Three WordPressers Making a Splash

It all the time makes us completely satisfied to listen to concerning the achievements of writers, photographers, and artists who select WordPress.com as their house on the internet. At present, let’s rejoice current thrilling information from Gaia Vince, Max Becherer, and Rolli.

A author with a message

Science writer and editor Gaia Vince has chronicled her travels all over the world on her weblog, Wandering Gaia.

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The ensuing guide, Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made, is an absorbing (and chilling) account of the methods by which people are quickly reworking the setting — typically for the more severe.

Earlier this fall, Adventures within the Anthropocene gained the distinguished Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, bringing Vince’s work, together with the essential subjects she covers, again to the highlight. She joins an inventory of illustrious previous winners, together with Stephen Hawking, Stephen Jay Gould, and Jared Diamond.

Going underground in Afghanistan

Photojournalist Max Becherer has been masking war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003, and his work has appeared in main publications like TIME and the New York Occasions. His newest challenge, nevertheless, leaves warfare within the background; as an alternative, he focuses on Afghanistan’s less-known emerald miners (and the communities round them).

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Photograph by Max Becherer

Dynamite and Prayers: Emerald Miners of Afghanistan accommodates visceral, dynamic portraits of individuals and landscapes that far too typically stay invisible. You’ll be able to hear Max talk about this challenge — and his work extra broadly — in an interview on HeatherBlog.

A brand new platform for an completed artist

Based mostly in Regina, Saskatchewan, writer and cartoonist Rolli has revealed a number of books, together with the current I Am Currently Working On a Novel. His comics frequently seem within the Wall Road JournalAdbusters, and elsewhere.

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Comedian by Rolli

Rolli has lately launched into one other thrilling journey, discovering his cerebral, off-kilter work a brand new residence at The Walrus, one among Canada’s most prestigious magazines. You need to check out his weekly contributions — each his flash fiction items and comics are bite-sized, thought-provoking treats.

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