photographic essays
[slidepress gallery=’brandangomez_thingsthatneverhappened’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Brandan Gomez Things That Never Happened play this essay These are the images of what never happened, but should have. They express what really moves the world: desires, deep desires that start forming in your early years, and crystallize inside your chest when …
[slidepress gallery=’michaelchristopherbrown_lybia’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Michael Christopher Brown Libya play this essay LIBYA Since arriving ten days ago, I have tried to understand the situation here in Libya. People swap facts, predictions and rumors, the news feeds me information, but the complexity of the …
[slidepress gallery=’michaelwebster_growingupinpublic’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Michael Webster Brooklyn Carnival play this essay Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade takes place every Labor Day weekend. With a crowd of over two million people it is the largest parade in New York City and possibly North America. These photos are …
[slidepress gallery=’chrisbickford_neworleanscarnival’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Chris Bickford Death, Rebirth, and Celebration in New Orleans play this essay The city of New Orleans lies at the swampy bottom of of the largest watershed in North America, and the top edge of the most hurricane-prone inland sea in the Western …
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[slidepress gallery=’vissariaskoulida_greeceinreverse’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Vissaria Skoulida Greece in Reverse play this essay Well this is panos (tamale)… I need to be honest with everyone about everything…She (Vissaria) photographs everything with a little kodak $100 camera…(maybe couple photos used my old D50 to shoot my “middle finger” …
I always tell my workshop students on the first day that my one week workshops actually go on forever…That is, if a student stays in touch with me and continues to produce compelling work , I do stay on as a lifetime mentor…The picture above is proof…Chris Bickford (left) with Burn readers Roberta Tavares and …
[slidepress gallery=’laurencebutetroch_thelastmine’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Laurence Butet-Roch The Last Mine play this essay It is still nighttime. The sun has yet to rise and the sky is a dreary dark grey that forecasts a cloudy day. Gilles, 55, is getting ready for another day at work. He lives …
[slidepress gallery=’gabrielabulisova_iraqirefugees’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Gabriela Bulisova Iraqi Refugees play this essay The Option of Last Resort: Iraqi Refugees in the United States One of the least reported stories of the U.S. invasion of Iraq is the dispersal of close to 5 million Iraqis displaced internally or forced …
“Color , grace, gesture. Slipping and sliding through nights humid and intimidating. I am both lost and found in a simultaneous rush of primal feelings and needs.” These were my words for a Bravo paper promo for their paper and printing. A commercial use of my photography but the whole concept, design and writing was …
