A bear's skin is crucified on a house. It is the skin of the insomniac bear that came at night and ate the dogs, attacked people, and got into the house through the window. A married couple climbed the roof in panic and waited until the morning to neutralize the beast. They waited until morning because it is pitch-dark at night. There is only electricity in this settlement for 14 hours a day, in the morning and the evening. There is no central power supply service, only a small diesel-driven station. Katangsky District, Irkutsky region. Russia, 2016 – © Elena Anosova

Elena Anosova – Out of the Way

Elena Anosova Out of the Way [ EPF 2017 – FINALIST ] The project was created on the far away territories of the Extreme North of Russia, where bad accessibility and isolation, special relationship with nature, and following the century-long ways of life involve unique mythology of the region where the fictional things are very …

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Marta Giaccone – Systems of Harmony

Marta Giaccone Systems of Harmony [ EPF 2017 – FINALIST ] Systems of Harmony is a personal portrait of 2016 suburban America. In the 19th century a large number of Europeans and Americans went to great lengths to establish small utopian communities throughout America. They were preachers, social reformers, industrialists, philosophers, anarchists, journalists and socialist …

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Andriy, 27, astronomy graduate, picture was taken after he spent 9 months in the war zone, March 2015, Ukraine – © Wiktoria Wojciechowska

Wiktoria Wojciechowska – Sparks

Wiktoria Wojciechowska Sparks [ EPF 2017 – HONORABLE MENTION ] Sparks is a multi-dimensional portrait of a contemporary war in Europe, forgotten but still actual, the war in Ukraine. Ukrainians are fighting against the separatists, who are Ukrainians as well, driven by Russia’s influence and support. The core of the project is meeting victims of …

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My grandmother 1938, 18 years old – © Sarah Pabst

Sarah Pabst – Zukunft

Sarah Pabst Zukunft [ EPF 2017 – HONORABLE MENTION ] I was still standing on a northern corner. Moonlit winter clouds the color of the desperation of wolves. Proof of Your existence? There is nothing but. (Franz Wright) Between 1933-1945 Germany and many parts of Europe were dominated by Nazism and World War II. 72 …

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© Aleksey Kondratyev

Aleksey Kondratyev – Ice Fishers

  Aleksey Kondratyev was the recipient of the 2017 Fujifilm/Young Talent Award for this essay. This honor recognizes photographers under 25 and grants $5,000 from Fujifilm to continue the work. Aleksey Kondratyev Ice Fishers [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2017 WINNER ]  For generations, Kazakh fishers have set out on to the frozen Ishim River in …

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Hole, Coober Pedy, Australia. – © Antoine Bruy

Antoine Bruy – Outback Mythologies

Antoine Bruy was the recipient of the 2017 Emerging Photographer Fund and was 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 there and …

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Hole, Coober Pedy, Australia. – © Antoine Bruy

EPF 2017 – The Winners

  The Emerging Photographer Fund 2017   Antoine Bruy Outback Mythologies EPF 2017 WINNER – $10,000 Everything starts about hundred years, in 1915, when the New Colorado Gold Prospecting Syndicate, consisting of a Mr. Jim Hutchison, his 14 years old son William and two other men had been unsuccessfully prospecting for gold out in the middle …

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