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Please Don't Feed the Whale Sharks?
Hannah Reyes Morales
The chance to swim with the world’s biggest fish drew tourists to a Philippines town, but conservation groups denounce the hand-feeding that keeps the gentle creatures around. In an assignment for The New York Times, Hannah Reyes Morales explored the difficult questions being asked about a controversial relationship between an endangered species and a community…
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Fighting for abortion rights
John Trotter
On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that affirmed the constitutional right to abortion. Thousands of people, mostly women, marched in New York City and all around the United States to protest against this decision. But women didn't wait for the terrible news to take the…
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Ukraine, the silence left by the war
Massimo Berruti
The Kiyv region is now a ghost area, where the echo of fear and violence resonate in the silence left behind by the war. Massimo Berruti was in Borodyanka, Irpin or Bucha, near the capital, to document the horror unveiled by the withdrawal of the Russian army. Two months after the start of the war…
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Isola
Simona Ghizzoni
“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.”
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Ukraine, life among the ruins
Alessandro Penso
In Bucha, the Russian army left a city in ruins and traces of appalling crimes. More than 420 bodies have already been found. In the Kiev region, prosecutors have already documented 1,084 crimes against civilians, while in the whole of Ukraine, 3,818 civilians have been killed and more than 4,000 injured. Yet, these figure do…
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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 people to their present realities. Making Dnieper river a symbolic line of reference allows me to talk about most important issues in wider political, historical…
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Entre Chien et Loup
Marina Caneve
Entre chien et loup is common expression used nowadays in the French language, which has existed since the 7th century in the Latin form infra horam vespertinam, inter canem et lupum; it draws that moment in the day when the light declines and we may not be able to distinguish a dog from a wolf.…
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Cambodia, Royal Railways rehabilitation
John Vink
The 602 Km long Cambodian railway system dates back from French colonial times and was built in 1905 to first link Phnom Penh with the Thai railway system in Poipet. The port of Sihanoukville was connected to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh between 1960 and 1969 to avoid an excessive reliance on Ho Chi…
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Ukraine, Civilian Resistance
Justyna Mielnikiewicz
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a shock to Ukrainians, but not a surprise. They had been at war since 2014, ever since Russian soldiers in green uniforms without insignia annexed Crimea and continued, hiding behind the backs of local separatists in Slovyansk, Krematorsk and then Donetsk. Russia took a territorial bite…
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Georgia’s government estimates that about 35,000 Russians have settled in the small Caucasus country since the start of the Feb. 24 offensive. About another 50,000 have arrived from Ukraine and Belarus. Georgia, which lost roughly 20% of its territory to Russian-backed separatists after facing its own Russian invasion in 2008, doesn’t require a visa for citizens of any of the three countries.
For The Wall Street Journal, Justyna Mielnikiewicz photographed Russians who fled Puttin to seek shelter and redemption in Georgia.
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Russians Who Fled Putin Seek Shelter and Redemption in Georgia
While some Georgians are skeptical of an enclave of Russians taking root in their country—where swaths of its territory remain under Russian occupation—the government has welcomed the émigrés with open arms, hoping to benefit from Russia’s brain drain.1 month ago
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Cambodia, Royal Railways rehabilitation
John Vink
The 602 Km long Cambodian railway system dates back from French colonial times and was built in 1905 to first link Phnom Penh with the Thai railway system in Poipet.…
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Fighting for abortion rights
John Trotter
On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that affirmed the constitutional right to abortion. Thousands of people, mostly women, marched in…
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Please Don't Feed the Whale Sharks?
