DOUBLEtruck Magazine Issue 32 April - June 2013

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April 26, 2013 - Mexico City, Mexico - A couple kiss at the Televisa protest. The protest was sparked by a joke made by a TV worker who mocked activists who occupied UNAM Rectory.

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No two events in the last three months, were more tragic and incomprehensible than the bombing of the Boston Marathon and the Bangladesh catastrophic building collapse. But, as is often the case, out of humanity’s darkest moments, heroes rose to the challenge. Bringing a city together with a new anthem: ‘Boston Strong.’ Scores of the runners and spectators wore clothes made in the famous garment sweat shops of Greater Dhaka Area. A week later, across the globe, in the capital of Bangladesh, the deadliest garment-factory accident in history occured. The eight-story commercial Rana Plaza collapsed, killing over a thousand and injuring a few thousand more and what will go down as the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history, too. An outcry from the public to boycot items made in these inhumane conditions began immediately.

The ongonig tragedy of Syria also weighed heavily on the world. As the death tolls rises in Syria, the city of Aleppo is becoming a microcosm for the nation’s staggering humanitarian crisis caused by the Civil War. ‘A City Consumed’ by Swedish photojournalist, Niclas Hammarström, tells the dark tale of Aleppo - where once a proud long-standing culture stood, now Allepo, brought to its knees by the ongoing violence, has reached unprecedented levels of horror with the Assad regime and the rebels ‘cooperating to destroy’ their own beloved country.

Rounding out this issue, Contributing Editor Stan Sholik - The Technologist - talks about a new product from one of my favorite brands – LEICA. Last but not least: we look at the always important, annual press freedom conference by IPI, this year held in Jordan and highlighted by the presentations of the brave Women Warriors of Press Freedom and the legendary Jim Clancy of CNN.

Thank you for your support, Scott Mc Kiernan

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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April 14, 2013 - St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. -Chicago Blackhawks center Michael Handzus (L) pins Blues left wing David Perron against the boards during third period action at the Scottrade Center.

PICTURES THAT NEED TO BE SEEN Volume X, Issue THIRTY TWO Publisher & Editor in Chief: Art Director: Contributing Editor:

Scott Mc Kiernan Jeremy Mc Kiernan Stan Sholik

Director of Photography: Senior Picture Editor: Picture Editors:

Scott Mc Kiernan Ruaridh Stewart Mark Avery, Coby Brooks, James K. Colton Jessica Cotsonas, Michael Hollaran, Ryan Noble David Poller, Julie Rogers, Shalan Stewart

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOJOURNALISTS Ali Jadallah • Andreas Bardell • Chris Lee • Dandi Zulkarian Hannibal Hanschke • Hendrik Schmidt • Issam Rimawi • Jack Kurtz James Borchuck • Jashim Salam • Javier Garcia • Jochen Luebke Joe Burbank Jose-Luis Cereijido • K.C. Alfred • Ken McGagh • Louis Lopez • Lili Wang Lu Zhe • Lui Siu Wai • Magnus Wennman • Mary F. Calvert • Mike Brown Monirul Alam • Niclas Hammarström • Oliver Berg • Prometeo Lucero Riccardo Antimiani • Romain Jacquet-Lagreze • Scott Mc Kiernan Shariful Islam • Stan Sholik • Stephen A. Arce • Tom Green • Ton Koene Will Nicholls • Yin Dongxun • Zahidul Salim • Zhao Peng

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A City Consumed In the largest city in Syria, two million people live in fear of snipers, grenade attacks, famine, cold, anarchy and the smell of garbage and dead bodies.

Between east and west lies Aleppo’s greatest attraction: The Souk. In the Arabic and Muslim world a Souk has always been a colorful market, full of craftsmen and traders. The Souk in Aleppo is much more than that. It’s an architectural jewel.

A seven square kilometer market, the largest in the world, with a thirty-one kilometer long network of alleyways running through. All under one roof.

The Aleppo Souk is registered as a UNESCO world heritage site. Now it has been taken over by the soldiers. The front line zig-zags like a labyrinth through the Souk. Every corner could be a death trap.

