The Revolution Ignited by a Single Match
On June 11, 1963 Thich Quang Duc, a 66 year old Buddhist
monk sat down calmly in a busy intersection in Saigon and lit himself on fire. He
did not make a sound nor moved a muscle. His act of self-immolation was to
protest against the US-backed South Vietnamese Ngo Dinh Diem’s Catholic Government’s
repression of Buddhists. The impact was immense and immediate; it brought
masses together, expressing their rage, grief and resulted within a few months
in America overthrowing its puppet.
What is Home?
By Moises Saman
PERU. La Rinconada. February 24, 2015. A woman and her two
children stand at the top of a narrow passage covered with trash bags
connecting the town of La Rinconada with the gold mines in the nearby mountain.
La Rinconada is the highest continuously populated town in the world, located
in the Peruvian Andes, at 5100 meters above sea level.
Internal Resonance
INDIA. Kashmir. Srinagar. 1948. Muslim women on the slopes
of Hari Parbal Hill, praying toward the sun rising behind the Himalayas.
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
FRANCE. Brie. 1968
Can there be hope in perpetual curse?
INDIA. Tamil Nadu. Madurai. 1950
Kaleidoscope
USA. Fire in Hoboken, facing Manhattan. 1947.
Puzzling Canopy
By Stuart Franklin/Magnum Photos
MALAYSIA, Kepong Forest Reserve, crown shyness in the
kapur tree (Dryobalanops aromatica), one of the dipterocarps that, as they
mature in the forest, develop mutual avoidance, 1997.
The Devil's Bridge
Devil’s Bridge is a term applied to dozens of ancient
bridges, found primarily in Europe. Most of these bridges are stone or masonry
arch bridges and represent a significant technological achievement.
Everyone has to choose a side.
The world belongs to her.. Marilyn Monroe
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