"Grounded" by Alexa Vachon is a project exploring the experiences of amateur international women football players. Created over a period of five years (2015-2020), the images include photographs of players in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lebanon, Pakistan and Germany.
"Grounded" by Alexa Vachon is a project exploring the experiences of amateur international women football players. Created over a period of five years (2015-2020), the images include photographs of players in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lebanon, Pakistan and Germany.
Alexa Vachon
Images from the series "Grounded" by Alexa Vachon. The layers in the images speak to the layered experiences of the young women, all of whom fight social stigma just to be able to "play a game."
Images from the series "Grounded" by Alexa Vachon. The layers in the images speak to the layered experiences of the young women, all of whom fight social stigma just to be able to "play a game."
Alexa Vachon
Edgar Martins' series explores incarceration. It was developed from a collaboration with British prisons over a period of three years, as well as inmates, their families and myriad other local organizations and individuals,
Edgar Martins' series explores incarceration. It was developed from a collaboration with British prisons over a period of three years, as well as inmates, their families and myriad other local organizations and individuals,
Edgar Martins
Martins' series explores the philosophical concept of absence.
Martins' series explores the philosophical concept of absence.
Edgar Martins
The series 'Abnormal Sense' was created by a photographer whose grandmother lost her whole family to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945.
The series 'Abnormal Sense' was created by a photographer whose grandmother lost her whole family to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945.
Hyoyeon Kim
Hyoyeon Kim spent several years tracking down generations descended from atomic bomb survivors to examine their shared experiences.
Hyoyeon Kim spent several years tracking down generations descended from atomic bomb survivors to examine their shared experiences.
Hyoyeon Kim
"In the interior of Venezuela it is still closed. I live in a small town. One has to hide. My grandmother in Venezuela already knows that I am Gay, but she wants to accept it. She still loves me a lot. In Buenos Aires people can walk with freedom indistinct of their tastes or preferences. Even so I consider myself discreet," said photographer Carloman Macidiano Céspedes Riojas of "Wells," part of his LGBT immigration project in Buenos Aires.
"In the interior of Venezuela it is still closed. I live in a small town. One has to hide. My grandmother in Venezuela already knows that I am Gay, but she wants to accept it. She still loves me a lot. In Buenos Aires people can walk with freedom indistinct of their tastes or preferences. Even so I consider myself discreet," said photographer Carloman Macidiano Céspedes Riojas of "Wells," part of his LGBT immigration project in Buenos Aires.
Carloman Macidiano Céspedes Riojas
In February 2020, Daisy Gaston spent a month in Curaçao documenting the life of Ludgene, the island's most famous costume designer.
In February 2020, Daisy Gaston spent a month in Curaçao documenting the life of Ludgene, the island's most famous costume designer.
Daisy Gaston
Carlos Saavedra's portrait of a man during the holiday of Ash Wednesday, in Soacha, south of Bogotá, Colombia.
Carlos Saavedra's portrait of a man during the holiday of Ash Wednesday, in Soacha, south of Bogotá, Colombia.
Carlos Saavedra
"In August 2016, I got lucky with the opportunity to set sail in a trawler with fishermen of Goa, documenting their life out in the deep sea; where no roads go," said photographer Rohit Iyer.
"In August 2016, I got lucky with the opportunity to set sail in a trawler with fishermen of Goa, documenting their life out in the deep sea; where no roads go," said photographer Rohit Iyer.
Rohit Iyer
Dimitri in a red dress, her favorite color, to celebrate St. Dimitri's day. Dimitri, photographed by Chiara Fabbro, was born a boy in the small fishing village of Skála Sikaminéas, on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Dimitri in a red dress, her favorite color, to celebrate St. Dimitri's day. Dimitri, photographed by Chiara Fabbro, was born a boy in the small fishing village of Skála Sikaminéas, on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Chiara Fabbro
Lilly, 85, and Waltraud, 76, have been a couple for 12 years. Waltraud was born as Walter and underwent gender reassignment surgery in Germany in the 1980s. Of her partnership with Lilly she says: "I've never been so happy and fulfilled in my whole life!" In July 2020, coronavirus infection rates were very low in Germany and photographer Mirja Maria Thiel took the opportunity to portray them in their holiday residence on the Baltic coast.
Lilly, 85, and Waltraud, 76, have been a couple for 12 years. Waltraud was born as Walter and underwent gender reassignment surgery in Germany in the 1980s. Of her partnership with Lilly she says: "I've never been so happy and fulfilled in my whole life!" In July 2020, coronavirus infection rates were very low in Germany and photographer Mirja Maria Thiel took the opportunity to portray them in their holiday residence on the Baltic coast.
Mirja Maria Thiel
Jack Lewis photographed Nargin, a woman stuck in the Moria migrant camp on Lesbos, Greece, with her family.
Jack Lewis photographed Nargin, a woman stuck in the Moria migrant camp on Lesbos, Greece, with her family.
Jack Lewis
"This is my best friend and his boyfriend after three months of distance because of the quarantine," said photographer Paolo Barretta. "There are so many reasons why I consider this picture so important to me. It's not just portraying someone's kissing. This is the story of people who fight, people who resist, people who stay together against this crazy world. Covid-19 supposed to bring people together, but it has shown me how mean and indifferent we can be to each other."
"This is my best friend and his boyfriend after three months of distance because of the quarantine," said photographer Paolo Barretta. "There are so many reasons why I consider this picture so important to me. It's not just portraying someone's kissing. This is the story of people who fight, people who resist, people who stay together against this crazy world. Covid-19 supposed to bring people together, but it has shown me how mean and indifferent we can be to each other."
Paolo Barretta
Michelle Neeling's "Huddling on Higher Ground," taken in Fiji, asks the question "How long would we need to sleep in order to wake up to a new and better world?"
Michelle Neeling's "Huddling on Higher Ground," taken in Fiji, asks the question "How long would we need to sleep in order to wake up to a new and better world?"
Michelle Neeling
"The portrait of Iio is part of an ongoing project without end -- CITIZEN: Portraits since 1994 -- where, for the past 26 years and 60 odd countries, I have photographed people I met through my journey in life," said Ingvar Kenne.
"The portrait of Iio is part of an ongoing project without end -- CITIZEN: Portraits since 1994 -- where, for the past 26 years and 60 odd countries, I have photographed people I met through my journey in life," said Ingvar Kenne.
Ingvar Kenne