Slate, the award-winning online magazine, announced today that it will partner with Magnum Photos to launch “Today's Pictures,” a daily feature offering readers a look at the best of past and current photographs from the internationally acclaimed photo agency.

Each day, Slate will offer a selection chosen by editors of photographs from the Magnum collection. The feature will also include innovative multimedia presentations of special photographic series covering a range of subjects.

Rishi Singhal wrote in to invite me to a show organized by Ithaca Fine Chocolates which selected artists working in different media.

Rishi was one of the 5 photographers selected this year. Following is the reception info:

Art Bar Gallery
124 State Street on the Commons, Ithaca, NY
Opening Reception: Ithaca Gallery Night
Friday, December 2, 5:00-8:00 pm

New Year's is about two months away and my annual resolution has always been to diet and exercise with some moderation, so with Thanksgiving around the bend, I have food on my mind. And, lots of it.

Helping me out in this endeavor are two websites that have really whet my appetite. You should know about Sailaja Gedela's blog called Sailu's Food. She covers Indians recipes, home remedies and Ayurvedic cooking. She is just getting started so do be patient.

The other site is by a restaurant based in Dundee, Oregon called Sub Rosa. There is no physical address (just coordinates), unless of course you are specially invited to partake in the food. Its secret location is deliberate and makes it all the more alluring. Recently, writes Linda Lausmann (assuming she either runs the place or was a recent invitee), on the menu there was an entire Thanksgiving spread with an Indian twist. Check out the simple but mouth watering delicacies. They even have a short list of music they listened to when preparing and then later consuming the feast. Ok, Linda, next year when you do this, please send me an invite!

From Lori Epstein
Illustrations Editor, Children's Books
National Geographic Society

I'm writing to ask you to put up another posting for me, this time for a different holiday: Ramadan & Eid Al Fitr. I'm not sure if Deborah told you, but the Diwali book is one in a series of holidays that we're doing, the next is the Muslim holiday of Ramadan & Eid Al Fitr.

Guidelines:
I already have a lot of the basic photos, so I'm looking for ethnic diversity geographic diversity (UK, Australia, Europe, Americas would be excellent), color and emotion. School-aged kids are great, but different generations interacting together is good, too. And if you have a photo that's not on this wish list below, but meets this criteria above, I'd love to see it.

You can send me jpegs for review. My email address is lepstein@ngs.org. If an image makes it to the next round, I'll contact you for a high res or original.

I'm looking for images of kids celebrating Eid with other kids, with their parents, siblings & grand parents. Playing, lighting sparklers, eating fun foods, dancing, singing, etc. Again, we're looking for high-quality images with a global perspective and a lot of emotion.

I thank you in advance for your help with this project. I'm looking forward to hearing back from you and your colleagues.

Best,
Lori

Via Christine Wong, volunteer at Masur Museum in Monroe, Louisiana

Starting in December, the Masur Museum will hold a Chinese exhibitation entitled “Awakening the Dragon: China from Past to Present.” As part of our show, we would like to show photographs of modern day China, from it's people, culture, to modern cities and events. I was wondering if you know of any photojournalist who has a personal collection of such photographs that we could display during our exhibition. Of course, the photojournalist would get full credit, and we would cover the cost of shipping. Could you please send this notice to your AAJA members. Also, if you have any advice or suggestions for a source of photographs about China, please email me at wongrambo@peoplepc.com. Thank you for your help.