photographic essays
Harald Claessen Connect/Reconnect Suddenly and unexpectedly, my untroubled life, formerly defined by nonchalance and filled with love, was overwhelmed by fear, anger and despair. After this assault, I didn’t know if I could ever recover my former peace. My earlier sense of harmony and wellbeing seemed beyond reach. Even after the immediate and serious …
Aji Susanto Anom River of Hades [ EPF 2016 FINALIST ] River of Hades is an mythological approach to document reality and construct a fictional historical record of real life experience. Inspired and captivated by the magic of the river mythologies from my city and another riverside that i had chance to encounters, from that …
Laura El-Tantawy I’ll Die For You [ EPF 2016 FINALIST ] On June 11, 2010, 35-year-old cotton farmer Sanjay Sarate stumbled to his home & fell on the ground. “I’ve taken pesticide. I’m going to die” he told his wife. “This is the end of my life.” Sanjay hugged his then-six-year-old son, Sameer, as he …
Dominika Gesicka This Is Not Real Life [ EPF 2016 FINALIST ] There is a place where no one is born and no one dies. Of course you can die anywhere but you cannot be buried here as it has been discovered that bodies fail to decompose here. You cannot be born here because pregnant …
Michal Siarek Alexander [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2016 FINALIST ] The very first thing that I saw in Skopje was the construction of a 25-meter tall figure of a warrior on horseback which, from what I later found out, was the statue of Alexander the Great. In 2010 the government of the Former Yugoslav …
Igor Elukov The North [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2016 FINALIST ] That day, as always, the snowstorm was swirling on and on. We wandered through tundra for about an hour. Everything was white all around and I started to forget where the top is and where the bottom is. The snow was filling my eyes and …
Amnon Gutman Ukraine Crisis – The East [ EPF 2016 FINALIST ] Since the September 5, 2014 ceasefire deal in Minsk Both Pro Russia rebels and the UA army used the relative lull to build up their forces and for months the rebels tried to seize Donetsk airport, a strategic and symbolic asset, from government …
Bradley Pearce The Photographer Who Couldn’t [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2016 RUNNER UP ] In “The Photographer Who Couldn’t” Pearce presents himself as the titular photographer and through a mixture of appropriation, studio photography and photo montage Pearce attempts to come to terms with his identity and overcome his photographers block. This photographer’s block has …
A Glimpse of Burn Diary BurnDiary has featured more than 100 photographers in more than two years. Personal stories, details, places, landscapes… all through the eyes of the photographers during their daily life that week. We have chosen photographers from every continent asking not to show their work but to share their days and …
The Emerging Photographer Fund 2016 Annie Flanagan Deafening Sound EPF 2016 WINNER – $10,000 Deafening Sound examines the deep roots of gendered violence and rape culture in American society. Presently, it combines three documentary projects, a portrait series and a collection of artifacts. It is structured so that each chapter examines different ways systematic …