Hannah Reyes Morales
The chance to swim with the world’s biggest fish drew tourists to a Philippines town, but conservation groups denounce the hand-feeding that keeps the gentle creatures around. In an assignment…
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Ukraine, the silence left by the war
Massimo Berruti
The Kiyv region is now a ghost area, where the echo of fear and violence resonate in the silence left behind by the war. Massimo Berruti was in Borodyanka, Irpin…
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Ukraine, life among the ruins
Alessandro Penso
In Bucha, the Russian army left a city in ruins and traces of appalling crimes. More than 420 bodies have already been found. In the Kiev region, prosecutors have already…
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Belgium, The Inner Border
John Vink
The state of Belgium might turn out to be a mistake in history. The territory designed as a buffer state by the allied powers which defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in…
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Ukraine, Civilian Resistance
Justyna Mielnikiewicz
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a shock to Ukrainians, but not a surprise. They had been at war since 2014, ever since Russian soldiers in green…
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Frontiera
Alessandro Penso
After the closure of the main Balkan migration route in 2015 and an EU deal with Turkey a year later, the number of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants knocking on…
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Living Lullabies
Hannah Reyes Morales
The song comes alive as night draws in. Hear it curl beneath the blanket, slip between the fold of cradling arms, in rooms across the world. To an audience of…
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Adolescent Mothers at Risk
Ashfika Rahman
In Kamrangirchar (Bangladesh), many girls are married at a young age and face early parenthood. However, the needs of these girls and young women are often overlooked in the health…
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Hurricane Ida Aftermath
Kitra Cahana
Grand Isle, Louisiana, has always existed at the mercy of weather from the Gulf. For centuries it endured a harrowing cycle of destruction and reconstruction, as storm after storm razed…
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The New Lace of Calais
Justyna Mielnikiewicz
Calais, February 2018. There is tension in the city. Police forces have been beefed up to patrol the areas where migrants gather: where they sleep, eat, and try to jump…
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Isola
Simona Ghizzoni
“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.”
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Italy, The First Western Outbreak
Massimo Berruti
Italy was the first country to face an outbreak of Coronavirus in the west. On 10 March 2020, the country enters lockdown to the disbelief of its inhabitants as well…
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Coping | Chapter 1 — Roots
Maps Members
In the face of a global, unprecedented crisis, coping may mean to find shelter within the inner core of what constitutes a safe environment. Holding onto the thread of transmission, finding comfort in familiar places, with loved ones.
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Coping | Chapter 2 — Suspended Time
Maps Members
In confinement, yesterday and tomorrow have been replaced by an endless today. Time is standing still.
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COVID-19 in Wealthy Switzerland
Dominic Nahr
Switzerland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and has been listed in 2020 as the most expensive country to live in, in 2020, by CEOWORLD. Because of…
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The Rush for White Gold
Cédric Gerbehaye
What gold meant to earlier eras, and petrolum to the previous century, lithium may eclipse in the coming years. As demand soars for powerful batteries, Bolivia dreams of striking it…
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Files of the Disappeared
Ashfika Rahman
2018-ongoing Photography has the potential to play more than a photograph. It is time to explore that role in society. This project is an initiative to start a social movement…
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Condor
João Pina
In 1975, at the height of the Cold War, six Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay) then ruled by right wing military dictatorships, created Operation Condor.…
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Coronavirus in Mexico
Daniel Berehulak
"In the Epicenter of Mexico’s Epicenter, Feeling Like a ‘Trapped Animal’"
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Are They Rocks or Clouds?
Marina Caneve
Are They Rocks or Clouds? is a multifaceted photographic project that is based on the hypothese of the occurrence of a huge hydrogeological catastrophe in the Dolomite Mountains in Italy.…
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Entre Chien et Loup
Marina Caneve
Entre chien et loup is common expression used nowadays in the French language, which has existed since the 7th century in the Latin form infra horam vespertinam, inter canem et…
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Cuba's New Special Period
João Pina
With the death of Fidel Castro and his brother Raul’s retirement, Cuba is now living a new “special period” somehow similar to what happened in the 1990’s after the collapse…
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Liquid Serpent
Nicolas Janowski
The Amazon is neither man nor animal. She is nature’s hybrid. Mirrors of man’s contradiction, of a world to which she belongs and yet remains distant. The Amazon bears forth…
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Adrift in Blue
Nicolas Janowski
"Adrift in blue" is the story of a legendary place, from the moment that the imaginary of the End of that Inhospitable World is installed until its transmutation into a…
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La Rinconada, the Andean Far West
Cédric Gerbehaye
During the decade 2002-2012, Peru experienced the largest increase in the continent’s gross domestic product thanks to its rich subsoil. This story documents Rinconada, the highest city in the world…
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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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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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The Pearl River
Private: 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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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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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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They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals
Daniel Berehulak
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, began his anti-drug campaign when he took office on June 30, 2016: since then, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP), 22,983 such deaths…
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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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