Gun owners in the American Midwest use all kinds of items for target practice—including computers, books and fire extinguishers. Examining these objects reveals the deep social and political significance of this contentious pastime.
A city of big dreams and even bigger ambitions, shown in the dark of the night—alternatively performative or very private, take a ride with these photographs.
Growing up, moving on, and grappling with change—“When I meet my old friends, I suddenly see very clearly the changes that happened inside of us, the transformations, the quiet and subtle movements of the tectonic plates within ourselves…”
In the Russian Far East, 5,200 miles east of Moscow, there is a town called Mirny that owes its existence to a volatile and unpredictable industry—the diamond trade. Discover more about this massive mine and the town’s uncertain future.
One of Latin America’s most widely respected photographers speaks with LensCulture about how the complex narratives of his personal history inform his work and making images that “come alive inside the viewer’s being.”
The warm glow of a campfire, the bright gleam from a window in the snowy landscape—a series that uses light to explore different forms of human presence and intervention in the world around us.
Knives: Visualizing the Evisceration of America’s Rural Communities
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After 150 years in upstate New York, a major knife company suddenly moved their operations to China, leaving more than 500 people without work. A microcosm of the increasing strains on rural America: outsourcing, drug abuse, straining social fabrics and more.
From Island to Island: Self-Reflection Off the Coast of France
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An island in France’s Gironde estuary appears and disappears, rising and falling with the tides, providing the backdrop for a series that questions our relationship to the earth and time.
Shot in Iceland and southern Patagonia, these photographs abandon scale and perspective in favor of creating meditative, sublime reminders of our constantly shifting world.
After packing her gear into saddlebags on either side of her Harley-Davidson motorcycle, this photographer rode 8,000 miles to capture distinctive faces across the United States.
Working along the 100th meridian west—the line of longitude that cuts through Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska—a photographer captures the “severe magnificence of the dirt and emptiness” in America’s midwest.
Wandering the streets of Istanbul, a self-proclaimed Başıboş—vagabond or stray, in Turkish—finds herself lost, light and invisible in the crowded city she calls home.
Shot at the height of the summer in Norway, this series reflects the photographer’s restlessness and the images’ dual nature—toeing the line between soothing and unnerving.
The American landscape is vast, inspiring, filled with drama and beauty—but also a whole lot of nothing. These photographs explore the places in-between.
Keep Working, No Matter What: Learning about Life Through Visual Storytelling
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For this photographer, 15 years of doggedly pursuing personal projects resulted in one of photography’s most esteemed awards. Discover the tenacity it takes to produce meaningful work.
“25 years ago I woke up in a hospital with no memory of how I had gotten there…” Photographs that explore the deeply personal space between what is known and what is felt: a study of mental illness.
"Nonverbal Space", it is unstable, distorted, and contradicts what we have created. And [Ma], exists in there. The characteristic of the Japanese [Ma] is very beautiful, also delicate, and if you are not always aware of the very small amount of undulation of
A technique based in coincidence and chance—rewinding film after it is exposed and overlapping the images—stands in for our experience of reality, balanced between the world we perceive and the world(s) we overlook.
“Albinos don’t die—they only disappear.” A combination of fear and local legend (albinos are thought to bring luck) have led traffickers—and, tragically, sometimes family—to sell innocents for profit.
An intimate series recounts the personal stories of refugees and tackles a critical question—how to engage audiences numbed by ever-growing statistics, which obscure the individual basis of the crisis.
If you take a stroll through Tokyo’s Yoyogi park this weekend, you might come across a unique sight: members of Japan’s rock n’ roll obsessed subculture, the Roller-zoku.
The 19th century technique of wet-plate collodion is used to great effect in this series that exposes contemporary “tribes” which express their political, social, personal causes through distinctive fashions.
This portrait series gives center stage to refugee families who have come forward to share their stories—accounts that need to be heard around the world.
Coal is a complex substance—but at its core, it is a product of the natural world. This series of microcosmic abstractions pays homage to its remarkable composition.
The first prize series winner of our 2017 Portrait Awards focuses on the oft-overlooked other half of the prostitution business—the clients themselves.
Entering mid-life and leaving behind a career as a psychotherapist, these twinned series visually express the artist’s desire to find something more meaningful through her sensory experience of the world.
Rather than focusing solely on punishment, a prison in Malawi allows its inmates to provide for themselves and their community—by producing corn, soybeans and other crops that are then sent to feed children at nearby schools.
Skinheads are frequently associated with far-right political groups—and yet the subculture’s roots champion the working class, mod fashion, and Jamaican music. A look inside Britain’s modern skinhead culture.
On the border of Europe lies a mass grave: the Mediterranean. This series presents objects found on the bodies of drowned refugees in an effort to humanize the numbing statistics.
