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Ghana, Understanding Water
Dominic Nahr
In Ghana, Dominic Nahr has crossed swamps, followed rivers to the beaches and into the Gulf of Guinea. He portrayed the tenuous links between the inhabitants of the Ghanaian coast and their environment. "Understanding Water" highlights the current environmental and social issues surrounding water in this West African country. On the coast, the cities of…
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Cities Made of Water
Hannah Reyes Morales
In the Philippine archipelago life is deeply interdependent: the survival of all is inextricably intertwined not just with the sea, but also with the deepening climate change crisis. Philippine fisherfolk live with the devastating paradox at the heart of the Anthropocene: the communities who are least responsible for causing the worsening climate crisis are also…
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"The Ark" Mediterranean Cruise Holiday
Matt Stuart
Onboard the passenger liner 'The Freedom of The Seas' during the maiden voyage of 'The Ark', a four day party cruise around the Mediterranean.
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The Pearl River
Christian Lutz
The Pearl River offers a photographic immersion in Macao, high place of gambling and luxury, a spectacular symbol of a megalomaniac and conquering China. This city with a mythical and sulphurous aura has inspired many writers, directors and artists. A former Portuguese possession (from the 16th century to 1999), located at the southern end of…
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This was 2019
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2019 has been a time of exploration and discoveries. Of reflection and coming together. Of defining and redefining what MAPS represents and stands for. It is now time to set off towards a new year, a new decade and new journeys.
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Rêve Géologique
Simona Ghizzoni
Humanity’s impact on the Earth is now so profound that a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene – needs to be declared, according to an official expert group who presented the recommendation to the International Geological Congress in Cape Town. (Damian Carrington | The Guardian | August 29, 2016) The new epoch should begin about…
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In Ghana, Dominic Nahr has crossed swamps, followed rivers to the beaches and into the Gulf of Guinea. He portrayed the tenuous links between the inhabitants of the Ghanaian coast and their environment. "Understanding Water" highlights the current environmental and social issues surrounding water in this West African country.
Video produced in Elmina, Ghana, for Republik, November 2019.
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2 days ago
At the end of January 2020, 21,000 asylum seekers, including several thousand children, were stranded in the Moria camp, on the Greek island of Lesvos. There is normally only room for 3,000 people in this camp.
The European Union's migration policy is forcing tens of thousands of people to stagnate in this so-called ‘hotspot’, the largest refugee camp in Europe. Refugees and migrants live mainly in tents or on the streets, in very precarious conditions.
Caption : Refugees and migrants walk along a muddy path lined with debris as they wait to be registered at the Moria registration centre on the Greek island of Lesvos. Lesvos, Greece, October 24th, 2015.
Alessandro Penso / MAPS
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4 days ago
The sub-Saharan region of the Sahel, but also the Horn of Africa are prone to locusts plagues. Hundred of billions of locusts are currently swarming East Africa and have reached Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. These insects can profoundly disrupt the agricultural economy and cause serious damage in a region which is already threatened by climate change and desertification.
In 1986, John Vink reported on locust extermination in Mauretania.
Caption : Locusts exterminated by pesticide spraying. Djigieni, Mauretania. September 20th, 1986.
John Vink / MAPS
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6 days ago
Cambodia was one of the 50 developing countries that enjoyed duty-free access to EU markets under a ”Everything but Arms” scheme. But the EU decided on Wednesday February 12th to partially withdraw Cambodia from the trade, due to the systematic violations of human rights that the leaders of the country are accused of. This decision is likely to impact the garment sector and its 700.000 workers.
Caption : Room of Tim Thavy, recently hired garment factory worker, 29 years old, from Kampot province. She shares with 6 other people. Chom Chao, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. January 13th 2011.
John Vink / MAPS
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2 weeks ago
Since Donald Trump's January 28th presentation of the "peace plan" for the Middle East, Palestinian leaders have been planning to have the U.N. Security Council pass a resolution condemning the plan, which violates international law and tramples on their national rights. This vote, scheduled for Tuesday February 11th, did not take place due to a lack of international support.
Matthieu Gafsou's photographic essay, "Compromised Lands", observes Israel's territorial policies on Palestinian lands. His photographs delineate inequalities and anachronisms, draw stark comparison between public, religious, private and political space, probe identities and histories.
Caption : Sight from the Maale Adumim Settlement.
