swimming
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Swimming with Whale Sharks in Madagascar
Check another item off the bucket list: in November, we made it to Nosy Be to see the whale sharks – considered endangered by some – feeding on the plankton that “bloom” there the same time every year. This capped off an amazing year in Madagascar – just a month prior, we managed to get out
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Found Film: Safari!
This latest roll of found film is a 35mm roll of (I think) slide film. Â I say “I think” because I actually developed this some time ago and have been carrying the digital versions only. Â They were pretty dark and I had to use a homemade lightbox to photograph the negative, invert it and change
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Swimathon: Bird’s Eye View
Last week I took part in a “Swimathon” in Goa, on the eastern coast of southern India. Â Participants were to swim either 2 km, 1 km, or 250 meters in the calm sea. Â It was a great set of races, and had lots of participation by a local swim club as well as members of
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From the Township to the Championship: The Amazing Story Behind One Photo
This is Sofia Simon, a fifteen-year-old, in Giza, Egypt. Â She’s on a layover in Cairo, on her way to compete in the World Biathle Championships in Cyprus. Â Never heard of biathle? Â Eighteen months ago, neither had Sofia. Â Eighteen months ago, she couldn’t swim, either. Â And tomorrow she will represent her country in a sport that