Fashion Week, Part 1. ”For some the allure comes from the celebrities. For others, it’s the models. And for some, it’s even the clothes. But for many photojournalists, Fashion Week is a chance to document an exotic culture and its customs. Here, a patron enters last week’s Mercedes Fashion Week festivities in New York, under the watchful eyes of local deities.” Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images “The Big Picture,” Boston Globe
Fashion Week, Part 2. u201dA model waits to be auditioned for South Korean designer Son Jung-wan at New York's Fashion Week. Segar's picture is a study of light, shape, and beauty in repose.u201d Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters, u201cThe Big Picture,u201d Boston Globe
Fashion Week, Part 3. u201dRenowned New York street photographer Jeff Mermelstein went to Paris to produce a behind-the-scenes Fashion Week portfolio for New York magazine. He found model Jacquelyn Jablonski getting the finishing touches before the Christian Dior show.u201d Photo by Jeff Mermelstein, New York, Feb 28
Fashion Week, Part 5. u201dIs Jessica Simpson a fashion idol? That was the question posed in New York magazine's Fashion Week cover story. Her new collection (u201cdenim cutoffs, platform sandals, crochet tops, as if dressed for some sort of outdoor-music festival in Nashville or Dallas or Baton Rougeu201d) might be considered tacky by fashion police, but then again it might also be worth a billion dollars if it appeals to NASCAR wives with big hair.u201d Photo by Ruven Afanador, New York, February 28
Fashion Week, Part 4. u201dUnderscoring the theater surrounding fashion's rituals, Mermelstein shot model Frida Gustavsson and photographer William Klein at the Lanvin show rehearsal in Paris.u201d Photo by Jeff Mermelstein, New York, February 28
The Arab Revolution, Part 1. u201dThe revolt spreading through the Arab world hit Libya, shaking the 40-year rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. This image obtained by the Associated Press purportedly shows demonstrators in the city of Benghazi, eagerly facing into the winds of change.u201d Photo by Associated Press, New York Times, February 21
Japan. u201dOutside the overheated tents of Fashion Week, the seasons rolled on as usual. Here, students in Tokyo play in the snow on February 15.u201d Photo by Kyodo/Reuters, u201cPictures of the Week,u201d Time
The Arab Revolution, Part 2. u201dIn Bahrain, as in Libya, the government struck back violently against demonstrators, only deepening the crisis. Here a man mourns over a relative who was killed in a clash with riot police.u201d Photo by AFP/Getty Images, u201cIn Focus,u201d The Atlantic, February 21
Uganda. Photos by Todd Heisler, u201cLens,u201d The New York Times
The Arab Revolution, Part 3. u201dAnti-government protesters of Bahrain used rocks to spell out messages in Manama. The Arabic message at the center reads 'Down with the gangster government'.u201d Photo by Hasan Jamaili/AP, u201cIn Focus,u201d The Atlantic
The Arab Revoltion, Part 4. u201dThe world is still coming to grips with the scope of what has happened, and continues to happen, through northern Africa and the Middle East. This photo of a crowd in Tahrir Square in Cairo on February 18 gives visual meaning to the term 'popular uprising'.u201d Photo by Abd el-Ghany/Reuters, Washington Post
Uganda. u201dTimes staff photographer told the story of the recent elections in Uganda by photographing the images of the candidate plastered on walls across the country. Everywhere, it seemed, was the face of President Yoweri Museveni, who ended up winning another five-year term with more than two-thirds of the vote.u201d Photos by Todd Heisler, u201cLens,u201d The New York Times
Uganda. Photos by Todd Heisler, u201cLens,u201d The New York Times
Uganda. Photos by Todd Heisler, u201cLens,u201d The New York Times
David Schonauer begins festivities with Fashion Week: in “The Big Picture,” Boston Globe, Timothy A. Clark photographs a patchwork of looks. Again in the Boston Globe, a picture of a model waiting at a Son Jung-wan casting call, taken by Mike Segar. In New York on February 28, a picture by Jeff Mermelstein who covered backstage at the podiums: Jacquelyn Jablonski gets a final touch at the Christian Dior show and Frida Gustavsson with the photographer William Klein at the rehersal of the Lanvin show. To wrap up Fashion Week, a picture of Jessica Simpson by Ruven Afanador on the cover of New York magazine: is Jessica Simpson a fashion victim?
In Northern Africa, the revolution continues. After Tunisia and Egypt, a picture of the crowd in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on February 18 by Abd el-Ghany as seen in the Washington Post, and Libya where the population is revolting after 40 years of rule by Muammar el-Qaddafi. The New York Times selected a picture by the Associated Press to illustrate the event.
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