amanda rivkin, photographer

The Year in Pictures 2010 by Amanda Rivkin available on PhotoShelter Archive.

Images from the year include:

Gitmo USA – the prison site designated for Guantanamo Bay detainees after the prison’s closure in rural Illinois that never quite opened because the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has not yet closed.
Portrait of William Fiedler, Owner of the Gallery Bookstore, Chicago – My former boss at one of the North Side’s finest used book stores.

Injured Veteran – Portrait of Michael Jernigan, injured in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004; photographed at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Baltasar Garzon – Former examining magistrate of Spain’s Criminal Court, extraordinarily controversial for execution of the practice of universal justice and far-reaching indictments of foreign leaders and terrorist organizations; photographed at the Instituto Cervantes in Chicago.

Afghan Bowling Tournament (3 images) – Afghan-American bowling tournament in Annandale, Virginia.

Cuba (8 images) – The Second Age of Castro, published on ForeignPolicy.com and The New York Times “Week in Review”.

Spectacular Slovakia (13 images) – Weddings, floods, world cup, trains, planes, castles, even nuclear power plants; images from a 40 day odyssey across Slovakia for English-language newspaper The Slovak Spectator’s annual magazine-length feature travel guide publication’s 15th edition.

Azerbaijan (3 images) – Early impressions of the oil rich land include a peak inside the women’s section of the largest Shia mosque in the Old City, a meeting with satirical blogger Emin Milli on prison leave for his father’s funeral, and a visit to a polluted beach.

An Encounter with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan – And a book gets thrown at my head in Erzurum, Turkey in the country’s conservative northeast.

Hungary’s Greatest Ecological Disaster (4 images) – the aftermath and the survivors of the October 4, 2010 industrial accident caused by a rupture in a reservoir containing toxic alumina industrial waste.

On the campaign trail with Rahm Emanuel for mayor of Chicago (4 images) – running with Rahmbo as he opens a field office in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side and fields questions from attorney Burt Odelson challenging his residency and therefore eligibility to run.

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Thank you Mikko and Photojournalism Links for the mention of “The Year in Pictures” in the December 19, 2010 links.

With the release of The Spectacular Slovakia guide I have been able to return to my personal portfolio website and update it with a gallery of images from my travel with the Romathan Gypsy Theater by bus from Kosice, Slovakia to the remote village of Banske in eastern Slovakia to perform for a primarily Roma student attended elementary school.

Previously this work appeared as an audio slide show on The Slovak Spectator’s website in a joint project with SmeTV, the digital arm of the largest Slovak national daily, “Romathan.”

Spectacular Slovakia

The 2010 edition – written by American journalist Amanda Rivkin – provides a detailed look at Slovakia, its regions and its attractions through the eyes of a foreigner and also includes several new features such as sections on history, ice-hockey as well as a brief guide to Slovakia’s weather.

The new Spectacular Slovakia 2010 will help you discover not only traditional Slovak tourist destinations but also interesting attractions that are rarely featured in other travel guides.
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Spectacular Slovakia provides full contact details for hotels, spas, thermal and aqua parks, ski resorts, castles, caves and many other attractions. In short, it offers you all the information you need to really explore Slovakia. It will be your trusted guide to many new adventures.

Be among of the first 100 readers to buy our travel guide SPECTACULAR SLOVAKIA 2010 and get a chance to win a WEEKEND GETAWAY* for 2 people at your choice of one of Slovakia´s historic hotels.

*Weekend getaway includes: 2 nights in a double room and breakfast. Offer valid through April 11, 2011 (excluding Dec. 20, 2010 – Jan. 9, 2011). Subject to hotel´s availability, booking required at least 10 days prior to arrival.

You can also find Spectacular Slovakia 2010 on sale within Slovakia at Interpress newsstands, Petit shop or you can order it directly from our Online Shop.

For information about advertising opportunities in Spectacular Slovakia 2011, please contact our Sales Department at +421 2 5923 3311 or spectator@spectator.sk.

Note! The Slovak Spectator All-Inclusive subscribers receive all the annual publications free, as they are published throughout the year. Subscribe and get the next Spectacular Slovakia for free.

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Price per copy:

6.50 EUR (195.82 SKK) (postage not included)

1 EUR = 30.1260 SKK
8.30 USD in the US and Canada (postage not included)

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Newsletter went out Friday:

Greetings!

Recently, Chicago Mayor Daley for life announced his resignation and said he would not be running for reelection next year. What happens when a “Mayor for Life” retires? A short retrospective of images from the last few years of his tenure in office looks at Mayor Richard M. Daley’s legacy on the city of Chicago, and more broadly national politics and the Obama administration.
- Gallery available on the Amanda Rivkin PhotoShelter archive.

I have also launched a blog as many people have recommended that they prefer to see news and updates easiest in blog format. Without further ado, you can sign up for alerts, peruse past stories and articles, see new tearsheets, find out about ongoing projects and receive releases about work as it is published, among other cool things.
- Blog available at amandarivkin.wordpress.com.

The New York Times Lens Blog “Turning Point” series continues in its sixth week with Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian on her own work and work by Shah Naser al-Din (1848-1896) that inspired her. Previous Lens blog “Turning Point” series have been devoted to fellow young photographers Amanda Rivkin, Aga Luczakowska, Robert Caplin, Yana Paskova and Ayman Oghanna.

