http://www.burnmagazine.org burn is an online feature for emerging photographers worldwide. burn is curated by magnum photographer david alan harvey. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:08:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [slidepress gallery='vickyslater_colourblind'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Vicky Slater Colourblind play this essay Alain de Botton wrote....."Portraits can reveal sides of yourself that you are unused to seeing, over which you haven't extended ownership....they can pick up on features that you don't identify with and made ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/03/vicky-slater-colourblind/ [slidepress gallery='panosskoulidas_wanderingingreece'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Panos Skoulidas Wandering in Greece play this essay ...I lived half of my life in Grecolandia...& half in Los Angeles.... Half of my life i was dressed up in sheep-skin and half of my life in plastic... Half of my life i ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/03/panos-skoulidas-wandering-in-greece/ it is getting cold here in Rio...fall has arrived...everyone complaining of the rain...temperature has dropped to a chilling 68F....i am wearing a long sleeved shirt, pants and shoes...beach days are over (pictured above from non-NG shooting)..New Yorkers may scoff, but i am freezing....besides,  my time is up on this National ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2010/03/working/ [slidepress gallery='marcusbleasdale_therapeofanation'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls   Marcus Bleasdale The Rape of a Nation play this essay The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated 5.4 million people have died since 1998, the largest death toll since the Second World ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/02/marcus-bleasdale-the-rape-of-a-nation/ [slidepress gallery='marcosimola_metro'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Marco Simola Metro play this essay Metropolitan (Subway): "means of transportation, urban, on rails, characteristic of big cities; it joins the urban center with the suburbs and lies on a site that is proper to it, generally underground, on the ground or ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/02/marco-simola-metro/ [slidepress gallery='jacopoquaranta-naomi'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Jacopo Quaranta Naomi play this essay Naomi was my neighbor, and the first person in London to say 'hello' to me. A strange woman, I thought... Yellow eyes, violent mood swings, desperate cries, and a lot of anger. She allowed me to ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/02/jacopo-quaranta-naomi/ [slidepress gallery='noahaddis-semprejardim'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Noah Addis Sempre Jardim Edite play this essay The Jardim Edite favela, located at the foot of the landmark Estaiada bridge in an affluent section of Sao Paulo, Brazil, was once home to more than  550 families.  Most are gone now, as ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/02/noah-addis-sempre-jardim-edite/ Marty getting the drinks in, 2005 Sandinos Bar during the 'Celtronic' festival, 2004 "Derry" by David Bowen Over the past 12 years, since the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast, Northern Ireland by British and Irish governments, a thriving electronic music scene has flourished in the city of Derry, due ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/photographs/2010/02/derry-by-david-bowen/ [slidepress gallery='rogerballen_boardingroom'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Roger Ballen Boarding House play this essay “It is difficult to explain this place except that I think it exists in some way or another in most people’s mind.” –Roger Ballen These photographs are like images from a waking dream: compelling and thought-provoking, with ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/02/roger-ballen-boarding-house/ 8x10 moonlight photograph by Alejandro Chaskielburg, 2009 EPF recipient, from his essay The High Tide we now announce on Burn our third annual Emerging Photographer Fund grant ...for 2010 we are offering a $15,000. stipend for an emerging photographer to finish an ongoing personal project...the deadline for entries will be ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2010/01/emergin-photographers-fund-grant-2010/ [slidepress gallery='imantskrumins_etroukothebook1'] Hover over the image for full screen and navigation controls Imants Krumins Etrouko the Book I play multimedia "Etrouko the book I" .......... these are some of the images that will appear in the book, they are not photographs they are about photography. I anticipate a book in print soon.......... Bio .......... lived most of ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/imants-krumins-etrouko-the-book-i/ [slidepress gallery='adamsmith_fightjournal'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Adam Smith Fight Journal play this essay There is a moment before the fight when the rhythmic sound of warm-up punches and nervous chatter dissolves into a quiet stillness. This moment only lasts a second or two. No one in the room says ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/adam-smith-fight-journal/ [slidepress gallery='jamesnachtwey_struggletolive'] Hover over the image for full screen and navigation controls - Large download (107 MB) ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT James Nachtwey Struggle to Live - the fight against TB play multimedia James Nachtwey has documented the resurgence of tuberculosis and its varying strains MDR and XDR in seven countries around the world. ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/james-nachtwey-struggle-to-live/ [slidepress gallery='adrianarias_harvestofman'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Adrián Arias Harvest of Man play this essay This story is about the everlasting relationship between man and land. I was always fascinated to see how such ancient labours have survived through the ages in such difficult conditions for their workers. "Harvest of ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/adrian-arias-harvest-of-man/ [slidepress gallery='daviddegner_uighuridentityinxinjiang'] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls david degner 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 ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/david-degner-uighur-identity-in-xinjiang/ [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 ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/chloe-dewe-mathews-hasidic-holiday/ [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 place, ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/igor-posner-notes-from-underground/ [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 ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/thomas-freteur-abu-sakha/ [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 ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/jerome-brunet-cops/ [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 ... http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2009/12/beso-darchia-stigma/