NOOR http://noorimages.com NOOR is a collective uniting a select group of highly accomplished photojournalists and documentary storytellers focusing on contemporary global issues. Fri, 24 May 2013 16:06:33 +0000 en-EN hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 polka publishes “in the ruins of aleppo” by stanley greene http://noorimages.com/polka-publishes-in-the-ruins-of-aleppo-by-stanley-greene/ http://noorimages.com/polka-publishes-in-the-ruins-of-aleppo-by-stanley-greene/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 15:16:35 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13846 Since the war in Syria erupted in the Spring of 2011, the death toll has risen over 80,000. The rebels and the army of Bashar al-Assad’s regime are still in a fierce battle with one other. Each side has its own agenda and uses of propaganda including ongoing rumors of  chemical weapons.The residents of Aleppo [...]

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]]> http://noorimages.com/polka-publishes-in-the-ruins-of-aleppo-by-stanley-greene/feed/ 0 the nikon 1 v2 speed project and nina berman on streetphotography http://noorimages.com/the-nikon-1-v2-speed-project-and-nina-berman-on-streetphotography/ http://noorimages.com/the-nikon-1-v2-speed-project-and-nina-berman-on-streetphotography/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 12:16:50 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13765 As part of the Nikon 1 V2 speed project, Nina Berman and her new camera take us to the streets of Manhattan, a city already steeped in street photography history, to show us how she catches the buzz of the city and frenzy of its workers as they emerge from subways and stations at rush [...]

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]]> http://noorimages.com/the-nikon-1-v2-speed-project-and-nina-berman-on-streetphotography/feed/ 0 the gas is expensive http://noorimages.com/the-gas-is-expensive/ http://noorimages.com/the-gas-is-expensive/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15:59 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13694 Vrij Nederland recently published the reportage on fracking by Nina Berman. In her ongoing project about hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, Nina Berman documents the frenzied gas rush that is taking shape from North Dakota to New York, USA transforming pristine landscapes into residential gaslands with enormous costs for both the environment and the [...]

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]]> http://noorimages.com/the-gas-is-expensive/feed/ 0 surviving amongst the deaths http://noorimages.com/surviving-amongst-the-deaths/ http://noorimages.com/surviving-amongst-the-deaths/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:59 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13676 In late March, Stanley Greene went to Syria where he photographed men, women and their children who appear to have been thrown back to the Stone Ages. They are not pro-Assad nor pro-rebellion, they are simply waiting for the war to be over and go home.  

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]]> http://noorimages.com/surviving-amongst-the-deaths/feed/ 0 cbs news talks to alixandra fazzina about flowers of afghanistan http://noorimages.com/60-mins-talks-to-alixandra-fazzina-about-flowers-of-afghanistan/ http://noorimages.com/60-mins-talks-to-alixandra-fazzina-about-flowers-of-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:24 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13546 In an interview with 60 Minutes‘ and Anderson Cooper, Alixandra Fazzina talks about her project “Flowers of Afghanistan” and the individual stories of Afghan children on the move. Alixandra spent five years chronicling the travails of these refugees, who disappear frequently and often anonymously. She follows the children as they flee Afghanistan on their clandestine [...]

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]]> http://noorimages.com/60-mins-talks-to-alixandra-fazzina-about-flowers-of-afghanistan/feed/ 0 nyt publishes pakistan train by andrea bruce http://noorimages.com/nyt-publishes-pakistan-train-by-andrea-bruce/ http://noorimages.com/nyt-publishes-pakistan-train-by-andrea-bruce/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 12:22:40 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13496 This weekend the New York Times published an inquisitive front page story on the dilapidated railway system of Pakistan. For this report, Andrea Bruce stepped on-board of the diesel-powered Awami Express, a train that travels through central Pakistan. As she crossed jaw-dropping landscapes in a country with a rich history and filled with unexpected pleasures, [...]

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]]> http://noorimages.com/nyt-publishes-pakistan-train-by-andrea-bruce/feed/ 0 must-read: “photojournalists on war: untold stories from iraq” http://noorimages.com/must-read-photojournalists-on-war-the-untold-stories-from-iraq/ http://noorimages.com/must-read-photojournalists-on-war-the-untold-stories-from-iraq/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:52:03 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13352 “Photojournalists on War: The Untold Stories from Iraq,” a rare photographic account that reveals the untold stories behind the headlines in Iraq.It can now be found in stores and online. The book, compiled by Michael Kamber, is a book both ambitious in its breadth, depth and scope. It was published in light of the ten-year anniversary [...]

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]]> http://noorimages.com/must-read-photojournalists-on-war-the-untold-stories-from-iraq/feed/ 0 jon lowenstein on the south side: shots fired http://noorimages.com/jon-lowenstein-on-the-south-side-shots-fired/ http://noorimages.com/jon-lowenstein-on-the-south-side-shots-fired/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 15:52:10 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13304 Girls who just heard seven to eight shots fired look to see if their friends are either injured or being detained by the police. The perpetrators fired the shots just minutes after two men were injured in a shooting at the corner of 71st and Jeffrey in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood.There’s a saying on the [...]

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]]> http://noorimages.com/jon-lowenstein-on-the-south-side-shots-fired/feed/ 0 moving walls opens today with yuri kozyrev’s on revolution road http://noorimages.com/moving-walls-opens-today-with-yuri-kozyrevs-on-revolution-road/ http://noorimages.com/moving-walls-opens-today-with-yuri-kozyrevs-on-revolution-road/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 11:15:03 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13269 Each year the Open Society Foundations Documentary Photography Project produces  the exhibition Moving Walls through which they honor work that photographers undertake globally in their visual documentation of complex social and political issues. This year they have chosen to exhibit “On Revolution Road” by Yuri Kozyrev as one of five participating photographic exhibitions.In 2011, Yuri [...]

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]]> http://noorimages.com/moving-walls-opens-today-with-yuri-kozyrevs-on-revolution-road/feed/ 0 chicago’s bloody year by jon lowenstein in newsweek japan http://noorimages.com/chicagos-bloody-year-by-jon-lowenstein-in-newsweek-japan/ http://noorimages.com/chicagos-bloody-year-by-jon-lowenstein-in-newsweek-japan/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:16:51 +0000 NOOR http://noorimages.com/?p=13008 In this publication by Newsweek Japan, Jon Lowenstein documents the lives of the people living on the South Side of Chicago in an attempt to show reality in one of the most segregated cities in the United States.

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