Matthieu Gafsou / MAPS
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Cambodia, the Lure and its Curse
John Vink
Shiny things are like a car coming towards you at night: you can't see anything else but the light. Cambodia is steaming full speed ahead on the path of development.…
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Roots from Ashes
Hannah Reyes Morales
They call themselves the Malaya Lolas. Grandmothers of Freedom. They found each other after decades of silence. Once they gathered, the stories began to flow. Almost 75 years ago, their…
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Iran's resilience journey
Gaël Turine
It is in a country, more divided than ever between pro and anti religious, that I made this road trip from the mountains of Kurdistan to the island of Kish…
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Youth for Climate: New York, Brussels and Lausanne
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All over the world, young people take to the streets to demand action on climate change. John Vink has been photographing the demonstrations happening every week in Brussels since January,…
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Niger, Europe's new Southern border
Alessandro Penso
Niger, second only to the Central African Republic as the poorest country in the world, is at the heart of Africa’s Sahel region. Nigerians have always crossed the Sahara, which…
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The ruins of Marawi
Hannah Reyes Morales
In the ruins of Marawi, time feels like it is standing still. It has been more than a year since the Philippine military declared the Muslim-majority city of Marawi “liberated”…
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Belgium, youth for climate
John Vink
Belgium abstained from signing the Katowice Climate Conference agreement in December 2018, partly because of the complex political configuration of a country with 4 (four!) environment ministers. This happened days…
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Brexit demonstrations
Matt Stuart
Brexit, Tuesday 15th January. Theresa May suffered a historic defeat as her Conservative party turned against her. PM faces vote of confidence after MPs reject her Brexit plan by majority…
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Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
Kitra Cahana
Until it reached the US border in mid-November, the migrant caravan that set out from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on October 12 had largely been a success. Leaving that crime-benighted…
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Slab City
Matt Stuart
Slab City, also called The Slabs, is largely a snowbird community in the Sonoran Desert located in Imperial County, California, 156 miles northeast of San Diego and 169 miles southeast…
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Rêve Géologique
Simona Ghizzoni
Humanity’s impact on the Earth is now so profound that a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene – needs to be declared, according to an official expert group who presented…
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A Train in the Bush
Gaël Turine
The train linking Ivory Coast to the Burkinabe capital is a tribute to slowness. This line is one of the oldest and longest in West Africa: 1,145 kilometres of tracks,…
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The Pearl River
Christian Lutz
The Pearl River offers a photographic immersion in Macao, high place of gambling and luxury, a spectacular symbol of a megalomaniac and conquering China. This city with a mythical and…
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Ghana, Understanding Water
Dominic Nahr
In Ghana, Dominic Nahr has crossed swamps, followed rivers to the beaches and into the Gulf of Guinea. He portrayed the tenuous links between the inhabitants of the Ghanaian coast…
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Abkhazia, Syrians coming back home
Justyna Mielnikiewicz
The Russian conquest of Caucasus was completed by the second half of the 19th century. Local elites who converted to Islam were forced to flee across the sea to Ottoman…
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H+
Matthieu Gafsou
Transhumanism is an intellectual movement that aims to enhance and augment the human body through the use of sciences and technique. This topic refers to everyday purposes, which are already…
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Out of the way
Elena Anosova
The project was created on the far away territories of the Extreme North of Russia, where bad accessibility and isolation, special relationship with nature and following the century-long ways of…
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Women march into American politics
John Trotter
After the 2016 election of Donald Trump, a man who campaigned on sexist, racist rhetoric, an unprecedented number of women have decided to run for political office across the United…
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South Sudan refugee crisis
Alessandro Penso
The Republic of South Sudan faces considerable humanitarian challenges, which have increased substantially since the start of the conflict in December 2013. The legacy of civil war and chronic underdevelopment…
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Nothing to See Here
Dominic Nahr
Nuclear life has a long legacy in contemporary Japan. It spans from the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the one tested off the Bikini Island that contaminated…
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A Ukraine Runs Through It
Justyna Mielnikiewicz
Project explores modern Ukraine in turmoil with the Dnieper river a metaphor of present split in the country. It documents how the mixed ethnic and historical legacies of Ukraine brought…
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Uncut
Simona Ghizzoni
Women’s alliances against female genital mutilations An ordinary room, or a dark hut in a rural village. A razor blade bought at a market will suffice, or a sharp knife,…
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Epidemic
Massimo Berruti
In the shadow of the Vesuvius, the area of Naples is subject to a major political, ecological and sanitary furore. In twenty-two years, about 10 million tonnes of industrial waste…
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No Agua, No Vida
John Trotter
Since 2001, I have been photographing the consequences of the sweeping human alteration of the Colorado River, in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. The Colorado, I soon learned,…
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Drops
Massimo Berruti
Gaza is an isolated land so tiny and poor of resources, that it remains totally dependent from the “exterior,” even just to feed its population. The main resource for survival,…
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Maqbooza Kashmir
Cédric Gerbehaye
In the last weeks, tensions exploded between India and Pakistan. Warplanes screeched across the sky dropping bombs, and thousands of soldiers mobilized in Kashmir, bringing the two nuclear powers to…
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Beyond the Boundaries
Elena Anosova
Elena Anosova touches upon the problems of borders and identity in her practice. From more usual terms of confines between regions and cultures she studied in her previous projects she…
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D'entre eux
Cédric Gerbehaye
Since 1830, Belgium brings together two peoples, united by the will of the great powers of the time to create a buffer state. Between Latin and Germanic cultures, it shows,…
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Insert Coins
Christian Lutz
Las Vegas has imposed her lights and her share of the dream in the very heart of the Mojave desert. Sin City is not only the primary city in the…
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Only God Can Judge Me
Matthieu Gafsou
Matthieu Gafsou was immersed in Lausanne’s drug scene for more than a year. By using various formal approaches, he prosaically and at the same time emphatically documented the life of…
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Nomadic America
Kitra Cahana
The movement of human beings across the American landscape has been an enduring and central theme of American national iconography since the inception of the country. Movement can be found…
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