[slidepress gallery=’daviddegner_uighuridentityinxinjiang’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls David Denger Uighur Identity in Xinjiang play this essay The Uighurs of Xinjiang are one of 55 minorities in China, but they are ethnically and historically closer to the Muslim Turkic groups of Central Asia. The Chinese government is trying to cement its …
[slidepress gallery=’chloedewemathews_hasidicholiday’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Chloe Dewe Mathews Hasidic Holiday: The Annual trip to Aberystwyth play this essay For over 20 years, British orthodox Jews have been holidaying in the Welsh seaside town of Aberystwyth, for two weeks every summer. Each family rents a small house in …
[slidepress gallery=’igorposner_notesfromunderground’] Hover over the image for navigation controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Igor Posner Notes from Underground play multimedia It started in 2006, a year when I returned to St. Petersburg for the first time in 14 years. At the time I had no idea what I wanted to get out of this …
[slidepress gallery=’thomasfreteur_abusakha’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Thomas Freteur Abu Sakha… play this essay Mohammed Abu Sakha used to be a normal, cheerful kid, despite the violence he witnessed in the West Bank in 2004. In 2008, he joined the first Palestinian circus school, an organization that trains Palestinian children …
[slidepress gallery=’jeromebrunet-cops’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Jérôme Brunet Cops: Riding Shotgun with Texas Sheriffs play this essay When asked why I’m interested in law enforcement, I’m compelled to reply, “We all should be.” The fact that we know so incredibly little about our ‘boys in blue’ all though …
[slidepress gallery=’besodarchia_stigma’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Beso Darchia Stigma play this essay The dire economic situation in Georgia has left the population of the country without any protection that would be provided by Government. Socially unprotected groups of society were among the ones most affected, their survival left …
[slidepress gallery=’jenniferrichter-californiaoverpasses’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Jennifer Richter California Overpasses Remembering Views From The Road These images encompass my love for traveling by car or motorcycles and they take me back to my childhood road trips taken with my family. I can still hear the words “GOD …
[slidepress gallery=’jonathonbowman_monkeybusiness’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Jonathon Bowman Monkey Business play this essay I began taking photos at the monkey houses at the zoo, fascinated by the inner lives of our genetic relatives. I soon realized that what I found compelling in the photos I had been taking …
[kml_flashembed fversion=”9.0.0″ movie=”https://www.burnmagazine.org/ss_essays/charliemahoney-atroubledparadise/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” targetclass=”flashmovie” bgcolor=”#262626″ publishmethod=”dynamic” width=”800″ height=”551″ allowFullScreen=”True” allowScriptAccess=”Always”] [/kml_flashembed] Charlie Mahoney A Troubled Paradise Climate change is a difficult subject to treat visually, because much of the expected damage is still yet to come. We just haven’t seen many direct victims of climate change…at least not yet. As a result, I …
[slidepress gallery=’lilaschaffler_mycollections’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Lila Schaffler My Collections play this essay Remember the story of that old photograph? It was taken at some show in the run-down Bowery years ago. There’s this boy sitting in the middle of some trashed mosh pit …
