Documentary

Photographing an isolated Russian mining city built from gulag labour

Days of Night – Nights of Day is a series of photographs of the daily life of a city on the north of the polar circle, a city founded on the forced labour of a gulag, and, despite being integral to Russia’s macro-economy, one of the most polluted and dangerous cities in the world.

9 September 2016

My Winter Holiday in Beijing

Cedric Van Turtlebloom’s contemporary documentary style centres around everyday life – but not as we know it. Currently editing his second photobook, in which he takes a quizzical look at China’s burgeoning middle class and its penchant for artificial ski slopes, his visual stories are anything but conventional.

9 September 2016
Raw and compelling narratives of our time from today’s leading documentary photographers.