPERATION RAINBOW."

About 2,500 totally innocent people had their homes and all their belongings destroyed without notice. Bulldozers arrived in the middle of the night and just started pushing down walls.

About 45 Palestinians were killed. Most were civilians and many children were among those laid out in the morgue. Unprepared for the flood of corpses, the local clinic had to store the bodies and body parts in a walk-in refrigerator at a local dairy farm. Relatives wanting to view or claim the coprses of their loved ones had to wait in the cow-milking area.

Operation Rainbow.

ORIGINAL PHOTO: Mauricio Lima
IMAGE ALTERATION: /anomalous

Photo by Anomalous, Lower East Side, NYC, USA.

Our door is always open

2006-01-13T09:32:00.000-02:00

our door is always open, originally uploaded by hkvam.

An abandoned hut in Eyjafjörður.

January 10th 2006

Photo by Helga Kvam, Svalbarðsströnd - ICELAND.

Arctic ghost town

2006-01-12T01:27:00.000-02:00

Arctic ghost town, originally uploaded by aliasgrace.

Pyramiden - The Pyramid - located at Svalbard, was a russian settlement of 1000 inhabitants at the most. By the end of the 1990's, Moscow decided to close down the coal mining activity. Everyone had to leave. The town got its name from a mountain nearby.

Photo by Wenche, Oslo - NORWAY.

The Cheap Seats of the Monte Ne Amphitheater

2006-01-11T08:46:00.000-02:00

The Cheap Seats of the Monte Ne Amphitheater, originally uploaded by Clinton Steeds.

Partially submerged seating os the Monte Ne Amphitheater. On the right side of the image, it looks like what was probably once an aisle has been made into a boat ramp.

When the White River was dammed, forming Beaver Lake, the abandoned, once-popular riverside resort town of Monte Ne was flooded and mostly buried. With this year's drought conditions leaving Beaver Lake at its lowest point since its creation, Monte Ne has largely resurfaced. While I was back home, Suzanne's family invited me along to explore the ruins.

More info on Monte Ne can be found here. More info lots of images from present-day and historic Monte Ne are here. An achival story on the resort and archival photos can be found here.

Photo by Clinton Steeds, Los Angeles - USA.

Abandoned Little Chef - [12] - Sipping Coffee By The Window

2006-01-10T12:12:00.000-02:00

Abandoned Little Chef - [12] - Sipping Coffee By The Window, originally uploaded by Ichor.

Photo by >Cormac Scanlan, Ipswich - ENGLAND.

Hafodnes Hall

2006-01-09T18:05:00.000-02:00

Hafodnes Hall, originally uploaded by you're my wife now dave.

The clocktower greets you, after walking up the long pathway it emerges through the trees. Me and a group of friends went up there one night without camera unfortunatly. Marble pillars inside the main hallway, exquisite plasterwork, and an amazing stone circular staircase in the clock tower which we climbed to the top of where there was a wooden ladder going up even further, I guess to the clock. We went up as far as the balcony beneath the clock. The basement was brilliantly constructed. I don't know the term but the strengh came from a series of archways running the entire lenghth of the building through a series of rooms. The arches I speak of are the kind you find in the 'caven', made famous by 'The Beatles'.

Photo by Daniel Cumisky, Prestatyn, UK (Wales).

Abandoned Farm

2006-01-08T06:56:00.000-02:00

Abandoned farm 3, originally uploaded by W4B Photography.

One of the outbuildings at the abandoned farm near Hwys 80 and 2 . south of Glencoe, Ontario

Photo by Mike Wood, London, Ontario - CANADA.

Abandoned On The Hills

2006-01-07T08:50:00.000-02:00

Abandoned On The Hills, originally uploaded by | HD |.

The colored version of this one is a true treat! Vibrant and rich, but I honestly thought this look serves the purpose more.

Photo by Hamad Darwish, Kuwaiti in Medford, OR, USA.

Sumptuous...

