As Colombia is engaged in a peace process between the FARC-EP and the Colombian state great challenges remain to overcome a legacy of 52 years of civil war. The country rank second in the world in terms of landmine victims after Afghanistan, with more then 11500 people affected. Landmines are...
David Verberckt: Rohingya
About his work says David: During the past several years, I have been documenting the plight of the Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority by capturing their dire everyday life in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the South-East Asia region. Portraying them as human beings deprived of their social,...
Pablo Parra & Alicia Petrashova: Gold Mines
Throughout the history there has not existed any type of mineral as valued as the gold, the man began to use it some 5000 years ago. Since then civilizations have been born, grown and disappeared in search and conquest of lands that possessed this mineral. In Senegal, gold is at...
Sutanta Aditya: Life Under The Deadly Shadows Of Sinabung Eruption
An estimated 30,000 people were displaced from their homes after Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra started erupting on June 2, 2010 - after 400 years of laying dormant. An eruption in 2010 killed two people and caught scientists off guard because the volcano had been quiet for...
Sharafat Ali Dar: Who Am I – Uncertain Identity
Kashmir, one of the most under-reported conflicts in the world today, is often seen by many as just a territorial dispute between South Asian nuclear rivals, India and Pakistan. But in the last 28 years, the humanitarian cost of the conflict has been extremely huge. Once called the paradise on...
Ranita Roy: Flood in West Bengal, India
The floods of West Bengal have an exceptional peculiarity. Though the state receives heavy rainfall, yet it’s mostly affected by water from adjoining states or countries. The stagnated condition of the Mahananda river in the Northern region affects Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, Malda and relatively affected Darjeeling....
Marcus Wiechmann: The Yazidis – Where to Go From Here?
The religion of the Yazidis is one of the oldest religious traditions that exists today and gets practised since more than 4000 years. Their belief is monotheistic and they pray for the sun and elements as a natural wonder, created by God for their benefit. That is why they see...
Pavel Volkov: Playing with Darkness
About his project says Pavel: Sergey Mangos story for me is an example of outstanding human strength and power - not only physical but also spiritual. For the first time I saw Sergey near one Moscow underground station in a rush hour. He was standing near the entrance, not very...
Christian Werner: Rubble and Delusion
With the fall of Aleppo, the regime of Bashar Assad once again controls the country's second-largest city. But is reconciliation possible in the country? A journey through the dictator's rump state, to have a deeper look in the everyday life in Assad's Syria. Christian Werner is a freelance multimedia/photojournalist based...
Uno Yi: Lost Children
Lost Children is a photo series documenting the day-to-day routine of five siblings who have since been placed in foster care. Their mother, Ellie Mingua, grew up in foster care herself, and suffers from depression anxiety, making it hard to hold a job. Mingua admitted the depression also jeopardizes her...