A flooded mosque is seen on the Euphrates river, in the old town of Halfeti, Turkey. The town was partially submerged in 1999 by the Birecik Dam, and was rebuilt nearby. The Birecik is one of 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project— a regional development project launched in the 1980s to enhance social stability and economic growth in the Anatolian peninsula.
Turkish Blue Gold
A flooded mosque is seen on the Euphrates river, in the old town of Halfeti, Turkey. The town was partially submerged in 1999 by the Birecik Dam, and was rebuilt nearby. The Birecik is one of 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project— a regional development project launched in the 1980s to enhance social stability and economic growth in the Anatolian peninsula.
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NatGeo Awards New Talent At Eddie Adams Workshop
Returning to the Eddie Adams Workshop in upstate New York every year feels like a homecoming. As a photo editor on one of the teams, I’m fortunate to mentor emerging photographers from the group of 100 selected to attend the intense four-day workshop run by Alyssa Adams and Mirjam Evers. The photographers who attend the tuition-free gathering are chosen on the merit of their portfolios, and I always welcome the chance to meet many of the strongest voices from the next generation.
As part of the workshop, National Geographic awards $1,000 prizes to two young photographers who show outstanding promise in their careers. This year the winners were Tommaso Protti and Ciril Jazbec.
Tommaso was born
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