photographic essays

photographic essays

thodoris tzalavras – nicosia in dark and white

[slidepress gallery=’thodoristzalavras_nicosiaindarkandwhite’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Thodoris Tzalavras Nicosia in Dark and White play this essay On Your Fiftieth Anniversary Short story by Ioanna Mavrou Everything is quiet. The years pass like water in a stream. You sit and wait patiently and impatiently. You can’t decide if you’re happy …

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holiday lights….

i am always telling my students and those i mentor that the most obvious and best projects are just at your front door….so it is a concept i endorse and have indeed lived…yet, i need to re-learn it all the time and the subtleties therein…so sure, it was clear and obvious that i would two …

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martin usborne – mute

[slidepress gallery=’martinusborne_mutethesilenceofdogsincars’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls   Martin Usborne MUTE: the Silence of Dogs in Cars play this essay   I was once left in a car at a young age. I don’t know when or where or for how long, possibly at the age of four, perhaps outside …

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the corn state…

nobody goes to Iowa for vacation….if you go to Iowa it is for a very specific reason…you are either driving to Colorado from Illinois , or to enter a Presidential primary,  or to grow corn and the animals that eat it….i can tell you for sure that Cecil and Wilma above were not responsible for …

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danny wilcox frazier – detroit

[slidepress gallery=’dannywilcoxfrazier_detroit’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Danny Wilcox Frazier A Detroit Requiem play this essay   Detroit…the word alone incites many emotions within America’s conscience.  Detroit was the epicenter for economic equality in the U.S., the home front for the ideal of well paying jobs …

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stefan bladh – the family

[slidepress gallery=’bladh_thefamily’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls   Stefan Bladh The Family play this essay   Stefan has been following a Turkish nomadic family for seven years. He is invited to stay as their friend and lives close together with them from time to time. He finds them through their …

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gianluca tamorri – the hornet’s nest

[slidepress gallery=’gianlucatamorri_sanluca’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Gianluca Tamorri The Hornet’s Nest play this essay   San Luca, a remote hill top town in southern Italy, is the ancestral home and principal headquarters of a criminal organization that has emerged as the country’s most powerful and dangerous mafia, the ‘Ndrangheta.’ …

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who is this?

if you have Skyped with this person you may not play….if not, you may guess who this is…honor system please….first correct answer receives my slightly used Timbuk2 messenger bag with camera insert adaptation…ok, ready set go!!

terraproject – italian coastline

[slidepress gallery=’terraproject_italiancoastline’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls TerraProject Italian Coastline play this essay   “The more shopping centers are built, the more building sites are started, more merchandize arrives, more dealers work, more transportation happens, and faster money will be able to overcome the uneven boundaries separating illegal and legal …

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letter to friends..

Normally comments do not end up on the front page of Burn…however, as we get ready to move into a new year and are looking at a new design to better display the work of our audience photographers, i thought it would be interesting for those of you who do not read comments here to …

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