2006-01-06T07:42:00.000-02:00

Sumptuous..., originally uploaded by lapidim.

Tavira - Algarve - Portugal

A splendid building, I was amazed with its forms when I saw it for the first time...

Un conjunto espléndido, sus formas me llenaron de admiración cuando lo ví por primera vez...

Photo by Mario Lapid, Madrid - SPAIN.

Garbage Workers - Guatemala

2006-01-05T11:39:00.000-02:00

Garbage Workers, Guatemala, 87 -15, originally uploaded by Marcelo Montecino.

Photo by Marcelo Montecino, Bethesda, MD - USA.

Moderator’s Note:
“Hazardous child labour is a betrayal of every child's rights as a human being and is an offence against our civilization.” - UNICEF

See our Slide Show from the Rubbish Tip close to our Hummingbird Recuperation Centre in Brazil

No more crack

2006-01-04T19:05:00.000-02:00

no more crack, originally uploaded by uberllama.

Photo by Uber Llama, Calgary - CANADA.

L ' a b s e n c e

2006-01-03T22:57:00.000-02:00

L ' a b s e n c e, originally uploaded by ! __flashback.

Photo by Rodrigo Adonis, Santiago, CHILE.

The Barn #1

2006-01-02T11:37:00.000-02:00

The barn #1, originally uploaded by aliasgrace.

Photo by Wenche, Oslo - NORWAY.

Rievaulx Abbey

2006-01-01T21:18:00.000-02:00

Rievaulx Abbey, originally uploaded by ewanr.

Photo by Ewan, England.

Cadair Berwyn

2005-12-31T12:59:00.000-02:00

Cadair Berwyn, originally uploaded by Mark_Twells.

Along the Berwyns Ridge.

Photo by Mark Twells, Shrewsbury - UK.

Broken Church

2005-12-30T00:40:00.000-02:00

Broken Church, originally uploaded by Ichor.

Photo by Cormac Scanlan, Ipswich - ENGLAND.

Old trap

2005-12-29T01:45:00.000-02:00

old trap, originally uploaded by tearapen.

Experimenting with Gaussian blur.

Photo by Will Snap

Crossing the chasm...

2005-12-28T02:09:00.000-02:00

Crossing the chasm..., originally uploaded by Hawkeye39.

Bridge over the Tamagawa River, Japan.

Photo by Hawkeye39, Tokyo - JAPAN.

O Little Town of Bethlehem

2005-12-27T01:48:00.000-02:00

O Little Town of Bethlehem, originally uploaded by AnomalousNYC.

The view of Bethlehem is now obscured by the massive Apartheid Wall which Israel has built in and around the city. Beit Lahama was founded by ancient Palestinians - Canaanites - more than 5,000 years ago. Egyptian merchants on their way to the great trading centers of Syria stayed in Bethlehem a millenia before Jesus was born here.

In Occupied Palestine, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported in mid-2004 that roughly 70% of Palestinian Children have had to undergo some degree of psychiatric treatment for trauma.

The report described the prevalance of various symptoms reported by care-givers for children aged 5-17. the symptoms they listed and ranked included: overnervousness, constant fear of darkness, bad mod, depression, unexplainable attacks of crying, fear of leaving the house, inability to concentrate, inability to sleep except with parents or siblings, constant fear of loneliness, nightmares, frequent thoughts of death and dying. This and other reports from the same period described a whole host of other symptoms of trauma: bedwetting, sleepwalking, fire-starting, attacking other children, swearing, smoking, isolation and distancing from family and friends.

Most horrifying to me was the PCBS report of a symptom experienced by 11% of Palestinian children: a symptom described only as "Constant screaming."

With each passing day, the virulent anti-Arab racism of normal Israelis grows more violent and psychotic.

30 years ago, in 1974, when the Jews News Weekly first carried out its polls on Jewish Israeli attutudes towards Arabs, 32% of Jewish youth in Israel said they "hated Arabs." By 1988 that number had grown to 39%.

