Documenting extreme heat and Northern Ireland, preparing for the weather
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 | PHOTOGRAPHS BY CRISTINA BAUSSAN
| | By Whitney Johnson, Director of Visual and Immersive Experiences
With a nation burying its assassinated president yesterday, photographer Cristina Baussan went to Haiti to seek wisdom and insight from her 88-year-old grandmother and a 104-year-old writer.
They recounted past disruptions—and current threats of greater divisions—but also times when the land wasn't riven with violence, when some order prevailed (before a nasty family dictatorship). They remembered moments when Haiti's convivial nature, love of fauna, and communal workplaces showcased a unique heritage.
When they grew up, "all types of fruit trees—apricots, mangoes, cherries—bordered the fretwork-patterned homes" of their neighborhood, Cristina writes for Nat Geo. (Pictured above, a young man hiking up a cornfield at sunset southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital.)
Cristina's portraits and use of family photos illustrates another, noble look at Haiti. “They say a country never dies,” her grandmother, Myrto, tells her. “I just hope I live long enough to see a country I am proud to call my own."
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Documented: Above left, Cristina’s grandmother, in the garden outside her bedroom in Port-au-Prince. At right, Myrto’s prayer book, in which she keeps a portrait of Cristina’s grandfather, Jean, next to her own. | | | |
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R.I.P.: A memorial for President Jovenel Moïse near the entrance of his home, where he was assassinated on July 7. | | | |
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Unity to thrive: Writer Odette Fombrun, 104, thinks that Haiti should emulate its rural farmers, at least those who join together in cooperatives to press their shared goals. Here, Odette is shown on the balcony of her home.
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Daily devotion: At left, Christiana, who cares for the mountainside home outside Port-au-Prince where Cristina Baussan’s grandmother lived in in her 50s. At right, the church Cristina Baussan’s grandmother, Myrto, attends daily.
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The sun also rises: In the early morning of July 7, assassins entered the president’s home and killed him. Hours later, not far away, Cristina Baussan captured the sunrise.
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It took a while: Three decades, in fact, for Magnum photojournalist Gilles Peress to deliver his monumental, deeply personal visual exploration of strife in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s. His photobook, Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, defies traditional narrative forms. Although set in Northern Ireland, it “describes circumstances that keep spinning in every nook and cranny on Earth,” the Washington Post says.
Be prepared: How do you protect your gear against bad weather? Photojournalist Karen Ducey says that’s always top of mind in Seattle. “I carry a tub in my car filled with weather stuff: extra raincoat, small towels for cameras, Think Tank weather raincoats for camera gear, hat, garbage bag, Ziploc bag, flashlight, first aid kit, power inverter,” Ducey tells NPPA. “I have six weather apps, and I use StormRadar all the time.”
How the pandemic changed her: Some days Ranita Roy felt self-love or closeness to nature. Other days, it was longing, anxiety, or fear for the future. Roy’s latest multimedia series, "Take It As You Want," mines those variable emotions. “Solitude helps me to understand the importance of life and the people surrounding me,” she tells NPR.
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| | The other part of the story: We always look at lily pads as Monet did, from above. But Keith Ladzinski waded into this remote pond in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to get images from below the surface. “I spotted this pond while flying a drone along the coastline of Lake Superior and decided to hike in with an underwater housing and fishing waders,” he says. “As I slowly moved into the seemingly shallow water the edge dropped off quickly, pushing me in and flooding my waders with freezing water. With the damage done I decided to work through the cold and keep shooting to capture this beautiful little ecosystem.” Lilies are an important part of a water system, filtering wastewater and even heavy metal materials through their root systems. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHIEU PALEY | | How extreme heat is affecting us: This image by photographer and Nat Geo Explorer Matthieu Paley comes from a worldwide look at the impact of extreme temperatures, featured in the August edition of National Geographic. In western Pakistan, devotees making the arduous Hinglaj, a Hindu pilgrimage through the desert, often faint in the extreme heat—104°F when this picture was taken. “Extreme heat has pernicious effects,” Elizabeth Royte writes, “even when it isn’t lethal.”
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 | | COURTESY SHANGHAI ASTRONOMY MUSEUM | | Adiós, Roman columns: New museums are trying for a new look. The rounded style turned heads with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim in New York; now it’s becoming commonplace, Nat Geo reports in a roundup of the most beautiful museums in the world. Pictured above, the rounded look is meant to mimic the stars and planets at the new Shanghai Museum of Astronomy. A glowing oculus at the entrance tracks the movement of the sun.
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| This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard and Monica Williams, and Jen Tse selected the photographs. Amanda Williams-Bryant, Rita Spinks, Alec Egamov, Heather Kim, and Jeremy Brandt-Vorel also contributed this week. Have an idea, a link, or a story to share? We’d love to hear from you at david.beard@natgeo.com. Thanks for reading! | | | |
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