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Erzurum is the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport. ERZURUM, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan departs a political rally in support of the September 12 referendum which would change the nature of the country's constitutional court to solidify the hold of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) under the pretext that it would prevent future military coups, in Turkey's conservative far northeast on August 13, 2010. Erzurum is the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey02.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A woman walks through Taksim Square just before the start of Ramadan at sundown on July 9, 2013. Since demonstrators occupied the adjacent Gezi Park for two and a half weeks last month, police have maintained a heavy presence in Taksim Square and periodic clashes have erupted as demonstrators have returned to the square in protest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A woman walks through Taksim Square just before the start of Ramadan at sundown on July 9, 2013. Since demonstrators occupied the adjacent Gezi Park for two and a half weeks last month, police have maintained a heavy presence in Taksim Square and periodic clashes have erupted as demonstrators have returned to the square in protest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey06.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A fragment of a poster of ataturk is seen in Gezi Park after 12 days of occupying the park after police retook the adjacent Taksim Square but left demonstrators in the park on June 13, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered a referendum on the park to residents of Istanbul, despite there being no law allowing for such practices, and telling demonstrators to evacuate the park as patience with the demonstration is over. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A fragment of a poster of ataturk is seen in Gezi Park after 12 days of occupying the park after police retook the adjacent Taksim Square but left demonstrators in the park on June 13, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered a referendum on the park to residents of Istanbul, despite there being no law allowing for such practices, and telling demonstrators to evacuate the park as patience with the demonstration is over. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey03.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. People are seen exiting to join the protests in Taksim Square at the Taksim metro station after a week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from the square as it transforms increasingly into a free, carnival-like zone on June 6, 2013. The crisis which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. People are seen exiting to join the protests in Taksim Square at the Taksim metro station after a week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from the square as it transforms increasingly into a free, carnival-like zone on June 6, 2013. The crisis which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey09.jpg DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Men pray outside the Nebi mosque, an official Turkish mosque with an imam approved by the Turkish state, during Friday prayers on February 24, 2012. DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Men pray outside the Nebi mosque, an official Turkish mosque with an imam approved by the Turkish state, during Friday prayers on February 24, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey14.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A nationalist demonstrator marces up Istiklal Caddesi from Tunel in support of Ataturk's principles of a secular republic and against the ruling Justice and Development Party, AKP in Turkish, on Republic Day on October 29, 2012. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A nationalist demonstrator marces up Istiklal Caddesi from Tunel in support of Ataturk's principles of a secular republic and against the ruling Justice and Development Party, AKP in Turkish, on Republic Day on October 29, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey20.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A woman prays as another checks her cell phone inside the Blue Mosque compound in the Sutanahment neighborhood on January 12, 2014. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A woman prays as another checks her cell phone inside the Blue Mosque compound in the Sutanahment neighborhood on January 12, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey17.jpg ESKISEHIR, TURKEY. Members of the audience go wild during the Turkvision Song Contest semifinals at the Besyo Sport Stadium at Anadolu University on December 19, 2013. The Turkvision Song Contest is Turkey's pan-Turkic response to the Eurovision Song Contest and 2013 is its inaugural year; Turkey has a history of participating in Eurovision dating back to 1975 but withdrew from the competition in 2013 after not airing the contest and paying a fine in 2012 when the government cited an on-air lesbian kiss as being against Turkish values. ESKISEHIR, TURKEY. Members of the audience go wild during the Turkvision Song Contest semifinals at the Besyo Sport Stadium at Anadolu University on December 19, 2013. The Turkvision Song Contest is Turkey's pan-Turkic response to the Eurovision Song Contest and 2013 is its inaugural year; Turkey has a history of participating in Eurovision dating back to 1975 but withdrew from the competition in 2013 after not airing the contest and paying a fine in 2012 when the government cited an on-air lesbian kiss as being against Turkish values. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey07.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. The interior of the upstairs balcony of the Surp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Catholic Church in Beyoglu on November 30, 2012. The church makes money by renting out space it owns in the neighboring building to a series of night clubs, including one gay club. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. The interior of the upstairs balcony of the Surp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Catholic Church in Beyoglu on November 30, 2012. The church makes money by renting out space it owns in the neighboring building to a series of night clubs, including one gay club. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey04.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Visitors are seen on the upper level of the Aya Sofya, formerly Hagia Sophia which was converted from church to mosque with the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, on December 21, 2011. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Visitors are seen on the upper level of the Aya Sofya, formerly Hagia Sophia which was converted from church to mosque with the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, on December 21, 2011. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey19.jpg DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Mothers and family members of the disappeared protest the lack of information about their relatives' whereabouts on February 25, 2012. The mothers and families gather every Saturday at one p.m. in an effort to keep the memory of those who have disappeared in Turkey's dirty war against the Kurdish Workers' Party, PKK, guerrillas and their sympathizers alive. DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Mothers and family members of the disappeared protest the lack of information about their relatives' whereabouts on February 25, 2012. The mothers and families gather every Saturday at one p.m. in an effort to keep the memory of those who have disappeared in Turkey's dirty war against the Kurdish Workers' Party, PKK, guerrillas and their sympathizers alive. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey34.jpg FIS, TURKEY. Villagers eat lunch and drink tea in their home on February 24, 2012. Fis is known as one of the first meeting places of arrested Kurdish Workers' Party, PKK, guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan; Fis used to be home to 70 families but the Turkish military destroyed much of the town repeatedly in 1993-1994 in retalliatory strikes for the villagers show of sympathy to the PKK guerrillas who they provided food and shelter to ("They are our sons," in the words of one villager), and now only seven homes have been rebuilt in Fis after a period of forced exile from the village and everyone is too scared to provide their name. FIS, TURKEY. Villagers eat lunch and drink tea in their home on February 24, 2012. Fis is known as one of the first meeting places of arrested Kurdish Workers' Party, PKK, guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan; Fis used to be home to 70 families but the Turkish military destroyed much of the town repeatedly in 1993-1994 in retalliatory strikes for the villagers show of sympathy to the PKK guerrillas who they provided food and shelter to ("They are our sons," in the words of one villager), and now only seven homes have been rebuilt in Fis after a period of forced exile from the village and everyone is too scared to provide their name. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey21.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. People push their way to receive a free Iftar dinner sponsored by the Beyoglu municipality in Taksim Square at the start of Ramadan on July 9, 2013. Since demonstrators occupied Gezi Park for two and a half weeks last month, police have maintained a heavy presence in Taksim Square and periodic clashes have erupted as demonstrators have returned to the square in protest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. People push their way to receive a free Iftar dinner sponsored by the Beyoglu municipality in Taksim Square at the start of Ramadan on July 9, 2013. Since demonstrators occupied Gezi Park for two and a half weeks last month, police have maintained a heavy presence in Taksim Square and periodic clashes have erupted as demonstrators have returned to the square in protest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/rivkin_osf_refugees02.jpg GUVECCI, TURKEY. Syrians who fled from the year old rebellion against the rule of Bashar Al Assad in neighboring Syria sit in the home of a relative just across the border on February 27, 2012. Turkey has seen a continued influx of refugees from the Syrian conflict and border towns like Guvecci have watched as their populations have more than doubled. GUVECCI, TURKEY. Syrians who fled from the year old rebellion against the rule of Bashar Al Assad in neighboring Syria sit in the home of a relative just across the border on February 27, 2012. Turkey has seen a continued influx of refugees from the Syrian conflict and border towns like Guvecci have watched as their populations have more than doubled. