photographic essays
Probal Rashid Climate Crisis in Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The regular and severe natural hazards that Bangladesh already suffers from – tropical cyclones, river erosion, flood, landslides and drought – are all set to increase in intensity and frequency as a result of climate …
Kesteleyn An-Sofie A Lamb Named Beauty A Lamb named Beauty shows the life of two twin sisters Kimberly and Gwendolyn. The series started in 2007, when the sisters were 10 years old. They live in a Flemish village in Belgium, close to where I grew up. I tried to give a candid impression …
Gabriele Orlini I’m Africa You are confusing the circulatory system with this maze of meandering, twisted like cells of the brain – wire meshes and tangles, resemble memory – each with a story to hide or to be dissolved, there just behind a gauze suspended between the face and the hanging ceiling, hanging between the …
Farhad Rahman Song of a Coast The sea changes by time. Land lost with reaming past. New story created with a new settlement. Time changes people’s lives beside the sea. Mood of coast, swinging randomly, changing its landscape. Born in a small country like Bangladesh, with 580km of Coastal area beside the Bay of Bengal, …
APPLY NOW TO SCREEN LAB NEW YORK CITY October 13-17, 2015 EXTENDED deadline: September 30th LONDON November 10-14, 2015 FINAL deadline: October 15th WHAT IS SCREEN LAB? Screen Production Lab is a training and mentorship program that focuses on production and distribution of visual documentaries across media platforms. THE AIM We …
Christian Werner 74 The Yezidi religion is one of the oldest. Since its founding years 74 genocides committed against them. The youngest and most systematic done by the IS terrorist militia. The Yazidis are more persecuted than other religious communities, because they are regarded as devil worshipers. This is because they believe in Tausi Melek, …
Jeff Hladun The Father of Selfies Recently in downtown Toronto I bumped into Michael Snow, considered to be Canada’s best known Avant-garde artist of the late 20th century. Introductions were made, and we discussed a work of his I’d seen in the mid-eighties at the Art Gallery of Ontario. It was “Venetian Blind” done …
A Glimpse of Burn Diary BurnDiary is about to have featured 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 …
Tamara Dean The Edge Tamara Dean’s practice extends across photography, installation and participatory works exploring the relationship between humans and the natural world and the role ritual plays in our lives. Natural cycles within time and space, life and death, nature and spirituality contribute to her way of investigating and engaging with the world around …
Tasneem Alsultan Protectors of the Mosque I am a Saudi woman. Constantly being asked the same questions as: “How is it in Saudi?” “Is it true that you are slaves to men?” “But you can’t drive?” “How are you surviving in such a country?”. Alongside many of the Saudi women, we’ve become desensitized. We repeat …
