First up, some interesting newsy links: — Blood Oil - This is a really great story on a very bad situation, highly recommended. “Could a bunch of Nigerian militants in speedboats bring about a U.S. recession? Blowing up facilities and taking hostages, they are wreaking havoc on the oil production of America’s fifth-largest supplier. Deep in the Niger-delta swamps, the author meets the nightmarish result of four decades of corruption.” — Passport applicants find they’re not Canadian - Many applying for a Canadian passport have been informed their chance to remain a citizen expired years ago because of an obscure provision in the Citizenship Act, a little-known law that applied between 1947 and 1977. Now for some photography links: — How Do You Photograph the Amish? Let Us Count the Ways - CJR Daily has a long look at the ethics and methods of photographing people that don’t want to be photographed. — Microsoft Photo Info - Microsoft has released a decent little tool for editing photo metadata. Photos galleries I’ve recently enjoyed: — Collection of historic Japanese photos — Collection of historic photos from the Library of Congress — Maunsell Army Sea Forts — Chernobyl photos & book — Urban exploration photos in NYC — Urban exploration & photos in the 1906 hydro tunnels behind Niagara Falls