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/rivkin_osf_refugees04.jpg KILIS, TURKEY. An outdoor cafe frequented by Syrians and others around the corner and down the street from the Otel Istanbul on April 4, 2013. At this moment, Kilis is crowded with Syrian refugees who have made temporary homes in available apartments, motel rooms, and wherever they can really. KILIS, TURKEY. An outdoor cafe frequented by Syrians and others around the corner and down the street from the Otel Istanbul on April 4, 2013. At this moment, Kilis is crowded with Syrian refugees who have made temporary homes in available apartments, motel rooms, and wherever they can really. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey18.jpg DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. A young man receives a haircut in a hair salon in the old city on February 22, 2012. DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. A young man receives a haircut in a hair salon in the old city on February 22, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey25.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women are seen talking on their cell phones in the front row before the start of the Erol Albayrak Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show at Istanbul Fashion Week on October 11, 2012. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women are seen talking on their cell phones in the front row before the start of the Erol Albayrak Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show at Istanbul Fashion Week on October 11, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey26.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women are seen admiring different fashions showcased in the entrance at Antreppo 3 after the Erol Albayrak fashion show during Istanbul Fashion Week on October 11, 2012. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women are seen admiring different fashions showcased in the entrance at Antreppo 3 after the Erol Albayrak fashion show during Istanbul Fashion Week on October 11, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey24.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A crowd gathers outside Antreppo 3, a warehouse-like facility on the Bosphorous in Tophane beside the Istanbul Modern art museum, after Simay Bulbul's Spring/Summer 2013 are seen at Istanbul Fashion Week on October 11, 2012. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A crowd gathers outside Antreppo 3, a warehouse-like facility on the Bosphorous in Tophane beside the Istanbul Modern art museum, after Simay Bulbul's Spring/Summer 2013 are seen at Istanbul Fashion Week on October 11, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey27.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Two women are seen in the backseat of an SUV exiting Istanbul Fashion Week outside Antreppo 3, a warehouse-like venue on the Boshporous in Tophane, after the Soul by Ozgur Masur fashion show on October 12, 2012. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Two women are seen in the backseat of an SUV exiting Istanbul Fashion Week outside Antreppo 3, a warehouse-like venue on the Boshporous in Tophane, after the Soul by Ozgur Masur fashion show on October 12, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey22.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. People gather for Iftar dinner on newspapers on Istiklal Street in a show of solidarity with the demonstrators that had previously occupied Gezi Park at the start of Ramadan on July 9, 2013. Since demonstrators occupied Gezi Park for two and a half weeks last month, police have maintained a heavy presence in Taksim Square and periodic clashes have erupted as demonstrators have returned to the square in protest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. People gather for Iftar dinner on newspapers on Istiklal Street in a show of solidarity with the demonstrators that had previously occupied Gezi Park at the start of Ramadan on July 9, 2013. Since demonstrators occupied Gezi Park for two and a half weeks last month, police have maintained a heavy presence in Taksim Square and periodic clashes have erupted as demonstrators have returned to the square in protest of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey23.jpg ANKARA, TURKEY. People stage a sit-in against police brutality and the leadership of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the middle of Kennedy Street on July 11, 2013. ANKARA, TURKEY. People stage a sit-in against police brutality and the leadership of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the middle of Kennedy Street on July 11, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey30.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Near Taksim Square another mall project less controversial than the one that lead to protesters to occupy Gezi Park which is also part of the controversial Taksim renovation project is seen the afternoon after riot police moved to retake Taksim Square the night before on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Near Taksim Square another mall project less controversial than the one that lead to protesters to occupy Gezi Park which is also part of the controversial Taksim renovation project is seen the afternoon after riot police moved to retake Taksim Square the night before on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey28.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Fisherman are seen on the Karakoy shore beside the Galata Bridge on January 11, 2014. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Fisherman are seen on the Karakoy shore beside the Galata Bridge on January 11, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey32.jpg ERZURUM, TURKEY. A man enters the Lala Pasha Mosque before evening prayer on the first night of Ramadan on August 11, 2010. Erzurum is the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport. ERZURUM, TURKEY. A man enters the Lala Pasha Mosque before evening prayer on the first night of Ramadan on August 11, 2010. Erzurum is the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey08.jpg DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. A young girl plays with a stick on the street beside a kiln for making bread just beyond the old city wall as seen from the old city wall on February 24, 2012. Diyarbakir is home to approximately one million people, the majority of whom are Kurds, Turkey's largest ethnic minority. DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. A young girl plays with a stick on the street beside a kiln for making bread just beyond the old city wall as seen from the old city wall on February 24, 2012. Diyarbakir is home to approximately one million people, the majority of whom are Kurds, Turkey's largest ethnic minority. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey33.jpg DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Children study Kurdish language and culture and are instructed on their rights by a teacher at the Astrid Lindgren Children's Literature and Culture Center on February 25, 2012. After nearly a century of forced assimilation policies in Turkey, many Kurds are standing up for their culture and language in a renewed bid for cultural, if not political, independence. DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Children study Kurdish language and culture and are instructed on their rights by a teacher at the Astrid Lindgren Children's Literature and Culture Center on February 25, 2012. After nearly a century of forced assimilation policies in Turkey, many Kurds are standing up for their culture and language in a renewed bid for cultural, if not political, independence. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey35.jpg DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. A Kurdish woman reads from the Koran in her living room after having recently returned from a pilgrimmage to Mecca on February 28, 2012. DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. A Kurdish woman reads from the Koran in her living room after having recently returned from a pilgrimmage to Mecca on February 28, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey36.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women are seen standing on the ferry from the Prince's Islands to Karaköy on October 14, 2012. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women are seen standing on the ferry from the Prince's Islands to Karaköy on October 14, 2012. https://amandarivkin.com/turkey-gezi-uprising monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/home monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/postwar-bosnia-reconstruction monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/prague-stag-nights monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/trumpistan monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/chicago-police-torture-survivors monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/sustenance:-chicago-+-the-food-chain monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/portraits monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/obama_moneyshot.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Democrat Barack Obama waves to his supporters in Grant Park, Chicago through bullet proof glass after winning the U.S. presidential election, defeating Republican John McCain, to become the 44th U.S. president on November 4, 2008. Obama gave his victory speech to a crowd of just over 200,000 supporters. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Democrat Barack Obama waves to his supporters in Grant Park, Chicago through bullet proof glass after winning the U.S. presidential election, defeating Republican John McCain, to become the 44th U.S. president on November 4, 2008. Obama gave his victory speech to a crowd of just over 200,000 supporters. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/BLAGO_day04.jpg SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Beleaguered Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich prepares notes in his final act in the governor's office in Springfield before speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. Blagojevich said he rarely sticks to his notes but uses them for support and back-up. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Beleaguered Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich prepares notes in his final act in the governor's office in Springfield before speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. Blagojevich said he rarely sticks to his notes but uses them for support and back-up. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising39.jpg SINCAN, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a crowd of supporters after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. SINCAN, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a crowd of supporters after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey01.jpg ERZURUM, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan departs a political rally in support of the September 12 referendum which would change the nature of the country's constitutional court to solidify the hold of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) under the pretext that it would prevent future military coups, in Turkey's conservative far northeast on August 13, 2010. Erzurum is the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport. ERZURUM, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan departs a political rally in support of the September 12 referendum which would change the nature of the country's constitutional court to solidify the hold of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) under the pretext that it would prevent future military coups, in Turkey's conservative far northeast on August 13, 2010. Erzurum is the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/DSC_0800.jpg VESKIMÄE, ESTONIA. Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on his mother's farm which was left to ruins during Soviet occupation that he purchased and restored following the fall of the Soviet Union on June 26, 2023. VESKIMÄE, ESTONIA. Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on his mother's farm which was left to ruins during Soviet occupation that he purchased and restored following the fall of the Soviet Union on June 26, 2023. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/rnc08_forweb38.jpg SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA. Henry Kissinger with the Texas delegation at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention at the XCel Center on day four, September 4, 2008. SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA. Henry Kissinger with the Texas delegation at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention at the XCel Center on day four, September 4, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/ibrahimov_fornytmag02.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. (Center) Ibrahim Ibrahimov, an Azerbaijani oligarch and billionaire, talks on his cell phone at the breakfast table while seated between his wife (at left) Valida Ibrahimli and son Huseyn, 18, in one of several houses on his Caspian seaside property he used to inhabit with his family in the Garadagh region just southwest of Baku, Azerbaijan on July 18, 2012. Ibrahimov is the developer behind the Khazar Islands artificial islands project; in his private life, he enjoys building a home for his family, moving in, and then quickly tires of the property before building a new home on an adjacent lot on his seaside lands. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/VII Mentor Program for The New York Times Magazine) BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. (Center) Ibrahim Ibrahimov, an Azerbaijani oligarch and billionaire, talks on his cell phone at the breakfast table while seated between his wife (at left) Valida Ibrahimli and son Huseyn, 18, in one of several houses on his Caspian seaside property he used to inhabit with his family in the Garadagh region just southwest of Baku, Azerbaijan on July 18, 2012. Ibrahimov is the developer behind the Khazar Islands artificial islands project; in his private life, he enjoys building a home for his family, moving in, and then quickly tires of the property before building a new home on an adjacent lot on his seaside lands. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/VII Mentor Program for The New York Times Magazine) https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/azwomen35.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Emin Milli, a blogger and opposition activist heavily championed by the West who was imprisoned for 17 months on hooliganism charges following a video he made satirizing his country's leadership, remarries for the second time a painter Tora Agabekova following his divorce from a previous marriage earlier this year after being released from prison on November 12, 2011. To Emin's right is Adnan Hajizade, who served with him in jail and now serves as a witness at his wedding. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Emin Milli, a blogger and opposition activist heavily championed by the West who was imprisoned for 17 months on hooliganism charges following a video he made satirizing his country's leadership, remarries for the second time a painter Tora Agabekova following his divorce from a previous marriage earlier this year after being released from prison on November 12, 2011. To Emin's right is Adnan Hajizade, who served with him in jail and now serves as a witness at his wedding. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc14.jpg ALAKHI SANGORI, GEORGIA. Mariam Aptsiauri and her husband Anzori Aptsiauri in their home on August 1, 2010. While the Aptsiauris have received nothing yet in compensation for having the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline traverse their farmlands, destroying the possibility for continued agricultural production there because of damage to the topsoil and live in poverty, their neighbor Gia Obgaidze is likely the largest recipient of compensation funds in Georgia, which he used to start a chicken farm in addition to remodeling his home; according to an attorney who formerly handled compensation issues with the Young Lawyers Association, Obgaidze likely received 187,000 Georgian lari or approximately $100,000. ALAKHI SANGORI, GEORGIA. Mariam Aptsiauri and her husband Anzori Aptsiauri in their home on August 1, 2010. While the Aptsiauris have received nothing yet in compensation for having the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline traverse their farmlands, destroying the possibility for continued agricultural production there because of damage to the topsoil and live in poverty, their neighbor Gia Obgaidze is likely the largest recipient of compensation funds in Georgia, which he used to start a chicken farm in addition to remodeling his home; according to an attorney who formerly handled compensation issues with the Young Lawyers Association, Obgaidze likely received 187,000 Georgian lari or approximately $100,000. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc02.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Young girls dress themselves appropriately for prayer upon entering the Shi'a Icherishahar Djuma Masjid or Innercity Mosque for Friday prayers in the old city on July 2, 2010. Viewed as "the wrong message" by the ruling regime of Ilham Aliyev, Islam has been shunned in favor of opulence and materialism for the elite and the imam of the Icherishahar Djuma Masjid was replaced after dalliances with the opposition in 2005, the time of the last major civil disturbances, and Iranian-style clericalism; the wider effect in Azeri society of the corruption that resulted from the second oil boom of the 1990s has left the society of the elite with great wealth but an absence of moral leadership, yet few have turned to Islam for answers. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Young girls dress themselves appropriately for prayer upon entering the Shi'a Icherishahar Djuma Masjid or Innercity Mosque for Friday prayers in the old city on July 2, 2010. Viewed as "the wrong message" by the ruling regime of Ilham Aliyev, Islam has been shunned in favor of opulence and materialism for the elite and the imam of the Icherishahar Djuma Masjid was replaced after dalliances with the opposition in 2005, the time of the last major civil disturbances, and Iranian-style clericalism; the wider effect in Azeri society of the corruption that resulted from the second oil boom of the 1990s has left the society of the elite with great wealth but an absence of moral leadership, yet few have turned to Islam for answers. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/azwomen01.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. A young dancer participates in Azerbaijan's Ballroom Dancing National Finals at a wedding palace in the Surakhani District on November 27, 2011. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. A young dancer participates in Azerbaijan's Ballroom Dancing National Finals at a wedding palace in the Surakhani District on November 27, 2011. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/maidanheroes09.jpg REFAT, 19 Refat, 19, a Ukrainian soldier from Crimea, sits on his hospital bed at the Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev, Ukraine on April 8, 2014. Refat was shot in the left knee by a sniper on February 20, 2014 while trying to maintain a line of soldiers on orders and had the lower part of his left leg amputated from above the knee. "We had orders to stand in the line. In the morning, it was quite calm and silent and then the protesters started to attack and they threw a grenade and I walked away from there and then I felt a sniper's bullet in my knee. It was the morning of February 20 and we were unarmed. I was standing with just a shield. That morning there was shooting from both sides. The criminal case is still open and nobody knows why they were shooting. I blame the president. I want a normal president and stability to come to Ukraine. I want to stay in Kiev and enter the main university and study law. I want to become a prosecutor. I want things to be calm here in Ukraine." -Refat REFAT, 19 Refat, 19, a Ukrainian soldier from Crimea, sits on his hospital bed at the Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev, Ukraine on April 8, 2014. Refat was shot in the left knee by a sniper on February 20, 2014 while trying to maintain a line of soldiers on orders and had the lower part of his left leg amputated from above the knee. "We had orders to stand in the line. In the morning, it was quite calm and silent and then the protesters started to attack and they threw a grenade and I walked away from there and then I felt a sniper's bullet in my knee. It was the morning of February 20 and we were unarmed. I was standing with just a shield. That morning there was shooting from both sides. The criminal case is still open and nobody knows why they were shooting. I blame the president. I want a normal president and stability to come to Ukraine. I want to stay in Kiev and enter the main university and study law. I want to become a prosecutor. I want things to be calm here in Ukraine." -Refat https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/cyprus17.jpg NICOSIA, CYPRUS. Stavros Agriotis, a Cypriot financial services executive, is seen in his home office on March 28, 2013. NICOSIA, CYPRUS. Stavros Agriotis, a Cypriot financial services executive, is seen in his home office on March 28, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/portrait_marykaylady.jpg CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. Mary Kay saleswoman stands beside her Mary Kay white Chevrolet Malibu in the parking lot of the Cavalier Inn on June 4, 2012. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. Mary Kay saleswoman stands beside her Mary Kay white Chevrolet Malibu in the parking lot of the Cavalier Inn on June 4, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/DSC_5103.jpg BERN, SWITZERLAND. Irina Venediktova, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Switzerland and the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, in the Ukrainian Embassy on February 21, 2023. BERN, SWITZERLAND. Irina Venediktova, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Switzerland and the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, in the Ukrainian Embassy on February 21, 2023. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/cabrini01.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Grant Newburger, 50, a supporter of Bob Avakian's Revolutionary Communist Party, in his apartment at 1230 N. Burling, a Cabrini Green high rise, on the corner of North Halsted and Division Streets on Chicago's Near North Side, December 18, 2007. Newburger has lived and worked as a community organizer at the once notorious and now partially demolished Cabrini Green since 1996, fighting the Chicago Housing Authority's "Plan for Transformation." CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Grant Newburger, 50, a supporter of Bob Avakian's Revolutionary Communist Party, in his apartment at 1230 N. Burling, a Cabrini Green high rise, on the corner of North Halsted and Division Streets on Chicago's Near North Side, December 18, 2007. Newburger has lived and worked as a community organizer at the once notorious and now partially demolished Cabrini Green since 1996, fighting the Chicago Housing Authority's "Plan for Transformation." https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk07.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Jelena Karleusa arrives in custom Versace according to her Instagram ahead of a concert on the splav, or barge, River on the night of July 3, 2015. Karleusa is the lone turbofolk star who has been outspoken on the issue of gay rights and many of her looks have been copied by the likes of Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and Kim Kardashian; in an e-mail Karleusa declared she doesn't sing turbofolk music, despite having deep roots in the industry and coming up through the same television channels, venues and other mechanisms used to promote turbofolk, but refused repeated requests to clarify the description of her music. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Jelena Karleusa arrives in custom Versace according to her Instagram ahead of a concert on the splav, or barge, River on the night of July 3, 2015. Karleusa is the lone turbofolk star who has been outspoken on the issue of gay rights and many of her looks have been copied by the likes of Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and Kim Kardashian; in an e-mail Karleusa declared she doesn't sing turbofolk music, despite having deep roots in the industry and coming up through the same television channels, venues and other mechanisms used to promote turbofolk, but refused repeated requests to clarify the description of her music. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk05.jpg NIS, SERBIA. Vladislava Djuric, 30, holds her nationally famous icon of Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, which garnered national headlines after pictures went viral of it taken during a student exhibition at Djuric's university, on July 10, 2015. Ceca, a turbofolk star better known as "the Mother of Serbia," was married to one of the Bosnian War's most notorious Serbian military commanders, Arkan, who was later assassinated, and was one of a rotating cast of turbofolk stars who gave daily concerts in Belgrade's Republic Square during the 1999 NATO bombing. NIS, SERBIA. Vladislava Djuric, 30, holds her nationally famous icon of Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, which garnered national headlines after pictures went viral of it taken during a student exhibition at Djuric's university, on July 10, 2015. Ceca, a turbofolk star better known as "the Mother of Serbia," was married to one of the Bosnian War's most notorious Serbian military commanders, Arkan, who was later assassinated, and was one of a rotating cast of turbofolk stars who gave daily concerts in Belgrade's Republic Square during the 1999 NATO bombing. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia04.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Architect Ivan Straus, 86, one of the star architects of the former Yugoslavia responsible for designing the Holiday Inn Sarajevo as well as Sarajevo's Twin Towers, sits in his living room at the dining room table on October 13, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Architect Ivan Straus, 86, one of the star architects of the former Yugoslavia responsible for designing the Holiday Inn Sarajevo as well as Sarajevo's Twin Towers, sits in his living room at the dining room table on October 13, 2014. https://amandarivkin.com/tearsheets monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/NZZ_10juli2023_pg7.jpg NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Der ehemalige Präsident Estlands, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, in der Bibliothek auf seinem Hof. "«Wir erlebten den ersten Cyberkrieg»" p. 7 July 10, 2023 NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Der ehemalige Präsident Estlands, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, in der Bibliothek auf seinem Hof. "«Wir erlebten den ersten Cyberkrieg»" p. 7 July 10, 2023 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Seite_1.jpg NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Verlagsbeilage "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," cover December 24, 2022. NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Verlagsbeilage "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," cover December 24, 2022. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Seite_2_3.jpg NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Bernabrunnen in Vordergrund, Bundeshauskuppel im Hintergrund: Die Krise ist ein Ungeheuer, das sich nicht an die Abläufe der Verwaltung hält. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 2-3 December 24, 2022. NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Bernabrunnen in Vordergrund, Bundeshauskuppel im Hintergrund: Die Krise ist ein Ungeheuer, das sich nicht an die Abläufe der Verwaltung hält. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 2-3 December 24, 2022. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Seite_4_5.jpg NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Berner Hauptbahnhof: In einer Krise müssen die Verwaltung, die Wirtschaft oder die Betrieber der kritischen Infrastruktur ihre Rollen gegenseitig verstehen. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 4-5 December 24, 2022. NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Berner Hauptbahnhof: In einer Krise müssen die Verwaltung, die Wirtschaft oder die Betrieber der kritischen Infrastruktur ihre Rollen gegenseitig verstehen. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 4-5 December 24, 2022. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Seite_6_7.jpg NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Medienzentrum Bundeshaus in Bern: Patrick Hofstetter (links) im Gespräch mit SRG-Expertin Valentina Piffaretti und NZZ-Redaktor Georg Häsler über die praktischen Anforderungen der Krisenkommunikation. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 6-7 December 24, 2022. NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Medienzentrum Bundeshaus in Bern: Patrick Hofstetter (links) im Gespräch mit SRG-Expertin Valentina Piffaretti und NZZ-Redaktor Georg Häsler über die praktischen Anforderungen der Krisenkommunikation. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 6-7 December 24, 2022. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Seite_10_11.jpg NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Bundesterrasse in Bern: Krisen kann man nicht planen, aber die Abläufe trainieren. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 10-11 December 24, 2022. NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Bundesterrasse in Bern: Krisen kann man nicht planen, aber die Abläufe trainieren. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 10-11 December 24, 2022. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Seite_12.jpg NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Plenarsaal des Medienzentrums Bundeshaus: Das Gravitationszentrum der behördlichen Kommunikation. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 12 December 24, 2022. NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Plenarsaal des Medienzentrums Bundeshaus: Das Gravitationszentrum der behördlichen Kommunikation. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p. 12 December 24, 2022. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Seite_15.jpg NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Berner Bahnhofsplatz: Orientierungshilfe ist im Kriesenmanagement ein zentrales Führungsinstrument. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p, 15 December 24, 2022. NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG (Switzerland) Berner Bahnhofsplatz: Orientierungshilfe ist im Kriesenmanagement ein zentrales Führungsinstrument. "Krisenmanagement Schweiz," p, 15 December 24, 2022. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/HUCK64_p_062.jpg HUCK MAGAZINE (U.K.) (Left) Bing Liu. DIY Documentarian "The Coming of Age" Issue, p. 62 May 2018. HUCK MAGAZINE (U.K.) (Left) Bing Liu. DIY Documentarian "The Coming of Age" Issue, p. 62 May 2018. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/LeMonde_2232017_1415.jpg LE MONDE (At left) Lemontae, 23, à gauche, avec son frère, sur la 69e Rue, dans les quartiers sud de Chicago, le 3 février. Le jeune homme jure qu'il n'est pas membre actif d'un gang, tout en expliquant que pour survivre, il doit magouiller un peu. (At right) Dania Smith, 26 ans, ancien membre d'u gang anjourd'hui employé par l'association militante Cease Fire ("cessez le feu"). "Chicago: années de plomb," p. 14-15. February 23, 2017. LE MONDE (At left) Lemontae, 23, à gauche, avec son frère, sur la 69e Rue, dans les quartiers sud de Chicago, le 3 février. Le jeune homme jure qu'il n'est pas membre actif d'un gang, tout en expliquant que pour survivre, il doit magouiller un peu. (At right) Dania Smith, 26 ans, ancien membre d'u gang anjourd'hui employé par l'association militante Cease Fire ("cessez le feu"). "Chicago: années de plomb," p. 14-15. February 23, 2017. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/NYT_Rahm_tasers-2.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) Mayor Rahm Emanuel, at a news conference on Wednesday, said that trust in the Chicago police "has been frayed to the point where it is broken." "Mayor of Chicago Announces Measures to Curb Use of Deadly Force by Police," p. A10. December 31, 2015. THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) Mayor Rahm Emanuel, at a news conference on Wednesday, said that trust in the Chicago police "has been frayed to the point where it is broken." "Mayor of Chicago Announces Measures to Curb Use of Deadly Force by Police," p. A10. December 31, 2015. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagomag_catholics_contentspage.jpg CHICAGO MAGAZINE (USA) St. John Cantius Church in West Town on November 22. “Catholics at a Crossroads," p. 3 January 2015. CHICAGO MAGAZINE (USA) St. John Cantius Church in West Town on November 22. “Catholics at a Crossroads," p. 3 January 2015. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/ChicagoMag_jan2015_6869.jpg CHICAGO MAGAZINE (USA) Saturday in late November at St. John Cantius Church in the city’s West Town neighborhood. “Catholics at a Crossroads,” pgs. 68-69 January 2015. CHICAGO MAGAZINE (USA) Saturday in late November at St. John Cantius Church in the city’s West Town neighborhood. “Catholics at a Crossroads,” pgs. 68-69 January 2015. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Lexpress_CreationMuseum.jpg L'EXPRESS (France) PROSÉLYTISME Représentation du couple originel au Creation Museum. L'éstablissement enseigne la différence entre "la loi des hommes" et "la loi de Dieu". "Et Dieu Son Musee," p. 102-103, March 26, 2014. L'EXPRESS (France) PROSÉLYTISME Représentation du couple originel au Creation Museum. L'éstablissement enseigne la différence entre "la loi des hommes" et "la loi de Dieu". "Et Dieu Son Musee," p. 102-103, March 26, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Mare_baku_7677.jpg MARE (Germany) Vorherige Doppelseite Milliardär Ibrahim Ibrahimow (links) mit einem Mitarbeiter "Der Kaiser Von Baku," p. 76-77, August/September 2013. MARE (Germany) Vorherige Doppelseite Milliardär Ibrahim Ibrahimow (links) mit einem Mitarbeiter "Der Kaiser Von Baku," p. 76-77, August/September 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Mare_Baku_7879.jpg MARE (Germany) Linke Seite Der schwarze Rolls-Royce ist das ständige Gefährt des Magnaten. Oben Frühstück mit seiner Frau Walida Ibrahimli und seinem Sohn Hussein. "Der Kaiser Von Baku," p. 78-79, August/September 2013. MARE (Germany) Linke Seite Der schwarze Rolls-Royce ist das ständige Gefährt des Magnaten. Oben Frühstück mit seiner Frau Walida Ibrahimli und seinem Sohn Hussein. "Der Kaiser Von Baku," p. 78-79, August/September 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Mare_baku_8081.jpg MARE (Germany) Linke Seite Besuch auf der Baustelle. Ibrahimow (Mitte) ist überzeugt von seinem gigantischen Bauprojekt. Oben Kleine Fische im Wasser. Das Kaspische Meer ist eine beliebte Spiel- wiese für die Oligarchen Mittelasiens. "Der Kaiser Von Baku," p. 80-81 August/September 2013. MARE (Germany) Linke Seite Besuch auf der Baustelle. Ibrahimow (Mitte) ist überzeugt von seinem gigantischen Bauprojekt. Oben Kleine Fische im Wasser. Das Kaspische Meer ist eine beliebte Spiel- wiese für die Oligarchen Mittelasiens. "Der Kaiser Von Baku," p. 80-81 August/September 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/longcours_praguestag_p8687.jpg LONG COURS (France) A l'aeroport Prague Ruzyne Lenka Yugay (a droite), de l'agence touristique Stag Prague, conduit un groupe venu de Rotterdam pour passer le week-end a feter l'enterrement de vie de garcon de leur ami Michael, 23 ans, dans la capitale tcheque rebaptisee "Stag city". "Very Prague Trip," p. 86-87 Summer 2013. LONG COURS (France) A l'aeroport Prague Ruzyne Lenka Yugay (a droite), de l'agence touristique Stag Prague, conduit un groupe venu de Rotterdam pour passer le week-end a feter l'enterrement de vie de garcon de leur ami Michael, 23 ans, dans la capitale tcheque rebaptisee "Stag city". "Very Prague Trip," p. 86-87 Summer 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/longcours_praguestag_p8889.jpg LONG COURS (France) Arrive dans une appartement du centre-ville, loue pour la week-end. Les garcons sont presses de poser leurs valises pour celebrer les derniers moments de liberte du jeune fiance; Herman, William, et Jeffrey (de gauche a droite), tous ages de 23 ans. Apres avoir passe la journee a boire, la bande entame la soiree avec apetit, devorant un hot-dog avant de gagner la tres animee place Veneslaus; Sur la place principale, une autre stag party est donee en l'honneur du Britannique Lee Meynell, 28 ans, originaire de Middlesbrough. Egalement appele "bachelor", ce tourisme en plein essor dans les pays de l'Est est une alternative bon marche aux festivites anglaises, entrainant des hordes d'hommes ivre dans les bars, a la recherce des femmes. Chaque annee, environ 40.000 Britanniques participent aux stag parties praguoises. "Very Prague Night," p. 88-89 Summer 2013. LONG COURS (France) Arrive dans une appartement du centre-ville, loue pour la week-end. Les garcons sont presses de poser leurs valises pour celebrer les derniers moments de liberte du jeune fiance; Herman, William, et Jeffrey (de gauche a droite), tous ages de 23 ans. Apres avoir passe la journee a boire, la bande entame la soiree avec apetit, devorant un hot-dog avant de gagner la tres animee place Veneslaus; Sur la place principale, une autre stag party est donee en l'honneur du Britannique Lee Meynell, 28 ans, originaire de Middlesbrough. Egalement appele "bachelor", ce tourisme en plein essor dans les pays de l'Est est une alternative bon marche aux festivites anglaises, entrainant des hordes d'hommes ivre dans les bars, a la recherce des femmes. Chaque annee, environ 40.000 Britanniques participent aux stag parties praguoises. "Very Prague Night," p. 88-89 Summer 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/longcours_praguestag_p9091.jpg LONG COURS (France) William, Arnold, Roald, Sietse, Angelo, Michael (le fiance), Ronald et Jeffrey (de haut en bas et de gauche a droite) se "regroupement" pour verifer que personne ne manque a l'appel apres une viree au Hot Peppers strip club; Au Beer Factory, un groupe de Neo-Zelandais fete le mariage de Blair Skadden (au centre), au revetu du "mankini", popularise par le film Borat; William (au centre) souffle sur la mousse de "l'or de Boheme" pour amuse la galerie. "Very Prague Trip," p. 92-93 Summer 2013. LONG COURS (France) William, Arnold, Roald, Sietse, Angelo, Michael (le fiance), Ronald et Jeffrey (de haut en bas et de gauche a droite) se "regroupement" pour verifer que personne ne manque a l'appel apres une viree au Hot Peppers strip club; Au Beer Factory, un groupe de Neo-Zelandais fete le mariage de Blair Skadden (au centre), au revetu du "mankini", popularise par le film Borat; William (au centre) souffle sur la mousse de "l'or de Boheme" pour amuse la galerie. "Very Prague Trip," p. 92-93 Summer 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/longcours_praguestag_p9293.jpg LONG COURS (France) Au Goldfinger strip club, place Venceslas, Michael, fouet en main, est encourage par son ami Arnold et par une strip-teaseuse; Au petit matin, Angelo se sent mal. Son ami Michael le reconforte. Il vit a Prague ses derniers moments de liberte. Le jeune Hollandais se marie dans quelques semains. "Very Prague Trip," p. 92-93 Summer 2013. LONG COURS (France) Au Goldfinger strip club, place Venceslas, Michael, fouet en main, est encourage par son ami Arnold et par une strip-teaseuse; Au petit matin, Angelo se sent mal. Son ami Michael le reconforte. Il vit a Prague ses derniers moments de liberte. Le jeune Hollandais se marie dans quelques semains. "Very Prague Trip," p. 92-93 Summer 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/weltamsonntag_p17.jpg WELT AM SONNTAG (Germany) Das Hotel Istanbul im turkischen Kilis - 10 kilometer sind es von dem Ort bis zur Grenze zu Syrien, wo der Krieg tobt. "Hotel Wahnsinn (Hotel Madness)," p. 17 April 7, 2013. WELT AM SONNTAG (Germany) Das Hotel Istanbul im turkischen Kilis - 10 kilometer sind es von dem Ort bis zur Grenze zu Syrien, wo der Krieg tobt. "Hotel Wahnsinn (Hotel Madness)," p. 17 April 7, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/weltamsonntag_kilis_p1819.jpg WELT AM SONNTAG (Germany) (At left, top to bottom) Helfer im eigenen Auftrag: Der Hollander Wijbe sammelt Spenden und bringt Decken und Lebensmittel uber die Grenze nach Aleppo; Aufbruch in den Krieg: Die Englander Ben und Patrick wollen nach Syrien; Einkauf: Wijbe vergleicht in einem turkischen Supermarkt die Preise. (At right, top and middle) Wateraum: Ein Cafe in Kilis. Manchmal hort man das Grollen der Artillerie jenseits der Grenze bis hierhen. "Hotel Wahnsinn (Hotel Madness)," p. 18-19 April 7, 2013. WELT AM SONNTAG (Germany) (At left, top to bottom) Helfer im eigenen Auftrag: Der Hollander Wijbe sammelt Spenden und bringt Decken und Lebensmittel uber die Grenze nach Aleppo; Aufbruch in den Krieg: Die Englander Ben und Patrick wollen nach Syrien; Einkauf: Wijbe vergleicht in einem turkischen Supermarkt die Preise. (At right, top and middle) Wateraum: Ein Cafe in Kilis. Manchmal hort man das Grollen der Artillerie jenseits der Grenze bis hierhen. "Hotel Wahnsinn (Hotel Madness)," p. 18-19 April 7, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/weltamsonntag_kilis_p2021.jpg WELT AM SONNTAG (Germany) (At left, top and bottom) So etwas wie Alltag: In Kilis, wo sich auch das grosste Lager fur syrische Fluchtlinge befindet, geht auch das normale Leben weiter; Kilis ist Anlaufpunkt fur viele, die nach Syrien wollen. (At right, top) Kiliser Tristesse: Vor dem krieg hat sich hierhin kein Tourist verirrt. "Hotel Wahnsinn (Hotel Madness)," p. 20-21 April 7, 2013. WELT AM SONNTAG (Germany) (At left, top and bottom) So etwas wie Alltag: In Kilis, wo sich auch das grosste Lager fur syrische Fluchtlinge befindet, geht auch das normale Leben weiter; Kilis ist Anlaufpunkt fur viele, die nach Syrien wollen. (At right, top) Kiliser Tristesse: Vor dem krieg hat sich hierhin kein Tourist verirrt. "Hotel Wahnsinn (Hotel Madness)," p. 20-21 April 7, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/iht_cyprus_03272013_p17.jpg INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE A group of Cypriots, two civil engineers and two bank employees, at a cafe in Nicosia. Their jobs have been put on hold until Cypriots banks are allowed to reopen. “Crisis in Cyprus could be worse than anticipated,” p. 17 March 27, 2013. INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE A group of Cypriots, two civil engineers and two bank employees, at a cafe in Nicosia. Their jobs have been put on hold until Cypriots banks are allowed to reopen. “Crisis in Cyprus could be worse than anticipated,” p. 17 March 27, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/iht_cyprus_03272013_p19.jpg INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Bank of Cyprus employees, some of them in tears, swarmed the Central Bank in Nicosia on Tuesday to demand the resignation of its chief. The country’s banks will remain closed until Thursday morning as many fear for their life savings and jobs. “European finance chiefs helped plant time bomb for Cyprus,” p. 19 March 27, 2013. INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Bank of Cyprus employees, some of them in tears, swarmed the Central Bank in Nicosia on Tuesday to demand the resignation of its chief. The country’s banks will remain closed until Thursday morning as many fear for their life savings and jobs. “European finance chiefs helped plant time bomb for Cyprus,” p. 19 March 27, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/mehmetaliagca-2.jpg LE PARISIEN (Right) Ci-contre, à Istanbul, où il vit depuis 2010, il déclare “croire en Jésus-Christ”. “‘Ali, tu dois tuer le pape,” p. 73 March 15, 2013. LE PARISIEN (Right) Ci-contre, à Istanbul, où il vit depuis 2010, il déclare “croire en Jésus-Christ”. “‘Ali, tu dois tuer le pape,” p. 73 March 15, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nytmag_khazar_p3233.