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76 Scenes of True Fiction

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42 Zen 5 Helping Hands in S. Korea 16 Hello Again, Old Friend
Sadie Bleistein captures an oil spill clean up. Fernando after his addiction.

6 Gray Area 82 Stranded in Paris

A Yemen law results in different dress codes. The afterlife of everyday objects.

8 Bottoms Up! 84 Items We Carry

Stefano Corso catches reactions to an ad. A registered nurse shows us the essentials.

10 Holiday Shopping 85 Instant Old School

Tom Fakler captures preparations for Eid al-Adha. The Polaroid Back for your Holga.

36The House That 12 Beth Ditto: Gossip Queen 86 Book Report

 Hardcore Built Loraine Ross shows a music festival’s finale. A review of Photos that Changed the World.

14 Prickly Love Affair 88 Photo Challenge

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HELPING HANDS
After the worst oil spill in Taean
County’s history, Sadie Bleistein
documents the overwhelming
volunteer response.
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Taean County is a popular tourist

destination in South Korea that’s
famous for its seafood. In December
of 2008, this region experienced the
worst oil spill in its history when nearly
66,000 barrels of crude oil washed
ashore, creating a huge ecological and
economic disaster.
In the ensuing months, many people
from around the world came together
to help clean up and restore the area.
About 63,800 people reside in Taean,
but volunteers like these two girls
surpassed the one million mark. To me
this proves that if we all join together
we really can make a difference.

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BLACK AND WHITE

Hélène David-Cuny captures how an Islamic
law is broadly interpreted in Yemen.
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In the Islamic country of Yemen, there is a law that states
women must dress “decently” outside of their family circles.
However, the interpretation of this law is much debated, even
amongst Muslims themselves.
I took this photograph in the city of Hays in Yemen, where
I’ve been many times for my work. On this trip, I accompanied
a small group of inspectors on a tour of the country to
document the different projects of social development.
When we entered this classroom, some of the girls covered
their faces to hide their eyes or turned their heads around.
This may have been because there were men with me who
were a little older, or because they just more strictly follow the
religious traditions of their families. The girl wearing the white
scarf, I believe, was from a more open-minded family and
didn’t mind being uncovered in front of strangers. Since there
are many interpretations of the law, it’s not uncommon to see
groups of girls together, some dressed like Westerners and
others completely veiled.

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BOTTOMS UP!
Sexy legs in the center of Berlin cause
Stefano Corso to stop and admire the view.
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When I noticed that every man, woman, and child who

walked by this huge advertisement stopped to stare and
comment on it, I had to get a photo. This ad for the Austrian
manufacturer, Palmers Textil AG, was on Unter den Linden,
one of the main boulevards in Berlin.
Some time after I took this photograph, a brother of one
of the models asked me for a signed copy, which he ended
up giving to his sister as a gift.

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SHOPPING FOR SHEEP

Tom Fakler shares how Muslims
in Morocco prepare for Eid al-Adha.
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Eid al-Adha, or “Festival of Sacrifice,” is a holiday that

some say is like the American Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas rolled into one. It commemorates the willingness of
Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God,
and is celebrated by Muslims worldwide.
In Morocco, each Muslim household is expected to
slaughter a sheep for Eid al-Adha. Residents of Fez, the
country’s third largest city, head to one of the many sheep
souks (markets) to purchase sheep. Souks are usually
held in open fields where tents selling charcoal, grills,
knives, and food spring up everywhere. The atmosphere is
always lively with men showing off their sheep and people
shopping.
This year a sheep cost about three weeks’ salary for
the average Moroccan, so it was considered a major
purchase. Since bargaining is common here, the haggling 02
was especially hot and heavy!

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A sheep is purchased and taken
to its new home. Sheep usually
move willingly when they are
in the field, but after being
purchased they will sometimes
put up a fight, and the new owner
will drag or carry it home. The
family will keep the sheep in
the house from the time it is
purchased until it is sacrificed.

01› marketplace
An overview of a sheep market,
also known as a souk. The trucks
in the foreground are packed with
sheep, which are pulled out by
the sellers who show them off.

02› inspecting the goods

Two men inspect a group of
sheep before bargaining a price
with the owner.

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BETH DITTO : GOSSIP QUEEN
Loraine Ross ends her birthday on a high note.
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Gossip’s performance was not only a great closing act to

the Latitude Festival, where dozens of bands played on
four different stages, but also an amazing end to my 23rd
birthday. I feel this shot sums up the band’s explosive
energy and singer Beth Ditto’s character perfectly.

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