I looked through the Magnum Photos site and really enjoyed the photos posted by Jonas Bendiksen. The images above were my favorites of his. I usually enjoy pictures that have people in them. Bendiksen's photos incorporate people in unique ways. While they appear to be the focus of the image, there are many other things going on that observers can appreciate. These pictures depict motion and color in fascinating ways. The photos also have meaningful descriptions that provide the viewer with a different outlook than he or she may originally have had. The caption of the first photo of the two people running reads "KENYA. Nairobi. 2005. Scenes from Kibera, Africa's largest slum, where almost one million people live on less than a square mile." The caption of he second photo reads "RUSSIA. Altai Territory. 2000. Villagers collecting scrap from a crashed spacecraft, surrounded by thousands of white butterflies. Environmentalists fear for the region's future due to the toxic rocket fuel."
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