Monthly Archive for May, 2019

Alfonso Fonseca – It Could Have Happened Here

Alfonso Fonseca

It Could Have Happened Here

[ FUJIFILM / YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2018 SHORTLIST ]

“It Could Have Happened Here” is a project where I find crimes that have occurred in the Phoenix, Arizona area; Research them, Photograph the places they have occurred at, and then create a narrative with those photos along with archival photos and others I find. This lets me explore time, place, narrative, and the relationship between all three. The crimes I research usually take place before the 1980s, some of the events are well known, while others are crimes that not many know about. The photos depict crime scenes as they are today often with no trace of the crime that was committed and any deviation from the original site will be indicated through handwritten text on the photographs. The photographs will function as signposts for invisible histories. Then the series of photos will be sequenced for a book, each crime being it’s own volume.

The photos are shot in similar ways that forensic and newspaper photos were shot. High contrast black and white photos shot usually with some kind of flash. This creates images similar to Weegee and other newspaper photographers. I then write on the prints in a similar fashion influenced by Jim Goldberg and Bill Burke’s work. I also do this to the archival photos I find online, using the handwritten text as a way to share more information. I then try to create a narrative with all this. I try to create a sequence that makes the viewer feel like they are discovering this information, as if they stumbled upon it. I use the information from my research to create a compelling story about what happened.

Short Bio

Alfonso Fonseca was born in Palm Springs California and lived in the Coachella Valley for most of his life. As a child of Mexican immigrants he had an understanding of culture and place, as frequent trips to Mexico to see his family helped him to start seeing how one place and its history can be drastically different from another. As an artist he began to be interested in how someone can document with photography, whether it has to do with everyday occurrences or finding interesting sub-culture to investigate. Influenced by photographers like Bruce Davidson, Alec Soth, Jim Goldberg, Alex Webb, and many more he began shooting in a formal documentary style to then investigate the connection and conflicts between past and present. Sometimes a historical or even personal past, either way he documents these through landscapes, portrait, and sometimes even uses archival materials. Alfonso currently studying for his B.F.A in photography with a minor in film at Arizona State University.

Snezhana von Buedingen – Meeting Sofie

Snezhana von Buedingen

Meeting Sofie

[ EPF 2018 SHORTLIST ]

In my series “Meeting Sofie,” I depict the life of a 19 year old girl with down syndrome born into a German emigrant family in Denmark. For the last eight years Sofie has been living with her family on a small farm in east Germany but grew up in the care of a successful Antiques dealer.

Since completing school Sofie spends most of her life on the farm. She enjoys being alone as well as with the few people with whom she has built close relationships –– her family, the farm animals, and her boyfriend Andy. The series gives the viewer a glimpse into the life of Sofie and her family. It shows Sofie’s emotional world, which may be akin to ours.

Short Bio

Snezhana von Buedingen, born in 1983 in Perm, Russia, studied Photography at the Fotoakademie Cologne, finishing her Diploma in 2016. Characterized by her international background, Snezhana focuses on documentary and portrait photography.
Snezhana lives and works as an independent photographer in Cologne/Germany.

Emerging Photographer Fund 2019 – call for submissions

Emerging Photographer Fund 2019

call for submissions

The Emerging Photographer Fund 2019 is now open for submissions!

This year we are proud to offer two awards: the Emerging Photographer Grant for $10,000 and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award (25 or under) for $10,000. For more information, follow the link below.

Enter here

The deadline for entry is June 5th, 2019 (6pm PST)

© Tabitha Barnard winner EPF/Fujifilm Young Talent Award 2'19

A bear’s skin is crucified on a house. It is the skin of the insomniac bear that came at night and ate the dogs, attacked people, and got into the house through the window. A married couple climbed the roof in panic and waited until the morning to neutralize the beast. They waited until morning because it is pitch-dark at night. There is only electricity in this settlement for 14 hours a day, in the morning and the evening. There is no central power supply service, only a small diesel-driven station. Katangsky District, Irkutsky region. Russia, 2016 – © Elena Anosova

© Annalisa Natali Murri 2019 Epf Finalist

© Felipe Romero Beltràn 2019 Epf Finalist

A hilly range nearby Zenica, 80km north-west from Sarajevo. People around there picnic in the weekend, also the area has a monument (Spomenik) built in 1968 to hope to unite for Former Yugoslavia.