On the way there we stop for awhile at a well organized Military Police Headquarter.

I have a cup of tea with one of Assad’s Generals, Infantrist Ali Laleh Zak. Zak deserted from the regime last fall and holds an important role in fighting for the rebels.

He ponders what Assad will do and where he will go when the rebels have won the war.

The Middle East faces a staggering humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict in Syria, an aid agency says. The USbased group describes the level of rape and sexual violence occurring in the conflict as “horrific.” With more than 600,000 Syrians having fled the country, the International Rescue Committee is calling on the outside world to step up its response. The World Food Program (WFP) said it is helping 1.5 million Syrians, but continued fighting and an inability to use the port of Tartus to deliver food means many people are not receiving aid. Syria’s violence has reached unprecedented levels of horror, with the Assad regime and the rebels “co-operating to destroy,” the country, UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said to Staffan Heimerson.

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Life During Wartime in Allepo

by Staffan Heimerson A Sunday morning in Aleppo. Myself and my photographer, Niclas Hammarström, have woken up early in sub-zero temperatures and put on our bullet-proof vests.

In a little yellow cab, without any breakfast, or even a cup of tea, we made it to the frontline in Qatiba, close to the city center. If you want to call it a frontline - Aleppo, the city of two million people, has an unmanageable myriad of front lines.

The Commander for a group of freedom fighters is sitting in a white plastic chair in front of a bullet-ridden wooden house.

His name is Abu Ali Slebi, he is an engineer. On the wall behind him the slogan “Everyone on here is for a free Syria!” is spray-painted in black. Free Syria is the current definition of areas that have been taken over by the Free Syrian Army Rebels.

Free Syria corresponds to about half of the populated area of Syria, the other half is controlled

by President Bashir Al-Assad.

Commander Slebi is chain-smoking Gauloises.

We are all tasting the smoke, it eases the continuous stench from the piles of garbage in a city where no civilian life functions normally. The Commanders feet, in new white sneakers, are drumming restlessly against the cobblestones in the street.

A series of gunshots are heard from a building 200 meters away from where we are standing.

These gunshot are usually fired from automatic weapons like AK-47’s but also from high-powered rifles with scopes for accuracy. The snipers exist on both sides of this war. They make life miserable for both enemies and allies.

One side will take cover in one house, and the other side will take cover in an opposite house 100200 meters away Then, they start shooting at each other. That, the commander says, is the worst part of our war. We can not see our enemy, we can only hear him.

Every intersection is tough to pass through for this reason, and I see how the people in Aleppo have adapted: They stop before the street corner, hunch over 90 degrees, before running for their lives across the intersection.

My bullet-proof vest feels heavy as I lean forward. The thought crosses my mind that I am an idiot for not wearing a helmet. then I run.

Oddly enough, I am not afraid, but this is like Russian roulette and I think to myself - I am going to die now. I wonder how it feels? As I reach the other side, I exhale.

On another day we follow this “hunt” from near the top of a residential building.

The sniper is standing by a window, opened a few inches so he can aim his rifle. He peers through the scope and fires one single round. DT

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October 15, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria - Dania Kilsi, 11,W being treated for shrapnel wounds in Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo.

Dania and her two younger siblings, Zaid, 2 and Fatima 6, were playing outside their home when a bomb exploded nearby.

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January 10, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - At a small hospital, doctors help a young boy get rid of his cast.

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DTzine.com 24 January 10, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - Syrians use tree branches at a public park to warm themselves.

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January 10, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - Children sit on school benches at Al-Tawheed school. Most of the schools are closed.

Due to lack of heat and electricity they have had to move some classes outside.

January 10, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his gun in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood.

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October 15, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria - A severely wounded man needs treatment from a government controlled hospital.

Staff at the Dar al-Shifa Hospital plan on putting him in a taxi and hope that he gets through all the road blocks. His pregnant wife is also in serious condition after their home was hit by a bomb.

