Mark Rippee, 59, blind, mentally ill and homeless, lost his vision at age 24, after a motorcycle crash caused a serious head injury. His sisters fought to get him into treatment. He resisted. And official after official cited California’s involuntary treatment laws in explaining to his family why there was nothing they could do. Welcome to ‘BLIND REJECTION’
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July 13, 2022, HONG KONG, CHINA: View of STANDARD CHARTERED branch office on Nathan Road, Hong Kong. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
May 10, 2021, Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela: Guaparo gas station remains closed waiting to be supplied with gasoline for private vehicles, in the city of Valencia, Carabobo state. (Credit Image: © Juan Carlos Hernandez/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
May 11, 2022, Athens, Greece: Crowd of tourists above the Parthenon in Acropolis hill. Tourism is the popular economy of the country, and the money from tourism goes directly to the real economy. The start of direct flights from the USA on March 7, the increase of the cruise, with Piraeus as a homeport brings the passengers to Athens, and contributes to the increase of the tourist flows. (Credit Image: © Aristidis Vafeiadakis/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
August 16, 2022, HONG KONG, CHINA: View of North Point, a densely packed residential buildings standing along the waterfront on Hong Kong Island East. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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July 28, 2022, South Jakarta, Indonesia: The DKI Jakarta government through the infrastructure management agency controls fiber optic cables on Jalan Tandean, Jakarta, Indonesia. The installation of fiber optic cables by the Internet Service Provider in Indonesia is very irregular, and quite disturbing, and can endanger pedestrians if the supporting poles of the cables collapse because they are not strong enough to withstand the load. (Credit Image: © Donal Husni/ZUMA Press Wire)
April 29, 2022, Hong Kong, China: Three young women use the internet on their computer laptops while sitting outside in Hong Kong’s urban center. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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Jun 24, 2022 – Laguna Beach, California, U.S. – A few hundred people gathered in Laguna Beach to protest a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Roe vs. Wade decision – the 1973 case that expanded women’s rights to include the option to have an abortion. Rabbi and regional director for the Anti-Defamation League speaks to the crowd with Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley. (Credit Image: © Katrina Kochneva/ZUMA WIRE/ZUMAPRESS.com)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
For World Photography Day, ZUMA partner, IMAGO has shared a collection of stories from different photographers, including three ZUMA contributers, in The Game Magazine.
“Photographers are, in my opinion, the last witnesses of this constantly changing world…And to bring back an image, we have to be on the ground.” – Marie le Blé
“As a photographer I have learnt to read situations, especially those where any provocation will end up in dangerous clashes…I have experienced love, fear, rage and importance.” – Camilo Erasso
“I like to capture moments and people, and being able to capture what could be an historic moment for me is the most important achievement.” – Chepa Beltran
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
August 10, 2022, Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo. (Credit Image: © Rodrigo Reyes Marin/ZUMA Press Wire)
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