By 1997, despite a supposed "peace process" taking place in the 1990s (during which time the number of Jewish settlers actualyl doubled), the numbers had jumped considerably: 40% of Jewish youth in israel said they "hated Arabs", and an alarming 60% said that they "want revenge."

15 years later, today, those hate-filled and revenge-seeking children are now in positions of power, and the everyday racism of Israelis has mutated into something almost unrecognizably worse. More than 90% of Jewish Israelis say the mass incarceration of millions of Palestinian civilians inside these disconnected maximum security prisons is "necessary for Jewish security."

As reported in Israel's Ha'aretz Daily, a poll of Jewish Israelis conducted in March of 2005 found that 59% of Jewish Israelis felt that the state of Israeli should pressure its 1 million Arab citizens to leave the country.

65% of Jewish Israelis said they would reject any "peace deal" that involved withdrawal to its 1967 borders (a withdrawal demanded by every country on earth and required by international law).

This explosion of racial animus is getting more violent all the time. What we are seeing is a controlled, state-sponsored movement towards genocide. This is a diagnosis shared by a number of the world's foremost genocide monitoring groups.
GENOCIDE WATCH currently ranks Israel as a Stage 6 genocide - the "preparation" stage which immediately precedes an outbreak of mass killing.

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VOICES FROM THE BETHLEHEM GHETTO
and STOP THE WALL

ORIGINAL PHOTO: Maan Independent news
IMAGE ALTERATION: AnomalousNYC, New York City - USA.

Christmas At The Cemetery

2005-12-26T22:17:00.000-02:00

Christmas At The Cementery, originally uploaded by | HD |.

An endless number of candles illuminating grave after grave in this Southern Oregon memorial park, to extend the spirit of christmas.

Photo by Hamad Darwish, Kuwaiti in Medford, OR. - USA

Brazil Streets Song - part III

2005-12-25T11:22:00.000-02:00

Brazil_streets_song_03, originally uploaded by carf.

Come on, wake up, let’s smile, let’s sing,
Let’s make a new world in this sad story.
Without children on the streets,
either asking for alms or begging thieves.

Brazil, Brazil, Brazil, it’s time to wake up! Yeah!

Extract from a song by 15-year old Edi of the Banda Beija-Flor

A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Afrikaans: Gesëende Kersfees
Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees
African / Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian: Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Argentine: Feliz Navidad
Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri-Azerbaijan: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal
Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian: Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile: Feliz Navidad
Chinese (Cantonese): Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese (Mandarin): Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Chinese (Catonese): Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsian: Pace e salute
Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian: Sretan Bozic
Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish: Glædelig Jul
Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
Dutch (Netherlands): Prettig Kerstfeest
Eskimo: (Inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French: Joyeux Noel
Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Galician: Bo Nada
Gaelic (Irish): Nolag mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fe Mhaise
Gaelic (Scots): Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German: Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lausitzian: Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
Maltese: LL Milied Lt-tajjeb
Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori: Meri Kirihimete
Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo: Merry Keshmish
Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado
Papiamento: Bon Pasco
Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philipines: Maligayan Pasko!
Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese: Feliz Natal
Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Romanian (in Moldova Republic): La Anul si La Multi Ani
Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Serbian: Hristos se rodi
Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Serbian: Hristos se rodi.
Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slavey (a Dene Language from the Northwest Territories in Canada): Teyatie Gonezu
Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Trukeese (Micronesian): Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic
Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

Photos and manipulation by Gregory J. Smith - CARF, São Paulo - BRAZIL.

Basket Ball Courts

2005-12-24T11:09:00.000-02:00

basket ball courts, originally uploaded by wizmo.

One of the three courts had a huge tree growing right in the middle of it.

Blog Moderator's Note:
Wow! How our kids would loved to have such a decent basketball court. If it was under our "command", it would have been put back in order and put to use!
Shame one can't simply transport such things from those privileged societies that don't seem to care much for the benefits they have, and deliver them to others more needy.
When will we start caring for what we have?

