Trent Nelson | Photojournalist

Portraits of Congolese Wrestlers

2012-02-17T18:29:31Z

Winner of several awards in Belgium and France, Delfosse won the PDN photo annual award in 2011 for this work on Congolese wrestlers.

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2012-02-16T03:36:18Z

scott dalton – so close, so far: daily life and cartel violence in ciudad jurez

2012-02-12T21:22:57Z

Link: burn magazine

As a photographer I am interested in the often-fragile relationship between people and the places they live, in how individuals, environment, and history combine to create a region with its own culture. In my project ‘So Close, So Far: Daily Life and Cartel Violence in Ciudad Juarez’, I am exploring these ideas through images of daily life in a place where the drug war calls the very concept of “daily life” into question. Combining environmental portraits and documentary reportage, I hope to document this tragic and historic time in the life of this city, when cartel violence forges an uncertain new reality.

Bruce McCall explains the artist’s drive for absurdist retrofuturism

2012-02-12T21:21:30Z

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Link: Boing Boing

Assignment #46 – Pinwheel Vigil for Powell Children

2012-02-10T16:10:15Z

Raquel Trujillo (in purple) is comforted by Saray Becerra at a community pinwheel vigil put on by Prevent Child Abuse Utah for Charlie and Braden Powell in the Municipal Gardens Playground Thursday, February 9, 2012 in Ogden, Utah.

Oh, my fault. Here’s a color version of the scene, with everyone included:

World Press Photo Winners Gallery

2012-02-10T14:55:12Z

Link: World Press Photo

View the entire collection of winning images from the 55th World Press Photo Contest. The winners were selected from over 100,000 images submitted to the contest.

Assignment #42 – Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers

2012-02-09T15:45:58Z

We send photos as quickly as possible now, so when you shoot a Jazz game you have to send before the game even starts. For this matchup I looked for an early Kobe photo. Here he is arriving at the arena, yawning as he passes a Jazz logo…

Raja Bell, Kobe Bryant

While that one above is tight, I’ve been trying looser shots for more context. Here’s Earl Watson after hitting a three pointer as the Jazz take a big 4th quarter lead, en route to the win…

Assignment #41 – Utah vs. Georgia Gymnastics

2012-02-08T15:54:40Z

Stephanie McAllister on vault as the University of Utah hosts Georgia at the Huntsman Center, college gymnastics Friday, February 3, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Stephanie McAllister on vault

Kassandra Lopez on bars

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Stephanie McAllister on beam

The meet came down to the final event. Here’s Stephanie McAllister after her 9.95 floor routine that helped seal the win:

MOMENTS OF THE HUMAN CONDITION

2012-02-08T15:02:52Z

Link: Peter Turnley

Misha Friedman’s Photographs of Tuberculosis

2012-02-08T15:01:27Z

Link: Lens

Misha Friedman’s photographs of tuberculosis are dark, black-and-white glimpses of passing lives. In many of the frames — shot in Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Russia — there is a wandering, ghostly presence.