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		<title>MUMBAI MONSOON</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2013/06/16/mumbai-monsoon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Damp weather fails to inhibit Mumbai&#8217;s appetite for the street-food with which it is most associated: pau-bhaji. Mumbai, India ©Tom Pietrasik 2013 Tweet I was recently in Mumbai as the monsoon arrived there on its march towards Delhi and the northern plains. Mumbai has suffered from its fair share of flooding in recent years. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EVENING CITYSCAPES IN LONDON</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2013/04/27/evening-city-london-southbank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dusk descends over the concrete expanse of London&#8217;s Southbank arts centre. London, U.K. ©Tom Pietrasik 2013 Tweet Its that time of year in Europe when the days grow longer, summer beckons and the hours of dusk seem to last an eternity. When I lived in India, spring was a season to dread, notable for the onset [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BIG PHARMA, GENERIC DRUGS &amp; LIVING WITH HIV</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2013/04/08/generic-drugs-novartis-hiv-patents-india-pharmaceutical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vasanti Shinde, at home with two of her daughters Vrinda, 8 and Shruda, 10. Maharashtra. India ©Tom Pietrasik 2008 The struggle against the over-zealous patenting of life-saving drugs was dealt a victory in India last week. So it seemed an appropriate time to revisit my photographs, commissioned by UNDP, of Vasanti Shinde, an HIV-positive mother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INDIAN FARMER DOUBLES RICE-YIELD</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2013/03/05/indian-farmer-doubles-rice-yield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago the story of an Indian rice farmer attracted much attention in the Guardian. John Vidal described the experience of Sumant Kumar from Bihar who saw a hectare of his land yield 22.4 tonnes of rice &#8211; over four times the norm. Kumar had achieved this incredible output by the use of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TWO INDIAS EXIST IN HEALTHCARE</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2013/01/07/jss-india-public-healthcare-film/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian website now features a short film I made about a health project in rural India called Jan Swasthya Sayhog (JSS). I have photographed the JSS several times before and always felt that their ceaseless commitment to the rural community they serve together with their understanding of healthcare in India would warrant the making of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE PERILS OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2012/05/31/photographing-in-public/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 13:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lagos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portrait paintings for sale in central Lagos. I found photographing on the streets of Lagos to be quite a challenge. Lagos. Nigeria ©Tom Pietrasik 2012 Wandering around a bus station with my camera on a recent trip to Lagos in Nigeria, I began photographing a newspaper-seller at work but before I&#8217;d even pressed the shutter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ERADICATING POLIO IN INDIA</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2012/03/15/eradicating-polio-in-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Administering the polio vaccination at a clinic inaugurated by the local Imam outside his madrassa in Moradabad. Polio eradication efforts are improved with the blessing of local community leaders. Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. India ©Tom Pietrasik 2006 Two weeks ago India announced that 12-months had elapsed since the country last recorded a new case of polio. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MONSOON SHOWERS &amp; PHOTOGRAPHING DITA VON TEESE</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2011/10/08/photographing-dita-von-teese/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unexpected events and unforeseen circumstances are an inevitable part of a photographer's life. Such moments can be the source substantial stress and it is important to minimize the likelihood of them happening. But surprises also have the potential to transform a mundane moment into something very special. I held on to this positive thought while I photographed Dita von Teese. ]]></description>
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		<title>SHORTLISTED FOR VIRGIN MEDIA SHORTS COMPETITION</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2011/09/18/virgin-media-shorts-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The twelve shortlisted entries of the 2011 Virgin Media Shorts competition have just been announced and I'm pleased to say that my film Saloon is among them.]]></description>
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		<title>DRESSED FOR A TANZANIAN WEDDING</title>
		<link>http://www.tompietrasik.com/2011/07/04/youth-fashio-tanzanian-wedding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Pietrasik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of those gathered on the beach in Dar es Salaam appeared decked out in their very best but it was one particular group, wearing coordinated red outfits, that demanded the attention of everyone else - and that included me as I approached them with my camera.]]></description>
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