Photo by Susan Bein, Monterey Peninsula - USA.

Los Cabitos Jail, Ayacucho ' 91

2005-12-23T22:45:00.000-02:00

Los Cabitos Jail, Ayacucho 91, originally uploaded by Marcelo Montecino.

Photo by Marcelo Montecino, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Watching Hyde Park

2005-12-22T22:10:00.000-02:00

Watching Hyde Park, originally uploaded by Mr. Yuk.

Photo by Eric Grimes.

There used to be ghosts in this house.

2005-12-21T22:33:00.000-02:00

there used to be ghosts in this house., originally uploaded by gin_able.

Spooky, not only by fog...

Photo by Gin Able, GERMANY.

Julia

2005-12-20T12:04:00.000-02:00

Julia, originally uploaded by jiwasz.

Location: Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

Its graves date back to the early 1800s. It is the second rural cemetery (i.e. not a church cemetery) in the country and is situated overlooking the Schuylkill river. Back then, it was so far away from the city center that many funeral processions would arrive by boat.

This is just one of the many ornate gravestones spotted throught the grounds. Stephen Kingston was one of the founders of the 19th Army Regiment of volunteers founded in Philadelphia in the 1840s. Back then, women did not get their own gravestones and were often buried in the same lot as their husband. This one is unique in that regard.

I like that the stones on the side are dark bringing focus to Julia Kingston's headstone. A little desaturation and unsharpen mask made this one more appealing than the original shot. Graveyard photos are fairly common and so I plan on keeping my cemetery submissions to a minimum.

Photo by John Iwasz, Philadelphia, USA.

Brokedown Palace

2005-12-19T23:07:00.000-02:00

brokedown palace, originally uploaded by tearapen.

Im Going to leave this brokedown palace,
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll.
Make myself a bed by the waterside,
In my time, in my time, I will roll, roll, roll.

Photo by Will Snap.

Get 'em out by Friday

2005-12-18T00:15:00.000-02:00

Get 'Em Out by Friday, originally uploaded by The baboon.

Photo by Gal M., ISRAEL.

Kitchen

2005-12-17T07:06:00.000-02:00

kitchen, originally uploaded by wizmo.

Photo by Susan Bein, Monterey Peninsula - USA.

Toul Sleng - Torture-Room, Cambodia

2005-12-16T21:54:00.000-02:00

Toul Sleng - Torture-Room, Cambodia, originally uploaded by Timoluege.

This is one of the beds the Khmer Rouge used to tie there victims to for torture in the Tuol Sleng prison (Cambodia). I wrote a longer description of what happend in Tuol Slong at this picture.

Photo by Timo Luege, Munich - GERMANY

3rd floor, Harrigan's

2005-12-15T23:38:00.000-02:00

3rd floor, Harrigan's, originally uploaded by Whittier.

Beds for Sale

Photo by Whittier, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Curious

2005-12-14T02:53:00.000-02:00

Curious, originally uploaded by Western Sahara Project.

A curious child, Dakhla refugee camp.

The image is from the "Free Zone" of Western Sahara, an ex-Spanish colonial territory that is disputed between Morocco and the Polisario independence movement, which represents the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara. Western Sahara is effectively partitioned between Morocco and the Polisario, who administer a state-in-exile in neighbouring Algeria, where some 160,000 Sahrawi refugees have lived since the Moroccan invastion of Western Sahara in 1975. The Polisario-controlled Free Zone is essentially uninhabited due to lack of water and the risk of renewed conflict - hence the location of the Sahrawi refugees across the border in Algeria rather than in the Free Zone.

The Western Sahara Project is an ongoing geoarchaeological project in the Polisario-controlled zone, undertaken in close collaboration with the local authorities. The aim of the project is to record and understand the archaeology of the Free Zone, in the context of past environmental change. Travel (from London) is via Algiers and the Sahrawi camps, then overland into the Free Zone.

