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Comment on San Pedro Sula by San Pedro Sula | Antonio Olmos's Blog

San Pedro Sula | Antonio Olmos's Blog — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:21 +0000

[...] was reading Stuart Freedman’s Blog yesterday about San Pedro Sula being the most violent city in the world. The Guardian did an [...]

Comment on From my Delhi window… by Jonathan Elphick

Jonathan Elphick — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:13:21 +0000

That partciular chap is a Black Kite, Stuart. Not surprised it was so near; they are bold birds, as with many Indian birds at home among people, and of course notorious for snatching food from hands or plates – but also performing a useful service as a scavenger (although not able to deal with carcasses and other food waste as quickly as the vultures, whose populations have been reduced by up to 99 percent across the subcontinent by the painkiller diclofenac, used to control joint pain in cattle to prolong their working life, one of the greatest recent disasters in avian conservation). Formerly also known as the Pariah Kite, it is called Cheel in Hindi and Bengali, and has many local names, such as Kalu parade (Tamil), Chakki parandu (Malayalam) and Siriun (Sind). It’s the commonest bird of prey in India, and beautiful in flight, amazingy graceful and aerobatic as it wheels and soars, twists and turns, on a constant lookout for food, avoiding tangles of wires or other potential obstructions with ease. The nests are untidy platforms of twigs, wire, rags, paper, plastic and rubbish of all description. Loved watching them on my one trip to northern India.
Hope to see you in late April here in old Harringay!

Comment on My best tearsheet… probably by Aubrey Wade

Aubrey Wade — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:57:29 +0000

priceless!!! In fact, I think you are the only person in the World I know this could happen to

Comment on The girl at the Mosque by Graham Harrison

Graham Harrison — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:06:50 +0000

Ah, Cairo’s finest space. Do call in at El-Shams café, near the Courts of Justice, and Beit es-Suhaimi, one of the few surviving merchant’s houses from C17th if you can.

Comment on Walking in Addis by Bert Spiertz

Bert Spiertz — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:33:16 +0000

Great street photography. Love this.

Bert

Comment on Growing Old in India by Celia

Celia — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:43:05 +0000

Love the portrait shot of Manjani.

Comment on The future of the rag-pickers by travelerreport

travelerreport — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:53:42 +0000

Powerful. It’s about people who are very poor, people who are constantly struggling to make ends meet, people who keep going,…

Comment on Burundi – slipping back by paul iwala

paul iwala — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:10:06 +0000

i am astounded that the situation in this region of my (original) home continent. we here in the global west hear nothing of the plight of other nations.
next week i will myself be journeying to nigeria, and for the first time too. i am full of expectations that part of the trip will yield something positive in terms of photography.

paul bankole iwala

Comment on Smithsonian Magazine – Cycle Opera by Jeff Campagna

Jeff Campagna — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:00:16 +0000

Fantastic work, Stuart!

Comment on The Englishman and the eel by >Re: PHOTO » Blog Archive » Pie & Mash

>Re: PHOTO » Blog Archive » Pie & Mash — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:04:13 +0000

[...] of London’s surviving pie and mash shops posted by Stuart Freedman on his Umbra Sumus blog in The Englishman and the eel. These are some of the unused pictures from a feature that was published in the German magazine [...]