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emily berl – our boys

[slidepress gallery=’emilyberl_ourboys’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Emily Berl Our Boys play this essay   Everyone in Strawn, Texas knows Friday night means football. Located approximately 80 miles west of Fort Worth, Strawn is a small community with a population of around 700. Strawn high school estimates they will have …

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elena perlino – des corps dans la ville

[slidepress gallery=’ElenaPerlino_DesCorpsDans’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Elena Perlino Des Corps Dans la Ville play this essay   Prostitution is legal in France, but soliciting customers is not. The immediate consequence of newly passed laws against passive soliciting has changed the sex trade. Large concentrations of …

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alexander mendelevich – weariness

[slidepress gallery=’alexandermendelevich_weariness’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT EPF 2010 Finalist Alexander Mendelevich Weariness play this essay   I am looking for fineness and perfection in humanity. It is interesting for me to expose it through drama, the drama of  being. I am trying to find these  …

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julien coquentin – strange rain

[slidepress gallery=’coquentin_strangerain’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Julien Coquentin Strange Rain play this essay   Once again—the sky saturates us with is deluge—accompanied by its loud burst of thunder—we’ve grown accustomed to. How long has it been raining on this city? Mute and indifferent to what has become familiar—we are …

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michael christopher brown – china

[slidepress gallery=’michaelchristopherbrown_china’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls EPF 2010 Finalist Michael Christopher Brown China play this essay   I feel most alive while on the road. As a result, I am often drawn to photograph people in a state of transition. Fifty years ago President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the …

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kerry payne – left behind

[slidepress gallery=’kerrypayne_leftbehind’] Hover over the image for navigation controls Kerry Payne Left Behind play multimedia   In a small Australian town on June 12th 2001, my father, Myles Hilton Bean took his own life, aged 60. It was a decision I had no say in, but one which would alter me and the way I …

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justin maxon – when the spirit moves

[slidepress gallery=’justinmaxon_whenthespiritmoves’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT EPF 2010 Finalist Justin Maxon When the Spirit Moves play this essay   I’ve heard people say that since America has it’s first Black President in office, we have transitioned into a post-racial society.  If he can succeed, then …

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kate stone – at the seams

[slidepress gallery=’katestone_attheseams’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls EPF 2010 Finalist Kate Stone At the Seams play this essay   In “At the Seams” I used photographs of domestic interiors and common architecture to construct impossible, uncanny spaces that evoke a feeling of hesitant curiosity, a nervous desire to explore the …

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dima gavrysh – insha’allah

[slidepress gallery=’dimagavrysh_inshallah’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT EPF 2010 Finalist Dima Gavrysh Insha’Allah play this essay   I took a photograph of Captain Harris, the commander of Combat Outpost Tangi, in Afghanistan’s Wardak province, as he was waiting for a helicopter to take him to the …

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