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December 11, 2011 Sunday
Paying for Babies in Nagorno-Karabakh
BY: KERRI MACDONALD
Sunday Review's Exposures column features the work of Anastasia
Taylor-Lind, who documented the "birth encouragement program" in
Nagorno-Karabakh.
When a couple marries in Nagorno-Karabakh, the government gives them a
cash reward of $780. More money comes their way after the birth of
their first child - and their second, third and fourth. Families with
six children receive a house.
This week's Sunday Review features a series of powerful images by
Anastasia Taylor-Lind, a member of the VII photo agency based in the
Middle East. Ms. Taylor-Lind documented the "birth encouragement
program" in Nagorno-Karabakh. The disputed region in the southern
Caucasus fell into conflict in 1988 which escalated shortly before the
Soviet Union collapsed and ethnic Armenians went to war with
Azerbaijan. The goal of the program is to repopulate the country,
where tens of thousands have been displaced.
The photos - women in their late teens and early 20s with their babies
and young children - are from Ms. Taylor-Lind's project the "National
Womb." They appeared online on Saturday.
Much of Ms. Taylor-Lind's work is focused on women and women's issues
- from "Women of the Cossack Resurgence" to "No Friends But the
Mountains." She worked on "The National Womb" as part of the 2011 Joop
Swart Masterclass, which was based upon the theme . She spoke about
the project in a video for Canon Professional Network.
On Assignment: "Silence and Submission"
Crime Scene Investigation: 360 Degrees
>From One Maternity Ward, a Growing World
Tuesdays With Nan Goldin
Photographing Conflict for the First Time
SUBJECT: Anastasia Taylor-Lind; Birth; Exposures; Must See;
Nagorno-Karabakh; Pregnancy; Ron Haviv; Sunday Review; VII; VII Photo
Agency; Women; Photography
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/paying-for-babies-in-nagorno-karabakh/
December 11, 2011 Sunday
Paying for Babies in Nagorno-Karabakh
BY: KERRI MACDONALD
Sunday Review's Exposures column features the work of Anastasia
Taylor-Lind, who documented the "birth encouragement program" in
Nagorno-Karabakh.
When a couple marries in Nagorno-Karabakh, the government gives them a
cash reward of $780. More money comes their way after the birth of
their first child - and their second, third and fourth. Families with
six children receive a house.
This week's Sunday Review features a series of powerful images by
Anastasia Taylor-Lind, a member of the VII photo agency based in the
Middle East. Ms. Taylor-Lind documented the "birth encouragement
program" in Nagorno-Karabakh. The disputed region in the southern
Caucasus fell into conflict in 1988 which escalated shortly before the
Soviet Union collapsed and ethnic Armenians went to war with
Azerbaijan. The goal of the program is to repopulate the country,
where tens of thousands have been displaced.
The photos - women in their late teens and early 20s with their babies
and young children - are from Ms. Taylor-Lind's project the "National
Womb." They appeared online on Saturday.
Much of Ms. Taylor-Lind's work is focused on women and women's issues
- from "Women of the Cossack Resurgence" to "No Friends But the
Mountains." She worked on "The National Womb" as part of the 2011 Joop
Swart Masterclass, which was based upon the theme . She spoke about
the project in a video for Canon Professional Network.
On Assignment: "Silence and Submission"
Crime Scene Investigation: 360 Degrees
>From One Maternity Ward, a Growing World
Tuesdays With Nan Goldin
Photographing Conflict for the First Time
SUBJECT: Anastasia Taylor-Lind; Birth; Exposures; Must See;
Nagorno-Karabakh; Pregnancy; Ron Haviv; Sunday Review; VII; VII Photo
Agency; Women; Photography
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/paying-for-babies-in-nagorno-karabakh/