Thursday, August 31, 2017

#Photography for the Unusual 9/1


Venice, Italy

Guests arrive for the opening ceremony and screening of Downsizing at the 74th annual Venice international film festival

Photograph: Claudio Onorati/EPA

Here we have some exceptionally lovely ladies but what's the story with those hats?




Bogotá, Colombia

Members of the China Disabled Peoples Performing Art Troupe perform My Dream at Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Theater. The company, composed of artists with hearing, mental, motor, visual or speech disabilities, was founded in 1987 and is currently both an honorary and goodwill ambassador of Unesco for its example of inclusion

Photograph: John Vizcaino/AFP/Getty Images

How much wow do you need when disabled people do this?




Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A woman’s sunglasses reflect schoolchildren performing during 60th anniversary celebrations of Malaysian independence

Photograph: Fazry Ismail/EPA

They celebrate their BREXIT from the British Empire.




Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

More independence, this time in Kyrgyzstan. Dancers in traditional costumes perform during celebrations marking the 26th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union

Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

Nobody misses the Soviet Union except Fox News since they can't quite grasp it doesn't exist anymore.




Bangkok, Thailand

Customs officials display one of 136 pangolins and 450kg of pangolin scales that were seized after a tip off. The animals are estimated to be worth more than 2.5m baht (£58,500)

Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP

We abhor the traffickers but who buys these adorable creatures.

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