This is a diary of the western visitor who wants to monumentalize everyday life where all details matters and every object has its own importance and beauty.
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The life of a Laundry Worker is hard work. Expect long hours in hot rooms filled with steam, and lots of time on your feet. You also often have to wear protective gear, like rubber gloves or paper masks, in order to keep yourself safe from diseases.
During a walk on Normandy in the direction of the coast, I saw on a hill a small camp of Roma who had a rest there with their horse-drawn caravans. My desire to photograph a Rome family began to happen.
Almost every year, around the monsoon time, various parts of the country get affected by intense flood. States of Assam, West Bengal, Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh are among the worst affected.
The name Varanasi possibly originates from the names of the two rivers from north and south: Varuna, still flowing in Varanasi, and Asi, a small stream near Assi Ghat.
My home is a farm in East Iceland. I photograph myself, students whom I teach English, new family members and friends. The inclusion of myself into these places represents a connectedness to a place.
Varanasi in India is not just another tourist place which attracts backpackers, pilgrims, photographers and common tourists from all over the globe; it is also one of the oldest living cities in the world.
This work was taken during the eruption of Merapi in 2010. Seismic activity around the volcano increased from mid-September onwards, culminating in repeated outbursts of lava and ashes.
Migrations tend to appear as the visible side of often invisible phenomena. The great human displacements, as a rule, precede or follow profound changes, be it from the economic and political point of view, or in social or cultural terms.
The road, covering a total length of about 90 kilometers, starts at the western edge of the Caesarea interchange on Highway 2 and passes the southern part, Willows Iron. It is also known as the Wadi Ara Route.
In this series called “We’re Happy Together" Gabriel Carpes photographed his family in the years following his father's passing and his sisters moving away from their hometown of Porto Alegre to different parts of the country.
A Flyover became curse of the Daily life of Kolkata. The fault of Structural design, choice of Material & a stupid engineering has wiped out the huge numbers of innocent life & injured more than hundred.
A family of two elderly people is not something that is associated with a crazy reckless love, but it is a possibility not to be alone, something which gives meaning to one’s life.
Las Marias is a sisterhood of few special women that formed out of a shared passion for riding motorcycles. While there are a few all female MCʼs in Mexico City, none are like Las Marias.
Nomads in Morocco number around 5000 and are rapidly dwindling. The lure of education for their children and work in towns and cities for young males means the nomadic way of life is becoming less practicable.
Under the shady branches families gather, children play near fountains, mothers feed their babies, a grandmother reads a book for her grandson, a woman sits knitting, an old man sleeps.
21 years-old Elvin Mirzoev was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), commonly know as britle bone syndrome. At present Elvin works as an actor for an inclusive theater ƏSA Teatrı in Azerbaijan.
Pietro Lupo village is a rural settlement, part of the municipality of Mineo, in the province of Catania. Built in 1940 at the behest of the fascist regime at the hands of the colonization of the Sicilian Latifundia
Drylands occupy 41% of terrestrial land. The destruction of land leads to economical problems of the regions. In areas of increased desertification access to water becomes obstructed.
Low-caste Hindus in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh first began tattooing their bodies and faces more than 100 years ago as an act of devotion and defiance after being denied entry to temples and forced to use separate wells.
Acid attack survivors in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh most of the people called them “monsters” or, sometimes, “victims”. But they prefer to be considered “survivors”. For me are heroes.
The favelas of Rio de Janeiro are mostly known for violence and drug trafficking. But, also if those problems still exist, life for most of the inhabitants has nothing to do with that. Favelas are becoming safer and better organized.
What happens when a story is forgotten? What a long journey it's been. I started this film at 17, because I had a fear that part of my identity, my native Prairie Band Potawatomi heritage, would be inevitably lost in time.
Stark and rugged in her beauty, an intricate mosaic of empty canyons and dry riverbeds, streaching from desolate Skeleton Coast to arid landscapes of Kokoland and towering dunes of an ancient Susuvlei desert.
The scars of war are deep and long lasting. That is particularly true of the Vietnam War. An entire generation along with their families, children, friends, and society
The project focusses on the mother archetype. Starting with the closest references, the work explores certain gestures, postures and movements with reference to a time and place
Her photography seeks to build a connection between the people who observe at them with the places and shaped objects, in order to generate a pause, a breath.
Around me furnishings in the style of "Rustic German" dating from the 1970s. Hunting trophies, a skeleton, a treasure chest, swords and books. I am not alone. With me is Captain Flint.
«You are mine» is a series of stories of Russian women who endured domestic partner violence.These stories are about power and control of one person over another.
Marche Dauphine located in the 18th arrondissement is known as one of Paris' best known antique market. Antiques several hundred years old are displayed and sold at this most rare of old world markets.
Mukaish Badla is a form of embroidery, which at its peak flourished in the Indian city of Lucknow. At its peak, in the 18th century, the art form travelled to different parts of the world, but is now restricted to a few narrow lanes of the old city of Lucknow.
The pervasive old American car, the blues, the red. Cuba imagery has become a commonplace. But not more than any other destination that has been shown mainly as a touristic destination.
Since times unknown, horses have played a very significant role in human civilizations across the world. Known for their enormous power, stamina, speed and benevolence with mankind, they have the term ‘horsepower’ signature to them.
On April 25, 2015, a devastating earthquake struck Nepal. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters to hit Nepal in 100 years, killing thousands of people, injuring thousands more and leaving tens of thousands people homeless and displaced.
I was honored to witness this rare Hamer tribe ceremony. This clan was celebrating the transitional phase of a boy from boyhood to manhood.
The Mongolian eagle hunters are a dying breed. In one estimate there are only fifty or sixty to two hundred and fifty eagle hunters left The golden eagle hunters capture the eaglets at around four months old
Brick-Klin means a Kiln in which blocks of clay are baked into bricks. The women workers in the brick industry are subjected to extreme working conditions and poor remuneration.
'Rapa' tries to show the thoughness of a centuries-old Spanish tradition called 'A rapa das bestas' that happens every summer on a few northern towns, mainly in Galicia, in which a few men (known as "aloitadores")
From the very beginning of my photographic journey, I was mesmerized by the patterns & layers nature offered and in the process of growing up. I realized that, these intricate patterns/layers
Documentary work about Mustafa Assaloum, a guy from Der. Al- Zoor, in Syria. I meet him in Idomeni. he is a refugee, and I still making photos of him from may 2016.
Holi, the festival of colors is celebrated with a great enthusiasm throughout in India. But the most amazing holi being played in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh. It is located at a distance of about 42 km from Mathura.
The procession of El Rocio is a popular religious festival celebrated every year in the onuvense town of El Rocio. It is probably the most Spain famous and multitudinous procession, able to congregate up to a million people.
He felt immediately in love with this "paradise which respired greatness and freedom", as Tanja Blixen described in her poetic souvenirs in "Out of Africa".
I can see the lights coming on in my house and can already imagine myself standing at the bathroom mirror to inspect the dried sweat lines on my neck, the darkened shade of soiled brown on my arms and hands.
Rugby is the most beautiful, the biggest, the noblest of sports. Cycling, boxing and sailing are approaching. They also demand that they go to the paroxysm of pain. But these disciplines are practiced solo.
Russia is a liquid place. A place of change despite how solid and rigid it may seem in its ways. As it melts and reforms, the regions and people change, going both forward and backward in time, from stop to stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
A native North Carolinian, I grew up in a place called Reidsville, a small Southeastern Piedmont town dominated by tobacco, textiles, and everyone knowing who “your people” were.
