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Camargue Climate Change

Camargue Climate Change

Daniel Cole
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For centuries people from across the region have observed Camarguaise bull festivities in the Rhone delta, where the Rhone river and the Mediterranean Sea meet. But now the tradition is under threat by rising sea levels, heat waves and droughts which are making water sources salty and lands infertile. At the same time, there are efforts by..
So gemaak en so (ge-) laat staan.

So gemaak en so (ge-) laat staan.

Gerhardt Coetzee
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I have recently turned to use self-portraiture as a tool for personal exploration. The home studio becomes a sounding board for ideas, memories, and fears. Turning the lens on myself for the first time was nerve-wracking – every part of me resisted this simple act. This ‘thing’ that I have such a complicated relationship with -..
Portraits

Portraits

Yehyun Kim
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FROZEN MAIDAN

FROZEN MAIDAN

Santi Palacios
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Kyiv, Ukraine |  2014 As January 2014 drew to a close, any expectation of a forthcoming end to the conflict in Ukraine seemed but a distant possibility from behind the barricades of Maidan Nezalezhnosti –Independence Square– in Kyiv. Activists defied freezing temperatures by burning tyres on the forward edge of battle, Berkut..
NOOR Visualising the Climate Crisis Workshop

NOOR Visualising the Climate Crisis Workshop

Diana Takacsova
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I am thrilled to be one of the 12 visual storytellers taking part in the  NOOR Visualising Climate Crisis Workshop . I am looking forward to working with Kadir van Lohuizen and Esther Horvath in the coming months. Many thanks to Slovak Press Photo for hosting us in Bratislava!
Flor de Cucharilla

Flor de Cucharilla

Thor Morales
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Every year around May and June, men from Xico, a small town in the mountains of central Veracruz, make an altitudinal pilgrimage to "hunt" for the Cucharilla flower. They travel in trucks to the highlands of Veracruz, a desert-alpine landscape around 2500m above sea level. There they find the precious flower, which is not really a..
Gone with the tide

Gone with the tide

Thor Morales
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In central Veracruz, a small and unknown fishing village has seen its most precious resources disappear before its eyes. Their beach, once a hundred meters wide, is now only visible during low tide, and in some areas, the sand carried by the tide has swallowed yards, houses, and buildings. The fishing stocks are steadily declining, and with no..
VICTORY IN SAVANNAH!

VICTORY IN SAVANNAH!

Lauri Lyons
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VICTORY IS OURS! The impossible is always possible. On November 10, 2022, the Savannah City Council in Georgia unanimously voted to remove John C. Calhoun’s name from one of the City’s historic squares. The vote represents a triumphant victory for the enslaved and free Black people buried beneath the square, their descendants living..
Finalist in Miami Street Photography Festival 2022

Finalist in Miami Street Photography Festival 2022

Juan Rodrí­guez Morales
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I am very happy to announce that I have been selected as finalist in Miami Street Photography Festival 2022. All selected finalists will be exhibited at HistoryMiami Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, in downtown Miami during Art Basel Miami and for a month at History Miami Museum.   2022 Finalists | MSPF The 2022 MSPF finalists represent the..
Beira de estrada

Beira de estrada

Alinne Rezende
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Brazil has 1,720,700 kilometers of roads and highways, making it the 4th largest road network in the world. However, there is not much to celebrate, only 12.4% is paved and of those  92.7% is single-lane. It does not stop here, the Brazilian road network is responsible for the movement of 60% of goods between states and more than 90% of..
On NatGeo: To carry iron to the world, Brazil’s 500-mile rail disrupted countless lives

On NatGeo: To carry iron to the world, Brazil’s 500-mile rail disrupted countless lives

Ian Cheibub
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To carry iron to the world, Brazil’s 500-mile rail disrupted countless lives Photographer spent years documenting communities transformed by a freight line that cuts across a mountainous jungle to reach seaports on the Atlantic Ocean. 
Custom Highs for Grow by Ginko

Custom Highs for Grow by Ginko

Alejandra Rajal
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A few months ago I was approached to do a commission with still-life photography for an article about the future of cannabis. This was something new to me and I enjoyed it so much! I had the most amazing editors and team, they were really open and supportive of the process and also guided me to do my very best. You can now see the article online..
1st prize in the Galicia Contemporary Photography award

1st prize in the Galicia Contemporary Photography award

Joan Alvado
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My new project "Os Batismos da Meia-Noite" is the winner of the Galicia Contemporary Photography award 2022! The prize includes the production of an exhibition and the publication of a book about the work. This work will be exhibited in several spaces in Galicia and Portugal within the next two years. I'm very grateful to the jury,..
Lucie Foundation Scholarship Winner

Lucie Foundation Scholarship Winner

Radu Diaconu
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Proud to announce that I am the winner of the Lucie Scholarship Program 2022 - Photo Taken! It's a great honor to have been selected among such strong works out there...eternally grateful to the @luciefoundation for supporting my work and ensuring that the last leg of this 2-year story can be completed! Thank you to everyone who has supported..
Cauca, Ready to Explode

Cauca, Ready to Explode

Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno
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The region of northern Cauca, has been for over 50 years a stronghold of the FARC. With the visit of President Santos to the town of Toribio on July 11, 2012, many situations came together to show the world that this area is far from being controlled, as the official media tell us. As civilians, mostly ethnic Nasa indigenous and peasants, who are..
Journey of genesis

Journey of genesis

Aymen Muhammed
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