photographic essays
Pierfrancesco Celada Japan I Wish I Knew Your Name During a brief visit to Japan I was soon fascinated by the isolation and loneliness I was feeling in the streets. It started as a personal journey, a foreigner traveling in an alien environment. However, while observing people, it was clear that even locals were not …
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Christophe Viseux Camel Race This ongoing essay shot at the Al Wathba race track near Abu Dhabi during the finale week of the racing season in March 2014 aims to depict one of the oldest, yet very active parts of the Emirati and Arab tradition: the camel race. A flourishing industry, camel races serve as …
Stephen Dock Our Day Will Come [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] The bald old days of IRA attacks seem distant. The former fighters put their weapons down and are now Sinn Fein members of local parliament. However through the town center, the wall that separates the two neighborhoods of Falls Road and Shankill Road is …
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Annalisa Natali Murri Then The Sky Crashed Down Upon Us [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] “Give me water, I beg you – give me water – I heard a girl near me imploring for water – We were a few blocked under the ruins. Some of us died, I’ve seen them dying. It had been …
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Alejandro Cegarra The Other Side of The Tower [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] The tower of David is a skyscraper located in downtown Caracas, Venezuela. The structure is 195 meters high, consists of two towers, and contains 46 floors. Construction began in 1990, but after a devastating economic crisis hit Venezuela in 1994, construction was …
Dominic Bracco II Aqui Vivimos [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] My interest in Honduras started nearly seven years ago when I found a Honduran woman laying under a mesquite in South Texas near where I grew up. She’d been separated from her group and was lost out there. She’d been traveling for three months. The …
Ditte Haarlov Johnsen Maputo Diary 2000-2013 [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] I grew up in Mozambique. My parents moved there just after independence, drawn by an atmosphere of hope and confidence in the future. At my kindergarten I would stand on the roof shouting long live Frelimo, the liberation party, and down with the armed …
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Laila Abril On Eating Disorders the Epilogue [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT At the end of 2010, after leading a year in recovery to overcome ten years of bulimia, I decided to document the struggle of girls battling the same disease. For the next three years, I worked first on Chapter …
Valerio Polici Ergo Sum [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT “My reality is bigger than your dreams are” (Porer 031 crew. Milan 2011) Probably everything starts from the need of escaping for a while from boredom, pain, personal limitation. I’ve known for the first time the writer’s world around my twelve year …
Marco Casino Staff Riding [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Katlehong is one of the largest townships in South Africa and has played a key role in the history of the struggle against apartheid. This urban area has been for many years a dormitory-town for workers employed in the Johannesburg’s factories. Poverty …
