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Mayans...The prophets of apocalypse?
December 2012: as we near the end of its 5,200 year cycle, the Mayan calendar has inspired many to believe the end of the world is nigh. Everywhere new "prophets" are on the rise. But what do modern-day Mayans think about this prophecy?
Syria: 9 months of killing behind closed door
This is the very first comprehensive photographic feature from Syria.... by Mani/LightMediation
The village where the Cobra is king
Every year Ban Khok Sanga, Thai village where the cobra is king, celebrates the Buddhist New Year, Son Kran, using it as an occasion to venerate the Buddha and the cobra...
An Amerindian revival
Armed only with statements, slogans and passion against a conquest and colonisation they rejected in bulk, Amerindians of both North and South of the continent shouted their frustration at once, a scream that reached each and single one protest movement of today’s population ready for a comeback.
Timkat: the festival of the baptism
Each year on January 19, Timkat, or the festival of Epiphany,commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River. This holiday, more lavish than Christmas, is celebrated with the most pageantry in Lalibela, the « Black Jerusalem », in Ethiopia.
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In the north of Norway, the reindeer-herding nomads await Easter to live it up in all their finery. With deer races, ice fishing competitions, baptisms and weddings, they celebrate the arrival of spring and the end of the long polar night.
a Photo story by Christophe Boisvieux/LigthMediation
For more Pictures or Informations please contact – Thierry Tinacci – Agence Photo LightMediation – email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com – mobile: +33.6.61.80.57.21
Heralded as the « King River of French Guiana », the Maroni courses through a land of adventure. Secret African traditions, gold mining fever and the struggle to survive, all simmer underneath the canopy of the emerald Amazon and an illusory French flag. The law of the forest prevails in this unknown wilderness.
Photos by Remi Benali/LightMediation Text by Heather Robinson
For more Pictures or Informations please contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com – mobile: +33.6.61.80.57.21
In the Philippines, they call this city « The Gun City. » For more than a century in Danao, the people have lived from making weapons. Pistols, revolvers or automatic weapons, they know how to do it all by hand. The City Hall set up a cooperative to legalize this activity. But in order to make more money,thousands of manufacturers continue to produce their weapons illegally…
Photos by Patrick Aventurier/LightMediation Text by Sebastien Farcis
For more Pictures or Informations please contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com – mobile: +33.6.61.80.57.21
The Arab spring has turned extremely violent in Syria where regardless of Arab and international pressure the Assad’s regime is still suppressing the once peaceful revolt.
The uprising started in southern Deraa 9 months ago and now with the growing role of military defectors, the prospect of a civil war is looming.
French photojournalist Mani has just brought back a highly exclusive feature from Homs and its countryside, the centre of this ongoing revolt. This is the very first comprehensive photographic feature from Syria.
For more Pictures or Informations please contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
The economic crisis in Ukraine risks to leave behind only mud on the streets lined by colored ship containers that serve as a market for 22,000 merchants that provide jobs to 60,000 people.
Photos by Andrea Alborno/LightMediation Text by Margherita Rosset
For more Pictures or Informations please contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
