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Desicive Moment

Richard Le Manz
Instante Decisivo. Sobre la inacción en la lucha contra el cambio climático. Jugando con el famoso concepto fotográfico de Henri Cartier-Bresson, el ...

the sweet quarantine through their eyes

Gjivovich Maurizio
these are difficult days, the outside world has stopped in its silence. here the children find their spaces and create new spaces, to face the fear of what is happening ...

Happy New Persian Year

Khashayar Javanmardi
Welcoming spring and start the new year with the desire to be refreshed is what Iranian thinking these days. My city now speaks the same language as all the cities around the ...

(the last 48 hours of my abuela)

Adolfo Pumarejo
Abuelita, Grandma, Some nights I would observe you from your room’s door while you laid down, alone, on your bed. From there, I admired your humanity; your wrinkles ...
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Announcing Scout 2020 Emerging Filmmakers Grant Finalists

Scout Film Festival
Our hearts go out to all who are impacted by the coronavirus. Our thoughts are especially with those who are sick, to whom we extend our heartfelt wishes for a full recovery. ...

PRINT SALE - Fundraiser for Sanctuary

Donna Ferrato
Dear Folks Thanks for the awesome response to our fundraiser.  However, I feel your help will be more effective if we help others now shut-in with their so-called ...

LIFEBOAT

Anne Ackermann
Please check out LIFEBOAT. LIFEBOAT connects photographers with those who want to support their work. Nearly 100 leading photographers from around the world are offering ...

Diversify Photo COVID019 Relief Print Sale

Chona Kasinger
The Diversify Photo COVID-19 Relief Print Sale launched yesterday! All photographs sold will support photographers of color financially impacted by COVID-19. Prints are $65 ...
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Reframe | Fred Ritchin & the Post-Photographic Challenge, Part I

written by Clary Estes for The Visura Media Blog
Editor's Note: For the first installment of this multi-part series, writer Clary Estes sat down with educator,  author  & Dean Emeritus of the ...

Reframe | Stephen Mayes & The State of Photojournalism, Part I

Written by Clary Estes for The Visura Media Blog
Editor's note: The Reframe Column is a series of essays and interviews aimed at examining new media and visual storytelling. For this three-part interview series, Clary ...

Notes from my personal journal to my son Gabriel on my journey as a once aspiring visual storyteller who became an entrepreneur to empower visual storytellers worldwide

Adriana Teresa Letorney
When I left my family and hometown of Puerto Rico at the young age of 23 to New York to pursue my dream of becoming a professional visual storyteller after graduating from the ...

In conversation with Jin Ding at IWMF about The Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award

The Visura Media Blog
The International Women Media Foundation (IWMF)— www.iwmf.org —  is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization   that offers safety training, reporting trips, ...
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BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Jeff Bridges: Pictures Volume Two

powerHouse Books
Taking pictures of coworkers on the job results in compelling photographs, especially when those people include the likes of Meryl Streep, Robert Duvall, Julianne Moore, ...

la Puente

Charlotte Schmitz
2016-2018 Between 2016 and 2018, I photographed in La Puente, the biggest brothel in southern Ecuador, where more than 150 women work. The photos were created in ...

‘That Single Fleeting Moment’: Merce Cunningham in Images

powerHouse Books
‘That Single Fleeting Moment’: Merce Cunningham in Images Merce Cunningham: Redux, James Klosty’s exceptional collection of over 270 photographs ...

Matt Kapp: A Century Downtown: A Visual History of Lower Manhattan

powerHouse Books
Matt Kapp: A Century Downtown: A Visual History of Lower Manhattan Sometimes the research for one project inspires new ideas of disseminating the same information on ...
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These people are helping save orangutans in Sumatra, Indonesia

The Washington Post
Belgian photojournalist Alain Schroeder first encountered orangutans as a tourist in Indonesia. After feeling an immediate connection to them, he returned as a photojournalist ...

The Guardian — Food Insecurity and COVID-19

Rory Doyle
In Mississippi, the COVID-19 virus is tied to racial disparities. This important article from The Guardian highlights food insecurity in Holmes County, Mississippi — the ...

Love and Loneliness in the Time of the Coronavirus

Cate Dingley
Feature story with the Washington Post To be given an assignment with absolute creative freedom, especially during this confining period, was a gift. I took out my 4x5 camera ...

Calm Before The Storm: Hope Lies In How Rural Hospitals Are Banding Together To Combat Coronavirus

Clary Estes
Hospitals in rural America are facing a slew of challenges as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) begins infiltrating their communities. However, as just about any small town American ...
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A Life With Gorillas

Bram Janssen

WHALER-Little Whale (Official Music Video)

Anja Matthes
WHALER-Little Whale (Official Music Video) featuring Milan Xai. Video by Anja Matthes Little Whale’s four-track debut is a calming voyage into ambient electronica, one ...

Back to the Mara

Andrea Wise

Video: Johanna Alarcón on the power of Photography

Directed by Adriana Teresa Letorney for Visura
Visura founder Adriana Teresa Letorney interviews Ecuadorian photojournalist Johanna Alarcón  (Johis) for this new series highlighting Visura members. ...