Some notable parts of my second week on the job: photographing local poet Tanis MacDonald and my first A1, from a sports event of all things!
MONTREAL, QUE.: MAY 23, 2012 – The E-merge exhibition features interactive, techno art by seven artists and six companies presented at C2-MTL in Montreal on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (THE GAZETTE / Tijana Martin)
Click-through for a photo slideshow of Timm Rautert’s work capturing the Amish and Hutterites, and for a description of his efforts “photographing-those-very-uncomfortable-with-being-photographed”: http://nyr.kr/KSyRFs
Yesterday people took to the streets of Kitchener to call for justice in a fatal stabbing case, including members of the deceased’s family. Click here to read
Bruce Davidson/Friends of Anton
The photograph above, as well as many other incredible photographs will be sold tonight for a great cause: Christie’s is raising funds with an auction of contemporary photojournalism prints for the three children of Anton Hammerl, a photojournalist killed in Libya last year.
Our primary goal is to raise funds to ensure Anton’s three young children’s receive the best university education possible. Anton was the family’s primary breadwinner. He had no employer and no insurance. Beyond that we want to highlight the key role that photojournalists play in bringing information to viewers worldwide and the risks they take to fulfill it. Freelancers photographers in particular often assume these risks alone. In that respect Anton’s story is emblematic of the challenges faced by the most vulnerable photojournalists.
Read more about Friends of Anton here.
MONTREAL, QUE.: MAY 14, 2012 - Protesters gather outside Montreal city hall on Monday, May 14, 2012 when councillors were inside discussing a proposed bylaw that would ban wearing mask during protests and mass demonstrations. Some protesters were quickly pepper-sprayed when the police were trying to get the protesters outside the entrance door. Tijana Martin/ THE GAZETTE
Work Is Work: Why Free Internships Are Immoral
The Labor Department’s guidelines require that internships must resemble an education rather than a job; that interns cannot work in the place of paid employees; that their their work not be of “immediate benefit” to an employer. If you’ve ever had an unpaid internship, you know that these rules are flouted more routinely than speed limits. But rather than hold up these rules as quixotic laws begging to be violated and laughed at, ask yourself three questions:
I cannot imagine an honest person with passing knowledge of unpaid internships in America answering any of those three questions “yes.”
- Is there no overlap between paid and unpaid work at your company?
- Can you deny that unpaid internships deny to low-income students an experience that many employers consider mandatory?
- Would a minimum wage salary paid to a handful of students compromise your company’s financial position?
Work is work, no matter who does it. It ought to be paid.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]
I am very lucky that Liam is such a good cook. This past Sunday he made me lamb with PINK mashed potatoes. No food colouring!
OMG POLAROID CAMERA GIVEAWAY!
I’ve been meaning to put it up on eBay or sell it or something but I decided what the heck; I’ll give it away to my followers, since you’re all so amazing.
it’s a one-step express polaroid (produced somwehere between 1981 - 86)it still work, maybe not as great as it used to (the top pictures are samples, maybe it was the film I bought for it though - I’m not sure - but they all fade at the top)
it ‘Impossible film PX600’ colour and black & white.
so if you’re a photography and camera nut like myself, or you just want some fucking awesome old-school camera; here ya go~
RULES:
- you don’t have to be following me. I’m a fitspo blog, so I get not everyone wants to follow… but it’d be nice :3
- reblog as many times as you want - likes don’t count.
- I’ll be using one of those random number pickers
- make sure your ask is open so I can message you if you’ve won it.
- if the winner doesn’t reply within 10 days I’ll have to pick a new one.
- I’ll ship anywhere because I’m so fucking nice and awesome.
- and that’s all I can think of.
this is my first ever giveaway, so don’t make it a pain in the ass.
the winner will be chosen on June 5th because that’s my liddo sister’s birthday and I won’t forget that way :)
Ladies and Gentlemen, let my first ever give-away begin! and may the odds, be ever in your favour.
Spent my Sunday afternoon sewing a pillow for my reading nook and I’m pretty happy with the results! I wish I had a sewing machine, it would make things much easier and faster. Now to spend my Sunday evening reading! Since I’ve finished The Old Man and the Sea I’ve started On the Road again. Its been on my list for a while and its time to check it off:)
I’ve also picked up an African Violet. My Grandmother loved them and its almost doubled in size since I got it:)
Spring is finally here, so me and Liam decided to plant a garden:) The first are purple and pink hyacinths and the second is a blackberry bush Liam bought me. The countdown to summer begins!