[slidepress gallery=’andreagjestvang_disappearingiceage’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Andrea Gjestvang Disappearing Ice Age play this essay During the last century, adventurers have traveled to Greenland to explore this unknown land of ice and myths. The pictures they brought show brave men, heroes fighting nature. But still, many of us …
[slidepress gallery=’michellefrankfurter_destino’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Michelle Frankfurter Destino play this essay Drawn to the frontier edginess and melancholy of the region, I began photographing along the U.S. – Mexico border in 2000, shortly after reading Cormac McCarthy’s, The Crossing. The novel begins with a boy finding …
[slidepress gallery=’luczakowska_maramures’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Aga Luczakowska & Davin Ellicson Maramures – A Transition play this essay Surrounded by a fortress of mountains and never collectivized by Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, the Maramures region of northern Romania has preserved folk culture in a state of almost medieval …
[slidepress gallery=’astrada_anthropographia’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Walter Astrada Rape, weapon of war in Eastern Congo play this essay In the eastern part of The Democratic Republic of Congo, tens of thousands of women and young girls are being raped with impunity and extreme brutality …
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[slidepress gallery=’pawelglogowski_thewall’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Pawel Glogowski The Wall play this essay To get to the Wall, take a lift to the tenth floor and from there climb the stairs to the eleventh. A small space in the loft has been successfully transformed into a cult place …
[slidepress gallery=’michalluczak_thewhitehouse’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Michal Luczak The White House play this essay Excerpt from a letter to Barack Obama, president of the USA. “Dear Mr. President of the United States of America Barack Obama, We are students of a village school in Ukraine. Please, accept our …
[slidepress gallery=’lesleylouden_evelyn’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Lesley Louden Evelyn, Nothing Fancy play this essay For over a decade the regal life of an exceptional U.S. mid-western woman and her plush apartment situated in a small town on the banks of Lake Erie has been documented and compiled …
[slidepress gallery=’boccaccino_ritdiena’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Roberto Boccaccino Rītdiena play this essay In this period of my life, maybe because of my age, I often try to understand what will be my way and my future, and I always find myself talking with my contemporaries about the hard …
[slidepress gallery=’tildedewandel_gaza’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Tilde De Wandel Gaza play this essay Winter 2008-2009. Israel bombs Gaza for 3 weeks. Operation ‘Cast Lead’ kills over 1400 people. I watch the news channels and develop the strong desire to go there and experiencing the …
[slidepress gallery=’federicavalabrega_daughtersoftheking’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Federica Valabrega Daughters of the King play this essay Since I was a little girl I have always been curious why Jewish women have to pray separately from men. Having to look down while the men read and carried the Torah around …
