[slidepress gallery=’irinawerning_backtothefuture’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT EPF 2011 Finalist Irina Werning Back to the Future play this essay I love old photos. I know I’m a nosy photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for those old photos. Most …
[slidepress gallery=’tushikurrahman_fatalistictendency’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT EPF 2011 Finalist Tushikur Rahman Fatalistic Tendency play this essay There is a place in which your privacy, intimacy, integrity and inviolability are guaranteed. Your own body and mind, that unique temple and a familiar territory of sense and …
[slidepress gallery=’lauraeltantawy_intheshadowofthepyramidsegypt’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT EPF 2011 Finalist Laura El-Tantawy In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Egypt play this essay The revolution of Jan. 25, 2011 revived a long lost sense of pride and strength for Egyptian people. In my lifetime, I’ve seen Egyptians …
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[slidepress gallery=’zhechen_bees’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT EPF 2011 Finalist Zhe Chen Bees play this essay They left their lives in the very wounds they had created for themselves. – Virgil (Roman poet, 70BC – 19BC) To jeopardize existence for existence itself: ‘Bees’ records a marginalized …
[slidepress gallery=’benjaminrusnak_farfromparadise’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls EPF 2011 Finalist Benjamin Rusnak 23º, Far from Paradise play this essay 23º of latitude separate the Equator from the Northern tropic. These latitudes are home to beaches, palms, vacation resorts, idyllic paradise — and poverty. This is where the sun bares countless …
[slidepress gallery=’dariatuminas_ivanandthemoon’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls EPF 2011 Finalist Daria Tuminas Ivan and the Moon play this essay Ivan is the elder, he is 16. Andrey, nicknamed Moon, is the younger, 14 by now. The two brothers live in a distant village in the northern part of Russia. They …
[slidepress gallery=’maryannemitchell_alteredstates’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Mary Anne Mitchell Altered States play this essay The waves are crashing and the lone figure is approaching, is he friend or foe? The girl appears to be washed ashore; is she asleep, just resting, or worse? The young man is entangled in …
[slidepress gallery=’mscottbrauer_wechinese’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls M. Scott Brauer We Chinese play this essay “We Chinese” grew out of a curiosity to find out what Chinese people think about their country and their future. Media coverage of the country and its development often raises questions about the direction of …
[slidepress gallery=’theostroomer_prisonbootcamp’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Theo Stroomer Prison Boot Camp play this essay At first the inmates were too busy getting their asses kicked to notice me. They were experiencing the first day of the Colorado Corrections Alternative Program boot camp, a program aimed at reducing recidivism using …
[slidepress gallery=’ejbehdarvand_bingwa’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Pej Behdarvand Bingwa play this essay Bingwa is a Swahili word that translates not only as “expert” or “competent,” but also as “bodybuilder.” This project began when I stumbled across a website featuring African bodybuilding and was struck by the appeal that bodybuilding …
