Cité Soleil / City of the Sun

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The winning photo for 2008 comes from 21-year-old Belgian photographer Alice Smeets, the youngest person ever to win the competition. The picture comes from a slum in Port au Prince called the “Cité Soleil,” or “City of the Sun.” (via spiegel / unicef link)

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"Nothing happens any longer to humans; it is to the image that everything happens." (Serge Daney: quoted on p. 233)