photographic essays

photographic essays

mike and mike

Mike and Mike….yes, there they are…Mike Young on the left and Mike Courvoisier on the right…cold Coronas both and hanging out at my loft..as usual…some of the best late afternoon light that always floods my apartment has been shared by the two Mikes and yours truly…discussing life, love, and yes, books…Michael Loyd Young, the guy …

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panos skoulidas – athens on fire

victims of police tear gas attack  (below), and  fires started by protesters (above), choke  the citizens  of Athens as riots grip the city   Athens on Fire:  Photographs and text by Panos Skoulidas                                                           Athens, Greece   December 7, 2009     a YEAR AGO FROM TODAY…POLICE SHOT AND KILLED A 15 YEAR OLD KID… point blank.. …

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mimi mollica – terra nostra

[slidepress gallery=’mimimollica-terranostra’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Mimi Mollica Terra Nostra play this essay   The story I want to tell is about my land, Sicily, the effects of Mafia in our territory, the people that fight against it on the front line and the context in which Mafia has …

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jake mendel – short track

[slidepress gallery=’jakemendel_shorttrack’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Jake Mendel Short Track play this essay   Short Track documents the world of semi-professional dirt track racing: from the downtrodden bombers and high-end stock cars, to the fans, drivers, and mechanics’ lives on and off the track. With roots going back to …

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petri uutela – passers by

[slidepress gallery=’petriuutela_passersby’] Hover over the image for navigation controls Petri Uutela Passers by play multimedia   I don’t know how to analyze or comment something that personal as my street photography. It’s therapy for me to wander in the streets trying to capture moods, events or gestures that I feel somehow connected to. Even if  …

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andrei liankevich – belarus portfolio

[slidepress gallery=’andreiliankevich_belarusportfolio’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Andrei Liankevich Belarus Portfolio play this essay   Is the story over or are we still in the middle of it somewhere? Is it the country itself? Is it Belarus that makes reality and fiction seem to be layered …

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erica mcdonald – the dark light of this nothing

[kml_flashembed fversion=”8.0.0″ movie=”https://www.burnmagazine.org/ss_essays/ericamcdonald-thedarklightofthisnothing/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” targetclass=”flashmovie” bgcolor=”#262626″ publishmethod=”dynamic” width=”800″ height=”668″] [/kml_flashembed] THIS ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT   Erica McDonald – The Dark Light of this Nothing Janet: Hi Erica..(kiss) EM: Hi, Where’s Adele? Janet: Adele’s inside..Erica, this is my family, that’s uh..Donny, my sister in law, Sharon, Angie…David and that’s my brother John.. EM: You’ve got a …

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thomas bregulla – everyday

[slidepress gallery=’thomasbregulla-everyday’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Thomas Bregulla Everyday play this essay   There are those everyday repetitive tasks… So small, so little, we don’t even think while doing them. We do them – every day. But without them, something would be missing in that day. Somehow, that makes …

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