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The components of the word "photography" are Greek in origin. Photography
quite literally means "to write with light." While light serves as
noun, adjective, and verb for photographers, shadows complete their
sentences in bold type. The qualities of light in a picture influence our
perceptions of subjects by setting mood, revealing texture, and shading
detail. These qualities appear in countless varieties of light: the shaft of
sunlight in a dark scene, the gentle bath of sidelight from a big window, the
cold fade of dusk, the warm glow of a tungsten bulb or a late afternoon, the
eerie pulse of an electronic screen, the candy splash of a neon sign, and the
contrast of a backlit silhouette. Shadows simplify, hide, and dramatize in an
endless dance with illumination. The pictures collected here are united not
by theme, but by photographers writing with light. -Lane Turner (42 photos total)
* Source : www.boston.com
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A vendor prepares rice to be donated to the poor on a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan on November 1, 2012.
January
(Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press) 8, 2013
4. Amina Khatu holds her son Ahmed
inside a thatched hut at a crowded
IDP camp on November 25, 2012 on 4
the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar. An
estimated 111,000 people were
displaced by sectarian violence in
June and October effecting mostly
the ethnic Rohingya people, one of
the most persecuted minorities in the
world. (Paula Bronstein/Getty
Images) #
January
8, 2013
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A model prepares backstage
during Fashion Week at Milk
Studios on September 9, 2012
in New York City. (Michael
Loccisano/Getty Images) #
January
8, 2013
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Boatswain's Mate 3 Billy Lewis watches a helicopter land on the flight deck onboard the USS Underwood while patrolling
in near Panama as part of a multi-national effort to hit illicit trafficking routes. (Dario Lopez-Mills/Associated Press) # January
8, 2013
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Buddhist monks study at a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar on December 1, 2012. (Gemunu
Amarasinghe/Associated Press) # January 8,
2013
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Syrian children look through
their car window as they cross
into Lebanon with their families
at the border crossing in
Masnaa, Lebanon on
November 30, 2012. (Hassan
Ammar/Associated Press) #
January 8,
2013
9. Joana Escudero holds her
sister Carolina as they
prepare to leave the 9
settlement of Puerta de
Hierro, Spain on December
15, 2011. Fifty-four families
have been living in Puerta
de Hierro for over 50 years.
Since 2010, the community
has been subject to
evictions on the grounds
that the dwellings are illegal.
Families whose houses have
been demolished move in
with relatives whose houses
still remain. (Susana
Vera/Reuters) #
January
8, 2013
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Chief midwife Maria Antoneta
Cabral Barbosa holds a newborn
baby boy she had just delivered by
flashlight at the hospital in Gabu,
Guinea-Bissau on May 23, 2012. In
Guinea-Bissau, one of the deadliest
places in the world to give birth, a
woman has a 1 in 19 chance of
maternal death. (Rebecca
Blackwell/Associated Press) #
January
8, 2013
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Two Syrian rebels take sniper positions in the heavily contested neighborhood of Karmal Jabl in central Aleppo on October 18,
2012. (Javier Manzano/AFP/Getty Images) # January
8, 2013
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A woman walks past
food stands near the
compound known to
Muslims as Noble
Sanctuary and to Jews
as Temple Mount in
Jerusalem's Old City on
October 4, 2012.
(Ammar
Awad/Reuters) # January
8, 2013
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Palestinian firefighters try to
extinguish a fire at a
factory, which according
to locals was hit by an
Israeli air strike in Beit
Lahia, northern Gaza
Strip, on November
16, 2012. (Mohammed
Abed/AFP/Getty
January
Images) # 8, 2013
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A police officer watches as thousands of people from France and Belgium demonstrate during an anti-austerity protest in Lille on
November 14, 2012. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images) # January
8, 2013
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Kashmiri orphan girls study in
their room at the Gulshan-E-
Bannat Orphanage in Gopal
Pora, Kashmir on May
17, 2012. There are over
200,000 orphans in Jammu
and Kashmir. (Farooq
Khan/EPA) #
January 8,
2013
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A woman walks with her shopping cart in Madrid on December 28, 2012. (Susana Vera/Reuters) # January 8,
2013
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Shafts of sunlight hit private housing in Hong Kong on November 4, 2012. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters) # January
8, 2013
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Lu Changshan is seen in a bus converted into a dwelling for him and his wife in Hefei, China on November 14, 2012. Lu, 39, and his
36-year-old wife Zhang Dingmei have been living in a bus for more than three years to watch over their business selling cement and
sand next to newly-constructed residential buildings. (Stringer/Reuters) # January
8, 2013
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Russian-speaking immigrants gather for a Russian folk music festival at the Gan HaShlosha national park near Beit Shean, Israel on
January
May 11, 2012. (Oded Balilty/Associated Press) # 8, 2013
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A portrait of late leader Kim Il Sung hangs in the glow of a spot light as dusk descends upon Pyongyang, North Korea on
