PHOTOGRAPHY: New Documentary Photo Essay From Russia Now On GAIA PHOTOS - Searching The Forrest By Alexey Pivovarov

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Russia: Searching The Forests is a feature story by Alexey Pivovarov now appearing on Gaia Photos.

Photojournalist Alexey Pivovarov begins his photo reportage, Russia: Searching The Forests, by reminding us that its been "68 years since Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union in the early morning of June 22, 1941. The war, referred to in the East as “The Great Patriotic War”, was to become the most deadly conflict in human history as millions of people lost their lives."

Alexey Pivovarov continues, "Today, the fate of hundreds of thousands of soldiers remain unknown, their unidentified bodies scattered in forests and fields throughout the vast country. Each year, Russian search groups set out to discover the remains of thousands of anonymous Russian soldiers who have yet to be properly buried, searching the forests, some of which are full of bones."

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AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: Does It Affect Popular Support For Terrorism 8 Years After America's Bloodiest Day?

The front page of the September 12th 2001 edition of The Honolulu Advertiser. Oahu, Hawaii serves as the home of Pearl Harbor, which was attacked by people in airplanes on December 7th 1941. Follow Me On Twitter.

It has been 8 years since the tragic events of September 11th 2001(911) took place. Maybe you heard about them and maybe you didn't. In Cambodia for example, several million people have never heard of WWII or 911 and frankly, couldn't care less.

A CALL TO ACTION

Nonetheless, that reminds me to let you know about a call to action in the form of a blog post comment I received from a man named John Maszka. It reads:

Hello John,

I really enjoy your blog. I would love to see more photos.
I'm conducting feminist research on how American foreign policy affects popular support for terrorism. I’m particularly interested in incorporating the views of women, non-whites, and people living outside of America and Western Europe, but all responses are invited and welcome. The survey can be accessed at:

http://www.johnmaszka.com/SURVEY.html

I would really value your opinion and the opinion of your readers.

Thank you,
John Maszka

As you'll notice, this post is an inexplicable and negligent delayed response to John's remarks but perhaps waiting until people are focused on "The War On Terror" (George Bush's terminology, not mine), at least for a couple of days, will give this important global topic the attention it deserves.

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Photography: There Are Some Great Photographers Living On Your Street

Marilyn Monroe and Doc Kaminsky on the set of The Misfits.

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"Hi, Doc. How's it going?" asked Clark Gable as he sat at a traffic light in his Goldwing 300SL Mercedes Benz. As photographer Doc Kaminsky recalls, "The girl I was with, her teeth fell out. She says, 'Was that Clark Gable?' 'Oh, yeah. I'm working with him on a project."

To a little kid like me who met Doc Kaminsky several years after the photo above was taken, hanging out with him a couple of times in the great outdoors was quite a deal. The guy was different. He was cool. He wore a big beard in those days as I recall, along with glasses, and rather than having a normal job such as driving a truck or working in an office, he had a fun job. He took pictures for a living.

Wherever you live in this world, there are photographers such as Kaminsky. They aren't photo industry "stars" but rather, important regional photographers.

In Kaminsky's case, he turned down Hollywood job offers in order to remain in Nevada, USA. He did major national advertising campaigns, national projects, commercial work and films. In 1980, he climbed Mount Everest to do a film on avalanche survival.

Through a friend, the late Harry Murphy, he worked all over the country on projects for The Gap. “Harry was with The Gap from the beginning and ended up seeing it become a $15 billion business,” Kaminsky said.

The point of this post is to remind photographers that they may learn something from someone who might be living on their street. People who few folks know of around the world but experienced quality photographers just the same.

In these days of $3000 USD workshops taught by photo industry "stars", that point might be worth thinking about.

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