The Brazilian photographer’s shocking images of Kuwait’s devastated oilfields have now been published as a book
Documentary
‘The Travellers’ unearths the everyday lives of Ireland’s largest minority group.
“Photography can be a powerful way of telling a story and these photos remind us…
In September of last year, the city of Berlin opened its doors to thousands of refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, who had fled their war-torn countries in a desperate search for a new life. Registration centres that were set up to deal with less than half a dozen applicants a month, were overwhelmed by hundreds of families every day. At 10pm, when the centres closed, buses arrived to take the un-registered refugees to emergency accommodation – a gym, or community hall perhaps. Once those were full, the migrants with little more than the clothes on their backs, were left out on the streets until the centre opened its doors again in the morning. It was these images of overcrowding, and these reports of crisis that inundated the news headlines. Less talked about were the stories of the families that took these refugees, strangers from another country who did not speak their language, into their homes. Documentary photographer Aubrey Wade and partner Sarah Bottcher, were two of these volunteers who temporarily hosted a pair of young Afghan men at their new flat.
“I have always been interested in exploring London, I’ve travelled around London and photographed it…
Even before the Brussels attacks, the poor, nondescript, seemingly innocuous Brussels district of Molenbeek had become world famous as a hotbed for Islamic State-inspired terrorism. Local photographer Hadrien Duré set out to show the normal people that still call Molenbeek their home.
Music, video and installations show how the artist’s work has expanded from pure photography
A final jury at Paris Photo selected this year’s winners: Paul Graham (Photographer), Jens Hoffmann…
Around Ai Weiwei, a new exhibition at Turin’s Camera gallery, highlights the various stages of the artistic career of Ai Weiwei, investigating not only his artistic works from his debut right up to the present day, but also his role in the cultural, social and political debate, both in China and throughout the world, exploring the genesis of Ai Weiwei as an icon of the Asiatic world.
Greg Miller’s series, We The People, started out as an assignment for Esquire in 2004 – the year in which John Kerry lost to George W Bush. He has photographed the American election ever since.