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Ibrahim Ibrahimov, left, with one of his deputees. "If They Build It, Will the Kardashians Come?" p. 32-33 February 10, 2013. THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Ibrahim Ibrahimov, left, with one of his deputees. "If They Build It, Will the Kardashians Come?" p. 32-33 February 10, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nytmag_khazar_p3435.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Khazar Islands has started to sprout up in Baku. The project is expected to house 800,000 residents. "If They Build It, Will the Kardashians Come?" p. 34-35 February 10, 2013. THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Khazar Islands has started to sprout up in Baku. The project is expected to house 800,000 residents. "If They Build It, Will the Kardashians Come?" p. 34-35 February 10, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nytmag_khazar_p3637.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Ibrahimov at breakfast with his wife, Valida Ibrahimli, at his son, Huseyn, 18, at their home just outside Baku. "If They Build It, Will the Kardashians Come?" p. 36-37 February 10, 2013. THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Ibrahimov at breakfast with his wife, Valida Ibrahimli, at his son, Huseyn, 18, at their home just outside Baku. "If They Build It, Will the Kardashians Come?" p. 36-37 February 10, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/iht_feb0913_azerbaijan01_lowres.jpg INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE (Top) Ibrahim Ibrahimov, one of the richest men in Azerbaijan and the developer of the Khazar Islands project, seated at breakfast between his wife, Valida Ibrahimli, and his son Huseyn. (Bottom) Construction in progress last summer. The project is intended to provide housing for 800,000 people and hotel rooms for 200,000 or more. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/VII Mentor Program for The New York Times) "A $100 Billion Azerbaijani Dream," p. 10 February 9-10, 2013. INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE (Top) Ibrahim Ibrahimov, one of the richest men in Azerbaijan and the developer of the Khazar Islands project, seated at breakfast between his wife, Valida Ibrahimli, and his son Huseyn. (Bottom) Construction in progress last summer. The project is intended to provide housing for 800,000 people and hotel rooms for 200,000 or more. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/VII Mentor Program for The New York Times) "A $100 Billion Azerbaijani Dream," p. 10 February 9-10, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/iht_feb0913_azerbaijan02_lowres.jpg INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Ibrahim Ibrahimov, right, on the site of the Khazar Islands project, which is to be finished by 2013. "some people may object," he said. "I don't care. I will build it alone." "Azerbaijan Tycoon's $100 Billion Dream," p. 12 February 9-10, 2013. INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Ibrahim Ibrahimov, right, on the site of the Khazar Islands project, which is to be finished by 2013. "some people may object," he said. "I don't care. I will build it alone." "Azerbaijan Tycoon's $100 Billion Dream," p. 12 February 9-10, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/AsianGeographic_novdec2012_forweb.jpg ASIAN GEOGRAPHIC (Singapore) In the “crying ceremony” during the third-day ceremony of an Azerbaijani funeral, women sit separate from men and cry for the loss of the bereaved. Funerals in Azerbaijan are elaborate affairs, with ceremonies marking the third, seventh and 40th day after death as well as the one-year anniversary. The third-day ceremony is the biggest, with tents set up to accommodate the flow of visitors and food. "The Poetry of Death: How We Say Goodbye," p. 86 November/December 2012. ASIAN GEOGRAPHIC (Singapore) In the “crying ceremony” during the third-day ceremony of an Azerbaijani funeral, women sit separate from men and cry for the loss of the bereaved. Funerals in Azerbaijan are elaborate affairs, with ceremonies marking the third, seventh and 40th day after death as well as the one-year anniversary. The third-day ceremony is the biggest, with tents set up to accommodate the flow of visitors and food. "The Poetry of Death: How We Say Goodbye," p. 86 November/December 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/AmateurPhotography_p25_forweb.jpg AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER (UK) (Top image) An old woman or babka walks down the Main Street early in the morning in Kosice, eastern Slovakia. "Bright New Talent," p. 25 September 8, 2012. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER (UK) (Top image) An old woman or babka walks down the Main Street early in the morning in Kosice, eastern Slovakia. "Bright New Talent," p. 25 September 8, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/AmateurPhotography_p29_forweb.jpg AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER (UK) Victims of the Ajka alumina sludge spill in Hungary in October 2010 return to the new beginnings homeless shelter. "Amanda Rivkin," p. 29 September 8, 2012. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER (UK) Victims of the Ajka alumina sludge spill in Hungary in October 2010 return to the new beginnings homeless shelter. "Amanda Rivkin," p. 29 September 8, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/tstylemag_biginbaku148.jpg T: THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE (USA) Photograph at bottom: the Dior boutique, one of many luxury brand stores to open in the oil rich capital. "Big in Baku," p. 148 August 19, 2012. T: THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE (USA) Photograph at bottom: the Dior boutique, one of many luxury brand stores to open in the oil rich capital. "Big in Baku," p. 148 August 19, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/tstylemag_biginbaku150.jpg T: THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE (USA) Shop girls: the Azeri elite attend the opening of the Emporium boutique in 2011. "Big in Baku," p. 150 August 19, 2012 T: THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE (USA) Shop girls: the Azeri elite attend the opening of the Emporium boutique in 2011. "Big in Baku," p. 150 August 19, 2012 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/FREELENS_32_Empasis_forweb.jpg FREELENS MAGAZIN (Germany) Amanda Rivkin BTC-Öl-Pipeline Junge Mädchen bekleiden sich passend für das Freitagsgebet, an dem sie in der Moschee der Altstadt von Baku teilneh- men wollen. Dieses Foto gehört in eine über Emphas.is finanzierte Reportage von Amanda Rivkin. Die Fotografin möchte damit die Veränderungen weiter dokumentieren, die sich durch den Bau der Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan-Öl-Pipeline für Aserbaidschan ergeben. Die Leitung spielt eine wichtige Rolle bei der Öff- nung des Landes gen Westen. Amanda Rivkin, kann von einer Basis in Aserbaidschan aus arbeiten. Sie wurde von der National Geographic Society für ein Nachwuchsstipendium ausgezeich- net. Ihre Fotos sind auch in »The Year in Pictures« von der New York Times und von Newsweek abgebildet. "Es gibt immer Überraschungen," p. 22-23 Freelens #32, 2012. FREELENS MAGAZIN (Germany) Amanda Rivkin BTC-Öl-Pipeline Junge Mädchen bekleiden sich passend für das Freitagsgebet, an dem sie in der Moschee der Altstadt von Baku teilneh- men wollen. Dieses Foto gehört in eine über Emphas.is finanzierte Reportage von Amanda Rivkin. Die Fotografin möchte damit die Veränderungen weiter dokumentieren, die sich durch den Bau der Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan-Öl-Pipeline für Aserbaidschan ergeben. Die Leitung spielt eine wichtige Rolle bei der Öff- nung des Landes gen Westen. Amanda Rivkin, kann von einer Basis in Aserbaidschan aus arbeiten. Sie wurde von der National Geographic Society für ein Nachwuchsstipendium ausgezeich- net. Ihre Fotos sind auch in »The Year in Pictures« von der New York Times und von Newsweek abgebildet. "Es gibt immer Überraschungen," p. 22-23 Freelens #32, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/TIME_eurovisionbabayeva_p28_lowres.jpg TIME (International Edition) Ready for prime time? Azeri pop star Sabina Babayeva, right, will sing at Eurovision. "Selling Azerbaijan," p. 28-29. May 14, 2012. TIME (International Edition) Ready for prime time? Azeri pop star Sabina Babayeva, right, will sing at Eurovision. "Selling Azerbaijan," p. 28-29. May 14, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/madamefigaro_baku_12262011_p9091_forweb.jpg MADAME FIGARO (France) Symboles du boom petrolier, les Flame Towers et ces maisons proprettes deployees en bord de mer, sur la peninsule Absheron (page de gauche). Au centre-ville ou les boutiques et le marbre sont rois, la misere de ceux qui sont laisses de cote de semble lointaine. Ici "Money is everything"... mais les reflets des vitrines de ces lieux chics masquent mal la realite economique et sociale du pays. "Bakou avoir 20 ans au pays de l'or noir," p. 90-91. December 26, 2011. MADAME FIGARO (France) Symboles du boom petrolier, les Flame Towers et ces maisons proprettes deployees en bord de mer, sur la peninsule Absheron (page de gauche). Au centre-ville ou les boutiques et le marbre sont rois, la misere de ceux qui sont laisses de cote de semble lointaine. Ici "Money is everything"... mais les reflets des vitrines de ces lieux chics masquent mal la realite economique et sociale du pays. "Bakou avoir 20 ans au pays de l'or noir," p. 90-91. December 26, 2011. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/madamefigaro_baku_12262011_p9293_forweb.jpg MADAME FIGARO (France) "Si tu n'es pas mariee avant 25 ans, c'est fini!" temoigne une etudiante. Une realite qui peut cacher de nombreux drames chez les femmes pour qui les rapports avec les hommes sont tres codifies. Expositions, bars branches (a droit, l'Ice Club) et hotels de luxe (ci-dessus, le Four Seasons en construction) attirent plutot une jeunesse en marge avec ces codes. Une jeune femme (ci-contre) porte des fleurs sur la tombe du pere de l'actuel president de l'Azerbaidjan Ilham Aliev. Un president laic dans un pays a tres forte majorite musulmane (ci-contre une femme se voile avant la priere). "Bakou avoir 20 ans au pays de l'or noir," p. 92-93. December 26, 2011. MADAME FIGARO (France) "Si tu n'es pas mariee avant 25 ans, c'est fini!" temoigne une etudiante. Une realite qui peut cacher de nombreux drames chez les femmes pour qui les rapports avec les hommes sont tres codifies. Expositions, bars branches (a droit, l'Ice Club) et hotels de luxe (ci-dessus, le Four Seasons en construction) attirent plutot une jeunesse en marge avec ces codes. Une jeune femme (ci-contre) porte des fleurs sur la tombe du pere de l'actuel president de l'Azerbaidjan Ilham Aliev. Un president laic dans un pays a tres forte majorite musulmane (ci-contre une femme se voile avant la priere). "Bakou avoir 20 ans au pays de l'or noir," p. 92-93. December 26, 2011. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nyt_blagojevichverdict_forweb.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) Former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich leaving the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago on Monday after being convicted of 17 counts. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "In a Retrial, Blagojevich Is Found Guilty of Corruption," p. A16 June 28, 2011. THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) Former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich leaving the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago on Monday after being convicted of 17 counts. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "In a Retrial, Blagojevich Is Found Guilty of Corruption," p. A16 June 28, 2011. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/ap2601_lowres.jpg AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY 26 Amanda Rivkin www.amandarivkin.com amanda.rivkin@gmail.com Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich prepares his impeachment speech at the Illinois State Capitol, January 29, 2009., Springfield, Illinois, for the article “Blagojevich’s Final Day,” January 2009. Publication: The New York Times Photo Editor: Corn Schmid, David Scull, and Gina Privitere School: Georgetown University Graduate School of Foreign Service Writer: Monica Davey Agency: Polaris Images Client: The New York Times Publishing Company: The New York Times Co. AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY 26 Amanda Rivkin www.amandarivkin.com amanda.rivkin@gmail.com Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich prepares his impeachment speech at the Illinois State Capitol, January 29, 2009., Springfield, Illinois, for the article “Blagojevich’s Final Day,” January 2009. Publication: The New York Times Photo Editor: Corn Schmid, David Scull, and Gina Privitere School: Georgetown University Graduate School of Foreign Service Writer: Monica Davey Agency: Polaris Images Client: The New York Times Publishing Company: The New York Times Co. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/illinoispastpresentbook_forweb.jpg ILLINOIS: PAST AND PRESENT by Joanne Mattern A trader on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange works a stock trade. Chicago is an important financial center. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Agence France Presse - Getty Images) "Chapter Four: The Industries of Illinois," p. 31 published 2010. ILLINOIS: PAST AND PRESENT by Joanne Mattern A trader on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange works a stock trade. Chicago is an important financial center. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Agence France Presse - Getty Images) "Chapter Four: The Industries of Illinois," p. 31 published 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nytweekinreview_cuba9192010_forweb.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) Getting By: Cubans have learned to improvise in their small enterprises, like this makeshift barber shop that has popped up outdoors on a street in Havana. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris) "Cuba Resets Its Revolution," Week in Review p. 4 September 19, 2010 THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) Getting By: Cubans have learned to improvise in their small enterprises, like this makeshift barber shop that has popped up outdoors on a street in Havana. 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Release Date: September 13, 2010 SPECTACULAR SLOVAKIA 2010 GUIDE a special publication of The Slovak Spectator (Slovakia) Zilina Region Section, pgs. 156-157. Release Date: September 13, 2010 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/ddelladonna_hemon_forweb.jpg D DELLA DONNA LA REPUBBLICA MAGAZINE (Italy) Aleksandar Hemon (top right) "Tutta L'Energia Per Dirlo," p. 58 July 10, 2010, D DELLA DONNA LA REPUBBLICA MAGAZINE (Italy) Aleksandar Hemon (top right) "Tutta L'Energia Per Dirlo," p. 58 July 10, 2010, https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nytlens_mustsee010410.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES LENS BLOG (USA) (Lower right) View: Plan for Transformation. "Must See: Images on the Web," January 4, 2010. THE NEW YORK TIMES LENS BLOG (USA) (Lower right) View: Plan for Transformation. "Must See: Images on the Web," January 4, 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/newsweek2009yearinpics_forweb.jpg NEWSWEEK (USA) April: A federal grand jury indicts Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges on April 2, after wiretaps reveal his intention to sell Obama's vacant Senate seat. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris Images) "2009: The Year in Pictures," p. 35 December 30, 2009 - Jan. 4, 2010. NEWSWEEK (USA) April: A federal grand jury indicts Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges on April 2, after wiretaps reveal his intention to sell Obama's vacant Senate seat. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris Images) "2009: The Year in Pictures," p. 35 December 30, 2009 - Jan. 4, 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nyt09yrinpics_blago.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) January: Rod Blagojevich in the governor's mansion in Springfield prepared his defense for Illinois legislators shortly before he an Elvis left the building. 12/87 (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "2009 - The Year in Pictures," December 23, 2009. THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) January: Rod Blagojevich in the governor's mansion in Springfield prepared his defense for Illinois legislators shortly before he an Elvis left the building. 12/87 (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "2009 - The Year in Pictures," December 23, 2009. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/timeout2009eatdrink_forweb.jpg TIME OUT CHICAGO 2009 EATING + DRINKING GUIDE (USA) SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? You'd better, or you'll be the odd man out at Jedynka. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Time Out Chicago) "Bars and Lounges," p. 168. TIME OUT CHICAGO 2009 EATING + DRINKING GUIDE (USA) SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? You'd better, or you'll be the odd man out at Jedynka. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Time Out Chicago) "Bars and Lounges," p. 168. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/newsweek_emanue_nov0209_forweb.jpg NEWSWEEK (USA) (Far left) Rahm Emmanuel. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris Images) "The PDQ Presidency," p. 36. November 2, 2009. NEWSWEEK (USA) (Far left) Rahm Emmanuel. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris Images) "The PDQ Presidency," p. 36. November 2, 2009. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/CJ_Chicago_1_forweb.jpg COURRIER JAPON (Japan) Millennium Park.(Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Courrier Japon) "Courrier Tour: Chicago," p. 46-47, September 2009. COURRIER JAPON (Japan) Millennium Park.(Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Courrier Japon) "Courrier Tour: Chicago," p. 46-47, September 2009. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/CJ_chicago_2_forweb.jpg COURRIER JAPON (Japan) (Top and center) Zaha Hadid pavillion and entrance to modern wing at Art Institute Chicago. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Courrier Japon) "Courrier Tour: Chicago," p. 48 September 2009. COURRIER JAPON (Japan) (Top and center) Zaha Hadid pavillion and entrance to modern wing at Art Institute Chicago. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Courrier Japon) "Courrier Tour: Chicago," p. 48 September 2009. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/lemonde072109_forweb.jpg LE MONDE (France) Le groupe francais M83 a beneficie du coup de coeur de Pitchfork. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris pour Le Monde) "Pitchfork diapason 'indie rock', fait son festival," p. 14, July 21, 2009. LE MONDE (France) Le groupe francais M83 a beneficie du coup de coeur de Pitchfork. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris pour Le Monde) "Pitchfork diapason 'indie rock', fait son festival," p. 14, July 21, 2009. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nyt_landmarks_forweb.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Top down) Carol Mrowka went to court when Chicago deemed her East Village neighborhood a landmark. 'It's a nice neighborhood,' she said. 'But this is not a landmark.'; Some residents say the East Village is not as significant as other city landmark districts.; Preservationists worry how a ruling will affect Chicago landmarks like the Cultural Center, Wrigley Field and the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company building. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "In a City of Landmarks, a Court Case Alarms Preservationists," p. A 12, March 24, 2009. THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Top down) Carol Mrowka went to court when Chicago deemed her East Village neighborhood a landmark. 'It's a nice neighborhood,' she said. 'But this is not a landmark.'; Some residents say the East Village is not as significant as other city landmark districts.; Preservationists worry how a ruling will affect Chicago landmarks like the Cultural Center, Wrigley Field and the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company building. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "In a City of Landmarks, a Court Case Alarms Preservationists," p. A 12, March 24, 2009. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/washpost02012009_forweb.jpg THE WASHINGTON POST (USA) (Top left) Marion Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother (Credit: Pool photograph by Amanda Rivkin) "From Second City, An Extended First Family: Obama's Mother-in-Law, Other Chicagoans Bring Home to White House," p. A1 February 1, 2009 THE WASHINGTON POST (USA) (Top left) Marion Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother (Credit: Pool photograph by Amanda Rivkin) "From Second City, An Extended First Family: Obama's Mother-in-Law, Other Chicagoans Bring Home to White House," p. A1 February 1, 2009 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nyt1302009.