I shoot who I am

Brighton Beach is a neighborhood not terribly far from photographer Bruce Gilden's apartment in Manhattan.

"I shoot what's interesting. All I'm about is visual."

And Brighton Beach is a sight.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/19/living/cnnphotos-brighton-beach/index.html

The pregnant war photographer who couldn't walk away

Lynsey Addario takes you to the heart of a conflict through her photographs. Her experiences are recorded in her memoir -  "It's what I do: A photographer's life of love and war."

Only a sensitive photojournalist can get behind the walls people operate from. Addario does just this.

What a brave, fearless woman.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/20/world/lynsey-addario-pregnant-war-photographer/index.html

An oasis for senior citizens

Dignity Foundation, an NGO, working with the elderly, launched a library solely for the bibliophiles among senior citizens recently. There are also books for the young so that they would interact with senior citizens as part of the foundation's 'loneliness mitigation' initiatives.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/an-oasis-of-books-for-senior-citizens/article6899884.ece?homepage=true&ref=tpnews

Disability doesn't mean disadvantage

Farida Bedwei, a celebrated software engineer from Ghana, is proof of that. Cerebral palsy is an incurable neurological disorder that affects body movement and muscle coordination but does not interfere with the ability to learn. Bedwei did not let this stand in her way and today she is the co-founder and chief technical officer of Logiciel, a software company. She is also considered one of the most powerful women in financial technology on the continent.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/13/africa/farida-bedwei-ghanaian-software-genius/index.html

Copenhagen's lesson to the world

The Danes are famously considered to be the happiest people in the world. Copenhageners know how to have a good time while also taking care of the environment.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120412-travelwise-what-copenhagen-can-teach-the-world

Carrying a heavy cross

Rainer Hoess' grandfather, Rudolf Hoess, was the Nazi commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, and the man who oversaw the murder of an estimated 1.5 million people.

Rainer Hoess publicly denounced his grandfather and his life's mission is to try to make amends....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11241714/Auschwitz-commanders-grandson-Why-my-family-call-me-a-traitor.html