Month: May 2011

tushikur rahman – fatalistic tendency

[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 …

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laura el-tantawy – In the shadow of the pyramids: egypt

[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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revelations…

part of our little Burn magazine team met tonight over Pizza Hut delivery…thin and crispy Supreme is the suburban delivery of choice..no Coke, only Pepsi..hmmm, now where was i…oh yes, revelations…not necessarily things which can really come true, but well you all know how it is..i start this way, and then try to make it …

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zhe chen – bees

[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 …

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daria tuminas – ivan and the moon

[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 …

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c’mon baby light my fire…

  i am supposed to be quitting this Burn bit right now….sort of announced that i would a few weeks back…too much work and i need to devote all my time to my own photography…i am doing three different projects with my own work that need my full attention…this is no time to be thinking …

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mary anne mitchell – altered states

[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 …

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scott brauer – we chinese

[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 …

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theo stroomer – prison boot camp

[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 …

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