USA, D.C., Washington: Im Avalon Theater wird ein Filmplakat gewechselt. Für einen kurzen Augenblick steht der Leuchtkasten leer. Bilder eines Landes, dass uns so fremd und doch so nah scheint. Fotografiert auf einer Reise durch 22 Bundesstaaten durch die USA im Jahr 2015 und 2016. FOTO: Mario Wezel

Once inhabited by Mormons, in 1849 Nauvoo was settled by followers of French utopian socialist ?tienne Cabet. His ideas attracted many people who saw him as a political messiah and sought to implement his ideas in a practical setting. In Nauvoo they created a theoretically egalitarian commune that was forced to disband in 1860 after it endured a loss of about 40% and ran into financial difficulties – © Marta Giaccone

Staircase – © Mariya Kozhanova

On the fifth anniversary, 2016, I invited my uncle, parents’ friends and neighbors to where the photo studio used to be. We were able share our pain and sorrow. The photo seems to show the ?hope? of candlelight, but also it seems like the spirits of the dead are coming back to our town – © Mayumi Suzuki

Andriy, 27, astronomy graduate, picture was taken after he spent 9 months in the war zone, March 2015, Ukraine – © Wiktoria Wojciechowska

Portugal, Alentejo, Sao Domingos Mine – October 2016 The Romans mined in the São Domingos area for gold and silver for about 400 years. In 1855 mining was resumed, as the international demand for copper grew during the Industrial Revolution. About 25 megatons of ore had been extracted when the mine was closed in 1966.

My grandmother 1938, 18 years old – © Sarah Pabst

Hole, Coober Pedy, Australia – © Antoine Bruy

Burn Magazine revolves around the EPF. It is our most important curatorial contribution to the oftentimes chaotic landscape of photography today. By choosing a jury whose lifetimes have been spent in looking at photographs and making photographs, we try to give our Burn readers a distilled version of the best work of all that flows before their eyes everyday.

Most importantly our mission is to give recognition to the finest emerging authors out there and to provide some funding to at least a few to keep going and to continue making a mark. With the support of the non-profit Magnum Foundation, $10,000 is given to the recipient of EPF to move forward in their work. Our previous winners prove this is not in vain.

In addition, Fujifilm is partnering with us to offer an award, open to all photographers who are 25 or younger at the time of the deadline. All you need to do is enter into the EPF… and if you’re 25 or younger, you’ll be automatically eligible for the Fujifilm Young Talent Award. Fujifilm offers a cash prize of $10,000 to the winner.

Of course we are immensely proud of this partnership… and hope in this way we can give back to the young emerging ones amongst us… who just might need it more than we can ever imagine.

Previous EPF Winners

The 2008 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Sean Gallagher for his essay on the environmental Desertification of China.

The 2009 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Alejandro Chaskielberg for his 8×10 format essay on the Parana River Delta ‘The High Tide’.

The 2010 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Davide Monteleone for his essay ‘Northern Caucasus’.

The 2011 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Irina Werning for her essay ‘Back to the Future’.

In 2012 three Emerging Photographer Fund grants were awarded: one major to Matt Lutton for his essay ‘Only Unity’ and two minors to Giovanni Cocco for his essay ‘Monia’ and to Simona Ghizzoni for her essay ‘Afterdark’.

In 2013 four Emerging Photographer Fund grants were awarded: one major to Diana Markosian for her essay ‘My Father The Stranger’ and three minors to: Iveta Vaivode for her essay ‘Somewhere on Disappearing Path’, Oksana Yushko for her essay ‘Balklava: The Lost History’ and Maciej Pisuk for his essay ‘Under The Skin; Photographs From Brzeska Street’.

In 2014 two Emerging Photographer Fund grants were awarded: one major to Alessandro Penso for his essay ‘Lost Generation’ and one minor to: Birte Kaufmann for her essay ‘The Travelers’.

