The picture of the week shows the arrest of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo. The AFP photo on the cover of the New York Times features a tired and vulnerable President, sitting on his bed beside his wife.
David Schonauer continues his Press Review with an incredible Lady Gaga transformed by Terry Richardson into “Gaga’s Treats”, a true candy queen (Harper’s Bazaar). While Craig McDean features, for W, actress January Jones’ unending legs.
In a different genre, Robert Stolarik’s (New York Times) picture could be an illustration from a chapter of Stieg Larsson’s novel. It evokes a reality, the hunt for serial killer bodies in New York.
Another reality is featured in the Los Angeles Time, that of Lybia with Marwan Naamani’s picture of a man being shot to death in Ajdabiya.
The Atlantic shows surrealist scenes taken by Yasuyoshi Chiba and Damir Sagolj of Japanese residents trying to survive amidst the rubble.
The final image selected by David Schonauer is very funny. In India, parking spots are not reserved only for vehicles… a comical picture by Kevin Frayer for The Washington Post.