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Text and Photos by ©Michael Forster Rothbart/ZUMAPRESS.com

March 8, 2010 - Ivankiv, Ukraine -EDUCATION IN PROGRESS. One block January 14, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - A patient looks out the window at al-Safaa psychiatric clinic. from the reporters’ residence, they find a school. “Children will if it does not pop too much,” said the headmaster. But it slams lot - wall behind the school desk is pockmarked by bullet holes. The teachers continue teaching even though they are not paid. A rebel monitors lesson, held outdoors because it is still as cold inside because of the power shortage.

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January 14, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - Working alone near the frontline of the war in Aleppo, a young boy named ALLADIN (9 yrs) collects used ammunition to sell as scrap metal.

January 10, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - Mentally ill patients from ages 13 to 76 years old are taken care of by three volunteers at al-Safaa psychiatric clinic. The doctors fled after the war broke out. Many of the patients are forced to eat and sleep in their own feces.

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January 10, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - Two dead bodies lie on a street in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood. The area is immersed in a Syrian civil war that the United Nations estimates has killed more than 60,000 people since the revolt against Syrian President Assad began in March 2011.

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January 15, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - A Free Syrian Army fighter prays in a mosque, with his weapon laid down on rug behind him.

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January 10, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - A Free Syrian Army fighter makes coffee for his comrades.

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January 15, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria - A family walks, past rumble and abandoned buildings on empty streets of war torn Aleppo.

T a b l e O f C o n t e n t s : April 1 to June 30, 2013

April 4, 2013

Oliver Berg

April 15, 2013

Ken McGagh

April 25, 2013

Shariful Islam

April 29, 2013

Hannibal Hanschke

June 12, 2011

May 11, 2013

Matt Cohen

Zhao Peng

Jochen Luebke

April 14, 2013

Magnus Wennman

April 15, 2013

Tom Green

April 15, 2013

Ken McGagh

April 15, 2013

Ken McGagh

April 24, 2013

Shariful Islam

April 27, 2013

Shariful Islam

April 25, 2013

Monirul Alam

April 28, 2013

Mike Brown

April 8, 2013

May 2, 2013

June 12, 2011

May 14, 2013

Lui Siu Wai

Andrew Boyers

Shariful Islam

May 3, 2013

June 12, 2011

May 15, 2013

Romain Jacquet-Lagreze

May 3, 2013

Stephen A. Arce

May 15, 2013

James Borchuck

J.M. Garcia

Issam Rimawi

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Zahidul Salim

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Andreas Bardell

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Andreas Bardell

May 22, 2013

Yin Dongxun

May 25, 2013

Jack Kurtz

May 28, 2013

Mary F. Calvert

June 1, 2013

Lu Zhe

June 3, 2013

Will Nicholls

June 8, 2013

Louis Lopez

June 13, 2013

Riccardo Antimiani

June 13, 2013

Xinhua

June 17, 2013

Dandi Zulkarnain

K.C. Alfred

June 21, 2013

Ali Jadallah

June 26, 2013

Javier Garcia

June 27, 2013

Ton Koene

April 30, 2013

Donatella Giagnori

June 26, 2013

Jose Luis Cereijido

June 13, 2011

June 27, 2013

Riccardo Antimiani

Wang Lili

June 14, 2011

June 28, 2013

Cherie Diez

June 14, 2011

Joe Burbank

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wing and a prayer

Picture by Jochen Luebke/DPA/ZUMA April 4, 2013 - Cologne, Germany - Workers attach a winged golden automobile to the roof of the City Museum. The gold painted car is the creation of artist HA Schult.

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EXcuse me!

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April 8, 2013 - Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany - A topless Femin activist, with written messages on her back, lunges towards Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) during the opening tour of the Hanover Fair. Several activists stormed the booth of Volkswagen to demonstrate in presence of the world leaders.

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Asylum

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April 14, 2013 - Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan - 17-year-old Ekhlas refugee from Syria, with her newborn daughter, born in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Zaatari was first opened on July 28, 2012 to host Syrians fleeing the violence in the ongoing Syrian civil war that erupted in 2011.

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Our FLAg was still there

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April 15, 2013 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - Bombs explode in the crowd as runners cross the finish line during the 117th Boston Marathon. Tragedy marked the annual Patriot’s Day event. Three died, including an 8-year-old boy, and over 170 injured.

