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Photo Essay

27-09-11
‘boxed – and if you must put me in a box, make sure it’s a big box’ Ling Yuen

  Bio and art statement:   Ling Yuen is a Canadian/Australian visual artist living, working and studying in Montreal and  Read more…

Photo credit: Jean-Pierre Bonin

Photo Essay

04-07-11
A Photo’s Worth Matthew Soule

Jean Talon Market is without a doubt one of the most popular spaces in Montreal. Located just North of Little  Read more…

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Photo Essay

29-04-11
The Colors of El Thawra: A Photo Essay from Egypt’s Revolution Maha el Marraghi

The ambience of the demonstrations at Tahrir Square combined revolutionary edge with festive elements and scathing political humor. For example,  Read more…

Back at the Media Ranch all is under control. El Conquistador Capitalista controls the news. They do it by not putting the events in context. Context must be avoided. They rant against Chávez and Morales but avoid explaining the preceding 200 years. If they write about Haiti its all about bodybags and pathos. Cannon-boat diplomacy? 20 billion dollars in extorsion payment? 150 years embargo? Why add to the confusion with so much detail? It is much easier to show people of color suffering and dying. Take the context out and leave the pornography of misery. That’ll teach’em.

Photo Essay

12-03-11
Foto-historieta Carlos Ferrand

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In Hebron, the struggle against ethnic cleansing is brutal. Ex-Israeli soldiers who served in Hebron formed Breaking the Silence (see http://www.shovrimshtika.org/index_e.asp) now take people on tours of Hebron. Shaduah Street from left to right: Jewish settlement, Israeli soldier, cleansed Shaduah Street, photo of street from several years ago, empty shops, graffiti of the terrorist Jewish Defence League.

Photo Essay

28-09-10
Palestine is flowering in resistance Scott Weinstein

       Hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis demonstrate weekly against Jewish settlements in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem.    Over the last  Read more…

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Photo Essay

26-06-10
What makes Montreal a liveable place? Jacqueline Fortson

  Note: At the bottom of this article you will find a powerful video version, best seen at full screen.  Read more…

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Photo Essay

25-06-10
Le taï-chi, c’est pour tout le monde! & Even birds perform clean-up operations Yung-chien Lew

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Photo Essay

30-03-09
Gaza: chipping into the siege Ehab Lotayef

Introduction: When I left Montreal on February 15th I knew that this would not be a predictable trip.  From all  Read more…

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Photo Essay

02-01-09
Montreal Shoe-Ting Action Photo Essay Darren Ell & Maria Worton

Text: Maria Worton This is a farewell kiss, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans and those who  Read more…

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Photo Essay

02-01-09
Daily Life in Cerro de San Pedro

In the course of this year, Tamara Herman has documented impacts of and resistance to Canadian mining in the historic  Read more…

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Photo Essay

02-01-09
DC Jumps for Obama Scott Weinstein

The Obama victory was jubilantly celebrated in Washington DC (sometimes referred to as Chocolate City). I was there for the  Read more…

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Photo Essay

02-06-07
The good, the bad and the ugly Susan Dubrofsky & Maya Khankhoje

Mount Royal Park, designed by Olmsted of Central-Park-in-New-York-fame  is an oasis of greenery right smack in the middle of the  Read more…

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Photo Essay

01-12-06
Bombing montreal Susan Dubrofsky & Maya Khankhoje

Montreal has the distinction of being the most “bombed-out” graffiti capital. “Bombing” in the graffiti world refers to the act  Read more…

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