Eva O’Leary Happy Valley [ EPF 2019 FINALIST ] I grew up in a central Pennsylvanian town, nicknamed Happy Valley. It is home to Penn State University, a big ten party school that dominates the culture both economically and geographically. The town is homogeneous, 71% of the inhabitants are between the ages of 18-24 and …
Pieter Bas Bouwman Human & Wildlife Conflict [ EPF 2019 FINALIST ] During my stay in Kenya I witnessed the difficulty of life in various ways that different groups of people and animals daily face. Often people pity the wildlife such as Elephants, Hyenas, Monkeys and Lions for being harmed or killed by locals. However, …
Paul Guilmoth and Dylan Hausthor are the recipients of the 2019 Fujilm/Young Talent Award for the essay. This honor recognizes photographers 25 and under, granting them $10,000 from Fujifilm to continue the work. Paul Guilmoth & Dylan Hausthor Sleep Creek [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2019 RECIPIENT – $10,000 ] Sleep Creek is a landscape …
Azadeh Besharati is the recipient of the 2019 Emerging Photographer Fund and has been granted $10,000 for this essay. Burn Magazine revolves around the EPF and it is our most important curatorial contribution to the oftentimes chaotic landscape of photography today. Most importantly, our mission is to give recognition to the finest emerging authors out …
– GRANT RECIPIENTS – The Emerging Photographer Fund 2019 $10,000 “Shima & Shiva” By Azadeh Besharati Shima & Shiva speaks about two twins who suffer from a genetic disorder and are fighting for a happy life in Iran. – The Fujifilm Young Talent Award 2019 $10,000 Sleep Creek By Paul Guilmoth & Dylan Hausthor Sleep Creek manipulates a landscape that is …
Oskar Alvarado Where Fireflies Unfold The majority of those born in the cities resulting from rural emigration in the 60s and 70s have a common place that unites us: our parents’ village. Deleitosa is my village.It is located in the province of Cáceres, in the region of Extremadura in Spain. Here my parents, grandparents, great grandparents and …
Frederico Arcangeli Pleasure Island A well-known tourist destination, in the summer period Rimini wakes up from its sluggishness of a small city lazily overlooking the sea, capable of attracting millions of people, becoming the capital of the clubs and nightlife of the Italian east coast. “Even if the world is full of beautiful stuff, full …
Margeaux Walter Believe Me As I navigate a world of surveillance cameras, drones, social media, “smart” phones, and facial recognition software, I find myself in a constant struggle with both visibility and invisibility. Anonymity is becoming harder, yet so is being seen. “Believe Me,” a title inspired by Trump’s most frequently used two-word phrase, is …
Hubert Barre Le Quartier St. Antoine Ah matočka, they are really poor! And what a mess! But it is hardly surprising: the whole family lives in a single room, divided by small screens, for their decency. …
Hannes Jung How is life? Death follows life. Always. A fact that unites all and everyone of us. As a young person I expect too die when I’m old, maybe when I’m sick, but definitely not now. So much still lies ahead of me. For the ones who are left behind, suicide always raises the …
