Photography by Jocelyn Baun
In October 2009 heavy rains flooded the backwaters of the River Krishna in Andhra Pradeshʼs rural Mahabubnagar district. Some Chenchus, an aboriginal tribe with Primitive Tribal Group status in India, had homes on the banks of these back waters. The flooding completely destroyed their village. Forty-eight families were relocated to Amaragiri, a village six kilometres away. As of June 2010, they are still awaiting completion of permanent housing. CARE India is overseeing the construction.The following images are part of a series documenting CARE Indiaʼs flood relief program. Read More
Image by Sarah King
For more on Sarah King & Owen Gildersleeve, read Claire Landon’s interview with them in the Fall issue of The DDD.
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Photography by Kris Payne
Written by Ellen Moynihan
A collection of resplendently bewhiskered men was assembled in the staid, proper lobby of the Strand Palace Hotel in London on a warm afternoon in late summer of 2007. They called themselves Beard Team U.S.A., and had come from every region of the U.S., from capitol cities and small towns, all for one purpose: to compete that weekend in the World Beard and Moustache Championships, which are held every two years in a different country. It was just the beginning of what would be a three-day-long celebration of and dedication to facial hair in all its forms. Read More
Padova by Belisario Contreras
Introduction by Maya Contreras
My grandfather passed away twenty years ago leaving behind various incandescent works on the subjects of Art & Literature that I would like to share over the next few months on the DDD website. As a former professor at American University, Dr. Contreras’ novel “Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art” has been a consistence source for highly esteemed Art History professors, as well as sited in various dissertations. Read More
