A Glimpse into Our Global World: A Photo Essay Collection

In this special issue of The Art of Photography, we take a journey around the world to explore the diverse cultures and ways of life that make our planet so rich and fascinating. From the streets of Istanbul to the deserts of Mongolia, from the mosques of Anara Turkey to the beaches of Taiwan, we present to you a collection of images that showcase the beauty and complexity of human experience.

In Anara Turkey, a woman is seen praying at a mosque during funerals for those killed in the failed coup attempt this week. The atmosphere is one of somber reflection and respect, as the community comes together to mourn the loss of life. The image serves as a poignant reminder of the importance of faith and community in times of turmoil.

Meanwhile, in the GOI desert in Mongolia, a flock of sheep are seen from an aerial view on July 18th. The vast expanse of the desert stretches out before us, a seemingly endless sea of sand and rock. The sheep, with their gentle eyes and curious demeanor, serve as a reminder of the simple beauty that can be found in even the most rugged landscapes.

In Istanbul, street vendors selling pigeon food wait inside their cabins for customers. The image captures the quiet desperation of urban life, where people gather to share a meal or simply pass the time. It's a small but telling glimpse into the daily struggles and triumphs of those who call the city home.

In Jakarta, two Indonesian workers at a tofu factory are seen gathering boiled tofu on July 21st. The image reveals the labor-intensive process involved in creating this popular dish, from the careful handling of the tofu to the gentle stirring of the boiling water. It's a reminder of the importance of hard work and dedication in bringing us our favorite foods.

Outside of Abu Dhabi, the annual Lewa date Festival begins, showcasing the emirati woman with her basket of dates. The festival is a celebration of tradition and community, as people gather to share food, music, and laughter. The image captures the warm and welcoming spirit of the event, inviting us to join in the festivities.

In Frankfurt Germany, an emirati woman sits by her window, where the morning sun is obscuring her profile. The soft light casts a gentle glow over the scene, illuminating the quiet introspection of the woman. It's a moment of stillness and contemplation, one that invites us to slow down and appreciate the beauty in our surroundings.

In Portsmouth, news has been making headlines this week on July 19th, as Henry VII's warship, the Mary Rose, is finally on display after 30 years of restoration. The ship's history dates back to 1545, when it sank during a battle with France. Its rediscovery in 1971 and subsequent restoration have brought us closer to understanding this important piece of maritime history.

On July 18th, the Mary Rose was rediscovered in 1971 and raised in 1982, it is now on display in a museum that has been built on the same site as its original resting place. The ship's impressive size and intricate details are awe-inspiring, offering us a glimpse into the lives of sailors and soldiers who served on board.

In Sagar, India, hospital resident Insha Malik sits by her x-ray sheet, her face hit by pellets while watching a protest. Her story is one of tragedy and resilience, as she navigates the challenges of being injured during a peaceful demonstration. The image serves as a powerful reminder of the human cost of conflict and the importance of advocating for peace.

In Kashmir, protests have erupted over the last month, leaving many injured and seeking medical attention. Insha's story is just one of many, highlighting the struggles faced by those caught up in the cycle of violence and unrest.

On July 21st, Israeli president Rivlin, former president Peretz, and prime minister Netanyahu are seen using VR goggles at a ceremony at the Press Center for peace. The technology represents a new way forward in conflict resolution, offering us a chance to see things from different perspectives and build bridges between communities.

In East Java, Indonesia, Hindu worshippers throw chickens into the crater at Mount Bromo as offerings during the Yagya Casada Festival. The image captures the vibrant colors and energetic spirit of the celebration, inviting us to join in the festivities. The act of throwing chickens into the crater is a long-standing tradition, symbolizing gratitude for the harvest and fortune bestowed upon the community.

In Israel, an international hot air balloon festival has kicked off this week, offering breathtaking views of the landscape from above. Onlookers enjoy the colorful balloons and lively atmosphere, as vendors and spectators alike gather to celebrate the beauty of flight.

Finally, we present to you a photo essay collection by Taiwanese photographer Tyrone Suu, titled "Fishing with Fire". The series captures the fascinating old-school method used by fishermen off the coast of Taiwan to catch sardines. They use torches that are lit on fire, creating a mesmerizing spectacle as they navigate the waters.

