Marta Berens: “Dream Chapter” – Magical Illusion of a Photographer’s Reality
Poland – Dream chapter is a part of my “Fairytale” story. “It is out of reality that the most peculiar tale of all is born. (…) Some call me the Elder Granny, others – the Dryad, but my real name is Memory. It is I who sits on a tree that keeps on growing, and […]
Winterlude: A Season in Delhi
India – An Exhibition of Photographs by Chitvan Gill Curated by Teteii Tochhawng Delhi is a city of secrets, and hides many a surprise in its urban embrace. In a quiet and unknown corner of the city, each year, over a thousand families of impoverished Kashmiri migrants set up a quaint encampment of colorful tents, […]
American Photographer Jennifer Loeber Takes Over Emaho Instagram Handle
USA – Jamaica, Queens, the neighbourhood I grew up in, started as an ancient trading trail for American Indian tribes, played a pivotal role in the American Revolution and more recently housed both Donald Trump and 50 Cent growing up. By the early 2000’s the Jamaica Muslim Center attracted a large number of Bangladeshi families into the […]
Mikhael Subotzky & Patrick Waterhouse: “Ponte City” – Africa’s Tallest Residential Building
South Africa – Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse worked at Ponte City, the iconic Johannesburg apartment building which is Africa’s tallest residential skyscraper, for more than six years. They photographed the residents and documented the building— every door, the view from every window, the image on every television screen. This remarkable body of photographs is […]
Veejay Villafranca: “SIGNOS” – Philippines Everyday Survival
Philippines – “These are images from 2009 up to present following the displacement of communities brought about by the extreme weather conditions. Following the devastation Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng to greater parts of Metro Manila and Luzon province, documenting the aftermath seemed invaluable as it gets drowned by the headlines. But the daily traverse of […]
Indian Photographer Prarthna Singh Takes Over Emaho Instagram Handle
India – “These images are an ongoing conversation with my family and friends, strangers and passers-by. Some have stayed and grown up with me, some have been fleeting encounters. The time I get to spend with my subjects while making a portrait is healing, much like a session with a therapist. And each time I […]
Ines Dumig: “Apart Together” – Regaining the lost Identity
Germany – According to the International Organisation of Migration, there are over 200 million migrants worldwide and the geographic region of Europe is home to the highest number. There are economic reasons, civil wars and effects of global warming that force people to leave their home country. We see these stories repeated over and over […]
Helio Leon: “The Purple Room” – Reliving Istanbul Memories
Turkey – THIS STORY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT “This is the story about when I came back to Istanbul, the city where I had been happy when I was 20. I came back with a strong mourning inside me and I […]
Maika Elan: “Pink Choice” – Life inside Vietnam’s Gay Community
Vietnam – Homosexuality is no longer considered a big taboo in today’s world: people have heard a lot of it, have almost come to accept it. Many can easily say they are homosexual, or have homosexual friends. However, there still exists a large barrier, when the notion of homosexuality is still limited to define what […]
Douglas Stockdale on Michelle Frankfurter “Destino”
USA – This is my first review of the photobook series published by FotoEvidence, a non-profit organization that focuses on the global issues of Social Justice. Michelle Frankfurter (b. April 1961, Jerusalem, Israel – living in the US since 1967 and currently resides near Washington DC) is using a classic black and white photographic medium […]
Bertien Van Manen: Moonshine
USA – Spanning almost three decades, ‘Moonshine’ published by MACK, is a portrait of the American Appalachian folk, a mythologised region populated by ‘moonshiners’. Van Manen’s images are defined by a fierce intimacy with her subject, as the viewer teeters on the edge of the frame, perpetually trespassing on private moments: rollicking children practicing handstands […]
Alberto Lizaralde: “everything will be ok”
Spain – In life we all go through good times and bad times over and over, tirelessly. I went through one of these cycles and transformed it into this book. It was my story but very well could it be yours. “everything will be ok” is the chronicle of a magical journey that starts with […]