Being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) is becoming more and more difficult in Russia, where sexual minorities are facing legal and social discrimination, harassment, and even violent hate crime attacks from religious and neo-nazi groups. In June 2013, Russia’s homophobia moved from the streets into the country’s legislation as...
Dmitry Markov: Gray Brick Road
By Russian law, in the event that a father fails to perform his duties – sending his child to school and applying for disability status – he may be restricted in his parental rights and his child may be taken into state custody. Unfortunately, the system does not provide disabled...
Justin Jin – Zone of Absolute Discomfort
Little besides dots of nomadic tribes and spectres of Soviet concentration camps haunt the icy desert of the Russian Arctic. But deep beneath the permafrost lie untold treasures: a cache of oil and gas so big it could sustain a fiscally-troubled Russia for decades. I faced government barriers and temperatures...
Sergi Cámara: The Wall of Europe
In northern Morocco there are two coastal cities cut-off from the rest of the African continent. Melilla and Ceuta are autonomous Spanish ports—European exclaves—and for scores of African migrants they represent a gateway to Europe. Migrants routinely attempt to scale the walls that surround each city, but the dangerous climb...
Kevin Frayer: Roof of the World
Kevin Frayer has spent years documenting the daily life and challenges of Tibetan nomads. His stunning body of work captures the traditions and identity of a people rooted in a nomadic lifestyle, living on lush grasslands. In July, Frayer also documented one of the festivals that is sponsored by the...
Miikka Pirinen: Fight League Kids
When you think of MMA fighters you are likely to envision beefy men who have a whole extra set of muscles on top of their shoulders, or perhaps what you’ve learnt about the sport from film and television. But as Miikka Pirinen captures in his fascinating series Fight League Kids...
Moises Saman: Kurdish Fight Against ISIL
In late-November 2014 Moises Saman returned to Iraq to photograph the ongoing Kurdish fight against ISIL. In late-2013 ISIL forces made serious gains in Iraq thus enlarging the conflict that had previously been isolated to Syria. The Iraqi military had reeled in the face of IS attacks while Kurdish forces...
Tomasz Gudzowaty: Typhoon Haiyan
Despite the preparations taken shortly before Typhoon Haiyan entered the Philippines, the scale of destruction and the death toll were enormous. On November 8, 2013 the city of Tacloban in the Region of Eastern Visayas, 580 km southeast of Manila. was hit by the typhoon with full force. A US...
Larry Towell: The Russian Front, East Ukraine
After the February 2014 Euromaidan uprising, which brought an end to the Viktor Yanukovych government, Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed the Crimea with the support of locals who felt isolated from the new government in Kiev. The Ukraine army and related militias entered Eastern Ukraine where separatist movements, supported by...
Patrick Zachmann: Springtime in China
Patrick Zachmann went to Szechwan province in order to finish a photo series for a book and exhibition he is preparing on China, a subject he has been documenting during the past 30 years. He took this opportunity to spend time with Chinese friends who guided him during the Chinese...