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Wednesday 1 November 2017

Red Right Hand / Crowds and Solitude in Africa

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Untitled | by Gustavo Minas

Untitled: photo by Gustavo Gomes, 24 May 2017

Untitled | by Gustavo Minas

Untitled: photo by Gustavo Gomes, 24 May 2017

Untitled | by Gustavo Minas

Untitled: photo by Gustavo Gomes, 24 May 2017

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

 People waiting for offerings of flowers through the Consulate General of Malaysia. The crowd is stirring up the resident monkeys. {Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 21 October 2017

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

People waiting for offerings of flowers through the Consulate General of Malaysia. The crowd is stirring up the resident monkeys. {Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 21 October 2017

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

 People waiting for offerings of flowers through the Consulate General of Malaysia. The crowd is stirring up the resident monkeys. {Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 21 October 2017

Untitled | by Gustavo Minas

#17 | by ashnolo

#17 [Mexico]: photo by ashnolo, 21 October 2017

#17 | by ashnolo

#17 [Mexico]: photo by ashnolo, 21 October 2017

#17 | by ashnolo

#17 [Mexico]: photo by ashnolo, 21 October 2017

Untitled | by Gustavo Minas

Untitled [Madrid]: photo by Gustavo Gomes, 14 July 2017

Untitled | by Gustavo Minas

Untitled [Madrid]: photo by Gustavo Gomes, 14 July 2017

Untitled | by Gustavo Minas

Untitled [Madrid]: photo by Gustavo Gomes, 14 July 2017

Untitled | by Gustavo Minas

Untitled [Madrid]: photo by Gustavo Gomes, 13 July 2017

Untitled | by Gustavo Minas

Untitled [Madrid]: photo by Gustavo Gomes, 13 July 2017

Untitled | by Gustavo Minas
 
Untitled [Madrid]: photo by Gustavo Gomes, 13 July 2017

Oktoberfesta #1 | by Riccardo Gerbi Cattaneo

Oktoberfesta #1 [Munich]: photo by Riccardo Cattaneo, 25 October 2017

Oktoberfesta #2 | by Riccardo Gerbi Cattaneo

Oktoberfesta #2 [Munich]: photo by Riccardo Cattaneo, 27 October 2017

B U L G A R I A "Wanderings & Encounters"   82/85 | by Stare & Street Photographer

BULGARIA "Wanderings and Encounters" 82/85: photo by Pierre Gély-Fort, 17 March 2017

B U L G A R I A "Wanderings & Encounters"   82/85 | by Stare & Street Photographer

BULGARIA "Wanderings and Encounters" 82/85: photo by Pierre Gély-Fort, 17 March 2017

B U L G A R I A "Wanderings & Encounters"   82/85 | by Stare & Street Photographer

BULGARIA "Wanderings and Encounters" 82/85: photo by Pierre Gély-Fort, 17 March 2017

Untitled | by I Shot Baltimore

Untitled [Baltimore]: photo by Larry Cohen, 13 October 2017

Untitled | by I Shot Baltimore

Untitled [Baltimore]: photo by Larry Cohen, 13 October 2017

Untitled | by I Shot Baltimore

Untitled [Baltimore]: photo by Larry Cohen, 13 October 2017

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

 The people came and waited for offerings in the royal funeral ceremony offering the Beloved King to the tombs. Wat Khok Saman, Songkhla, Hat Yai, Thailand.: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 26 October 2017

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

 The people came and waited for offerings in the royal funeral ceremony offering the Beloved King to the tombs. Wat Khok Saman, Songkhla, Hat Yai, Thailand.: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 26 October 2017

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

 The people came and waited for offerings in the royal funeral ceremony offering the Beloved King to the tombs. Wat Khok Saman, Songkhla, Hat Yai, Thailand.: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 26 October 2017

Untitled | by I Shot Baltimore

Untitled [Baltimore]: photo by Larry Cohen, 14 October 2017

Untitled | by I Shot Baltimore

Untitled [Baltimore]: photo by Larry Cohen, 14 October 2017

Untitled | by I Shot Baltimore

Untitled [Baltimore]: photo by Larry Cohen, 14 October 2017
 
Here I am sucking on a death wafer while these losers compete for my attention. What a bunch of losers! Can't tell the difference between them. Losers! Should have them all offed!!



#MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016
: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 31 March 2016

During the campaign, in April 2016, however, Trump’s account tweeted this picture of his national security meeting. Papadopoulos is third from the left, on the far side of the table, and four seats away from the now president.-- The Guardian, 30 October 2017


Gotta love this. Trump administration alter-egos. Photo @TomBrenner_PJ @nytimesphoto #Halloween #WhiteHouse: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 28 October 2017



The 29-year-old motorist drove the truck 20 blocks down a bike path beside the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan, officials said.: photo by  Bryan R. Smith for The New York Times  31 October 2017



The 29-year-old motorist drove the truck 20 blocks down a bike path beside the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan, officials said.: photo by  Bryan R. Smith for The New York Times  31 October 2017
 


Motorist hits people on bike path near World Trade Center: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 31 October 2017

Three Monkeys


Facebook, Google and Twitter lawyers testify before @senjudiciary about 2016 Russian misinformation campaigns @GettyImagesNews: image via Chip Somodevilla @somogettynews, 31 October 2017

 
Paul Manafort gets into a car leaving Federal Court in Washington, DC after being indicted by a grand jury.: Photo @drewangerer: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 31 October 2017

President Trump and first lady Melania greet trick-or-treaters at the White House #Halloween Photo @somogettynews: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 31 October 2017

Trump Halloween

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hand out treats as they welcome children from the Washington area and children of military families to trick-or-treat celebrating Halloween at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017.: photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP, 30 October 2017

Trump Halloween

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hand out treats as they welcome children from the Washington area and children of military families to trick-or-treat celebrating Halloween at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017.: photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP, 30 October 2017

The Bad Seeds: Red Right Hand

Take a little walk to the edge of town
And go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms
Like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires
In the humming wires
Hey man, you know
You're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge
Past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
A tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
A red right hand

He'll wrap you in his arms,
Tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
It took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole
Heal your shrinking soul
But there won't be a single thing that you can do
He's a god, he's a man
He's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
Through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
Is a red right hand



You don't have no money?
He'll get you some
You don't have no car?
He'll get you one
You don't have no self-respect
You feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy
'Cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio
And the Bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his
Red right hand






 
 
You'll see him in your nightmares
You'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but
He ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head
On the TV screen
Hey buddy, I'm warning
You to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god
He's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog
In his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
His red right hand





 
Red Right Hand: Mick Harvey / Nicholas Edward Cave / Thomas Wydler, 1994

What if the breath that kindled those grim fires,
Awaked, should blow them into sevenfold rage,
And plunge us in the flames; or from above
Should intermitted vengeance arm again
His red right hand to plague us?

 
John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost (1666), II,170-174


Haunting image shows an injured child at a clinic in rebel-held #Douma #Syriaas a tide of blood washes over the floor by @badramamet @epaphotos: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 26 October 2017
  

Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar are now living in makeshift settlements in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 24 October 2017


  A Rohingya Muslim mother, having walked for 13 consecutive days to Bangladesh, collapses in utter exhaustion: image via The Eye Of Rohingya @EyeOfRohingya, 23 October 2017

 

"I saw young children, who had lost not just their parents, but any remnants of hope," @IOMchief on #Rohingya crisis: image via IOM Bangladesh @IOMBangladesh, 18 October 2017



"I saw young children, who had lost not just their parents, but any remnants of hope," @IOMchief on #Rohingya crisis: image via IOM Bangladesh @IOMBangladesh, 18 October 2017



"I saw young children, who had lost not just their parents, but any remnants of hope," @IOMchief on #Rohingya crisis: image via IOM Bangladesh @IOMBangladesh, 18 October 2017

