photographic essays
Jansen van Staden Microlight [ EPF 2019 FINALIST ] After the death of my father in 2011, I discovered a letter, written to his psychotherapist, about his time in the Border War. He dedicated his life to sustainable projects and education in African countries, and what I read in the letter took me by surprise. It was not …
Eleana Niki Konstantellos André The Art of Memory [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2019 FINALIST ] Memory is the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. Dementia is a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. Experience changes in their mood or behavior. Dementia can be …
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Matt Eich Say Hello to Everybody, OK? [ EPF 2019 FINALIST ] In 2019-2020 I will be commuting from Charlottesville, Virginia to Washington, D.C. via train on a weekly basis. I also intend to walk the train line in intervals, photographing the scenes I encounter on its peripheries. I view the train line as …
Eva O’Leary Happy Valley [ EPF 2019 FINALIST ] I grew up in a central Pennsylvanian town, nicknamed Happy Valley. It is home to Penn State University, a big ten party school that dominates the culture both economically and geographically. The town is homogeneous, 71% of the inhabitants are between the ages of 18-24 and …
Pieter Bas Bouwman Human & Wildlife Conflict [ EPF 2019 FINALIST ] During my stay in Kenya I witnessed the difficulty of life in various ways that different groups of people and animals daily face. Often people pity the wildlife such as Elephants, Hyenas, Monkeys and Lions for being harmed or killed by locals. However, …
Paul Guilmoth and Dylan Hausthor are the recipients of the 2019 Fujilm/Young Talent Award for the essay. This honor recognizes photographers 25 and under, granting them $10,000 from Fujifilm to continue the work. Paul Guilmoth & Dylan Hausthor Sleep Creek [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2019 RECIPIENT – $10,000 ] Sleep Creek is a landscape …
Azadeh Besharati is the recipient of the 2019 Emerging Photographer Fund and has been granted $10,000 for this essay. Burn Magazine revolves around the EPF and it is our most important curatorial contribution to the oftentimes chaotic landscape of photography today. Most importantly, our mission is to give recognition to the finest emerging authors out …
– GRANT RECIPIENTS – The Emerging Photographer Fund 2019 $10,000 “Shima & Shiva” By Azadeh Besharati Shima & Shiva speaks about two twins who suffer from a genetic disorder and are fighting for a happy life in Iran. – The Fujifilm Young Talent Award 2019 $10,000 Sleep Creek By Paul Guilmoth & Dylan Hausthor Sleep Creek manipulates a landscape that is …
Oskar Alvarado Where Fireflies Unfold The majority of those born in the cities resulting from rural emigration in the 60s and 70s have a common place that unites us: our parents’ village. Deleitosa is my village.It is located in the province of Cáceres, in the region of Extremadura in Spain. Here my parents, grandparents, great grandparents and …
Frederico Arcangeli Pleasure Island A well-known tourist destination, in the summer period Rimini wakes up from its sluggishness of a small city lazily overlooking the sea, capable of attracting millions of people, becoming the capital of the clubs and nightlife of the Italian east coast. “Even if the world is full of beautiful stuff, full …
