Sameer Al-Doumy: Life Under War

In the war, life has a different meaning, everything about the normality will just disappear. The daily routine is definitely abnormal, even if it seems normal for people who live there. Every day, bombs fall, people die, buildings will be destroyed. The reality of war cannot be denied, but however,...

Juan Carlos: Young Days, Dangerous Times

"In this country young people are like the dawn, they do not last long." -Roque Dalton Nowadays is a menace to be young in El Salvador, the country is living dangerous times due to the gang violence which has had an impact on society for decades. Gangs are targeting and...

Sutanta Aditya: Human – Wild Sumatran Orangutan Conflicts

Based on data from the proliferation of conflicts between protected wildlife, especially wild elephants and the Sumatran Orangutan with humans continue to occur. Based on data from WWF-Indonesia study shows that the population of Sumatran elephants increasingly growing concern today, in 25 years, the Sumatran elephant has lost about 70%...

Aitor Garmendia: Slaughterhouse

Says Aitor: Over the course of a number of months, between the years 2015 and 2017 I gained access to 58 slaughterhouses, located ten different Mexican states. During this time, I documented the killing of cows, goats, chickens and horses, as well as the transport of these animals, from farm...

Vali Mohseni: Choice

Addiction is the biggest crisis Iran has known since the Iran-Iraq war. This has social, economic and political consequences. 80% of Iranian prisoners are detained for drug consumption and 25 % of murders are caused by drug consumption. According to the ministry of health there are more than three million...

Mijannur Gazi: Extension of a City

Kolkata (Calcutta), the metro city of India, like other big cities, is getting bigger by the day in its physical format. The adjacent suburban areas are also becoming part of the main city. A few years back areas which were just negligible neighboring spaces, have now integrated into the city....

Eduard Korniyenko: Lords of the Guns

The state-run school is based in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, some 150 miles from the Olympic resort of Sochi. It is named in honour of Alexei Yermolov, the famous Russian imperial general, and the institution itself is as military-influenced as its name. A highlight for lots of these...

Alfredo Chiarappa: La Calle Pura

“La Calle Pura” looks at change in Cuba through the lens of Reggaeton, the soundtrack of the suburbs. Reggaeton is a mix of hip hop and Caribbean music, born in Puerto Rico in the late 90’s. In Cuba, it has turned from an underground culture into a way of life:...