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Strike 84 - "Images from the 1984/1985 Miner's Strike [in the UK] by Martin Shakeshaft". Runs nearly 10 minutes but is well worth the time. Includes original soundbites such as Thatchers' famous "Giving in to mob rule..." as voiceovers. Details on the gallery, strike timeline. Funny coincidence: the photo "Conservative Party Conference 1984" (which took place in Brighton, photo is at -7:45 on the timescale) seems to be showing the very hotel I slept in the day the West Pier burnt down. It's the white building to the right, given this photo has indeed been taken at Regency Square.
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Bolivian Elections by Christopher Anderson
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Tunnelworkers at the "Building sites of the Alptransit Gotthard-Tunnel", captured with a panorama camera
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Living for Today are miners in Canada
You will have noticed that half of the galleries come as animated photo essays. So far I didn't consider this form of presentation very interesting. Currently I am fascinated. Looks like a great method to convey the fourth element, to go beyond the single photo. As soon as I have made some sound recordings, I will try this out. Soundslides looks like an interesting (and inexpensive) software to start with; Martin Fuchs describes how to use it. You can find further photo essays at Magnum in Motion. The new Magnum Photos website isn't that bad, either.
Update There is a related story on Rob Galbraith's website, too: Soundslides and the rise of the audio slideshow.
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