If you have an interest in deserts, archaeology, or just in very remote and little-known parts of the world, you can VOLUNTEER to spend some time in the field assisting with the project. No experience is necessary, although experienced excavators are always welcome. Experienced excavators must cover their own costs. The cost for volunteers with no previous experience is higher, and helps to help fund the research, which is conducted on a strictly non-profit basis. The cost of participation for volunteers with no excavation experience is comparable with the costs of small-group adventure holidays such as safaris or cultural expeditions. Participation in this capacity will involve assisting with field survey and recording. While the locations are often remote, with extemely basic (and sometimes essentially no) facilities, the work is not arduous, and as a valued paying guest you will be free to do as much or as little as you feel comfortable with.

Volunteering represents a unique opportunity to visit a part of the world that is otherwise closed to outsiders, in the company of a team of specialists in desert environments and archaeology. You must be able to cope with remoteness and very basic facilities, but you will not be worked too hard, unless of course you want to be!

Photo by Nick Brooks Norwich, UK.

Salon Moderno...

2005-12-13T00:50:00.000-02:00

Salon Moderno..., originally uploaded by lapidim.

Astúrias - España

Photo by Mario Lapid, Madrid - SPAIN.

Sitting Shotgun

2005-12-12T01:39:00.000-02:00

Sitting Shotgun, originally uploaded by TooLoose-LeTrek.

A community center turned crack house turned char...in Detroit.

Photo by Too-Loose le Trek, USA.

What's his wish for Christmas?

2005-12-11T02:54:00.000-02:00

What's his wish for Christmas?, originally uploaded by carf.

What's his wish for Christmas?
What we at Hummingbird use in an entire year to keep each of our kids off the streets, the government uses each week to incarcerate kids who are in conflict with the law, locked away in public reform centers, better known as criminal high schools. We actually use a great deal of our taxpayer’s money to train hardened criminals in Brazil, certainly not to recuperate them!

Just take a look at our photos and tell me who’s losing out in this game! If you think we’re worth the small investment needed to keep a kid off the streets instead of in and out of the state sponsored criminal high schools, then simply go ahead and do your little bit, your concrete little action! We need you and so do our kids, because if we are to wait for government reforms to do the job, we too will end up joining the ranks of our kids on the losing end!

Please join Marília (MYLENS) in her initiative to reach for the stars and help the children that can still be rescued if we wish so, if you wish so!

Photo by Gregory J. Smith, São Paulo - BRAZIL.

Vigo. Nº 4A / 1

2005-12-10T01:44:00.000-02:00

Vigo. Nº 4A / 1, originally uploaded by Manuel Bóo.

Photo by Manuel Bóo, Vigo, España

Shed no tears

2005-12-09T01:04:00.000-02:00

shed no tears, originally uploaded by seanorr.

Photo by Sean Orr, Vancouver - CANADA.

My dog discovers Narnia

2005-12-08T01:32:00.000-02:00

My dog discovers Narnia, originally uploaded by Wyrd.

Photo by Wyrd, Wales.

Packed House

2005-12-07T00:31:00.000-02:00

Packed House, originally uploaded by Mr. Yuk.

Photo by Eric Grimes.

My home is my castle...

2005-12-06T12:16:00.000-02:00

My home is my castle..., originally uploaded by carf.

My home is my castle...
Our new community base, run by youth of the Hummingbird Project, is situated at the foot of this shanty, the Morro de Macaco (Monkey’s Mound).

I walked up and down these hills yesterday afternoon until nightfall, meeting many of our kids flying their kites on the steep slopes of this once beautiful natural forest, but I was utterly dismayed with the reality many of them are living.

Behind each “house” there are a dozen huts. Behind each wall there is a tragic story to be told; I listened to many from suffering mothers, about their sons who have been murdered, about their plight for survival.

They cried, I cried!
And as always, they thanked me for what we are doing; I thanked them for sharing their suffering with me. I feel so honoured to be in such a position, to be the listener, and I hope to share all this with those of you less privileged.