From the fiery torches to the gentle eyes of the sheep, these images invite us to slow down and appreciate the beauty in our world. They remind us of the importance of community, tradition, and peace, even in the face of adversity. As we close this special issue, we hope that you have been inspired by the diversity and complexity of human experience, and will carry these images with you long after they are gone.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up everybody Ted Forbes here from The Art of Photography and in this video we're going to do the week in pictures and this is something that I just kind of tried last week and threw it out there to see what you guys thought and see if this is something that you want to see as part of the show The response was absolutely overwhelming and so I'm going to make it a thing that we do and for a long time I've wanted to start including more photojournalism into the work that I show here um we concentrate a lot on the history of photography on this show a lot of stuff in the Fine Art world and I think this is a missing component that I would like to do more with and so I'm excited that you guys were excited and we're going to start that today the idea behind this um a couple things first of all this is really only work that's been done in the last week so it's all of the moment it's all current and there two things that really impressed me about getting into this one the quality of the work is just outstanding there's some brilliant photographers working today and two there are some amazing things that go on in the world the world is a big place and I can tell you as a Westerner very little of this you see in our news media and so I think what better way to celebrate that type of imagery than through photography so this is going to be kind of an around the world in pictures in the last week on Friday July 15th the guon festival gets underway in toyohashi Japan this is a cultural Festival that happens every year and what you see here is a pyrotechnician who is seen holding a bamboo cylinder containing fireworks we'll move over to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and this is a beautiful image of a boy seen praying at a Catholic Church heavy rains fell this week in Beijing as tourists hold umbrellas standing in front of the tanaman gate this is the ran Glacier and is one of the oldest glaciers in the Alps and threatened by warm temperatures it is seen here protected by special white blankets that are made to keep it from melting in anara Turkey a woman is seen praying at a mosque during funerals for those killed in the fail coup attempt this week a flock of sheep are seen in the GOI desert in Mongolia shot from an aerial view on July 18th Street vendors selling pigeon food wait inside their cabins for customers in central Istanbul while in Jakarta two Indonesian workers at a tofu Factory are seen Gathering boiled tofu on July 21st outside of Abu Dhabi the annual Lewa date Festival begins this is an emirati woman and she is seen with her basket of dates this is probably one of my favorite images this week it's just very simple picture of a woman in Frankfurt Germany and The Morning Sun is obscuring her profile some fairly big news in Portsmouth this week on July 19th Henry VII's warship the Mary Rose is finally on display after 30 years of restoration it originally sank in 1845 on July 18th it was rediscovered in 1971 and raised in 1982 it is now on display in a museum that has been built on July 20th insha Malik sits by her x-ray sheet in a hospital in Sagar her face was hit by pellets while watching a protest and was one of the many that have erupted in Kashmir over the last month H is 14 on July 21st Israeli president rivlin former president perz and prime minister Netanyahu who use VR goggles at a ceremony at the Press Center for peace Hindu worshippers throw chickens into the crater at Mount bromo as offerings during the yagya Casada Festival in East Java Indonesia to Express gratitude to the gods for their Harvest and fortune that was bestowed this year Indonesian villagers are seen catching the chickens as they're thrown into the crater and finally onlookers enjoy a two-day International hot air balloon festival which kicked off this week in Israel one other thing that I want to share with you guys today is a photo essay that I ran across on reuter's website and this was done by a Taiwanese photographer named Tyrone suu I hope I pronounced that right and it's called fishing with fire and this is a really wonderful photo essay and I will link it up in the show description but I want to share some of these images and talk about it with you um this is a series of images that were done on these fishermen off the coast of Taiwan who have kind of this interesting old school method of catching sardines and how this works is they use these torches that are lit on fire they fish by night and it has a burning chemical sulfur mix on the end of it and they'll move the boat around in the water in this gridlike fashion as these sardines are drawn to the flame and as soon as enough of them start jumping up they cast a net in and that's how they catch fish and it's an interesting industry it's kind of old school it has attracted some tourism attention and a lot of these fishermen are in their 60s um they talk about in here some of the difficulties in this it can pay a lot of money but you're dependent on weather and rain and all kinds of other things that can get in the way and it's how these people make a living and it's a really wonderful essay these are really difficult photos to shoot you're in on a boat in the dark you probably need to use long lenses and I think that uh that Tyron did such a wonderful job on this I will put a link in the show notes to the photo essay and also to his website um unfortunately like a lot of Photography websites the homepage is under password protection but the interior pages are up I'm not really sure what's up there but I will link it up he really does have some fabulous work so website mechanics aside be sure to check him out he is wonderful um this is something that I'm going to do every week or so on here and I'm still in the process of fleshing out exactly how I want to present this material um I feel like I'm just kind of curating images and telling you what they are right now and I would like to dig a little deeper into photojournalism itself I am definitely open to suggestions if you guys want to leave a comment below I will read all of those and this is something that I just I think it's a missing component that we've had on the show for a long time it's something that I want to include I think it would be a great thing to have come out on the weekends when people have time to kind of catch