December 14, 2012. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press) # January
8, 2013
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A firefighter battles a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 24, 2012. (Hasan
January
Raza/Associated Press) #
8, 2013
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A man runs across a hill in front of the Sydney skyline at daybreak on September 5, 2012. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters) # January
8, 2013
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Pakistanis gather on Sea View Beach during sunset in Karachi on November 5, 2012. (Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty January 8,
Images) # 2013
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A fish flops on the Lake Worth Pier as fishermen return on November 9, 2012 after the pier was closed for two
weeks from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. (Lannis Waters/The Palm Beach Post/Associated Press) # January 8,
2013
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Boats travel on the Nile River in Cairo on November 7, 2012. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press) # January
8, 2013
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Pedestrians pass by a sand sculpture by artist Raj Kapoor in Allahabad on December 29, 2012, after the
death of a gang rape victim from the Indian capital New Delhi. (Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images) # January
8, 2013
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A boy hits a ball as people walk along the seafront at Galle face green in Colombo on October
January
6, 2012. (Philip Brown/Reuters) # 8, 2013
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The Miami Marlins' Josh Johnson pitches in a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in
Philadelphia on September 12, 2012. (Matt Slocum/Associated Press) # January
8, 2013
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Indian laborers work
at a steel factory in
the outskirts of
Agartala on
November 1, 2012.
(AFP/Getty
Images) #
January
8, 2013
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Bystanders enjoy the holiday window unveiling at
Bloomingdale's in New York on November
13, 2012. (Chip East/Reuters) #
January
8, 2013
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A girl turning 15 arrives in a limousine for a
group debutante ball organized by the
Peacemaker Police Unit program in the
Mangueira favela in Rio de Janeiro on
November 8, 2012. (Silvia
January 8,
Izquierdo/Associated Press) # 2013
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A girl watches a performance to mark
the upcoming New Year's holiday in
Moscow on December 28, 2012. (Natalia
Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images) # January 8,
2013
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People walk in an alley illuminated by colorful lights ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of
lights, in Mumbai on November 12, 2012. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters) # January
8, 2013
34. The last remains of sunlight fall on the
summit of Cerro Stanhardt in
Patagonia, Argentina as Stephan
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Siegrist completes his climb in August,
2012. (Thomas Senf/Photopress for
Mammut/Associated Press) #
January
8, 2013
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People walk through the
snow-covered landscape
near the Swiss village of
Hirzel south of Zurich on
October 31, 2012. (Arnd
Wiegmann/Reuters) #
January
8, 2013
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Swans swim at the Malaren
Lake in central Stockholm on
December 3, 2012. (Johan
Nilsson/AFP/Getty Images) #
January
8, 2013
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A woman holds a dog as
she stands beneath
autumnal leaves in Beijing
on October 31, 2012. (Ed
Jones/AFP/Getty Images) #
January
8, 2013
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A devotee breaks her
fast by drinking water
after offering prayers to
the rising sun during the
Chhat festival in
Kathmandu, Nepal on
November 20, 2012.
Chhat is a four-day
festival that honors the
sun god. (Navesh
Chitrakar/Reuters)#
January
8, 2013
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A Buddhist monk of the Drukpa Tibetan Buddhist lineage yawns as he sits with others
during a break at annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery near
Leh, Ladakh, India. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)# January 8,
2013
40. A vendor waits for customers
in Bhaktapur, Nepal on 40
November 1, 2012.
Bhaktapur, or town of
devotees, is an ancient
Newar community town
listed as a World Heritage
site. (Niranjan
Shrestha/Associated Press)#
January 8,
2013
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A Taoist hermit priest sits on her bed during her daily
meditation, which lasts seven to eight hours, in Mount
Zhongnan, China on November 4, 2012. (Rooney January
8, 2013
Chen/Reuters)#
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A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, walks
along his ashram, a place of
retreat, at the premises of the
Pashupatinath Temple in
Kathmandu, Nepal on November
20, 2012. (Navesh January
Chitrakar/Reuters)# 8, 2013
43. Displaced Congolese take
shelter in a church in the
town of Mugunga,
Democratic Republic of the
43
Congo on November 23,
2012. Fighting between M23
rebels and government
troops in Sake caused tens of
thousands to flee the area.
(Phil Moore/AFP/Getty
Images)#
January
8, 2013
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Young ballerinas pose as
they prepare to go on
stage in Alexandra
Township, South Africa on
November 17, 2012. (Denis
Farrell/Associated Press)#
January 8,
2013