Recently the photo essay “Cuba: Semper Fidel” received an Honorable Mention in the photo essay category at the Lucie Foundation International Photography Awards.

Finally, The Slovak Spectator is preparing to launch the 2010 Spectacular Slovakia Guide with original images and text by Amanda Rivkin on Tuesday September 13, 2010.
- To order online after September 13, 2010: travel.spectator.sk
- Or e-mail Dasa Rehakova (in charge of circulation and distribution) at dasa.rehakova@spectator.sk

Thank you very much for your ongoing interest in my work.

Sincerely,

Amanda Rivkin
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amanda rivkin, photographer
www.amandarivkin.com

currently in new york city.

Announcement

The Slovak Spectator is pleased to present its fifteenth annual travel guide, Spectacular Slovakia.

The 2010 edition – written by American journalist Amanda Rivkin – provides a detailed look at Slovakia, its regions and its attractions through the eyes of a foreigner and also includes several new features such as sections on history, ice-hockey as well as a brief guide to Slovakia’s weather.

The new Spectacular Slovakia 2010 will help you discover not only traditional Slovak tourist destinations but also interesting attractions that are rarely featured in other travel guides.

Contents: Spectacular Slovakia 2010

Spectacular Slovakia provides full contact details for hotels, spas, thermal and aqua parks, ski resorts, castles, caves and many other attractions. In short, it offers you all the information you need to really explore Slovakia. It will be your trusted guide to many new adventures.

You can also find Spectacular Slovakia 2010 on sale within Slovakia at Interpress newsstands, Petit shop or you can order it directly from our Online Shop.

For information about advertising opportunities in Spectacular Slovakia 2011, please contact our Sales Department at +421 2 5923 3311 or spectator@spectator.sk.

Price per copy:

6.50 EUR (195.82 SKK) (postage not included)

1 EUR = 30.1260 SKK
9.10 USD in the US and Canada (postage not included)

ORDER NOW

Slovakia in 42 days: Travel in the Nitra Region

A TV programme in English covering the travels of American journalist and photographer Amanda Rivkin (video included)

2 Sep 2010 Regional News

Corgoň in Nitra has a new manicure, the remains from the Russian invasion in Komárno would be better mothballed, and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and the Albanian Queen Geraldine were neighbours during summers from time to time, as Oponice and Topoľčianky are only about 20 kilometres from each other across the hill. Worth seeing!

A TV programme in English covering the travels of American journalist and photographer Amanda Rivkin, who is discovering Slovakia for the 15th edition of the guide Spectacular Slovakia.

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For the complete PhotoShelter gallery of “Slovakia: Nitra Region.”

In an e-mail from my editor Beata Balogova at The Slovak Spectator this morning, she writes, “Amandicka, it seems that we have made it. You have made it. You have written and completed Spectacular Slovakia 2010… But whenever I look at PDF files and I see the images it makes me happy because you have really captured a lot of emotions, little stories, the sublime and also the strangeness…”

In an effort to preview some of the sublime and the strangeness of Slovakia ahead of the September 13 release date and without further ado, some of my favorite pages from this year’s guide.

In May-June 2010, the English language weekly The Slovak Spectator invited me to tour Slovakia to photograph and research an annual magazine-length guide produced by the newspaper. The Spectacular Slovakia 2010 Guide – 15th Edition is one of five special publications produced annually by The Slovak Spectator and is set to be released on Sept. 13, 2010. Currently, the journey is the subject of a video series of audio slideshows entitled “Slovakia in 42 days” airing simultaneously on The Slovak Spectator‘s website and SmeTV, the online digital enterprise of the prestigious Slovak national daily, Sme (in English with Slovak subtitles). Below are the first previews of the pages, now including the cover image and the doubletruck single image that will headline each section, a new feature in this year’s annual guide.

Slovakia in 42 days: Žilina Region
A TV programme in English covering the travels of American journalist and photographer Amanda Rivkin (video included)

27 Aug 2010 Regional News

Nature, the ancient charm, sheep, cheese or wooden rafts; aqua-parks, a playboy club or the agitation on roads full of Polish trucks? When meeting a foreign visitor, one should not forget to explain that the Slovak Bethlehem is made of wood and what it has in common with the modern buildings in Israel is the leitmotif.

A TV programme in English covering the travels of American journalist and photographer Amanda Rivkin, who is discovering Slovakia for the 15th edition of the guide Spectacular Slovakia.

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For the complete PhotoShelter gallery of “Slovakia: Žilina Region.”

Slovakia in 42 days: Romathan
A TV programme in English covering the travels of American journalist and photographer Amanda Rivkin (video included)
23 Aug 2010 Regional News

The professional Roma theatre can do a lot of things. For a foreign visitor, it can even bring to Slovakia the atmosphere of the Goran Bregovič performance in New York…

A TV programme in English covering the travels of American journalist and photographer Amanda Rivkin, who is discovering Slovakia for the 15th edition of the guide Spectacular Slovakia.

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For the complete PhotoShelter gallery of “Romathan Gypsy Theater.”

press:

Prison Photography: The Roma People
“Amanda Rivkin traveled to Slovakia to photograph Roma theater productions.”