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Jordi Jon Pardo
Abandonment Climate Change Desert Desertification Documentary Documentary Photography Environment Photography Photojournalism Spain Spotlight 

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Alejandro Olivares
Animals Documentary Epidemics Essays Illegal Trafficking Latin America Pandemics Photography Spotlight 

Cuando el viento nos lleva lejos, taking over public space

Citlali Fabian
Mixed Medium Portraiture Spotlight 
Over the last years, one of my primary goals has been to bring my work to the public space, to connect with the public outside of the limited space of a gallery or a museum, this is the first mural possible in collaboration with KDABRA studio in Oaxaca city, Mexico. The photo mural represents the portrait of Melina, a yalalteca descendant based..

LORDS OF THE GUNS

Eduard Korniyenko
Action Children Confrontation Documentary Faith Forest Illustrations Military Photography Photojournalism Portraiture School/College Soldiers Spotlight Teens War Weapons Youth 
In Russia, military patriotic education has become part of the school system. From an early age children study Russian history, practice appropriate for their age tasks and skills, train at the patriotic military clubs. In Caucasus region, where the cult of arms and military traditions are strong, there exist specialised cadet schools. In these..

Yarchen Gar : The Kingdom of Women in the Wasteland

JIAN LUO
Buddhism Documentary Editorial Essays Lifestyle Monastery Monk Nun Photography Religion Reporting Spirituality Spotlight Tibet Travel Womens Rights 
After crossing the bridge, men are not allowed to enter the female living quarter. The island surrounded by the Qushui River is the largest nuns’ residential area in the world. Thousands of ramshackle houses cluster on this 0.15-square-kilometer island and more than 10,000 nuns live there. This is not only the largest community of nuns but..

Twenty Thousand Salmon Bones

Bethany Sonsini Goodrich
Alaska Art Artist Environment Photography Photojournalism Salmon Spotlight Wearable Art 
Delicately yet firmly pinching the tiny vertebrae of a Chinook salmon between her thumb and pointer finger, Cynthia Gibson pushed fearlessly toward a rusty grinder churning an aggressive 3,400 rpm. The spur where a rib was once connected flew off into a cluttered garage leaving a smooth bead behind.            ..

NoRetrato / Las estrategias y necesidad de desaparecer

Jorge Luis Chavarria
Documentary Guatemala Photography Portraiture realeza Retrato contemporary invisibility royalty Spotlight 
El retrato siempre es un registro de nosotros mismos, un legado que dejamos para hacer visible que existimos en algun momento de la historia. Esta serie parte de la idea de como nos ocultamos día a día dentro de nosotros mismos, a veces con actitudes introspectivas o con el mismo rostro de la felicidad, pero a veces ocultando..

THE TURNING POINT, ongoing project with the IWMF

Anita Pouchard Serra
News Spotlight 
I'm glad to finally be able to start this project about abortion rigths in Argentina's farest provinces thanks to the support of the Internationa Women's Media foundation! First step : San Martin de los Andes Grantees – Reproductive health - IWMF We are happy to announce that the IWMF has selected eighteen grantees to report on..

Protests for the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel

David Aparicio Fita
Barricades Catalonia Clashes Demonstration Editorial Girona Pablo hasel Photography Photojournalism Police Prison Protest Protests Revolution Riots Spotlight Youth 
Girona. (Spain) .  For four days, different cities in Spain, protesters have taken to the streets to protest the arrest on February 16 of rapper Pablo Hasél, where he barricaded himself in the University of Lleida, Hasél arrested him for terrorism and insults to the monarchy Spanish in its lyrics. Sentenced to 2 years and 9..

Wacken Open Air

Pep Bonet / NOOR
Black and White Crowds Documentary Editorial Essays Europe Germany Heavy metal Live music Music Photography Photojournalism Rain Rock Spotlight Wacken Open air 
Every year since it’s inauguration in 1990, the Wacken Open Air Festival (W:O:A for short) regularly sells out. This might seem unremarkable given the fact that many festivals sell out in many places, except Wacken sells out virtually as soon as the tickets go on sale, which is the day after the current year’s event has ended. And..

Victims of nothing

Luciana Demichelis
Action Activism Adolescence Boxing Combat Dance Documentary Education Essays Fear Feminism Freedom Gay Rights Health/Healing Latin America Marika Photography Photojournalism Spotlight Theater Violence Youth 
The Marika Combat League is a space for the exploration of performativity, where lesbians, trans kids and women searchs for their own place in sport. With pride, they seek to redefine the sports academy and to provide a safe place for all those who have been denied in conventional sports spaces. In my work, I investigate the links between dance,..

PAISAJE INVISIBLE: The fight for justice after the revolution.

Javier Alvarez
Documentary Mixed Medium Photography Portraiture Spotlight 
October 18th, 2019 is the day that marks the beginning of one of the bloodiest eras in Chile since the return of democracy in 1990. A seemingly small act of raising the subway fare was instead a symbol of the violence of Chile's social inequality. It brought millions to the street in protest, leaving looted cities, destroyed infrastructure,..

When I close my eyes, I can fly

Kiki Streitberger
Conceptual Dreams Lifestyle Photography Portraiture Spotlight 
On most days we keep our dreams and fantasies on the inside. Cosplay allows them to be worn on the outside, making visible what is normally hidden. Comic Conventions have grown enormously over the last decade, and are attended by people from all walks of life. Nearly 100.000 people attended the London Comic Con in May – and that was just..

Ghanaian photographer and visual storyteller Nipah Dennis joins the 2021 Visura Mentorship Program

The Visura Media Blog
News Spotlight 
Visura is delighted to announce that Ghanaian photographer and visual storyteller Nipah Dennis has joined the 2021 Visura Mentorship Program. The mentorship began in the fall of 2020, during which time Nipah met with Visura founder Adriana Teresa Letorney to receive guidance and support around ways to better manage his online presence. From..

Construir con las cenizas

Adriana Thomasa
Abandonment Climate Change Community Documentary Environment Fire Forest Forest Fire Hope Human Rights Inequality Loss Pandemics Photography Photojournalism Spotlight 
Construir con las cenizas (2020) Los incendios forestales son recurrentes en Valparaíso. Cada año, una gran cantidad de incendios se producen en la región, muchos de ellos cerca de sectores habitados llegando a devastar poblaciones completas. Ya en 2014 y 2017, Alimapu (tierra quemada en mapudungun, voz mapuche para..

Portraits

Adil BOUKIND
Editorial Portraiture Spotlight 
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