Portrait photography and photojournalism are two potentially intense and powerful art forms that don’t always get the recognition they deserve – here a few amazing photos from around the world…
Happy couple in Thailand
Image Credit: Sarawut Intarob
Little girl who survived 11 days in a Siberian Forest
Image Credit: HuffingtonPost.com
Little boy from Sao Paulo
Image Credit: David Lazar Photography
Black Baby holding an Albino Baby
Image Credit: Mirror.co.uk
A 13-year-old Eagle Huntress in Mongolia
Image Credit: BBC.com
Unknown Solider on duty in South Vietnam, 1956
Image Credit: AP Photo/Horst Faas, File
Blind Albino students stand in a dorm at the Vivekananda Mission School in India
Image Credit: Brent Stirton
Shaolin Monks in training
Image Credit: Steve McCurry Photography
Rwandan boy left scarred after being liberated from a death camp
Image Credit: James Nachtwey Photography
Girl and Baobabs in Madagascar
Image Credit: National Geographic
A 106-year-old Armenian woman guards her home
Image Credit: Reddit
A Chinese Paramilitary Police recruits breaks into tears before shipping off for service
Image Credit: Imgur.com
Omayra trapped under the fallen debris of her house; she died just hours after this photo was taken
Image Credit: Wikipedia
Village Chief in Brazil
Image Credit: David Lazar Photography
A malnourished mother and child at an emergency feeding center in Tahoua, Niger
Image Credit: India Times
Siberian family dinner
Image Credit: Imgur.com
A miner takes a break inside an unregulated coalmine in Sabinas, Mexico
Image Credit: The Guardian
The eyes that speak – a Muslim woman wearing a hijab
Image Credit: Steve McCurry Photography
A Geisha in the Subway
Image Credit: Steve McCurry Photography
A woman with Ambras Syndrome – in the middle ages, these people were called Werewolves
Image Credit: UK Daily Mail
Yezidi girl carries an assault rifle to protect her family from Terrorists
Image Credit: Metrography
Somayeh Mehri (29) and her daughter, Rana Afghanipour (3), give each other a kiss. After being disfigured in an acid attack, they say others don’t like to kiss them.
Image Credit: Ebrahim Noroozi
A boy rescues his sister from underneath the rubble of their home in Syria
Image Credit: Reuters
A heart surgeon after a 23-hour-long (and successful) heart transplant. His assistant sleeps in the corner.
Image Credit: Imgur.com
12-year-old Diego Frazão Torquato of Brazil plays the violin at his teacher’s funeral
Image Credit: Reddit
A little Guarani girl holds on tight to a dead rat.
Image Credit: Beija Flor
An Egyptian woman kisses a policeman that refused to fire on protesters.
Image Credit: Tolaire.com
The Migrant Mother – an iconic image of the Great Depression
Image Credit: Wikipedia
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