The Hulk's Gonna Get You.

Beautiful image of a local bodybuilding contest:

A bodybuilder protests the Iranian regime by appearing painted green. The look on the face of the guy in the middle is priceless.

(Source: http://persian2english.com/?p=5774 )

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But who are these Greens? A good first read is this article by my friend Tori:

http://united4iran.com/2010/02/its-not-easy-being-green-from-election-campaign-to-civil-rights-campaign/

And if you're tired of all the politics, just relax with the pictures of "Life Goes On In Tehran"

http://www.lifegoesonintehran.com/

Images that move me.

There's a few impressive green-movement images here inspired by Ashura: http://iranianmoharram.wordpress.com/ (also many cliche ones, but eh...)

Photo essay on the man accused of being responsible for the Kahrizak detention center deaths:
http://www.iranian.com/main/albums/walking-free

One of my favorite sites "Life Goes On in Tehran" had stopped updating. He felt that life didn't go on after the election, the detentions, the killing. I'm very glad massive mail support by his fans convinced him to start again:
http://www.lifegoesonintehran.com/

Pictures of Sadness and Hope

In Amsterdam we held a candle light vigil last night, in memory of all the fallen brothers and sisters. The video here doesn't do full justice to the beautiful, sad and magical atmosphere of the night. If you don't read Persian, ignore the text and click on the video:

http://zamaaneh.com/movie/2009/06/light_up_the_night_part_2.html

Here's a Time photo essay of the people who are struggling. It's a painful detail that the man who took these pictures is now missing:

http://www.life.com/image/ugc1003082/in-gallery/28782/eyewitness-from-tehrans-streets

Photography and journalism

Every so often I post a link on my blog to a photography site with pictures that inspire me. One that frequently returns, in the hope that more and more readers will get hooked to his site, is Life Goes On in Teheran. This monthly updated site contains pictures that were taken by the mobile phone of a young artist recently returned to Iran from living in the States. At the moment the blog is travelling through Europe. Come on, get hooked already!

Want to go out yourself and record/shoot/write? I just found what could well be the definitive guide to multimedia journalism. Have a swagger to this site: http://advancingthestory.wordpress.com/