up after the week and uh anyway so let me know what you guys think and if you guys enjoyed this video please remember to like it share it subscribe to the Art of Photography and I'll see you guys in the next video Until then laterwhat's up everybody Ted Forbes here from The Art of Photography and in this video we're going to do the week in pictures and this is something that I just kind of tried last week and threw it out there to see what you guys thought and see if this is something that you want to see as part of the show The response was absolutely overwhelming and so I'm going to make it a thing that we do and for a long time I've wanted to start including more photojournalism into the work that I show here um we concentrate a lot on the history of photography on this show a lot of stuff in the Fine Art world and I think this is a missing component that I would like to do more with and so I'm excited that you guys were excited and we're going to start that today the idea behind this um a couple things first of all this is really only work that's been done in the last week so it's all of the moment it's all current and there two things that really impressed me about getting into this one the quality of the work is just outstanding there's some brilliant photographers working today and two there are some amazing things that go on in the world the world is a big place and I can tell you as a Westerner very little of this you see in our news media and so I think what better way to celebrate that type of imagery than through photography so this is going to be kind of an around the world in pictures in the last week on Friday July 15th the guon festival gets underway in toyohashi Japan this is a cultural Festival that happens every year and what you see here is a pyrotechnician who is seen holding a bamboo cylinder containing fireworks we'll move over to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and this is a beautiful image of a boy seen praying at a Catholic Church heavy rains fell this week in Beijing as tourists hold umbrellas standing in front of the tanaman gate this is the ran Glacier and is one of the oldest glaciers in the Alps and threatened by warm temperatures it is seen here protected by special white blankets that are made to keep it from melting in anara Turkey a woman is seen praying at a mosque during funerals for those killed in the fail coup attempt this week a flock of sheep are seen in the GOI desert in Mongolia shot from an aerial view on July 18th Street vendors selling pigeon food wait inside their cabins for customers in central Istanbul while in Jakarta two Indonesian workers at a tofu Factory are seen Gathering boiled tofu on July 21st outside of Abu Dhabi the annual Lewa date Festival begins this is an emirati woman and she is seen with her basket of dates this is probably one of my favorite images this week it's just very simple picture of a woman in Frankfurt Germany and The Morning Sun is obscuring her profile some fairly big news in Portsmouth this week on July 19th Henry VII's warship the Mary Rose is finally on display after 30 years of restoration it originally sank in 1845 on July 18th it was rediscovered in 1971 and raised in 1982 it is now on display in a museum that has been built on July 20th insha Malik sits by her x-ray sheet in a hospital in Sagar her face was hit by pellets while watching a protest and was one of the many that have erupted in Kashmir over the last month H is 14 on July 21st Israeli president rivlin former president perz and prime minister Netanyahu who use VR goggles at a ceremony at the Press Center for peace Hindu worshippers throw chickens into the crater at Mount bromo as offerings during the yagya Casada Festival in East Java Indonesia to Express gratitude to the gods for their Harvest and fortune that was bestowed this year Indonesian villagers are seen catching the chickens as they're thrown into the crater and finally onlookers enjoy a two-day International hot air balloon festival which kicked off this week in Israel one other thing that I want to share with you guys today is a photo essay that I ran across on reuter's website and this was done by a Taiwanese photographer named Tyrone suu I hope I pronounced that right and it's called fishing with fire and this is a really wonderful photo essay and I will link it up in the show description but I want to share some of these images and talk about it with you um this is a series of images that were done on these fishermen off the coast of Taiwan who have kind of this interesting old school method of catching sardines and how this works is they use these torches that are lit on fire they fish by night and it has a burning chemical sulfur mix on the end of it and they'll move the boat around in the water in this gridlike fashion as these sardines are drawn to the flame and as soon as enough of them start jumping up they cast a net in and that's how they catch fish and it's an interesting industry it's kind of old school it has attracted some tourism attention and a lot of these fishermen are in their 60s um they talk about in here some of the difficulties in this it can pay a lot of money but you're dependent on weather and rain and all kinds of other things that can get in the way and it's how these people make a living and it's a really wonderful essay these are really difficult photos to shoot you're in on a boat in the dark you probably need to use long lenses and I think that uh that Tyron did such a wonderful job on this I will put a link in the show notes to the photo essay and also to his website um unfortunately like a lot of Photography websites the homepage is under password protection but the interior pages are up I'm not really sure what's up there but I will link it up he really does have some fabulous work so website mechanics aside be sure to check him out he is wonderful um this is something that I'm going to do every week or so on here and I'm still in the process of fleshing out exactly how I want to present this material um I feel like I'm just kind of curating images and telling you what they are right now and I would like to dig a little deeper into photojournalism itself I am definitely open to suggestions if you guys want to leave a comment below I will read all of those and this is something that I just I think it's a missing component that we've had on the show for a long time it's something that I want to include I think it would be a great thing to have come out on the weekends when people have time to kind of catch up after the week and uh anyway so let me know what you guys think and if you guys enjoyed this video please remember to like it share it subscribe to the Art of Photography and I'll see you guys in the next video Until then later\n"