Lara Gasparotto Under the Sheets [ EPF 2013 SHORTLIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT I am Striping our intimacy, our sheets do not isolate anymore our bodies. I feel that I live through the contact of others, their look, their skin. My photos are the captures of our unprotected feelings. Instead of completed series my …
Kids arriving home from school. Always a highlight in the day. When I was a kid, whether I used to go by bus, bike or walk or be driven, the thing I remember most is the satchels and how heavy they were sometimes. Today is no different… the weight of knowledge. Febe is on the …
Matt Eich Fear and Self Loathing in America [ EPF 2013 SHORTLIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT For the last eight years I have catalogued the American experience in pictures, trying to understand this country by focusing on specific places, on community and on the issues they embody. My hope was that these examinations of …
Laura Morton The Social Stage [ EPF 2013 SHORTLIST ] San Francisco, California has a thriving culture of what is often referred to as high society. This small group of wealthy people attends numerous glamorous social events with each other throughout the year to socialize while financially supporting local cultural institutions and other charity organizations. …
A little known breed of cows rarely seen by humans is the zombiecow. A zombiecow only comes out at night, and loves tipping regular cows in their sleep. They have really soft hoofs so they can sneak up quietly to their victims. The regular cow’s brain — contrary to widespread belief — never actually gets …
Rain. Forest. It seems like we’re conditioned to dream of beaches, sea and sun… but in my perfect dream place there’s always a forest in there somewhere. And mountains. And fields. And lakes. Big lakes. Anything actually, as long as my friends & loved ones are close. And the rain is ok once in a …
Kobe has just had a two hour soccer practice in the pouring rain. One of three every week. He’s becoming pretty good at it, I can tell. The smell of the soccer field brings back memories, and how my brother and I used to play. I dropped out after a while but Malik went on …
Dana Matthews One Farm One Decade [ EPF 2013 SHORTLIST ] Over thirty years ago, photographer Dana Matthews and writer Richard Giles met in the rural deep south. Matthews came from her grandmother’s farm and Giles from the Delta by way of farms in the Mississippi Black Belt. Between Matthews’s home in Alabama and Giles’s …
I keep a polaroid of a sunny sky handy for when it rains. Amazing how a quick glance at it completely changes my mood. And I’ve got a million more of these little artefacts that do nothing else but remind me. A wise person once told me that anyone or anything worth remembering will stay …
Sara Munari Dolphins Sleep With Open Eyes [ EPF 2013 SHORTLIST ] Zoos are born with informative intent to know and understand animal breeds, otherwise unattainable. I wonder today which is the sense of life of an animal that is born, grows and dies in a cage. Strange form of entertainment for humans, or thin …