 

"I saw young children, who had lost not just their parents, but any remnants of hope," @IOMchief on #Rohingya crisis: image via IOM Bangladesh @IOMBangladesh, 18 October 2017


Overcrowded, muddy and squalid refugee camps in #Bangladesh  home to #Rohingya muslims who fled violence in #Myanmar Photo @daryasin @AP_Images: image via SundayTimesPictures, 23 October2017 

Afghanistan Daily Life

An Afghan internally displaced boy eats ice cream near his home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. The war-torn country faces the challenges of poverty, unemployment, and a lack of infrastructure.: photo by Rahmat Gul/AP, 30 October 2017

 Afghanistan Daily Life

An Afghan internally displaced boy eats ice cream near his home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. The war-torn country faces the challenges of poverty, unemployment, and a lack of infrastructure.: photo by Rahmat Gul/AP, 30 October 2017

Venezuela Daily Life

A youth gestures for the camera outside his home in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 30 October 2017

Venezuela Daily Life

A youth gestures for the camera outside his home in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 30 October 2017

Kenya Elections

Residents look out from their balconies as the flames from a burning barricade rise up during clashes between opposition protesters and police after the election result was announced, in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. Clashes erupted after Kenya's election commission said President Uhuru Kenyatta had won the election that was boycotted by the main opposition group.: photo by Ben Curtis/AP, 30 October 2017

 Kenya Elections

Residents look out from their balconies as the flames from a burning barricade rise up during clashes between opposition protesters and police after the election result was announced, in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. Clashes erupted after Kenya's election commission said President Uhuru Kenyatta had won the election that was boycotted by the main opposition group.: photo by Ben Curtis/AP, 30 October 2017


Waiting for the results. Kenya, 2017. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #kenyadecides #iphone6s: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 31 October 2017

  
Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. Safe passage. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #fear #bw #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 31 October 2017



 Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. Safe passage. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #baba #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 29 October 2017


 Untitled • Nairobi, 2017 | #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #masai #blanket #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 31 October 2017

 
 Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. Kawangware fires. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #fire #bw #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 28 October 2017



A woman looks over the remains of market stalls burnt to the ground in the Kamangware district of #Nairobi #Kenya #KenyaElections Photo @mlongari @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 28 October 2017


 Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. Preaching man, Bible holder. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #bw #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 27 October 2017


 Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. The blade runner. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #blade #knife #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 31 October 2017

Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. Rally, fish necklace. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya  #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 25 October 2017

Kenyans have begun voting in an election rerun that has polarised the country. Opposition supporters demonstrate at a burning barricade in #Kibera #Nairobi #Kenya Photo @mlongari @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 31 Oct ober 2017 

 Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. Javelin. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #smoke #bw #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 25 October 2017
 Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. Political rally. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #politics #bw #onassignment #sonya7rii: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 24 October 2017
 

  Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. Political motorcade. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #fear #bw #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 24 October 2017



Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #fear #bw #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 22 October 2017
 

Attendance. Angola, 2017. The rooster, the Civil War veteran's grievances.The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #bw #angola #rooster #cross #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 21 October 2017
 

Attendance. Angola, 2017. Bairo Viana. The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #angola #bw #foulard #saudade  #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 23 October 2017


Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. Mourning the loss of their nine years old daughter. Mathare. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #bw #fatherhood #motherhood #mourning #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 15 August 2017

 

Attendance. Kenya, 2017. Indian warrior, Mathare. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #bw #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 15 August 2017



Kenya on edge ahead of Odinga address outlining next move @AFP
: image via AFP Africa @AFPAfrica, 15 August 2017



Attendance. Kenya, 2017. Sunday service. The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #religion #color #reportage #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 13 August 2017


#Kenya Worshippers at the Divine Church of Africa in the Mathare slum in Nairobi attend a prayer service Photo @mlongari
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 13 August 2017



Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. It's going to be a long day. Waiting. Kenyans look at a television screen in the streets of Dagoretti South waiting for the official announcement of the results in the presidential election. There is a sense of excitement here, a tense excitement for things to come. After a beautiful exercise of democracy on Election Day, with tension and confrontations immediately contained to few districts of Nairobi and of Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria, Kenyans now hold their breath. Proceedings are likely to go on till the evening. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #bw #reportage #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 11 August 2017


Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. It's going to be a long day. Official results will be finally announced later today, the Electoral Commission will deliver his conclusion to the Kenyan people. Opposition leaders, the President will make their announcements. Election Day has been a beautiful example of participation, active democracy. Citizens hold their breath, we all are. Tension is palpable but the incidents are contained to few areas. They could have spread like wildfire after the first day but they didn't. Mathare, where this picture was taken is one of those. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #bw #reportage #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 11 August 2017


Attendance. Rwanda, 2017. Opposition rally. The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #rwanda20: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 2 August 2017
 

 Attendance. Kenya, 2017. Clearings. The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #bw #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 11 August 2017


  
Attendance. Kenya, 2017. Celebrations.The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #onassignment #sonya9 #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 11 August 2017


Kenya holds presidential elections @mlongari #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 7 August 2017


Attendance. Kenya, 2017. Shadow on the wall, sideways. The make of democracy.: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 7 August 2017 


Attendance. Kenya, 2017. Shadow on a wall. The make of democracy.: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 8 August 2017


Attendance. Kenya, 2017. The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #reportage  #democracy #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 8 August 2017


Violence erupts in #Nairobi as opposition presidential candidate #RailaOdinga claims #ElectionKE2017 systems hacked @mlongari @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures, 9 August 2017


Violence erupts in #Nairobi as opposition presidential candidate #RailaOdinga claims #ElectionKE2017 systems hacked @mlongari @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures, 9 August 2017


Violence erupts in #Nairobi as opposition presidential candidate #RailaOdinga claims #ElectionKE2017 systems hacked @mlongari @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures, 9 August 2017


Attendance. Kenya, 2017. Shroud, mother. The make of democracy. The mother of one of the victim of incidents in the Maltare area of Nairobi, kneels wailing to cover the body of her son. Violence erupted countrywide following the announcement of the provisional results of the Presidential Elections: image via Marco Longari #mlongari, 9 August 2017


Untitled | Kenya, 2017 • Mathare North A3. The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #reportage #tears #gas: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 9 August 2017


Violence erupts in #Nairobi as opposition presidential candidate #RailaOdinga claims #ElectionKE2017 systems hacked @mlongari @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures, 9 August 2017


Attendance, Kenya, 2017. Fire at will.  The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #kenya #fire #democracy #reportage #bw #afp: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 9 August 2017



Attendance. Rwanda, 2017. Opposition rally. The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #rwanda20
: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 2 August 2017



#Rwanda A woman observes an electoral rally for Rwandan Green Democratic Party and presidential candidate Frank Habineza in Burera Photo @mlongari
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 2 August 2017




Attendance. Rwanda, 2017. Opposition rally. The make of democracy. #photojournalism #documentary #africa #rwanda20: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 2 August 2017

 
#Rwanda Supporters attend a campaign rally of incumbent President Paul Kagame in Gakenke ahead of August 4 presidential election. Photo @mlongari: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 August 2017



Supporters attend a campaign rally for incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame #Rwanda #RwandaDecides Photo @mlongari @AFPphoto: image via SundayTimesPictures @STPictures, 1 August 2017
  

'Crowds and Solitude in Africa' - @mlongari's work exhibited at @Visapourlimage: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 1 September 2017 


Attendance. Rwanda, 2017. Is there a party, yet? The make of democracy.
: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 6 August 2017


Attendance. Rwanda, 2017. Hiding in plain sight. The make of democracy.: image via Marco Longari @mlongari, 4 August 2017