Sean Gallagher China’s Fragile Forest Natural forests cover about 10 percent of China, however few of these forests remain in a primary or pristine condition. China’s forests are threatened primarily by timber collection, mining, unregulated harvesting of flora for traditional Chinese medicine and excessive development related to increased tourism. Reforestation efforts by authorities have …
A VIDEO BY ROGER BALLEN I FINK U FREEKY by DIE ANTWOORD Many of you may remember Roger Ballen here from his Boarding House essay, also published in Burn 01. Roger was also kind enough to interact with this audience. This is a very interesting example of a conceptual still photographer making a video. This …
Dana Stolzgen Black Garden Nagorno Karabakh / 2010 May. Inside the narrow valleys of the Caucasus Mountains there is a country not appearing in the maps: Nagorno-Karabakh, which name – a mixed of Russian, Turkish and Persian languages – means Mountainous Black Garden. This self-proclaimed republic is the result of a cruel conflict – 20 …
[slidepress gallery=’alfredochiarappa_crossingleningrad’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Alfredo Chiarappa Crossing Leningrad play this essay Leningrad, Russia January 2011 “Stavrogin: … in the Apocalypse the angel swears that there’ll be no more time. Kirillov: I know. It’s quite true, it’s said very clearly and exactly. When …
Teresa Cos I Was There – Observations on “The Society of The Spectacle” “I Was There” is the first chapter of a long term (lifetime) project which explores western society and its obsession with success. I started by depicting the worlds of art, fashion and culture, where anxiety and struggle for success, together with the …
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Yurian Quintanas Grabarka Every year on the 19th of August, thousands of Orthodox Catholics moved by faith flock to the holy mountain of Grabarka in Poland to celebrate the Transfiguration. Many of them go by foot or on their knees, many carry the traditional orthodox cross for many miles as a sacrifice to God. On …
Charlotte Tanguy Nyx In St-Petersburg, pollen comes out of poplars that were massively planted there after the second World War, in order to fill the holes in the city. Because so many of them were planted, and the pollen started to pollute the city, people became allergic to these pollen. In St-Petersburg, I …
Grogan Diarmait New Way Home ‘New Way Home’ incorporates autobiographical elements into a non-linear narrative on longing, loss, joy, intimacy and vulnerability. The result is a subjective reflection on the human condition. Disparate experiences coalesce in a body of work that is ultimately concerned less with an external reality than with highlighting ‘fragmentary moments of …
[slidepress gallery=’valentinariccardi_norent’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Valentina Riccardi NO RENT play this essay Most of my work happens in Ibiza, Spain, where I decided to live a few years ago to merge and integrate in a community and discover a way of living that …
Alberto Lizaralde Frail [ EPF 2011 HONORABLE MENTION ] Frail is about those everyday moments when everything collapses. Little moments where our life changes, spins and breaks. Suspended moments in which something has just happened or is about to. Situations in which time, objects and places lose their physical nature. Tiny fragments of life which, …
