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Archive for ‘October, 2016’

THE NEED FOR SPEED

Our goal at DPI has always been to provide the best in photojournalism and documentary photography to our viewers. However, in the news business there are deadlines to be met particularly in regard to breaking news. Editors will usually opt for the first available image that they receive. In order for us to be competitive in this area the need to provide copy nearly instantaneously to all of our clients had become evident. To this end we are announcing the launching of a new texting feature. Subscribers to our newsletter will receive a text message including a photo either for a breaking news event or when the conversation is related to images from our collection. Editors can then contact us for the hi-res download. If you wish to unsubscribe to this text message please contact us at info@dispatchpressimages.com and include the words “text – unsubscribe” in your email.

Lubo, Belgian Congo - November 14, 1924: Belgian colonialism in the Congo. If you look closely you can see the lash marks on the chest of the prominent African. Also see: "King Leopold's Ghost" (1998) by Adam Hochschild. Ref: "Heart of Darkness" (1899) by Joseph Conrad.

“White Man’s Burden”

The title of this blog, “White Man’s Burden”, is a shortened version of the title from the poem written by Rudyard Kipling (1899) describing U. S. colonialism in the Philippines. But it has come to symbolize the imperialist experience exerted by the great powers over subjected peoples particularly in Africa. We have always sought to illustrate our blogs, newsletters and website with the best images possible. However, images taken in tropical areas such as sub-Saharan Africa, Vietnam and parts of South America and Southeast Asia reflect the damage done to images as a result of the humid climate. We trust that you will make allowances for our “White Man’s Burden” photo.

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LATEST ARRIVALS TO OUR COLLECTION

If you have been following DPI for any length of time you may have wondered how best to locate the latest arrivals to our collection. Our social media links of Facebook and Twitter would be a good place to start. This blog has been online since January 2015. The blog is updated with both single images and slideshows. However, in order to stay on top of our latest arrivals I would recommend subscribing to our newsletter which is published every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The newsletters were created using our third party provider GetResponse (www.getresponse.com). By subscribing to our newsletter you will be receiving some of the latest arrivals including a short discussion on the significance of each image. The newsletters are archived, but there is no search tool available through GetResponse. Therefore, I would suggest that you do the following. Use the newsletter link to access the archives.  You can then search through the archives.  You can use the link on the home archives page to subscribe or even better, subscribe to our RSS feed which will send you an email when a new blog is posted.  Using Google is also a good option.  Simply search on Google for https://app.getresponse.com/archive/mlander/ and you will find many of our most popular newsletters listed.  Alternatively, simply type in your search criteria following the last forward slash, and relative newsletters on that topic will populate.  For example, if you wanted to do a search to see if we have any newsletters dealing with Texas you would Google: https://app.getresponse.com/archive/mlander/Texas.

We have been in discussion with GetResponse regarding implementation of a search tool for the newsletters.  As we publish twice weekly the list of newsletters in the archive is continually growing making it tedious to locate a given topic. Until such time as a search option within the archive is available please use one of the above described alternatives.

 

Mike Lander

Canada - September 21, 1922: A turnip farmer with his horse and wagon harvesting in the field.

SELF-RELIANCE

Self-reliance. Can-do attitude. Personal responsibility. Where did this thought originate? These descriptions of basically the same mind set are found in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. How so? Its roots in these countries is traced to the Reformation, in particular, Calvinist teachings. Calvinism taught that accumulation of wealth was not a sin as was the prevailing attitude of the Roman Catholic Church. Hard work, thrift and accumulating wealth to bestow upon heirs became a religious teaching.

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