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Finished

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April 15, 2013 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - A runner reaches the finish line moments after the bombs detonate.

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Apocalypse now

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April 15, 2013 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - Smoke hovers over a chaotic scene of injured people and rescuers along Boylston Street after two bombs go off at the end of the117th Boston Marathon.

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heroes rise to the occasion

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April 15, 2013 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - Boston Firefighter James Plourde carries an injured girl away from the 117th Boston Marathon after two bombs go off.

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epic tragedy in bangladesh

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April 24, 2013 - Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh - A rescuer carries an injured boy from the rubble. Rana Plaza, a eight-story building collapsed in the Savar area on the outskirts of the capital.

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buried alive

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April 24, 2013 - Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Family members of victims remove a body from the Rana Plaza. Over a thousand have died in this diaster.

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despair and agony

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April 27, 2013 - Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh - A woman cries for her missing son at Rana Plaza. In the wake of violent protests over Wednesday’s building collapse, two of the garment factory owners were arrested.

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Hope never dies

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April 25, 2013 - Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Rescue workers recover a body from the Rana Plaza building rubble. as large crowds watch as hope dwindles for families of those lost in the building.

28, 20 phis, Tennessee, U.S - ASH NANDORE, from Club 152, reacts as wi begins to tumble of her tray during the annual Great Wine Rac Street. Restaurant workers from around Memphis went head to head competing Queen of the Vine, grape stomp and the wine race.

April 013 - MemHLEY SKEine glasses ce on Beale g in parade,

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My cup runneth over

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April 28, 2013 - Memphis, Tennessee, U.S - Ashley Skenandore, from Club 152, reacts as wine glasses begin to tumble off her tray during the annual Great Wine Race on Beale Street. Restaurant workers from around Memphis went head-to-head competing in the wine race.

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you say po-tato

Picture by Hannibal Hanschke/DPA/ZUMA

April 29, 2013 - Berlin, Germany - Around 300 masked pupils dance to commemorate the ‘Potato Revolution’ of 1847, when hungry Berliners revolted against rising potato prices and the oppression by Prussia, on the occasion of International Dance Day 2013

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RUBBER DUCKY

Picture by Xinhua via ZUMA Wire May 2, 2013 - Hong Kong, China - A huge rubber duck floats on the waters in Victoria Harbor. It was created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is 18 meters in length, 15 meters wide and 15 meters high. The duck has visited 12 cities since 2007.

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Vertical horizon

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May 3, 2013 - Hong Kong, China - Worm’s-eye view of the blossoming residential skyscrapers of Hong Kong.

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smokin’

May 10, 2013 - Darlington, South Carolina, U.S. - Kurt Busch jumps on his winning racecar.

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Puppy love

Picture by Zhao Peng/Xinhua/ZUMA

May 11, 2013 - Zhengzhou, China - One golden retriever puppy takes a break from feeding. Her mother, Dian Dian, gave birth to15 pups.

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closure

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May 14, 2013 - Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Army personnel gather at the site of the collapsed Rana Plaza building. Twenty days after the tragedy.

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wheel of fiflfIre

Picture by Issam Rimawi/APA/ZUMA

May 15, 2013 - Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian protester kicks a burning tire towards Israeli security forces during clashes to mark Nakba Day outside Ofer military prison. Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and at East Jerusalem during demonstrations to mark 65 years since the ‘Nakba.’

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fair catch

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May 15, 2013 - St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. - Jose Molina’s bat slipped out of his hand during his second inning appearance and landed in the stands just above the Red Sox dugout. No one was hurt in the incident..

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Give me shelter

Picture by Zahidul Salim/ ZUMA

May 18, 2013 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - People attempt to sleep in an over-crowded boat deck on the vessel’s first trip since Cyclone Mahasen hit.

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40 minutes of terror May 22, 2013 - Moore, Oklahoma, U.S. - A mile wide tornado devastes a small Oklahoma town.

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aftermath

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May 22, 2013 - Moore, Oklahoma, U.S. - The EF5 tornado had peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour, destroying 1,150 homes and causing $2 billion in damages.

