Craig March 20th, 2008
Renowned photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths succumbed to cancer at his home on Wednesday morning. He was 72.
Born in North Wales, he switched from pharmacy to full time photography in 1961, working for The Observer. In 1965,working for Magnum, he arrived in Vietnam, although he found it difficult to sell his images as they concentratedon the suffering of the Vietnamese people caused by the war. Low on funds, he managed to get a scoop with photos of Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied by a British aristocrat rumored to be her love interest, in Cambodia in 1967. Sales of these pictures allowed him to continue working in Vietnam, which resulted in the publication of the book “Vietnam Inc”, widely regarded as a classic of photojournalism.
As well as Vietnam, he also covered the Algerian War (prior to Vietnam), the Yom Kippur War, Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge took over, served for five years as president of Magnum and returned to Vietnam in the 1990s to document the effects of Agent Orange and a series about Vietnam at peace.
In the words of Henri Cartier-Bresson, “not since Goya has anyone portrayed war like Philip Jones Griffiths.â€
Never married, he is survived by two daughters.
A very good series of interviews from 2002 can be found at Musarium and one from 2005 is at The Digital Journalist.
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Craig March 19th, 2008
Sunday March 16 saw the last weekend rallies for the 2008 Presidential Election take place. In cities all over Taiwan, hundreds of thousands came up to support their preferred party. The DPP’s main rally in Taipei started at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall under the slogan “A Million Giving High-Fives to Reverse the Tide”. The KMT’s Taipei rally began across the road at the old Songshan Tobacco Factory with the slogan “Taiwan Moves Forward”. Both parties supporters proceeded to march through the streets of Taipei. Here’s a few images from the day, starting with the KMT.
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Craig March 17th, 2008
The final stage of the 2008 Tour de Taiwan was a 60 lap criterium around Taipei City Hall. The race was opened by Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (éƒé¾æ–Œ) who led the VIP ride before the race itself began. The stage was won by Polish cyclist Marek Wesoly of Merida Europe Team in a time of 1:22:10.
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Craig March 17th, 2008
Stage 7 of the Tour de Taiwan saw riders engaged in a 58km criterium made up of 40 laps in the streets around the new Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (å°åŒ—世界貿易ä¸å¿ƒå—港展覽館). The newly built exhibition center was holding its first event, the Taipei Cycle Show. An action packed stage, featuring fast racing, a number of breakaways and numerous crashes, was won by Kam Po Wong of the Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team, giving him his second stage win of the tour.
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Craig March 12th, 2008
Stage 3 of the Tour de Taiwan (國際自由車環å°è³½) was held on March 11th in Changhua (彰化) county, starting and finishing at Baguashan (å…«å¦å±±). Going into the day, John Murphy held the leaders yellow jersey and Merida Europe were the leading team after Wesoly Marek’s win in stage two. Unlike the first two stages, the Baguashan stage was a road stage with riders taking on a 117.4km route through Changhua county.
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