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FEATURE/Nun Fu? Steinway Tech? Caribbean Chernobyl? Charming to bizarre, new Web site photo stories grace Black Star.


NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Oct. 9, 1995--Black Star announces Black Star Photo Stories on its World Wide Web Site (http://www.blackstar.com).

These online photo essays provide intriguing photographic visits to some unique corners of the world. Dozens of photo stories are already available.

"Black Belts and Blessings" visits East Harlem's Order of Fraternite Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame  to show the martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts
Eritrea
  • Testa
Nigeria
  • Dambe (Hausa Boxing)
South Africa
  • Nguni stick fighting
  • Rough and Tumble
Senegal
 training of its nuns. "Chernobyl Treatment in Cuba" follows the story of one of the many Ukrainian children who came to Cuba for treatment when sickness followed the disaster.

"The Steinway Factory" documents the year-long process of hand-building a $60,000 Steinway Model D grand piano. "Starlite" shows a remarkable heat-proof plastic invented by Maurice Ward of London, England as it resists more than 10,000 degrees Celsius.

In "Dolphin Teacher," Cindy Karp ventures to Grassy Key Grassy Key, Florida is an island in the middle Florida Keys.

It is located on U.S. Route 1 (or the Overseas Highway), at approximately mile markers 57--60, below the Conch Keys.
, Fla., where a child therapy program at the Dolphin Research Center The Dolphin Research Center is a dolphinarium on Grassy Key, Florida. The 90,000-square-foot saltwater pool carved out of the shoreline is currently home to 19 dolphins. It features a daily program where visitors can swim with, hand-signal, or feed the dolphins.  helps Deane-Paul, a six-year-old with Downs syndrome. In "Saving The Manatees," Karp shows the story of the Miami Seaquarium's manatee rescue project.

"Kids and Guns" documents the problem of children carrying and using guns in murder-plagued New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . The children of Denver meet the Pontiff on World Youth Day, 1993 in "Pope John Paul Pope John Paul is the name of two Popes of the Roman Catholic Church:
  • Pope John Paul I (1978), who named himself in honor of his predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI. Reigned for only 34 calendar days
  • Pope John Paul II (1978–2005), the only Polish Pope.
." And there's a festive stop on an historic anniversary celebration in "The Bank of England Bank of England, central bank and note-issuing institution of Great Britain. Popularly known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, its main office stands on the street of that name in London.  at 300."

These Web-published photo stories offer Black Star a unique opportunity to showcase its many services. "The media know us for our ability to get them pictures from anywhere, any time, as we've done for most of this century," says Black Star VP John Chapnick. "Publishers and art directors know us for our picture collection. And we're now gaining a reputation for innovative ways to build dramatic World Wide Web sites. So this photo story series is our `department store' window on the Web."

Black Star Publishing Co. Inc. (founded 1935) has an outstanding 60-year reputation for providing news and feature photography to print media. Today, its Black Star On Assignment division organizes a global network of 350 photographers. Its Black Star Picture Collection maintains a library of more than three million stock images, plus a million additional black & white prints. Black Star Worldwide provides news and feature photography for leading print media. And its new Black Star Link division provides Internet consulting and World Wide Web design and implementation support for large corporations.

For further information contact Black Star Publishing Co. Inc., 116 East 27th Street, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, NY 10016; 212/679-3288; fax: 212/889-2052; World Wide Web URL URL
 in full Uniform Resource Locator

Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program.
 http://www.blackstar.com

EDITORS ONLY: Contact Martin Winston, Newstips Inc. 13830 Braeburn Lane, Novelty, OH 44072, 216/338-8400, fax: 338-3480

Black & white or color photography is available from Black Star on request.

Reviewers: Please submit letter or electronic mail request.

NOTE: A double forward slash appears in the World Wide Web URL address for Black Star between "http:" and "www.blackstar.com" This symbol may not appear properly in some systems.

CONTACT: Black Star Publishing Co. Inc., New York

John P. Chapnick, 212/679-3288
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