Jon Lowenstein's photographs of the Ferguson protests were recently featured by Smithsonian Magazine. See the online feature here.
benedicte kurzen photographs health activist annie sparrow for vogue
In February 2015, Bénédicte Kurzen photographed Australian health activist Annie Sparrow for Vogue. See more here.
kadir van lohuizen in foam magazine: a never ending story...
In January 2015, Kadir van Lohuizen travelled to the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo where he visited the Tuwakinge Watoto Namatokeo Ya Vita (Lets protect the children from the consequences of war) project. This project was initiated in South-Kivu by War Child and ECHO (the humanitarian division of the European Commission) to support children and young people affected by war in this region. In the accompanying essay, Kadir provides insight into his experience working with NGOs.
cocaine production in peru by sebastian liste for de volkskrant
In April 2015 Sebastian Liste travelled to Peru for this online feature in de Volkskrant to document coca production in the VRAEM region (Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro River Valley), in the upper mountainous part of the Amazon, where Andean people have traditionally chewed coca leaves for its stimulant effect. The government of Peru purchases 8% of coca production to distribute legally on a controlled national market. As the largest producer of cocaine globally, the rest of the product is distributed outside Peru on the black market. See more of Sebastian's work on the coca production in Peru here.
sebastián liste's work from mexico for man of the world
Sebastián Liste photographs from Mexico were recently published in the issue n.13 of Man of The World magazine.
kurdistan landscapes by andrea bruce in internazionale
Images from Andrea Bruce's series 'Landscapes of Success: Kurdistan's Oil' were featured in Internazionale in April, 2015. Kurds believe that, after the eventual end of the conflict with the Islamic State mililtants, international buyers will need Kurdish crude and will support their nationalist aspirations. Compared to the rest of Iraq, Kurdistan is a landscape of success due to their oil revenue and distance from conflict in the past 10 years.
yuri kozyrev documents 'cuba on the cusp'
Shortly after President Obama made public that the US and Cuba would move towards restoring diplomatic ties, Yuri Kozyrev went to Cuba for TIME magazine to document the island at this historical turning point. Yuri's images were featured on the cover and in the April 6, 2015 issue of the magazine.
sebastian liste covers cuban money crisis for bloomberg
Sebastian Liste went to Cuba for Bloomberg Businessweek in early 2015 to make images of a dualistic Cuban economy, faltering between the official use of the Cuban peso and black market deals in US dollars.
'the media doesn't care what happens here' by sebastian liste in new york times magazine
The first issue of the redesigned The New York Times Magazine includes a story by Sebastian Liste from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sebastián covered the local collective of amateur journalists - Papo Reto. Papo Reto conduct photo and video surveillance of military police working in Rio's favelas, posting their actions to social media - a response to a lack in media coverage for the police shootings and violence in these neighborhoods.
benedicte kurzen on how the nigerian army pushes back boko haram in bloomberg magazine
Benedicte Kurzen's report on how the Nigerian army, together with forces from Chad and Niger, took territory from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria in early March was published in Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine on 23 March.