Bullet Catcher by Nathaniel Ward “Sargent says I’m going to grow up and be a bullet catcher.”, Cadets, Mt. Sterling High School ROTC, Mt. Sterling, KY I encountered two teenage ROTC cadets in Mt Sterling, Kentucky this fall. After I photographed them, they asked to see a copy of the shot. Holding the Polaroid …
[slidepress gallery=’richardmarkdobson-cresthotel’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Richard Mark Dobson The Crest Hotel play this essay editors note: this is a long essay…but, i think certainly worthy of discussion…stick with it…do not even start to watch this if you do not have a solid 15 minutes at your disposal….. …
Amur Leopard by Andrew Harrington Amur leopards are the world’s rarest cat. Between 25 and 40 remain in the wild. Can you remember how many kids were in your class at school? Imagine that’s the whole human race, it is not a good place to be. The population has been stable for the last …
[kml_flashembed fversion=”9.0.0″ movie=”https://www.burnmagazine.org/ss_essays/markovaska-cityinmourning/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” targetclass=”flashmovie” publishmethod=”dynamic” width=”800″ height=”566″] [/kml_flashembed] Mark Ovaska City In Mourning On April 3rd, 2009 Jiverly Wong, depressed by economic hardship and aggravated by his poor English language skills, walked into the American Civic Association in Binghamton, N.Y. and opened fire. Within moments 13 victims were dead. As news of the …
[slidepress gallery=’paulrussell-besidethesea’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Paul Russell Beside The Sea play this essay Why the seaside? Well, I grew up in a little seaside town and spent a lot of time wandering around and around, even in the dead of winter. And now I find myself back …
As Light Shines on thy Thigh by Anton Kusters Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo – Going deeper underground… Walking the streets with Soichiro and his family. Kabukicho is the red light, food & gambling district of Shinjuku, smack in the middle of Tokyo. We gather at his office, where he shows me the work of …
[slidepress gallery=’angelabaconkidwell-travelingdream’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Angela Bacon-Kidwell Traveling Dream play this essay My photography comes from a life long obsession of exploring how my subconscious generates my dreams. As I move through my day, I am keenly aware of my encounters with people, places and things. I …
[kml_flashembed fversion=”8.0.0″ movie=”https://www.burnmagazine.org/ss_essays/carlantapp-tva/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” targetclass=”flashmovie” bgcolor=”#262626″ publishmethod=”dynamic” width=”800″ height=”777″] [/kml_flashembed] Carlan Tapp – Clean Coal TVA Ash Spill For the past five years much of my work has focused around the social cost of producing energy in the USA. I continue to work in the Four Corners area of the Southwest on the Navajo Nation striving …
[kml_flashembed fversion=”8.0.0″ movie=”https://www.burnmagazine.org/ss_essays/yuliaserdyukova-cosmos/soundslider.swf?size=2&format=xml” targetclass=”flashmovie” publishmethod=”dynamic” width=”800″ height=”551″] [/kml_flashembed] <p style=”font-size: 14px; line-height: 1px; font-weight: normal;”>Yulia Serdyukova</p> <p style=”font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3px;”>Cosmos</p> Gagarin’s flight to outer space in 1961 marked the beginning of the “space boom” in the USSR. Epic drive to the space …
[slidepress gallery=’brentfoster-kashmir’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Brent Foster Kashmir’s Half Widows play this essay Estimates range between 2000 and 6000 women do not know the whereabouts of their husbands. They are Kashmir’s Half Widows, women whose spouses have disappeared during the conflict. Some have been killed by security …
