Lost and Found in Brooklyn and Paris

I just watched some really neat videos. They tell the story of a young man, Todd Beiber, from Brooklyn who found a small canister of undeveloped film after a New York blizzard while skiing in Prospect Park. Todd decided to develop the film and find the owners. The photos are poignant depictions of the blizzard around the boroughs of New York.



Amazingly, Todd FOUND the owners! He spent an inordinate amount of time researching and emailing people for months, making many new friends all over the world. Here's the followup video (warning for kids-- it has an immodest European statue and lots of beer drinking).



My favorite part is how Todd made so many wonderful friends in Europe, who later served as hosts while he traveled. What a wonderful adventure! He got to see five countries of Europe and skied the Alps. Wow. I would SO love to do that (except ski the Alps-- I don't know how to ski! And I'd need a whopper of a vision screener).

I love the good consequences of random acts of kindness. :)

Red and Black

When I wore this outfit, my kids said that I looked like a fashionista-bat girl. I like that! The kids have had a great imagination.

I just found these Fendi red jeans a few days ago that they were about 12 years old-before I had my kids. They were sitting in a corner of my closet. I completely forgot about them and didn't even know that I owned the pair of red jeans. Here they are...! Yeah!!! They were old, but they're new now. I'm happy! I styled them with MMMargiela black sheer top, Fleet Ilya belt, and the sexy Christian Louboutine Lady Daf platform pumps.

And yes, I had a great fun time to do a photoshoot again with QC. As you know, my husband is normally my photographer, but he is lately on and off. QC is a professional photographer, a long time friend of my big brother, and a great replacement one for my husband when he is off. QC's photos are always stunning. Thank you QC for the amazing photos and Nancy for the beautiful make-up. Nancy, QC's wife, is a make-up artist. They are a team work. Please, check out their site at XO Photography.

Thank you everyone for visiting and comment! Have a wonderful day!!

ps: Please, stay tuned for more photos of the same this outfit but with different angles under the artist eyes of talented QC photographer. He had magic to change my outfit into the different look.

The Revolution...This Time Through The Lenses Of Home-Grown Egyptian Photojournalists

Photo © Eman Helal-All Rights Reserved

Since the recent effort by BagNews's Assignment Egypt (Analyzing News Photo From the 18 Days Revolution) wasn't about featuring the work of Egyptian photojournalists, I thought I'd solicit submissions from young home-grown Egyptian photojournalists working for the local newspapers, who not only documented the Tahrir uprisings, but who also participated in the revolution...in their revolution, for this blog instead.

These photojournalists are far from being "khawagas" (a colloquial nickname for non-Egyptians), they are not well-known in the Western media, they are -to borrow a word from the US military- "grunts"...hard-working people with little support except their own small local network, and who've been mistreated and distrusted by the Mubarak authorities. They've worked, and continue to work, under difficult circumstances. The foreign photojournalists who "parachuted" briefly into Egypt at the first whiff of civil disturbances did a great job documenting the revolution, but they were still "parachutists'...they were not indigenous to the revolution....sure, they documented it with a good photographic eye...sure, some of them were badly beaten by pro-regime thugs...sure, their photographs were plastered on pages of major newspapers and magazines...but they can never understand the revolution as these young local photographers did.

I know that featuring the work of these Egyptian photojournalists here may start the ball rolling, and could soon lead to larger venues where their talent can be better appreciated...I also know that generous photographers such as Eric Beecroft, John Horniblow and Michael Robinson Chavez are planning such venues. When I have all the details I'll announce them here.

In the meantime, I will feature the work of a handful of these young professionals on The Travel Photographer blog during the coming week.

Trust me...they are not marquee names, but their work is as good as that of the world-famous photojournalists.

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