"Images by Joel Fischer" (by Joel Fischer)

Two Inupaiq women stand outside their family drying shed, where seal meat is cured for the season - ancestral graves are seen in the foreground.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:15:58 +0000

Two Inupaiq women stand outside their family drying shed, where seal meat is cured for the season - ancestral graves are seen in the foreground.
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A dead bird hangs from a fish drying post to ward off scavengers.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:16:44 +0000

A dead bird hangs from a fish drying post to ward off scavengers.
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A young Inupaiq boy walks past a grizzly bear pelt killed the week before near his families hunting cabin.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:17:01 +0000

A young Inupaiq boy walks past a grizzly bear pelt killed the week before near his families hunting cabin.
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Seal meat hangs to dry.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:17:17 +0000

Seal meat hangs to dry.
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Musk ox skulls from a winter hunt dry on a boat in the harbor.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:17:36 +0000

Musk ox skulls from a winter hunt dry on a boat in the harbor.
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Johnson Eningowuk, an Inupaiq man, hangs freshly caught salmon for drying.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:17:53 +0000

Johnson Eningowuk, an Inupaiq man, hangs freshly caught salmon for drying.
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Squatters stand near their make-shift tents on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia. The rapid population growth within the city has led to water shortage in the region.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:52:28 +0000

Squatters stand near their make-shift tents on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia. The rapid population growth within the city has led to water shortage in the region.
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A mother and child receive their alloted monthly water supply from the city water truck in El Alto, Bolivia. An estimated 500,000 residents of El Alto do not have nearby access to water and must rely on these trucks as their only source.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:11:22 +0000

A mother and child receive their alloted monthly water supply from the city water truck in El Alto, Bolivia. An estimated 500,000 residents of El Alto do not have nearby access to water and must rely on these trucks as their only source.
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Plastic bags caught on barbed wire overlooking the city of La Paz, Bolivia.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:11:35 +0000

Plastic bags caught on barbed wire overlooking the city of La Paz, Bolivia.
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Two women stand by the side of the road in the foothills of El Alto, Bolivia.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:10:52 +0000

Two women stand by the side of the road in the foothills of El Alto, Bolivia.
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Ben Spannuth of Boulder, Colorado reaches for the exit move on Trice, a V12 boulder problem.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:14:13 +0000

Ben Spannuth of Boulder, Colorado reaches for the exit move on Trice, a V12 boulder problem.
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Two climbers bouldering near Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder, Colorado.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:28:10 +0000

Two climbers bouldering near Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder, Colorado.
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Caleb Palmer of Denver climbing near Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder, Colorado.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:28:40 +0000

Caleb Palmer of Denver climbing near Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder, Colorado.
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A young boy uses a cable for a swing overlooking the village of San Antonio de Oriente in Honduras.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:29:47 +0000

A young boy uses a cable for a swing overlooking the village of San Antonio de Oriente in Honduras.
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A young girl plays in an abandoned house in San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:31:19 +0000

A young girl plays in an abandoned house in San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras.
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A mother and child in their home in San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:32:06 +0000

A mother and child in their home in San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras.
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San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:34:52 +0000

San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras.
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Two children play in an abandoned house in San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:35:32 +0000

Two children play in an abandoned house in San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras.
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Graveyard chapel in Tomatlan, Mexico.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:38:16 +0000

Graveyard chapel in Tomatlan, Mexico.
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Grinding wheel used to make Tequila in El Tuito, Mexico.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:42:22 +0000

Grinding wheel used to make Tequila in El Tuito, Mexico.
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A city park in Moscow, Russia.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:42:59 +0000

A city park in Moscow, Russia.
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Housing projects in Washington Heights, New York City.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:43:58 +0000

Housing projects in Washington Heights, New York City.
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Pride Parade in Greenwich Village, New York City.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:44:37 +0000

Pride Parade in Greenwich Village, New York City.
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Coney Island, New York City.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:44:59 +0000

Coney Island, New York City.
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A boy plays with a truck in Yakutsk, Siberia.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:45:33 +0000

A boy plays with a truck in Yakutsk, Siberia.
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A man inside his home in Yakutsk, Siberia.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:46:36 +0000

A man inside his home in Yakutsk, Siberia.
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A woman and dog share the street near a collapsing building in Yakutsk, Siberia.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:47:27 +0000

A woman and dog share the street near a collapsing building in Yakutsk, Siberia.
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A building collapse in downtown Yakutsk, Siberia.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:47:53 +0000

A building collapse in downtown Yakutsk, Siberia.
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Flooding in Yakutsk, Siberia.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:48:20 +0000

Flooding in Yakutsk, Siberia.
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Winter windmill near Green River, Wyoming.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:49:32 +0000

Winter windmill near Green River, Wyoming.
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