Since 2014, after leaving a senior corporate job and wanting to document remote cultures around the world, photographer Tariq Zaidi has been photographing the Kazakh eagle hunters. For Kazakhs living in western Mongolia, hunting with eagles is a proud art, and one of the highest expressions of their cultural heritage....
Danila Tkachenko: Escape
I travelled in search of people who have decided to escape from social life and live all alone in wild nature, far away from any villages, towns or other people. Most of my trips were done in Russia. I grew up in the heart of the big city, but I’ve...
Sasha Maslov: Veterans
Veterans is a series of portraits of people who took part in the Second World War – the one event in human history that could not – and still cannot- be compared with any other event on the scale of catastrophe, human tragedy, and the degree of impact on the...
Alex Webb: India Spice
Spices are no longer the impetus of conquest and colonization they once were, but they continue to suffuse cuisines worldwide. Spices have long defined the rich, complex South India cuisine— known for its hot red chilies and saffron-hued turmeric that are produced in the region—spices that also seem to be...
Claudio Rasano: South Africa
Series shows the hard side of life in South Africa using portraits and landscapes. Portraits are frontal taken at eye level, looking directly and ahead, the face cast in shadow showing a strong and determined expression.The portraits are evident that the person is the subject of interest reflecting the face...
Jenny Riffle: Scavenger
“There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.” -Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Riley grew up in rural eastern Washington. As a child he read Mark Twain’s stories of Tom Sawyer and...
Shoccara Marcus: Choreographing My Past
Often when we consider media works of documentary stature, we think in terms like ‘voluminous, detailed, comprehensive, and even exhaustive in nature.’ Typically when we visit the self-portraits of photographers and visual artists, we witness them [the subject] experiencing a mood or attitude that is expressed through a single snap...
Nick Bowers: Scared Scientists portraits
In his black-and-white photography series "Scared Scientists," Nick Bowers captures a raw element not often associated with scientific knowledge. For the series, Bowers interviewed a selection of scientists in varying fields, capturing the frightened looks on their faces while they contemplated their findings. The photos are minimalist but intense, each...
Alessandra Sanguinetti: Islands, Sea and Food
Expo Milano 2015 opened on May 1st with the primary theme of Feeding the Planet - Energy for Life. Alessandra Sanguinetti had been commissioned to photograph for the Islands, Sea and Food cluster of the exhibition. "Mayotte, Dominica and Vanuatu, each in the midst of far apart oceans, have distinctive...
Bangladesh’s Third Gender
Bangladeshi photographer Shahria Sharmin grew up believing that Hijras -- individuals who were designated male at birth but adopted feminine gender roles later in life -- were "less than human." Their physical appearance, their behavior and their general way of life, she explains, set them apart in her country's conservative...