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Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand

Photography Spotlight Underwater Wildlife

The work for the collection Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand was produced during December 2019 in Barunguba or Montague Island in the Barunbuga Island Nature Reserve in New South Wales, Australia. In February 2020 we flew to New Zealand to continue working with the Antipodean fur seals in Kaikōura on the east coast of Te..

Puerto Rico Earthquakes

Gabriella N. Baez

Abandonment Action Capitalism Climate Change Community Confrontation Discrimination Documentary Dying/Death Editorial Emotion Energy Environment Essays Fear Gender Historical Human Rights Latin America Loss Mental Illness Minority Oppression Photography Photojournalism Poverty Reporting Spotlight Yearning

Since December 28, 2019, Puerto Rico has been struck by more than 500 earthquakes with a magnitude of 2 or greater. The biggest came before dawn on January 7, 2020 when a 6.4 magnitude quake, centered off the southern coast, killed at least one person and destroyed dozens of homes and structures. Aftershocks soon followed. Thousands sought..

My Americana

Joe Patronite

Black and White Candid Conceptual Documentary Fine Art Landscape Personal Photography Spotlight Street Travel

“My Americana,” a long-term photography essay, is loosely based on the famous Robert Frank masterpiece “The Americans” which was photographed the decade I was born. This personal essay documents places, people, events and gatherings which occur daily in the United States of America. The genesis for this project came..

The Wall Between Us

Katarina Premfors

Black and White Children Community Documentary Dreams Dubai Emotion Family Fear Freedom Happiness Home Lockdown Loss Middle East Motherhood Pandemic Pandemics Parenting & Family Photography Spotlight Youth

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This is the chronological story of the wall that divides our house with our neighbors. With the lockdown during the pandemic the kids only had each other and the new friendship with the neighbors. Zayed is one of seven children of our Emirati neighbours. Peering in to our living room and calling for my..

Justice for Alexander, police kill young soccer player

Felix Marquez

Spotlight

In grief and anger, hundreds of people bid farewell on Thursday, June 11, 2020 of Alexander Martínez, the American teenager of Mexican descent shot by the police in what authorities consider to be a direct attack on a group of young people who were riding their motorcycles normally and for which there is an officer arrested. Shouts and..

The Colors of Djinn

Btihal Remli

Abstract Conceptual Documentary Fine Art Landscape Photography Spotlight

The djinn cult is closely knit to the Moroccan Sufi-brotherhoods. With the Gnawa-brotherhood having come as slaves from West Africa to Morocco, the cult combines pre-Islamic narratives with the religious contents of Islam. More than a way to maintain the Gnawa identity, the invocation and worship of djinn in the trance-like derdeba rituals is..

Amalgamated Fragmentations / Plastisphere

Florence Iff

Spotlight

In my long-term and multi-part project on the Anthropocene I examine fragmentation and how old and new matter merge to an unknown amalgamate through technical and biochemical interventions. Never-before-seen chemical and physical processes revolutionize our world, modify the molecular structure of earth, air and water, create new molecules,..

A very personal note/reflection

Adriana Teresa Letorney

News Spotlight

As many of you know, I am the mother of a six-year-old son. These days have been really challenging for all of us, especially for kids. He has expressed feeling sad, hurt, disappointed, and confused about the world we are living in. He has also shared for the first time that he has felt alone in some ways. As a parent, this is heartbreaking. I..

Religouse fesitvales

ahmed gaber

Spotlight

The Longest Day

Diana Takacsova

Documentary Dreams Environment Essays Freedom Isolation Landscape Media Nature Photography Spotlight Svalbard Travel

There is a small community and a largely untouched land where the sun doesn’t set for months. Located between Norway mainland and the North Pole, Svalbard has inspired humans to explore, conquer, push boundaries and to seek places far away from reality. Arctic silence, harsh landscapes and humans are becoming one - yet one can feel..

Resistencia Marica

Vanesa Henseleit

Documentary Film Fine Art Photography Portraiture Spotlight

National Geographic Photocamp

Maryam Turaki

Nigeria Photography Spotlight Street

In November of 2019, I was privileged to be chosen to join the National Geographic Photo Camp, the first-ever in Nigeria. It was a 5-day intensive session that brought me one step closer to being a better photographer and all-round human being. Theses are photographs from assignments during the camp.

Charlotte's Tangled Web

Jennifer Kaczmarek

Action Activism Community Disability Documentary Editorial Education Essays Fine Art Friends + Family Health/Healing Hope Human Rights Illness medical marijuana Motherhood Photography Photojournalism Portraiture Reporting Science Spotlight Youth

WEED: The Story of Charlotte’s Tangled Web centers on the lives of those suffering from different debilitating ailments that are fighting for the option to have medical marijuana as a choice of medicine in the state of Florida. We are facing a critical time in changing the perception and minds of those opposed as November’s..

The Aftermath Grant

Radu Diaconu

News Spotlight

Good day to you all :) I hope everyone is safe and healthy! I just wanted to let you all know that I was a Finalist for this year's Aftermath Grant. It is a real honor to be part of the Aftermath family and this has motivated me to finish my long-term project on Cyprus called "Ephemera." Please check out the other finalists and..

CNN: Lebanon´s turmoil

Diego Ibarra Sánchez

Capitalism Civil Rights Confrontation Documentary Dreams Editorial Epidemics Fear Fine Art Human Rights Militias Oppression Photography Photojournalism Politics Revolution Spotlight Violence

Tres Tiempos

Jorge Luis Chavarria

Black and White Conceptual Fine Art Food Photography Spotlight Still life

Los tres tiempos es una frase muy común en el contexto guatemalteco, todos entendemos la referencia que esta frase indica, esta basada en la venta de un elemento primordial de la cultura guatemalteca, las tortillas, que a su vez están basadas en uno de los elementos básicos en el desarrollo de nuestro país, el..