In 2015 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Danila Tkachenko for ‘Restricted Areas’, and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award to Sofia Valiente for ‘Miracle Village’.

In 2016 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Annie Flanagan for ‘Deafening Sound’, and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award to Aleksander Raczynski for ‘Views’

In 2017 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Antoine Bruy for ‘Outback Mythologies’, and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award to Aleksey Kondratyev for ‘Ice Fishers’

In 2018 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Shadman Shadid for ‘No Quarter’, and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award to Tabitha Barnard for ‘Cult of Womanhood’

Entries are now open

The Emerging Photographer Fund 2019 is now open for submissions!

The deadline for entry is June 5th, 2019 (6pm PST)

– Enter here –

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Editor’s note:

Many thanks especially to my EPF team Anton Kusters, Diego Orlando, and Mallory Bracken. First off, they must deal with me!! Never easy. In all seriousness, they all show amazing dedication to the spirit of doing something which just feels good. To provide a platform for the up and coming.

Special thanks to Susan Meiselas of the Magnum Foundation. Nobody on the planet is more dedicated to allowing new talent to develop.

Special thanks also to Michael Loyd Young, EPF funder and BURN Magazine board member.

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A heart felt thank you also to Fujifilm for the Fujifilm Young Talent Award… making it possible for the EPF to keep focus on the future generations, the young ones, the ones with a vision already making a mark now… and just might make another jump soon…

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The Emerging Photographer Fund was created and is directed by David Alan Harvey,
curated and produced by Anton Kusters & Diego Orlando.

Published on May 15, 2019 by burn magazine. 1 Comment

Marius Ionut Scarlat – From East to West

Marius Ionut Scarlat

From East to West

[ EPF 2018 SHORTLIST ]

Romania generates the greatest migratory flow of the European Union. After the revolution of ’89 and the death of Ceausescu, the Romanians were anxious for an immediate improvement. However this improvement did not happen and everything was even worse. The opening of the Schengen area and the entry of the country into the European Union, there has been a process of depopulation with serious consequences for the country. Romania has around 20, 000,000 million inhabitants and almost 4 live abroad.

This is a documentary project that talks about the emigration of my parents from Romania to Spain. This project talks about the experience or the new meaning that acquires everything that has been left behind. For me, this series of images means to get closer to that past. And also means to rediscover latent past which is still present in my house, in my family, in the landscape, in those objects that still decorate what it was my home and rediscover, through the camera, all the emotions and memories that, apparently, no longer existed. What was my childhood place, my home, my family… that comfortable and happy place had suddenly become a much more raw reality.

Short Bio

Marius I. Scarlat is a photographer who was born in 1993 in a village in Romania, where he spent his childhood. At the age of 11 he moved to Spain with his family. He studied a degree in Audiovisual Communication at the University of Alcal? and a master’s degree in Art Photography and Narrative Documentaries at the TAI School. His work seeks to reflect on concepts such as the passage of time, the trace and memory.

During this last year he has received several awards: La maquina grant 2018, 1st prize; selected to participate in the Students Canon 2018 program at Visa pour l’image; selected in the open call of exhibition proposals HACER organized by the Community of Madrid to produce and exhibit his project From East to West during the festival PHotoEspa?a; Roberto Villagraz grant 2018, finalist; talent scholarship from the TAI School (2018).

Monthly Archive for May, 2019

Alfonso Fonseca – It Could Have Happened Here

Alfonso Fonseca

It Could Have Happened Here

[ FUJIFILM / YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2018 SHORTLIST ]

Short Bio

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Snezhana von Buedingen – Meeting Sofie

Snezhana von Buedingen

Meeting Sofie

[ EPF 2018 SHORTLIST ]

Short Bio

Related Links

Emerging Photographer Fund 2019 – call for submissions

Emerging Photographer Fund 2019

call for submissions

Previous EPF Winners

Entries are now open

Marius Ionut Scarlat – From East to West

Marius Ionut Scarlat

From East to West

[ EPF 2018 SHORTLIST ]

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