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Zakhem | Wounds: When War Comes Home. Photo by Giulio Piscitelli
Giulio Piscitelli Documents the Wounds That Persist in Children After the Afghan War
While visiting free healthcare centers in Kabul that are provided by different organizations, Italian photographer Giulio Piscitelli came to the realization that the 20-year long war in Afghanistan wasn’t over. The very existence of these centers dedicated to aiding those with war wounds proves otherwise. It was during one of these visits when Piscitelli met a six-year-old girl who was struck by two bullets coming from opposing sides.
Although recovering, the girl is just one example of the many people suffering from wounds inflicted on them from what was left of the war – landmines, for one example. The presence of these centers, in addition to the many people using them, has somewhat normalized the presence of such violence that has presumably “ended.”
Piscitelli has created his own role in the community by visiting these hospitals focused on those wounded by war. He speaks to and photographs the people there and found that many more are willing to share their stories than he anticipated. Many of the wounded, including a large number of children and other young people, reveal themselves to Piscitelli so that he can capture their injuries which he then places beside an image of the thing that did the injuring. This project is not only exemplary of this war, but all violent conflict that has had lasting effects on innocent communities around the world.
Photo by GeekPwn
Chinese Hackers Use Photo of Fingerprint to Unlock Smartphone
Every smartphone owner has become accustomed to unlocking their devices with nothing more than a simple fingerprint. Now, at a yearly conference in Shanghai, known as GeekPwn 2019, Chinese hackers claim to be able to get into any fingerprinting system in just 20 minutes.
By using technology that isn’t entirely disclosed, the men doing the demonstration had different audience members touch glass that would then be photographed for its fingerprint and passed through an app. The photo itself was taken with another smartphone and the app used was developed by the hackers themselves – its purpose being to extract the information necessary to clone any fingerprint. Fingerprint data is then processed in what is assumed to be a kind of 3D- printing system which is responsible for recreating the prints that seem to easily fool all kinds of smart-device security systems.
Although the process and tools needed to achieve this kind of hack seems inaccessible to the average person, professionals in the tech industry are still advising users to opt for face recognition or passcodes instead. It’s best to protect one’s devices anyways, especially if they carry sensitive information related to any number of things.
June 12, 2016 – Marta and Liset resting in the river after a treacherous crossing. Photo by Lisette Poole
Photographer Follows Two Women Across 13 Countries in Their Journey from Cuba to the U.S.
Over 8,000 miles and 10 borders later, Marta Amaro and Liset Barrios made their way into the United States after fleeing their homes in Havana, Cuba. With nothing but the name of someone smuggling people North, the women were guided through jungles, rivers and various other environments in their effort to make it into the U.S. where they now live as permanent residents.
The photojournalist, Lisette Poole, who joined them on their journey with other migrants, is now set to release a book inspired by the expedition. The book, titled La Paloma y la Ley, which means “The dove and the law,” documents Amaro and Barrios’ journey through photographs taken all throughout as well as essays and field notes collected by Poole during. Although the photographer focuses on the two women, they are often photographed within a larger group of people all gathered to undergo the same travels in their determination to get to the States.
By posing as a migrant herself, Poole was able to capture the voyage as authentically as possible and didn’t have to worry about slowing anybody down for any reason. After having made it to the U.S. with the women, Poole continued to shoot the women’s lives – showing how they’ve settled into their new lives.
La Paloma y la Ley, published by Red Hook Editions, is over 300 pages of an event that mimics countless others in history and is available for purchase on Poole’s website.
Photos via Reddit users BigKahunaBurger17, TheYellowRose, JokersHigh, DrkTitan, Tredog101, Sailor_Calisto
Moderators on Reddit Forum Specifically Geared Towards People of Color Call for Photographic Evidence of Race
A popular forum on Reddit known as “Black Twitter,” which was specifically created as a space where people of color could discuss anything from politics to music, experienced a recent uproar. The thought-to-be-free space suddenly had complaints piling from people who believed that there were white users joining the forum and posing as people of color in order to spread otherwise racist opinions of the community.
Conversations that speculate what kinds of comments are actually coming from white users began to spiral and moderators, who both filter content and approve it, were asked to take some sort of action. Because any number of people can exist on Reddit without ever posting anything of their true identity, it is difficult to verify who people are – or, especially, what race they are. Suddenly, there was a collection of photos appearing of different forearms with people’s usernames written across them in markers; It was their way of verifying their person-of-color-ness. This, obviously not a clear-cut solution to the problem, then presented another issue that involved speculation of people posting false photos.
All in all, the action led to further online discussion, many of which had to be taken down by moderators for the massive upset it was causing the online community. For now, “Black Twitter” remains alive and active although the identities of those part of it will continue to be up for debate so long as there are skeptical parties.
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