aussie motorcycle grand prix
11/10/2008
casey stoner leans into a corner during the australian motorcycle grand prix. stoner won the race ahead of valentino rossi. this photo is from yet another amazing series by the boston globe.
james nachtwey’s TB photoessay
5/10/2008the world is a horrid place. western countries are fighting over billions of dollars, obesity and celebrity tabloids. while the rest of the world is dying of preventable diseases.
james nachtwey is a world renowned photographer and he’s captured some brilliant photographs of the real threats of a drug resistant tuberculosis. it’s preventable and curable, yet 1.7 million people died as a result of tuberculosis last year alone.
thanks to the boston globe for it’s regular awesome photo essays. this week’s photos are of nachtwey’s photos of tuberculosis from different countries.