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mazel tov

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May 22, 2013 - Kiryat Belz, Jerusalem - Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the wedding ceremony of Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, the grandson of the Belz Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach. More than 10,000 Jews participated in the wedding.

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fan parade

Picture by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA

May 25, 2013 - Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand - A Burmese monk leads novices through the forest during their morning alms rounds. Fifty years of political turmoil in Burma (Myanmar) has led millions of Burmese to leave their country. and settle in Thailand.

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MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA

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May 29, 2013 - Novato, California, U.S - KATE WEBER was raped one week into a deployment to Germany when she was nineteen. ‘’I just lost everything. I know he was a repeat offen He was able to get away with it because the chain of command allowed it.’’ She suffers from severe PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder), brought on by Military Sexual Trauma (MST), w MST is a term used by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) to refer to rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment that occurs during military service.

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nder the moment he touched me. when she was in the U.S. Air Force.

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party on

Picture by Lu Zhe/Xinhua/ZUMA

June 1, 2013 - Istanbul, Turkey - Demonstrators pose for photos atop an overturned police vehicle at Taksim Square during a protest Saturday. Police forces started to withdraw from Taksim Square on the fifth day of protests against plans to develop Gazi Park and general grievances against the government.

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Just Nuts About Photography

Picture by Will Nicholls/Rex/ZUMA

June 3, 2013 - Hexham, Northumberland, England - After no doubt being the subject of more than one photo in her life, this female red squirrel clearly decided to check out what life was like on the other side of the camera lens.

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side arm

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June 8, 2013 - Los Angeles, California, U.S. - Los Angeles Dodger’s second baseman, Nick Punto, fields the ball and throws to first in the 5th inning during the Major League Baseball game between the Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium.

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head fiffiirst

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June 13, 2013 - Rome, Italy - Federica Pellegrini swims strong on the second day of the 50th Settecolli Trophy.

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dusty road June 13, 2013 - Bikaner, Rajasthan, India - A humongous sandstorm blows alongside a road in northwest India.

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fifIre in the hole

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June 17, 2013 - Jakarta, Indonesia - Policemen fire tear gas during clashes with protesters who oppose the planned oil-price hike. Lawmakers gathered to decide on budget amendments that will pave the way for the first fuel price hikes since 2008.

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sk8er grrrl

Picture by K.C. Alfred/U-T San Diego/ZUMA

June 18, 2013 - San Diego, California, U.S. - Amelia Brodka does a ‘frontside disaster’ in a pool at the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA skatepark in Encinitas. Many top professional skateboarders have rolled through the park over the years.

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hamas summer camp

Picture by Ali Jadallah/APA/ZUMA

June 21, 2013 - Palestinian Territory, Gaza Strip - A young Palestinian takes part in a military exercises during a military graduation ceremony organized by Hamas movement.

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wild wednesday

Picture by Javier Garcia/Imago/ZUMA

June 26, 2013 - London, England - Sergiy Stakhovsky (top) of the Ukraine celebrates defeating seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer of Switzerland at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. Stakhovsky, ranked 116th, defeated heavily favored Federer 6-7, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6.

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c.a.r. in crisis June 27, 2013 - Bolom Village, Central African Republic - Sick patients at MSF mobile clinic.

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bruce can i play with you

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June 26, 2013 - Gijon, Spain - Bruce Springsteen dances on stage with a member of the audience.The Boss was performing with the E Street Band at Molinon Stadium.

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nailed it

Picture by Wang Lili/Xinhua/ZUMA

June 27, 2013 - London, England - Serena Williams, of the United States, prepares to serve the ball during the second round of ladies’ singles against Caroline Garcia of France on day 4 of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

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smoking gun

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June 28, 2013 - Sanford, Florida, U.S. - Sanford police officer,Timothy Smith, holds up the gun that was used to kill Trayvon Martin, while testifying in the 15th day of the George Zimmerman trial in Seminole circuit court on Friday. Zimmerman is accused in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin.

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Rain man

Picture by Jashim Salam/NurPhoto/ZUMA

June 29, 2013 - Chittagong, Bangladesh - Heavy monsoon rains have been falling since early Friday, inundating many areas of this port city in knee-deep water. The city’s low-lying areas flooded, leading some to find unusual ways to keep the rain off.

