Category Archives: Nov 2014 – 2

Close Up: Photographer Dave Martin

Dave Martin began his photographic career at the Lakeland Ledger in Lakeland, Fla., in 1982 before joining the AP as a staff photographer in Montgomery, AL., in 1983. In 2004, Martin was named the AP’s regional photo editor for the South.

Thankful For Turkey

Photos by John Minchillo On a cold and rainy November morning, farmers Mary Carpenter and Paul Dench-Layton waded arm-in-arm into the large soggy paddock that’s home to their Broad Breasted Whites, nearly 250 gobbling, barking, and bumbling Thanksgiving turkeys.

Iranian Pilgrimage

Photos by Ebrahim Noroozi More than a thousand people trekked across Iran this past week to visit a shrine in this ancient Persian city, a pilgrimage like many others in the Islamic Republic – until you notice men there wearing yarmulkes.

Photographer Vadim Ghirda: Turkey-Syria Border

Photographer Vadim Ghirda was born on January 15, 1971 and received his BA in Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest in Romania.

Sports Roundup: Nov. 21, 2014

Over the last two weeks, we have gathered a selection of some of our favorite sports moments captured by AP photographers.

Peru Attacks Illegal Mining

Photos by Rodrigo Abd Peru has sent 1,000 police into its southeastern jungles to dismantle illegal gold-mining camps, just weeks before the country hosts global climate talks.

Daily Life Roundup: Nov. 20, 2014

For this week’s installment of AP’s Daily Life series, we feature photography from all over the world: Indian flower vendors arrange rose petals and garlands, a Chinese paramilitary police stands outside the Forbidden city, and a paraglider flies around the Christ the Redeemer statue.

Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt

Photos by Nariman El-Mofty Raslan Fadl, the first doctor in Egypt to be put on trial for committing female genital mutilation, is still practicing even through a 13-year-old girl died after he performed the procedure.