photographic essays

photographic essays

carl de keyzer – profile

Carl De Keyzer is a quiet man…one of the most prolific and intense photographers i know, is usually hard to find in a roomful of Magnum photographers…self effacing….unassuming….yes, classic Belgian….yet every time i see Carl he has a new book and 10 new exhibitions …i mean, who can keep up with this guy?  his books …

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margeaux walter – sunday afternoon

  Sunday Afternoon by Margeaux Walter Inspired by Georges-Pierre Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”.   Related links Margeaux Walter

prabuddha dasgupta – longing

[slidepress gallery=’prabuddha_longing’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT   Prabuddha Dasgupta Longing play this essay “Longing” is my ongoing personal journal of memory and experience, based on everyday experiences…family, friendships, places known, spaces occupied, journeys remembered… At the centre of which stands a vital love story that …

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kate elizabeth fowler – my secret south

[slidepress gallery=’katefowler_mysecretsouth’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Kate Elizabeth Fowler My Secret South play this essay   This is a collection of images gathered throughout years of exploration in my home state, Virginia. Several of them feature my two traveling companions, biggest supporters, and best friends, Jackie Picariello and Robert …

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EPF 2010 Winner

Emerging Photographer Grant 2010 Recipient   [slidepress gallery=”davidemonteleone_northerncaucasus”] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Davide Monteleone Northern Caucasus play this essay   Northern Caucasus is a mix of stereotypes as well as surprises. For centuries it has been a country of political, religious, military and expansionist rivalry, a struggle between opposing …

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EPF 2010 Finalists

[slidepress gallery=”epf_2010_finalists”] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls SOME ESSAYS CONTAIN EXPLICIT CONTENT Emerging Photographer Grant 2010 Finalists play this essay   This is a short preview of the essays of our 13 EPF finalists……their complete essays will be published on Burn in the coming weeks……the jury: Bruce Gilden, Michael Nichols, …

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pete pin – the ave

[slidepress gallery=’petepin_theave’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Pete Pin The Ave play this essay   “My whole take on the Telegraph life is, basically, my life is very simple: I sit around all day and I spare change for hours for alcohol which I use to compensate for the fact …

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zisis kardianos – feastday

[slidepress gallery=’zisiskardianos_feastday’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Zisis Kardianos Feast day play this essay   “Memory demands an image” Bertrand Russell Rituals and traditions represent a very strong manifestation of the Greek way of life. It can be sensuous, surreal, mysterious and always loaded with the indelible sparkles of memory. …

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write a caption..

i simply love the New Yorker cartoons…i suppose we all do…and many of you know of their cartoon caption writing contest…in that spirit i thought we should have a Burn caption writing contest…for the picture above ….photographed by my friend Medford Taylor probably 25 years ago, but which i am seeing for the first time …

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brian shumway – black girl

[slidepress gallery=’shumway_blackgirl’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Brian Shumway Black Girl play this essay   “Modeling is an addiction.” Johanie, 24, aspiring model Black Girl is a portrait series on young black women in the New York City area who aspire to be models. Even as …

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