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I PI 2013 WomEn Warriors of media

May 19-21, 2013 Amman, Jordan

May Chidiac Television Journalist

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edia leaders from around the globe gathered to discuss Press Freedom in Amman, Jordan at the annual IPI (International Press Institutute) gathering. Workshops and seminars were held over the weekend covering such topics as Social Media, Safety of Journalists, Digital Rights, and how media and governments can work together to fight corruption.

The amazing forum ended with a memorable visit to one and only Petra.

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Anabel HernĂĄndez Investigative Journalist

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mong them were some of the world’s top women journalists, many who have overcome great hardship to do their job. These brave Women Warriors of Media, have been bombed, handicaped, lost family and friends, yet they are unstoppable in their pursuit of telling it like it is! Hats off to all of those who fight corrupt governments and criminal organizations.

Special salute to attendees: May Chidiac and Anabel Hernandez. ÂĄBravo!

Pictures + Words by Scott Mc Kiernan

HRH Princess Rym Ali of Jordan

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FROM LEICA WITH LOVE BY

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camera is just a tool, right?

A body and lens that allows us to create images. Well, it seems that there are tools and then there are TOOLS. And there are cameras and then there are Leicas.

It’s not that the images you create with the latest Leica S2 are really that much more extraordinary than those you would create with another top medium format digital back. It is the style and comfort with which you are able to create those images that sets the Leica S2 apart from other cameras.

During the one short week I had the S2 and two lenses on loan for review, I showed the body to several other professional photographers. Without exception, each of them remarked how surprised they were that it was so light and felt so comfortable and natural in their hands. And there was wide variation in the sizes of their hands. At just over 3 lbs., the S2 body is perfectly balanced with its lenses, which average just under 3 lbs.

Leica seems to have given thought to every as pect of the S2 design. The

front has a deep groove for a firm grip with two fingers, while the back has a perfectly placed angled indent for your thumb. When held this way your index finger falls naturally on the release. Comfortably close to the thumb indent on the rear is a multi-function click wheel for adjusting camera settings and selecting and adjusting menu items.

The back of the S2 is minimalist to the extreme, devoid of the array of buttons common on smaller format digital SLRs. The back contains a large (3 inch) monitor surrounded by four menu selection buttons, similar to the digital backs from Phase One. But on the Leica the buttons are black, nearly blending into the body itself. I love the simplicity of this approach both from Leica and Phase One, which allows me to concentrate on photography, not on messing around with embedded camera settings.

Also present on the back near your thumb is a button to lock autofocus and exposure. And to the far right on the back is the on/off switch, with additional settings to activate the focal plane shutter in the body or the leaf shutter in the lens.

The top plate of the camera contains a single large dial on the right for setting

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Shot with 30mm f2.8 on a Leica S2

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shutter speed, a small LCD display next to it that holds a brief summary of camera settings, and a hotshoe over the pentaprism. The eyepiece is positively huge and rimmed with rubber, allowing eyeglass wearers like myself to easily see the entire view screen. A diopter adjustment rings the eyepiece, and although it doesn’t have a lock, it stayed on the same setting throughout the time I used the camera.

With this minimalist approach, where are the camera settings? The four menu selection buttons surrounding the monitor give you access to them. Pressing the top left button brings up the camera control options, the button below gives access to image control options such as ISO and white balance. The top button on the right selects playback options and the button below gives access to the setup menus.

Once you have selected one of the four top options, you rotate the click wheel with your thumb to select an option, then press and release the click wheel to visit the submenus. Once in the submenus, you rotate the click wheel again to select an option, press and release it to select the option, and press the Exit button to return to the top menu. All very quick and natural. There is no lack of controls to be sure, extending even to auto-bracketing, making HDR captures an easy option using the S2.

Choosing exposure modes is equally well thought out. The top shutter speed dial has an “A” setting for aperture priority. You adjust the aperture by turning the click wheel. Pressing the click wheel for a second and releasing it moves you from aperture priority mode to program mode, with the S2 in complete control of exposure. Autoexposure is perfect in program mode. How does Leica manage perfect autoexposure in every camera they have ever made?

