Javier Arcenillas: Latidoamerica

Sociological essay of Violence in Latin America, the most violent zone in the world in its most dramatic and miserable. The impotence of pain and hell asocial victims of murderers in a daily theater of war where violence is always the news of the day in his red note. Latin...

Federico Arcangeli: Pleasure Island

Rimini is a town on the Adriatic coast, on the Italian east coast. A well-known tourist destination, itís always been considered the capital of clubs and nightlife. It counts 150.000 inhabitants, but in summer it becomes a small metropolis which can accommodate up to 2.500.000 people. Muse and inspiration of...

Sergi Escribano: Dance of the Demons

Every September one of the most popular Catalan “Correfocs” is taking place in Barcelona for La Mercè, a festivity for the Patron Saint of the city. The “Correfoc” is a pyrotechnical display inherited from a medieval practice known as “Ball de Diables” (Dance of the Demons) born, according to the...

Moe Zoyari: Parallel Lives

By day, Tony spends time working as a restaurant manager in Hamburger Mary’s in Chicago, Illinois. Openly gay, this man makes a complete transformation into a drag queen once a week. Tony calls himself a manger by day and Tasha, a female impersonator by night. Tasha has been participating in...

Tatiana Bondareva: Boys

Boys from 14 to 18 years old who committed various crimes including hooliganism, rape and murder serve their sentences in the young offender institution in Saint-Petersburg. The conditions of detention in such institutions are much better compared to a regular prison in Russia. For many of the boys, who grew...

Aleksandra Bardas: In the Desert of the Aral Sea

The project "In the desert of Aral Sea" deals with desiccation of the Aral Sea, its impact on ecology of the surrounding areas and on the culture and traditions of the Karakalpak people on the part of Uzbekistan. "Regions of Uzbekistan were hit by a toxic saltstrom on May 26....

Chris Bierl: City Tales From Frunze

Says Chris: In winter 2017/18 I spent almost three months in Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. I lived close to the west banks of the small river Alamedin. The suburban part of Bishkek starts on the east bank and with it another way of life, social class and cityscape. My interest lied in...