Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at Provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Image ISS004-E-10288, was taken using a digital camera from the International Space Station and was This allows them to document phenomena such as the sun reflecting differentially off surface waters in a way that outlines complicated water structures. Because the ISS orbits are not synchronous with the sun, astronauts view the Earth with variable solar illumination angles.

Tidal current channels suggest the tidal flow deep in the bay. At the same time, fresher bay water flows out from the bay beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, creating a large plume traveling westward. Sets of internal waves traveling east impinge on the coastline south of San Francisco. Of particular note are the Pacific Ocean water patterns that are highlighted in the sun glint.

The gray urban footprint of San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and their surrounding suburbs contrast strongly with the green hillsides. He authors the photography blog The Spinning Head.Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently photographed the San Francisco Bay area. In 2015 Asim received the Magnum EF Grant for his project titled 'Law & Disorder: A People's History of the Law In Pakistan'. Asim also received a Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting grant to document the impact of the Israeli closure of the Gaza Strip on its residents. For this project he was also a recipient of an Aftermath Grant in 2009. Previously, Asim was a Fulbright Fellow to India, where he worked on ' The Idea of India', a project that looked at India’s heritage of cultural and religious pluralism and syncretism. By focusing on the plight of some of Pakistan’s most marginalized communities, he highlights the structural roots of the pervasive injustice that afflicts their lives and the failure of the current legal apparatus to resolve them.

He was the recipient of an Open Society Fellowship and has since 2012 been using a variety of media to present a more nuanced and personal perspective on the issue of access to justice in Pakistan. Asim has reported from Haiti, Japan, India, Pakistan, USA, Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine, Sweden and Ukraine among other places.īorn and raised in Karachi, Pakistan, he moved to New York in 1984 to study engineering at Columbia University and has since lived, at various times, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Lahore, London, Munich, Bangkok, Stockholm and Kigali. Join us on Wednesday, December 5 at 7:30pm for an insightful talk with street photographer Asim Rafiqui, which will be followed by a short Q&A.Īsim Rafiqui is an independent photojournalist whose work has appeared in Newsweek, Time, Harper's, Stern, National Geographic (France) and many other publications.

But where do they come from, and why do these persist? Why, despite our best efforts, do we 'see' them where ever we go? Asim Rafiqui talks about the history of visual clichés and the reasons why they have such a hold on us, and how clichés are not only problematic, but also quite often the reasons why we go out to travel, and to photograph. We see them all the time–visual and cultural clichés captured in travel, reportage and tourist photography.

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