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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 9
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Contributors
Worldly Explorations
Down in a Hole
As a fellow of the Johns Hopkins-affiliated International
Reporting Project, David Rochkind's task was to travel to a
foreign country and tell a story about an underreported
issue or group. Rochkind, whose photos accompany our cover
story, "The World, in Eight Weeks," chose South African
gold miners, many of them dying from tuberculosis because
of the perils of their occupation. A photojournalist whose
work has been featured in Newsweek and The New
York Times, Rochkind says, "I'm interested in industry
and how it holds power over those who are economically
dependent on it. Pictures, at their best, are both powerful
and accessible and make us feel close to what we are
seeing."
Drawing on Energy
Artfully illustrating an abstraction might seem incongruous
enough to conjure up Miles Davis' line about how writing
about music resembles dancing about architecture. But
Montreal-based artist Christiane Beauregard, who
illustrated Charles Doran's essay, "Facing the Oil
Problem," on what an energy future might look like, says
it's the kind of task she lives for. "I really enjoy the
process of creating a visual concept that will translate
text into an image a reader can relate to," says
Beauregard, whose work has appeared in The New York
Times, The Times of London, and The Washington
Post. Doran's piece, she adds, "inspired me."
— MA
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