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NEWS & EVENTS:   World Food Crisis Various/ Aurora Photos In the past year, prices have risen significantly for basic food on the international commodity market. Around the world, countries are feeling the effects with severe food shortages. Over the past year, rice prices have risen by 70%. The price of wheat has more than doubled. Corn and soy have been trading well above average. The global food crisis is being blamed on factors such as the growing population and emerging economies like China and India. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Pablo Vs. Chevron Ivan Kashinsky/Aurora Photos Pablo Fajardo is the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in a major lawsuit against Texaco, which is now owned by Chevron. This is possibly the largest environmental lawsuit ever filed in history. For twenty years Texaco was responsible for recklessly disposing of crude oil and toxic waste, which leaked into the water supply of the people living in the Ecuadorian Amazon. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   On the Trail with Barack Obama Callie Shell / Aurora Photos Join Aurora photographer Callie Shell as she covers Barack Obama on the Iowa caucus campaign trail with exclusive behind-the-scenes access shot on assignment for Time magazine. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Iraq Today Ashley Gilbertson / Aurora Photos Award winning photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson covered the Iraq war comprehensively throughout its the initial 18 months. Soon a book of that work will be published. Recently, he returned to Baghdad and came back with these images of that city today. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Tragedy at Virginia Tech Jay L. Clendenin Virgina Tech University was devastated after a student went on a deadly shooting spree on Monday, April 16. Aurora photographer Jay L. Clendenin photographed the campus as students and faculty react, mourn and begin to cope with the tragic loss of life. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   India's Kumbh Mela Kris Pannecoucke / Aurora Photos Men, women and children bathe in the waters of Sangam in India during a cycle of pilgrimage known as the Kumbh Mela when millions of Hindus visit four cities on a 12-yearly cycle to expunge their sins by bathing in especially holy stretches of the Ganges and its tributaries in the belief that a ritual dip would wash away all sins. The biggest days of the Kumbh Mela festival are January 19 (Mauni Amavasya), when about 20-25 million are expected to converge for this spectacle of spirituality, devotion and stoicism. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Chavez's Venezuela Andrew Cutraro / Aurora Photos There's a new kind of revolution emerging in Latin America, and its most successful manifestation has been Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and his Bolivarian movement. Chavez’s progressive policies are affecting political and economic thinking around the world and presenting the U.S. with a burgeoning foreign policy crisis. Aurora's Andrew Cutraro takes a closer look at how Chavez's policies have affected the political, economic and social situation on the ground in Venezuela, and brings a unique perspective of a country coming into its own on the world stage. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   The Next Democratic Hopeful? Callie Shell / Aurora Photos Barack Obama with his eloquent keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention confirmed his status as one of the Democratic party's freshest and most inspirational new leaders. Will he be the next Democratic hopeful? View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   A Different Kenyan School Didier Ruef / Pixsil / Aurora Boys and girls at Nyandarva boarding primary school work in a large agricultural garden, organized by "Gardens for Life". This initiative seeks to embed the most fundamental of issues, food and nutrition, within the education curriculum by maximizing the use of school gardens and as a source of income for the school. After feeding the students, the foodstuff produced can be sold locally. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Five Years Later: Remembering 9/11 Aurora Photographers Five years after September 11, 2001, Aurora looks back on that terrible day and the days following when New York and the country pulled together to remember the fallen. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   At the Lebanon Border David Blumenfeld As the latest chapter of violence and crisis in the Middle East continues to escalate, Aurora Photographer David Blumenfeld has been at the Lebanese border in Northern Israel photographing the Israeli Defense Force military campaign and the towns where Hezbollah rockets and mortars have been exploding. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Earthquake Science Peter Essick / Aurora We know earthquakes level cities and kill people. In December 2004, a giant earthquake caused a tsunami that killed over 220,000 people. In Kashmir last October, a magnitude 7.6 quake claimed 73,000 lives. In cities across the globe, city planners, scientists, and emergency rescue services are studying earthquakes and preparing for the fallout of the next big quake. Aurora photographer Peter Essick traveled the globe, documenting the cities most at risk, and following scientists in their quest to better understand earthquakes. These are some of his images. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Timor Unrest Agnes Dherbeys / COSMOS / Aurora East Timor's president threatened to resign Thursday after the country's beleaguered prime minister refused to step down, deepening a political crisis following weeks of bloody street battles. In addition, tens of thousands of people displaced by the recent unrest in Timor Leste, both in the countryside as well as thousands who stayed at home in the capital, Dili, are in urgent need of food aid, according to assessments by WFP and its partners. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   An Arbitrary Line between Mexico and the USA Jim Lo Scalzo / US News / Aurora Photos Lo Scalzo examines the landscape of the U.S.–Mexico border, a boundary with the highest number of both legal and illegal crossings of any place on earth. Some 350 million people cross legally every year. The differences in living standards between these countries are the primary force behind the migratory flows. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Mexican Immigration Various Aurora Photographers The US immigration Act of 1907 reorganized the states bordering Mexico into Mexican Border District to stem the flow of immigrants into the U.S. Almost 100 years later the flow continues and the issues remain. Various Aurora photographers have examined this subject visually telling human stories in the process. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Hurricane Katrina Various Aurora Photographers The effects of Hurricane Katrina will be felt for a long time to come. Here's a sample of what Aurora affiliated photographers saw. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Hurricane Katrina Aftermath David Krusso / Aurora When hurricane Katrina slammed ashore August 29th with 150-mph (240-kph) winds no one imaged the aftermath it would bring in its wake. From a rescue workers perspective here are images that show its devestation and rescue efforts. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Extreme Weather Jim Reed / IPN / Aurora Award-winning photographer Jim Reed has premium-quality, extraordinary weather images. He captures everything from cumulonimbus clouds and hoar frost to hurricanes and tornadoes. Aurora is proud to have such one of a kind work on our web site. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Amphicars on Parade Ashley Gilbertson "Amphipoda", "The Wave", and "The Splash King" are not superheroes, but they are capable of freely operating on land and in water. Their amphibious abilities aren't due to special powers, but to their Amphicars, which function as both cars and motorboats. And these fittingly nick-named men were just three of 200 Amphicar owners and enthusiasts who convened this past weekend for the 12th Annual International Amphicar Owner's Convention and Swim-In in Celina, Ohio, where the vehicles have delighted the local residents for the past seven years. Aurora has text that can be licensed along with the photographs for this story. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   On Borrowed Time Katja Heinemann / Aurora For the first time in the history of the AIDS, HIV-positive children are growing up to become teenagers. But a cure for the disease has yet to be found, and infected children have to cope with toxic, often experimental medical regimens and a budding consciousness of sexuality and the conflicts with the knowledge of their affliction. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   A Unique Look at Guantanamo Robb Kendrick / Aurora Last month, Amnesty International called Guantanamo "the gulag of our time," sparking a storm of protests from administration supporters. Currently a Time Magazine report fuels Guantanamo criticism. Aurora photographer Robb Kendrick toured the military base in Cuba where “unlawful combatants” have been kept since the Afghan war and emerged with a unique set of images that help frame current events on the base. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   The Battle for Fallujah Ashley Gilbertson / Aurora Photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson of the Aurora photography agency, has won the Robert Capa Gold Medal in the Overseas Press Club (OPC) awards for best photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise for his work, “The Battle for Fallujah.” An honor that places him among a long list of revered conflict photographers. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Congress Passes ANWR Various Aurora Photographers March 17, 2005 - The Senate voted yesterday 51-49 in favor of oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Hurdles still remain, yet drilling advocates said they were close to achieving their long fight to tap billions of barrels of oil beneath the 1.5 million-acre tundra. Search ANWR for more images of the Refuge on www.auroraphotos.com View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Global Warming Peter Essick / Aurora Global warming has been called the most important issue in science today. The data shows that humans are causing the planet to warm by burning fossil fuels. If the warming continues and the computer models are accurate, millions of people and whole ecosystems could be adversly affected. Peter Essick travelled to many remote locations around the world to document the changes scientists are beginning to observe. Aurora has a complete collection of all the major components of this important issue. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Tsunami Devastation Bruno Stevens / Cosmos / Aurora The New York Times wrote: Of the countries affected by the tsunami, none has suffered proportionately more devastation than Sri Lanka, with 30,000 people reported killed out of a population of just 19.5 million. (Indonesia has three times as many dead, but it has more than seven times the population.) In Indonesia, India and Thailand, the damage was largely confined to one geographical area, while 70 percent of Sri Lanka's 830-mile coastline was swept by the roiling waters. 1/5/05 View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Falluja Offensive Ashley Gilberston / Aurora November 2004 - In Falluja US marines control most of this Iraqi city, with rebels hemmed into a narrow strip. US officials say insurgents are now in "small pockets", while fighting continues for control of the centre. These are some of the photographs shot by Aurora photographer Ashley Gilberston, who has been covering Iraq since before the war began. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Presidential Debates 2004 Arizona East Valley Tribune Aurora brings you a selection of interesting images from the US Presidential debates on October 14, 2004. The complete set of images may be seen by searching for "80847*". View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Kerry-Bush Campaign 2004 Katja Heinemann German-born photographer Katja Heinemann brings a fresh look to the US Presidential election. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Remembering D-Day - The Place Today Pierre Boulat/Cosmos, Helene Bamberger/Cosmos and Eduardo Nave/ASA Almost sixty years after the invasion of Nazi-occupied France by Allied US, British, and Canadian forces, the memory endures. This, one of the most dangerous and deadly military engagemnts of the last century is examined visually by three photographers. Please, view the work of Pierre Boulat, Helene Bamberger, and Eduardo Nave on the beaches where hundreds of thousands lost their lives. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Christians in Iraq Pierre Abensur/Pixsil/Aurora After more than a year of daily news from Iraq, a look at the Christians who have been part of the region. Isolated and anxious from the rise of Moslem fundamentalism, the Christians of Iraq seek to leave their country, but they don't and persevere. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Haiti James Heil/Aurora Looting over the weekend overwhelmed Port Au Prince and Jean-Bertrand Aristide departs for Africa. Armed rebel leaders swept into this capital and occupied the national police headquarters. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   ANWR Alaska Jim Lo Scalzo/US News/Aurora At about 19 million acres, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is the largest refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System. On Alaska's North Slope, it is about the size of the state of North Carolina. The refuge's 1002 Area, about the size of the state of Delaware, is the center of statewide and national debate over oil exploration in the refuge. Read moreÉ. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Campaigning Comes to Iowa Jim Lo Scalzo/US News/Aurora Iowa in winter can be a lonely landscape--stark, frozen, and seemingly uninhabited. Yet in the months preceding the Iowa caucuses, inside countless diners and VFW halls, a second landscape emerges, one where the state's provincial populace hobnobs with presidential contenders. There is a saying that nobody in Iowa decides whom they will vote for until they have had breakfast with him twice. Indeed, the caucuses create an unlikely privilege: the chance for a reserved, rural state to determine a presidential frontrunner. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   The Big Dig Michael Hintlian/Aurora The Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, MA is the largest highway project in American history. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Sudan's Refugees Stephen Alvarez/Aurora A recent peace accord brings hope and not a little cynicism for the refugees of Sudan’s long standing civil war. Read On. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Poker Fever Todd Bigelow/Aurora Red Hot Poker...The nation is being swept up in Poker fever as evident in the latest "reality tv" program drawing 5 million viewers each week to the Travel Channel's World Poker Tour program. So what's next? View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Logistics Iraq Ed Kashi/Aurora American forces in Iraq consumed more than 200,000 gallons of water and roughly a million gallons of fuel every day—all of which had to be trucked hundreds of miles into Iraq from Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Women Senators Melina Mara/Aurora Changing the Face of Power - Women are transforming this country's most prestigious governing body. Their bi-partisan teamwork, compassion for social issues, and coalition building, are laying a foundation for a new type of politician. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Migrant´s Journey Todd Bigelow/ Aurora Migrant workers routinely embark on dangerous border crossings seeking jobs in the US. A crackdown by the border patrol has changed the conditions of routes and methods of obtaining entry. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Iraq After the War Lukasz Trzcinski/Aurora The young Polish photographer Lukasz Trzcinski presents a small look (in 12 b&w photos) inside the post-war Iraq and the Iraqi society after the regime collapsed. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   WW II Again Katja Heinemann/Aurora World War II takes place each year in Reading, Pennsylvania. There are bombed-out French villages constructed of plywood, vintage trucks, machine guns and jeeps, and lot's of GIs and German soldiers participating mock battles. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Northern Iraq Ashley Gilbertson/Aurora Coverage from several northern cities and the Kurds involvement in the war to liberate Iraq. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Khalak frontline, Northern Iraq - April 8 Ashley Gilbertson/Aurora Fighting here has been very intense and the Kurds are fighting under command of US special forces soldiers on a daily basis. This frontline has been held up for five days now in it's advance to Mosul, the oil rich city controlled by Saddam. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Baghdad - Casualties at Al Kindi hospital April 5 Bruno Stevens/Cosmos/Aurora View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   TV wars - perspective from Jerusalem - March Andrew Lichtenstein/Aurora Nowhere is the explosion of the information age more dramaticthan in Jerusalem. Next door neighbors are watching two completelydifferent versions of the war. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   US Media saturation - New York City - March 19-28 Katja Heinemann/Aurora Images around New York City of public saturation of the media coverage. Many protesters are specifically targeting the networks with their messages. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   The Military Enters American Public Schools Nina Berman/Aurora In Oakland California, on a decommissioned naval base, 200 7th and 8thgrade children in military uniforms line up in platoon formation... View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Baghdad March 29, Funerals and sorrow Funerals are held for civilians reportedly injured in Coalition bombings. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Baghdad missle attack March 26 Franco Pagetti/Cosmos/Aurora IRAQ- BAGHDAD 26/03/2003 A Missile hit a very popular market in Al Shaab district, at 11.30 in the morning. More than 50 people were injured andbetween 15 to 18 died. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   1000 US Paratroopers seize airfield in Northern Iraq March 27 Ashley Gilbertson/Aurora 2003.03.27 Hareer Air strip, Northern Iraq US special forces patrol the air strip, about two hours north of Erbil, after reports claim that 1000 troops landed here last night. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Baghdad Casualties - 3/25,26/03 Photographs by Bruno Stevens/Cosmos/Aurora Casualties in the hospital and operating room. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   New York City Pro-War Rally Nina Berman/Aurora Photographs by Nina Berman On March 23, 2003 Supporters of the Iraq war, turn out for a support President Bush and the troops demonstration in Times Square sponsored by the Christian Coalition, pro-Israeli groups, and conservative organizations. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Isreal waits and sees Andrew Lichtenstein/Aurora On the opening day of war in Iraq, in Israel all remains peaceful and life goes on. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Journalist Paul Moran murdered in car bombing.March 24 Ashley Gilbertson/Aurora Paul Moran, a freelance cameraman working for ABC Australia, died in an attack which authorities here have attributed to Ansar al-Islam, a fundamentalist Islamic group in the region View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Baghdad - Collateral Damage 3/22/03 Bruno Stevens/Cosmos/Aurora Casualties of war in Baghdad. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Bush announces War Brad Markel/Aurora After giving Iraq 48 hours, Bush announces War on National Television View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Baghdad Bombing - 3/21/03 Photographs by Bruno Stevens/Cosmos Night time bombing in Baghdad by US Forces. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Baghdad March 21, 2003 Life goes on in Baghdad, Soccer matches are played and attended, some civilian casualties and guards on the street. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Soldiers Departing Imke Lass/ Laif/ AURORA Troop Preparation before departure to the Gulf Region at Fort Stewart, Georgia. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Baghdad First day of war ghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2003 A US bomb or missile lands on the Eastern outskirts of Baghdad at dawn, about an hour after the first explosions and anti-aircraft activities were heard in the Iraqi capital. Iraqis show defiance in the streets of B View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Mogadishu, Somalia Photographs by Pascal Maitre/Cosmos The Somali peace talks currently underway in Kenya (March 2003) are in danger of collapsing. What is it like in Mogadishu today? View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Delray Beach Homefront Patrol Nina Berman/Aurora Beware the terrorist who crosses paths with the Delray beach Homefront Patrol. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Homeland Security Nina Berman/Aurora Various scenes from around the country showing how 9/11 has affected our lives. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Lynching trial in Jasper Texas Lynn Johnson/Aurora A black man James Byrd, Jr. was chained to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged to his death by three white supremacists. Jasper Texas has been brought into the spotlight by a PBS documentary. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Kurdistan Photographs by Ashley Gilbertson An up to date in depth view of life in Kurdistan. A nation that does not technically exist yet manages to survive caught between religion, politics and geography. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Stories and Images from 9/11 Lynn Johnson/Aurora In remembrance of last year's tragedy, Aurora would like to share with you Lynn Johnson's diary of her experience in her words and images. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Cyber Sex - Big Business Online Photographs by Jim Lo Scalzo/US News/Aurora You can make money on the Internet. Sex. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Israeli Settlements David Blumenfeld/Aurora At the heart of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, these settlements stand at the edge between domestic calm and all out war. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Aurora in Space NASA/EAC Images From JFK's historic pronouncement to the Space Shuttle and beyond. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Now and Then Torsten Andreas Hoffman/Aurora In the summer of 2001 laif photographer T. A. Hoffman finished work on his large format New York calendar and noticed a predominance of World Trade Towers in the images. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Women of Afghanistan Nina Berman/Aurora This is the story of Afghanistan as it was before the events of September 11th, at a time when the world's focus was not on this dry, Middle Eastern country and the Taliban reigned supreme. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Afghanistan, Stay or Go? Chris Anderson/Aurora Chris Anderson visits a remote district in the Afghan mountains where the people are suffering from starvation, disease, extreme weather conditions, and the Taliban. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Enron's Former Chief Robb Kendrick/Aurora Former Enron head Kenneth Lay joins a long list of Enron excutives who refuse to cooperate with the investigation of the energy giant's collapsed company. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   State of the Union Address Brad Markel/Aurora President Bush gives his State of the Union address to Congress on 1/29/02 .Vice President Dick Cheney and Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert sit behind Bush. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Evidence Photographs by Andrew Lichtenstein New York City continues to recover from the devastating events of September 11th. The huge pile of rubble that resulted from the collapse of both World Trade Center buildings has mostly been cleared away from View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   West Bank by Nina Berman View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   WTC - Attack and Aftermath Images from New York, Washington D.C., and around the Nation following the tragic events of September 11th, 2001. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   World Trade Center Stock Images of the World Trade Center in New York City, taken before the tragic events of September 11, 2001. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Winter Olympics Jose Azel/Aurora Get in the spirit of the Winter Olympics! Competition may be fierce but sportsmanship defines the Olympic Games, celebrating it's nineteenth occurance in Salt Lake City on February 8th, 2002. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Oklahoma National Memorial Photographs by Chris Hamilton Where the Murrah Federal building once stood, a National Memorial has been erected to honor the memories of men, women and children killed in the bombing of April 19, 1995. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Police Brutality Andrew Lichtenstein/Aurora Meet the families of the victims of police brutality and bear witness to how they have been affected by this social menace. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   back to top