Cuong Do Manh : TWINS
Vietnam – “Twins” is an intimate portrait of Huy and Hung – a pair of albino twin brothers who live in Ha Tinh province, in central Vietnam. Born in 2002 into a poor family of five children in Ha Linh – Ha Tinh, they have to face many difficulties: natural, familial and social. Almost every […]
A personal odyssey: In search of Kalpana Chakma
Bangladesh – Dhaka, 10 June 2012: The brilliance of visual documentary combined with meticulous research in the photo-forensic study “In search of Kalpana Chakma” breaks a painful silence of the disappearance of Kalpana Chakma, an outspoken indigenous Bangladeshi woman who fought for the rights of her people. Kalindi Kumar Chakma, a witness to the forcible capture […]
Scoffing Pig : Nozomi Iijima
Japan – I grew up as a farmer’s daughter. My home was sandwiched between a pigpen and a farmhouse and I often fell asleep to the sounds of pigs grunting and snorting at night. I have lived my life surrounded by the smell of pig feed and manure. When I was a school kid a […]
The Yellow River – Zhang Kechun
China – The Yellow River Surging Northward Rumblingly Saying that it is a song might have been a popular joke. Saying that it is our mother river or the root of soul might have been a deliberate oblivion. Indulging ourselves in the turbulent pleasures of modernized world day after day, we might have put the […]
Transgender in Armenia : Nazik Armenakyan
Armenia – Cross dressers and transgender women who engage in sex work have a more difficult time hiding their identities than other member of the LGBT community in Armenia. Transgender sex workers are more in danger and frequently assaulted. Many of them find themselves soliciting clients in the park because they can’t find other work. […]
Sons in exile : Kashish Parpiani
India – The Von Ngari Monastery, Manali currently shelters 12 kids ranging from young eight year olds to adolescent 19 year olds. Over a brief period of five days, while documenting their lives, I followed them, stalked them, sneaked into their class rooms, laughed with them and watched them at play; and all of this, […]
Road of love – Mansoreh Motamedi
Iran – The seven-year Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) killed thousands of Iranians. Many bodies of the martyrs back. But it still has not returned after many years of other martyrs. Or unknown turn into martyrs were buried. Mothers and wives of martyrs will go to the cemetery to visit the graves of martyrs weekend. Martyr in Islam is […]
Kodama- Hajime Kimura
Japan – 12th March, 2008, cloudy “The river in the bottom of the ravine was half frozen. It was a mother bear that had been shot, and dark-red blood was seeping into the freshly fallen snow. The sun was setting, and my fingers had been freezing even inside my gloves. The men turned the bear’s […]
Rape Of growth : Ole Elfenkämper
Sweden – The Awful State of Albania Dilapidated industrial plants, a lack of sewage plants and high air pollution burden the environment. Cities like Ballsh, Patos or Elbasan in central Albania reveal the extent of the lack of environmental awareness and the indifference of big company’s. Rivers, soil and lakes are so heavily polluted that […]