photographic essays
Conversation with Jim Megargee, MV Photo Labs Co-owner and co-founder Jim Megargee is the master printer and technical consultant at MV Labs. An active documentary photographer, Jim is working on a collection of his life work for exhibition and book form. In 1989 Jim became Annie Leibovitz’s in-house Master printer for four years. He went on to co-found MV Labs …
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Jason Houge My Feral Family Since the day my girlfriend, Kayla, and I first moved into our rural apartment, we have provided food and a modest shelter for a number of feral cats that have come to visit us. Over time, we named each one and have tried to gain their trust. In 2012, two …
Nicolas Sant Tahiti When I’m in Tahiti, I don’t have to let go from preconceived ideas tinged with heaven and exoticism. I don’t have any. I have never believed in the Garden of Eden, but I don’t believe in Hell either… As I go all over the island, ever changing feelings keep crossing my mind. …
Marcela Taboada Women of Clay As soon as I set foot in this village, I knew that I had entered to the heart of a Mexican truth: women feed the Earth and their life is made of clay. Clay ovens for clay pans and pots, everything is touched and transformed by hands which are also …
BEACH GAMES For me this is a lazy Sunday afternoon. Seems I don’t get many lazy Sunday afternoons. Yet I am cherishing this one. It’s cool outside, I have a fire going, and I’m just talking to my cats. They do not seem to be listening, which is fine. I have been shooting quite a …
Photo © Kiyana Hayeri, Honorable Mention – under 30 EPF 2014 Talent for her essay, “Jense Degar” (The Other Sex) FujiFilm x Young EPF Award Today we are proud to announce that FujiFilm is partnering with us to offer several prizes for our category “Young EPF Award” (introduced last year). It’s open to all …
Tell It Like It Is… Circles We are all exhausted, but we are finished printing. Burn photo editor Diego Orlando, creative director Anton Kusters, and I have just finished being on press in Treviso, Italy for the re-printing of my 1967 first book Tell It Like It Is . I do not ever remember …
Gil Bartz Ukraine [ EPF 2014 SHORTLIST ] After I graduated from University I took all my money and the next night train to Kiev. For two month I travelled by train, bus and an old Lada Niva. Most of my photos are from people I stayed with for a couple of days or just …
Marta Berens Suiti [ EPF 2014 SHORTLISTED ] The history of the Suiti people goes back almost 400 years to a romantic story from 1623 when the ruler of the Alsunga region (Kurzeme, Latvia), Johan Ulrich von Schwerin, in order to marry a Polish court lady Barbara Konarska, agreed to re-convert to the Catholic faith. …
Antonis Damolis Till Life [ EPF 2014 SHORTLIST ] This series is inspired by the skyscapes of William Eggleston. I wanted to capture the still, vast blue hues of the skies and the seas (as the sky’s reflection). Whilst imagining the serenity of capturing such a minimalistic subject, I noticed the images would often be …