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Above the fold) Rod R. Blagojevich readying for the address he gave Thursday before Illinois legislators voted to oust him as governor. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "On His Way Out, Blagojevich Makes A Day Of It," p. A1 January 30, 2009. THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Above the fold) Rod R. Blagojevich readying for the address he gave Thursday before Illinois legislators voted to oust him as governor. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "On His Way Out, Blagojevich Makes A Day Of It," p. A1 January 30, 2009. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nyt1302009_p19.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Top) On what turned out to be Rod R. Blagojevich's last dayas governor, he went through a range of moods, including gallows humor. (Center and bottom) After his defense to state senators, Mr. Blagojevich flew home to Chicago, but not until he had retrieved his hairbrushes from the restroom adjacent to his office in Springfield. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "Blagojevich Has His Say, Making a Day of It," p. A19 January 30, 2009. THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Top) On what turned out to be Rod R. Blagojevich's last dayas governor, he went through a range of moods, including gallows humor. (Center and bottom) After his defense to state senators, Mr. Blagojevich flew home to Chicago, but not until he had retrieved his hairbrushes from the restroom adjacent to his office in Springfield. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "Blagojevich Has His Say, Making a Day of It," p. A19 January 30, 2009. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nyt12_31_2008.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Above the fold) Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois selected Roland W. Burris for the United States Senate. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "Defiant Governor Names Successor to Obama," p. A1 December 31, 2008 THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Above the fold) Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois selected Roland W. Burris for the United States Senate. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "Defiant Governor Names Successor to Obama," p. A1 December 31, 2008 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/NYT12_31_2008_pA17.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Top) Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois on Tuesday after his announcement that he had selected Roland W. Burris for a Senate Seat; (Below) Roland W. Burris. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "Governor Chooses Successor to Obama," and "Low-Key Groundbreaker: Roland W. Burris," p. A17 December 31, 2008 THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Top) Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois on Tuesday after his announcement that he had selected Roland W. Burris for a Senate Seat; (Below) Roland W. Burris. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "Governor Chooses Successor to Obama," and "Low-Key Groundbreaker: Roland W. Burris," p. A17 December 31, 2008 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/newsweek_blago_122208_forweb.jpg NEWSWEEK (USA) There's no way to know why he sees politics as he does. But few seem surprised. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Agence France Presse - Getty Images) "Being Rod Blagojevich," p. 30, December 22, 2008. NEWSWEEK (USA) There's no way to know why he sees politics as he does. But few seem surprised. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Agence France Presse - Getty Images) "Being Rod Blagojevich," p. 30, December 22, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/newsweek_jindal_122208_forweb.jpg NEWSWEEK (USA) NEED FOR SPEED: Jindal tours flood-damaged Cedar Rapids, Iowa, shortly after Election Day. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris for Newsweek) "Their Own Obama," p. 35, December 22, 2008. NEWSWEEK (USA) NEED FOR SPEED: Jindal tours flood-damaged Cedar Rapids, Iowa, shortly after Election Day. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris for Newsweek) "Their Own Obama," p. 35, December 22, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/NYT122708_education_forweb.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Top) Jeremiah Taylor, 3, and Daisha White, 4, at an Educare Center in Chicago. The center offers all-day care for children from 6 weeks to 5 years. (Lower) Keyoveun Williams, 3, at the center, which is financed by federal, state and local taxes and money from family foundations. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "Obama's $10 Billion Promise Stirs Hopes and Passion in Early Education," p. A26, December 17, 2008. THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Top) Jeremiah Taylor, 3, and Daisha White, 4, at an Educare Center in Chicago. The center offers all-day care for children from 6 weeks to 5 years. (Lower) Keyoveun Williams, 3, at the center, which is financed by federal, state and local taxes and money from family foundations. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) "Obama's $10 Billion Promise Stirs Hopes and Passion in Early Education," p. A26, December 17, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/Obama_SundayTimesMag.jpg THE LONDON SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE (UK) Spectrum. After two years on the road, Obama makes his victory speech at Grant Park in his home city of Chicago in front of 200,000 people - and sandwiched between bulletproof glass screens. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin) "OBAMA In pictures: the man behind the Image," p. 54-55. November 23, 2008. THE LONDON SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE (UK) Spectrum. After two years on the road, Obama makes his victory speech at Grant Park in his home city of Chicago in front of 200,000 people - and sandwiched between bulletproof glass screens. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin) "OBAMA In pictures: the man behind the Image," p. 54-55. November 23, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nyt_111508.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Below the fold) With their father in the car, Sasha Obama, left, and Malia Obama arriving Thursday at school. (Credit: Pool photograph by Amanda Rivkin) "For Obama and Family, the Other Transition Is Strictly Personal," p. A1 November 14, 2008. THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) (Below the fold) With their father in the car, Sasha Obama, left, and Malia Obama arriving Thursday at school. (Credit: Pool photograph by Amanda Rivkin) "For Obama and Family, the Other Transition Is Strictly Personal," p. A1 November 14, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/newsweek_obama_forweb.jpg NEWSWEEK Special Commemorative Issue: Obama's American Dream (USA) PRESIDENT-ELECT: Three days after his resounding victory, Obama held his first press conference in Chicago. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris for Newsweek) "A Note From the Editor," p. 7. November 13, 2008 NEWSWEEK Special Commemorative Issue: Obama's American Dream (USA) PRESIDENT-ELECT: Three days after his resounding victory, Obama held his first press conference in Chicago. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris for Newsweek) "A Note From the Editor," p. 7. November 13, 2008 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/parismatch_obama_forweb.jpg PARIS MATCH (France) (Center) Mardi 4 novembre, Barack Obama a ete elu 44e president des Etats-Unis. II prendra officiellement ses fonctions en janvier. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris Images) "Le nouveu visage du reve americain," p. 59, November 6-12, 2008. PARIS MATCH (France) (Center) Mardi 4 novembre, Barack Obama a ete elu 44e president des Etats-Unis. II prendra officiellement ses fonctions en janvier. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Polaris Images) "Le nouveu visage du reve americain," p. 59, November 6-12, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/LeMonde09202008.jpg LE MONDE (France) (Top) Un trader a la Bourse de Chicago, jeudi 18 septembre, apres l'annonce du plan de sauvetage. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Agence France Presse) Front page, "Un plan de sauvetage de geant pour les banques" September 20, 2008. LE MONDE (France) (Top) Un trader a la Bourse de Chicago, jeudi 18 septembre, apres l'annonce du plan de sauvetage. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Agence France Presse) Front page, "Un plan de sauvetage de geant pour les banques" September 20, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/TimeOutChicago8_14_2008_forweb.jpg TIME OUT CHICAGO (USA) POLE DANCE Leave your inhibitions back in River North, please. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Time Out Chicago) "West Side Story," p. 62 August 14-20, 2008. TIME OUT CHICAGO (USA) POLE DANCE Leave your inhibitions back in River North, please. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for Time Out Chicago) "West Side Story," p. 62 August 14-20, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bbcfocusafrica.jpg BBC FOCUS ON AFRICA (UK) Ethiopia adopted Christianity in the fourth century (left). Preparations in Addis Ababa have been under way for months (lower right). (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for BBC Focus on Africa) "The Numbers Game," p. 52-53 October-December 2007. BBC FOCUS ON AFRICA (UK) Ethiopia adopted Christianity in the fourth century (left). Preparations in Addis Ababa have been under way for months (lower right). (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for BBC Focus on Africa) "The Numbers Game," p. 52-53 October-December 2007. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/nyt.jpg THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) The year 2000 was welcomed in celebrations both religious and wry (top right) in Ethiopia, where Orthodox Christians follow a calendar that differs from the Gregorian calendar by more than seven years. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Associated Press) "Millennium Arrives Seven Years Late and Right on Time," p. A3 September 12, 2007. THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA) The year 2000 was welcomed in celebrations both religious and wry (top right) in Ethiopia, where Orthodox Christians follow a calendar that differs from the Gregorian calendar by more than seven years. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/Associated Press) "Millennium Arrives Seven Years Late and Right on Time," p. A3 September 12, 2007.