I will never forget the moment your heart stopped and mine kept beating.
—Angela Miller
"The Babushkas of Chernobyl" is the story of three unlikely heroines who live in Chernobyl's "Zone of Alienation" or "Dead Zone." For more than 29 years they have survived - even thrived - on some of the most contaminated land on Earth. Winner Special Jury Award - Los Angeles Film Festival Winner Best Documentary - Santa Fe Film Festival Winner Best Editing & Special Jury Honor Award - Woodstock Film Festival Official Selection - Doc NYC, Seattle International Film Festival and many more! www.thebabushkasofchernobyl.com
A man passes a baby through the fence at the Serbiz/Hungary border in Röszke, Hungary, on August 28, 2015. This photograph won both the World Press Photo of the Year award as well as first place in the Spot News singles category. (Warren Richardson)
Visit the full article here for more info on this powerful image, and to see winning entries in all categories.
Photo © Jane Dorn, 2016
Do yourself a favor and head over to Hubbard/Birchler to see more from this stunning series. Be prepared to stay a while. You'll see why when you get there.
Title
Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee
Creator
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
Date Created/Published
February 1943
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Collections
Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs
Been thinking a lot about sacred rage. About the kindness of fire. About leaning into grief. I’ve been thinking a lot about everyone I know who knows the feeling of winded grace, and keeps running towards and towards and towards, and never away.
Photo © Jane Dorn, 2016
Photo © Jane Dorn, 2016
How often do you hear the tenderness you need to hear? I mean exactly when you need to hear it? Is it ever before that little yolk of hurt wraps itself in layers hard enough to break teeth?
GOSPEL OF THE TWO SISTERS, Terrance Hayes
In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.
When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body’s been.
We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.
—Mark Strand
Print blew me into the weeds with this post on March 4, 2015.
"This coming May marks the 100th anniversary the birth of iconoclast director, writer, actor Orson Welles. In celebration, the Sedona International Film Festival in Arizona has dedicated itself to Welles, beginning in late February. The festival features screenings of his classic films, including “Touch of Evil,” “Othello” and of course “Citizen Kane,” ranked number one in the American Film Institute’s poll of film industry artists and leaders in 1998, and with a rare 100% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Of particular interest is an exhibit of his artwork: costume and set designs, caricatures, oil paintings and illustrations. Little of this work has been available to the public prior."
© Jane Dorn