photographic essays
Matter and Time | by Ivan Kardashev My name is Ivan. I was born in Moscow in 1992. “Matter and Time” is a personal documentary project narrating about my military service in the Russian army. The story began when I was 20 years old. I grew up in a conservative and patriarchal family. For my …
Miniature Soldiers By Aude Osnowycz For the last six years, I have been documenting the militarization and recruitment of youth in the post-Soviet space, particularly in Ukraine and Russia. There are military schools of excellence, ultranationalist paramilitary camps, patriotic youth movements. It is not uncommon to see parents marveling at their children of barely 8 …
Tel Aviv Express By Alexander Bronfer “Tel Aviv express” was filmed during my evening walks in the Tel Aviv and Negev desert area. Of course, these places are completely different from each other, but for me they complement each other and I like to drive to the desert after noisy Tel Aviv just to stay alone …
Jelly Beans for Breakfast By Jenny Crawford My children are getting older, and I’ve been reflecting on Pablo Picasso’s comments, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” Lately I’ve felt thrown off balance as my understanding of the complexities of this world seems to have slipped from …
Catching Mice By Jimmy Lam Deng Xiaoping once said, “It does not matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.” These words ushered in China’s ‘Reform and Opening Up’ in 1979, transforming a country then in complete turmoil during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976, into what is now …
Not Far from Home By Carlo Pirrongelli “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” – Oscar Wilde Humans wear masks. All human societies have crafted and worn them. It’s one of the few things that separate us from other …
Room 32 By Michael Naify and Simone Cosac Naify This work is based on the alienation and disassociation stemming from a relationship that has ruptured under the strain of time while on vacation at a beach resort. The subjects are tied together intimately through bonds of time and shared life but are unable to confront …
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History of Life By Cai Dongdong Captured through the eyes of ordinary Chinese citizens before, during, and after the cultural revolution and curated by one of China’s most talented visual artists, “History of Life” presents a fascinating story on the determination of the human spirit. A collection of 415 restored photographs chronicling the history of modern China from …
“Hotpot Singapore” By Matthew Lam In 1819, the year when the British founded Singapore, the place was just an abandoned and unimportant piece of rock about 625 square metres in size at the tip of Malaya in Southeast Asia. There were only 150 inhabitants, including pirates. Since, the peninsula had magically transformed into a vibrant immigrant society. …
Afterdark: Consequences of War on Women in the Gaza Strip By Simona Ghizzoni ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT I reached the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the first time in 2010, on assignment with a friend journalist, to document the condition of Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip. At that time, we had the access to the …
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