Moving the dial to a shutter speed from 1/4000 to 8 sec places you in shutter priority mode. Depressing and releasing the click wheel with your thumb for a second switches to full manual mode. Rotate the shutter speed dial to select a shutter speed and rotate the click wheel to select

an aperture. In all modes the shutter speed and aperture are displayed in the viewfinder, along with the exposure mode and metering mode and other information appropriate to the functions selected. Again, fairly minimalist, allowing you to concentrate on the image in the viewfinder, undistracted by the information displays around it.

The image sensor is a 37.5 megapixel Kodak chip in 3:2 format that produces a 7500 x 5000 pixel image with a 12-bit dynamic range. There is no low pass filter over the sensor to soften the image and guard against moire. Moiré is detected and suppressed in the camera by the digital signal processing.

ISO ranges from the native 160 to 1250 in full EVs, plus a Pull 80 ISO with limited dynamic range, and an automatic ISO setting also. From my testing, the ISO 1250 is fully usable with excellent noise reduction performed by the camera.

However, shooting at ISO 1250 brought my attention to the one weakness in the S2 body, the rear LCD screen. Images on the screen simply don’t look as good as they will when viewed on your computer monitor. I noticed it first in dark areas when shooting at ISO 1250, where the areas looked almost solarized. Then I started seeing problems at other ISO settings. The monitor needs work in lots of areas.

No problems with the final images, however. Image quality is simply superb.

Some of this must be credited to the lenses. I photographed with the Leica ElmaritS 30mm f/2.8 ASPH (aspherical) and the APO Macro Summarit-S 120mm f/2.5, both without leaf shutters. Also available for the S2 is a Summarit-S 35mm f/2.8 ASPH, a Summarit-S 70mm f/2.5 ASPH and an APO Elmar-S 180mm f/3.5. Each lens is available with or without a leaf shutter although actual availability for purchase in the US is still far from universal. Other lenses are in development and will likely be announced at Photokina this year.

In the studio I used the Macro 120mm for a food shoot and to copy some painting for an artist. There is simply nothing that I can say to find fault with the lens quality or the images it delivered. Distortion, optical aberrations and vignetting don’t seem to

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However, I was very disappointed that it could only reach a magnification of 1:2, not 1:1 as other medium format 120mm macro lenses can. And I don’t like macro lenses that extend as the magnification rises, even though the Leica did not extend past its quite deep lens hood.

At the other end of the distance scale, when focused on infinity, the lens would require 72mm screw in filters as the moving portion retreats back into the outer lens barrel. You would even have trouble adjusting a 72mm screw-in polarizing filter near the infinity position of the lens.

Away from the studio, I ended up shooting most of the images on the S2 with the 30mm lens, equivalent to a 24mm on a full frame 35mm camera.

There is a slight lowering of contrast and about 1.5 EV of vignetting at the edges of the image at f/2.8, as you would expect to find with a lens this wide angle. But I found no evidence of optical aberrations or color fringing at any aperture, and barrel distortion is barely visible even at closest focus. It is so well balanced on the S2 body that I was consistently able to capture sharp images at 1/30 second.

This is definitely one of the must-have lenses if you can afford the Leica S2 system.

And therein lies the problem with

the S2, although it is a common problem with all medium format digital cameras and backs. The S2 body lists for $22,995 and I have not seen a street price for less than that figure. The 120mm macro lists for $6,995 and the 30mm for $7,495. The other lenses are in the same range. With battery life running 100-125 exposures, a spare battery costs $229.95. Other accessories are similarly priced.

While most of us can only dream of what we could do if we owned a camera system like the Leica S2, I am thankful that I have been able to create a few images with it this last week and experience the pleasure of working with such a competent and well designed piece of camera equipment.

For more information on the S2 system, visit http://us.leica-camera.com/photography.

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All photos by Stan Sholik/ZUMA Stan Sholik is a commercial/advertising photographer in Santa Ana, CA, specializing in still life and macro photography. His fifth book, Nik HDR Efex Pro, for Wiley Publishing, is currently available.

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Shot with Leica 30mm f2.8 on a Leica S2

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