:: food fight
the first shot of the four, definitely.

:: China Daily on ziboy.com
a nice article on Wen Ling, and the power of international observations through photoblogging... sharing lives from abroad. via lightningfield, who's also mentioned.

:: a month in maroc
eugene kuo's set of photographs from Morocco.

:: bhalpin.com
documentary and street photography from the U.K.

:: this is not a mailbox
new jersey flag disp... diaposal.

:: Photo in the News: Orion Nebula
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured one of the most detailed astronomical images in history. beautiful.

:: India's lost daughters: Abortion toll in millions
From IHT: In the two decades since ultrasound equipment, which allows prenatal determination of sex, became widely available, the number of girls born in India has declined steeply, despite a law banning doctors from disclosing the sex of a fetus to parents.

:: Larry Towell: Covering the Landless
awesome online storytelling.

:: engrish:
lost in translation with satan's laundromat.

:: barack obama's podcasts
the junior senator from illinois jumps onboard. maybe they were right when they said that the revolution would be podcast.

:: the boneyard - las vegas
as a huge neon sign fan, i'm going to have to visit this place soon. link via slowernet.

:: my stick
cute shot by bbarnhart.

:: bartpogoda.net
interesting and unusual photoblogging.

:: cafe primavera
sneaker-wearin' early renaissance painter at londonrubbish.

:: vloggers get political in norway
i've never seen the word "vlogger" before, but i did hear that norway is the best place to live five years running...

:: nomad summer camp, parting gift
there's just nothing more to say about Raul's stunning photographs. to do them justice, you sort of just have to let the photos speak for themselves.

:: best picture ever
so very, very true. at cityrag, from dailykos. (you just can't make this stuff up.)

:: The district has identified $35 million in projects to build and improve levees, floodwalls and pumping stations...
in St. Bernard, Orleans, Jefferson and St. Charles parishes. but in june of this year, the president and the government were busy cutting New Orleans district budgets for 2006, including the financial support for the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project.

:: louisiana's wetlands
from national geographic, oct 2004: The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City.

:: message from New Orleans
9/2 information and a plea for equipment from the emergency services in New Orleans, at lightningfield.
:: im-ok.org
brandon stone's contribution to katrina refugees: Why this registry is different... By using the person's telephone number, you can find out immediately if there is information or not. This allows you to pinpoint a specific person or household..
:: bernate
table top doily.
:: vicious beastie
this is what a perfectly-timed shot looks like, from mute.rigent.com.
:: reach!
squirrels go for it in toronto.
:: dog day afternoon
myla kent's muses.
:: sophia
joe's daughter in a monet garden in amagansett, long island.
:: wallpaper posters
by hanna.
:: mr. peepers
an absolutely stunning and vibrant set of photos from post-norm in las vegas.
:: snorkling hanauma bay
paradise teal.
:: mao museum, chengdu, china
a museum i'd like to visit myself, and a great last line on the set...
:: anthony
a little twist in the series of portraits from the snowsuit effort.
:: megan dress
ektachrome-e200, pushed, at ascending downwards.
:: #144
inconceivably beautiful. from rosa pomar in portugal.
:: peppermint oreo ice cream
two from the front porch in chapel hill, nc, at learningtosee.org.
:: men of business
from another time. one more in xinjiang from raul.
:: primary school
children in colorful khotan, by raul.
:: the prettiest thing
a beautiful portrait from notraces' vacation in puerto rico.
:: wooden shoes
silentshutter in the netherlands. there's nothing like a story behind a photo, especially in another country.
:: elopement
lovely minimalism in szczecin, poland.
:: winterbaum
i always fall for snowy tree shots. this one in germany at pixelbrand.org.
:: travel portraits
a vibrant flickr set from phitar.
:: kingman
old school route 66 style from the newly-redesigned post-norm.
:: senate roll call to save the arctic refuge
we lost by two votes, but there are still ways to block the drilling...
:: brenda
one of many stellar portraits at the snowsuit effort.
:: historical hair cut
a.y. barbershop in hong kong, a photo essay by keith (at unrelated news).
:: weekend at penfield house
i definitely need to rent it out so i, too, can pretend i live in a frank lloyd wright home. *sigh*
:: dog races, west palm beach
meccapixel in florida.
:: frozen flower buds
from a january ice storm in georgia, by joaobambu.
:: sowing the seeds of democracy
one of a series abroad: photos of election day in afghanistan by brooklyn photographer masood kamandy.
:: flickr tag: asfalto
3D sidewalks, recorded by Lukitas.
:: moira on the beach
a lovely turks and caicos snapshot from michelle howley.
:: reacting to camera
more phenomenal international photos from the mexican, a favorite of mine on flickr.
:: marcel and emphrael
what a great expression on her face.
:: sky on a bike
youth by bing walker.
:: #288
flying by the snowy wood at 40h.net's daily.
:: galvanize
from her photofriday submission, chiaroscuro in baltimore.
:: architecture of density
a collection of photographs in hong kong by michael wolf. showing on geary in SF until february 26.
:: chile 1
jake rocks the big photos from south america.
:: food circle
:: the flickr sets of raul gutierrez
great photography, with special mention of Xinjiang, Amdo, Zanskar, Photostudios and The Kid sets.
:: moscow metro
faithful rendering of the decorations of the Moscow metro, through some 450 photos and 27 panoramas.
:: one shield and two wheels
michael jacobs' flickr collection of bike riders in the amsterdam rain.
:: around philly 2
SL covers philly. my fave is the sign in the last one.
:: tsunami aftermath
pages of graphic devastation photos.
:: wallpaper overkill, and i want more
too close photography in vienna, austria.
:: cameramail
On the 22nd of December 2004, Kyle Van Horn taped a disposable camera to a piece of black foamcore and inscribed upon it the following message...
:: anniversary-christmas dinner
one last photo from the holidays, from beautiful life.
:: whiteness
polaroid diary's snow update from hamburg.
:: come together
smudo's delicate color.
:: del.icio.us/tag/tsunami
the growing resource of links recording the devastation.
:: donate now
support unicef in south asia tsunami relief efforts, plus an nytimes list of agencies also accepting contributions.
:: a promise unkept
nicholas d. kristof's nytimes interactive report on the darfur genocide.
:: continuing death valley
spectacular looking earth at carte blanche pedicure.

:: john at work
notraces catches a photo of orbit1 in action.

:: cleaning
serious feline footwork caught by xhoss.

:: furs
fiatvera in pittsburgh.

:: meteor crater, arizona
from above.

:: seattle's new library
360-degree quicktime VR of the new central library, from the seattle times.

:: from the back streets of kathmandu
and more... street and country photos from nepal and other places, from Terra.
:: flickr: mirrorproject
tag surfing.
:: low tide walk
in bali from phitar.net
:: jill and seth
from david farre's ode to kodak e100sw series.
:: pa svenksa
bastish in sweden: can't read it, but i like the photos.
:: mu-getsu
on the street where smudo lives.
:: tyrone
one of many detroit portraits at the snowsuit effort.
:: mini
from staring at the sun in germany.
:: franz josef glacier
phenomenal full-screen new zealand from waytoblue.org
:: have another cookie
a close up of leonard in june from smudo.org.
:: cultural district
two little ladies dressed up and out on the town, at fiatvera in pittsburgh.
:: seneca again
an empty bench among the trees... like a scene from the game myst
:: jumping off the high board
peppered -- somerset, england.
:: masood kamandy
new york friend and photographer masood kamandy is blogging from kabul, afghanistan.