Yao Ming almost recovers from foot surgery
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming said Thursday he has taken 80 per cent recovery from a foot surgery and would join the Chinese national team on Friday. "I had the last examination on Monday in the United States. I was told I had rec ... english.people.com.cn |
World champ He Chong continues dominance in springboard semifinal
&$ &$He Chong of China competes in Men's 3m Springboard Semifinal of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games diving event at National Aquastics Center in Beijing, China, Aug. 19, 2008. He Chong is qualified to the final with 547.25 points. (Xinhua/Zhao Peng)&$&$ Chinese world champion He Chong continued his supremacy in men's 3m springboard semifinals at Beijing Olympics on Tuesday morning. He, current world No.1 in th ... english.people.com.cn |
Pirkle Jones, Documentary Photographer, Dies at 95
Mr. Jones’s images of migrant farm workers, threatened California towns and valleys and the Black Panthers at the peak of their power made him one of the most admired photographers of his generation. nytimes.com |
Dennis Stock, Photographer of Intimate Portraits, Dies at 81
Mr. Stock was a photographer whose intimate and evocative portraits captured the essence of jazz performance and helped shape James Dean’s moody public persona. nytimes.com |
A Photographer Whose Beat Was the World
The photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson is the subject of a handsome and large though surely not anywhere near large enough retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. nytimes.com |