I hope you will also share with me by supporting the initiative of a fellow Flickrite, who is challenging you all to reach the stars.

I cannot but admire these people, these children, for their incredible strength to overcome such difficulties and yet still keep smiling.

Take a closer look!

Photo by Gregory J. Smith, São Paulo - BRAZIL.

Yazd

2005-12-05T00:22:00.000-02:00

, originally uploaded by HORIZON.

The capital of Yazd province, a relaxed city surrounded by desert.
the city of Yazd’s first mention in historic records predate it back to around 3000 years B.C. when it was related to by the name of Ysatis, and was then part of the domain of Medes, an ancient settler of Iran.

In the course of history due to its distance from important capitals and its harsh natural surroundings, Yazd remained immune to major troops' movements and destruction from wars, therefore it kept many of its traditions, city forms and
architecture until recent times.

During the invasion of Genghis Khan in the early 1200’s A.D. Yazd became a safe haven and home for many artists, intellectuals and scientists fleeing their war ravaged cities around Persia.

Yazd was visited by Marco Polo in 1272, who described it as a good and noble city and remarked its silk production. Isolated from any approach by a huge tract of monotonous desert, the vibrancy of Yard is invariably a surprise.

For a brief period, Yazd was the capital of Atabakan and Mozaffarid dynasties (14th Century A.D.). During Qajar Dynasty (18th Century A.D.) it was ruled by the Bakhtiari's Khans.

The city of Yazd is located in the eastern part of central Iran situated on the high, desert plateau that forms much of the country. Amidst the immense desert, Yazd retains its sterling of old in religion, traditions and architecture. Recognized by
UNESCO as holding one of the oldest architecture all over the world.

The word Yazd means, feast and worship, The city of Yazd has resisted the modern urbanization changes and maintained its traditional structure. The geographical features of this region have made people developed special architectural styles. For this reason, in the older part of the city most houses are
built of mud-bricks and have domed roofs. These materials served as insulation preventing heat from passing through.

The existence of special ventilation structures, called Badgirs(WIND TOWER) on the roofs is a distinctive feature of the architecture of this city (A Badgir is a high structure on the roof under which, in the interior of the building, there is a small pool). Therefore, Yazd has presented its stable identity at the foothills of the 4000 meter Shir Kooh.

Jame Mosque
The Jame Mosque (Friday Mosque) crowned by a pair of minarets, the highest in Persia, the portal's facade is decorated from top to bottom in dazzling tile work, predominantly blue in colour. Within there is a long arcaded court where, behind a
deep-set south-east Ivan, is a sanctuary chamber. This chamber, under a squat tiled dome, is exquisitely decorated with faience mosaic: its tall faience Mihrab, dated 1365, is one of the finest of its kind in existence.

The Mosque was largely rebuilt between 1324 and 1365, and is one of the outstanding 14th century buildings in Persia. The tile work has recently been skilfully restored and a modern library built to house the mosque's valuable collection of books and manuscripts.

Zoroastrians have always been populous in Yazd. Even now roughly ten percent of the town's population adhere to this ancient religion, and though their Atashkadeh (Fire Temple) was turned into a mosque when Arabs invaded Iran, a dignified new fire temple was inaugurated thirteen hundred years later.

Atashkadeh (Fire Temple)
Atashkadeh (Fire Temple) intitates meet there, but nobody apart form the Moubad (Grand Priest), a descendant of the Magi, reciting the Avesta, has access to the Moubad-e Moubadan (Saint of Saints) where for the past 3000 years a fire burns in a brazen vessel. The fire itself is a representation of what is good.

Being located beside the central mountains, far from the sea, adjacent to the kavir and in the shadow rainy region, Yazd has a climate which mostly resembles dry desertic climate. Little rain along with high water evaporation, relatively low
humidity, high su radiation and great temperature changes are among the factors making this province, one of the driest parts of Iran. The only moderating climatic factor is height and so, there is a pleasant climate dominant in Shirkuh heights.

Photo by HORIZON, Iran.