[slidepress gallery=’benjaminrusnak_farfromparadise’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls EPF 2011 Finalist Benjamin Rusnak 23º, Far from Paradise play this essay 23º of latitude separate the Equator from the Northern tropic. These latitudes are home to beaches, palms, vacation resorts, idyllic paradise — and poverty. This is where the sun bares countless …
[slidepress gallery=’dariatuminas_ivanandthemoon’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls EPF 2011 Finalist Daria Tuminas Ivan and the Moon play this essay Ivan is the elder, he is 16. Andrey, nicknamed Moon, is the younger, 14 by now. The two brothers live in a distant village in the northern part of Russia. They …
i am supposed to be quitting this Burn bit right now….sort of announced that i would a few weeks back…too much work and i need to devote all my time to my own photography…i am doing three different projects with my own work that need my full attention…this is no time to be thinking …
[slidepress gallery=’maryannemitchell_alteredstates’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Mary Anne Mitchell Altered States play this essay The waves are crashing and the lone figure is approaching, is he friend or foe? The girl appears to be washed ashore; is she asleep, just resting, or worse? The young man is entangled in …
[slidepress gallery=’mscottbrauer_wechinese’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls M. Scott Brauer We Chinese play this essay “We Chinese” grew out of a curiosity to find out what Chinese people think about their country and their future. Media coverage of the country and its development often raises questions about the direction of …
[slidepress gallery=’theostroomer_prisonbootcamp’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Theo Stroomer Prison Boot Camp play this essay At first the inmates were too busy getting their asses kicked to notice me. They were experiencing the first day of the Colorado Corrections Alternative Program boot camp, a program aimed at reducing recidivism using …
[slidepress gallery=’ejbehdarvand_bingwa’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Pej Behdarvand Bingwa play this essay Bingwa is a Swahili word that translates not only as “expert” or “competent,” but also as “bodybuilder.” This project began when I stumbled across a website featuring African bodybuilding and was struck by the appeal that bodybuilding …
[slidepress gallery=’katiaroberts_yourdarkeuphoria’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Katia Roberts Your Dark Euphoria play this essay They wanted to flower, and flowering is being beautiful. But we want to ripen, and that means being dark and taking pains. -Rainer Maria Rilke In 2004, I met a young …
[slidepress gallery=’patrickhogan_solitaryhalfmad’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Patrick Hogan Solitary, Half Mad play this essay A photographic short story. When I began this essay, I decided to move from the urban area where I had been living to a small cottage in rural Ireland. I was interested in people who …
I am totally not up to this…Writing obits is not what I do…This will not be my best of anything. Yet, it is all I can do at the moment. I found out yesterday, at exactly this time by text message while driving in a blinding rainstorm, that my friend and next door neighbor Tim …
