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When a house becomes a home: Submitted by Stephen Uhraney My name is Stephen Uhraney, I am a Toronto based documentary photographer. Recently I made way through the doors of downtown Toronto’s Seaton House, the large shelter that offersmedical assistance and life skills training to homeless men with a range of needs,including very poor health, drug and [...]
An man examines a suit of Samurai armour in a display case in Nomura Samurai House, Kanazawa, Japan. I was working on a travel piece about Kanazawa and exploring the old Samurai district. In the entrance area of one of the old houses a suit of armour is on display. Many tourists would come and [...]
Make a wish Submitted by Loulou d’Aki This story, Make a Wish, tells todays’ life in the Yeshiva Chabad Lubavitch of Venice, where young men from all around the globe come to continue their studies of the Torah and the Talmud. It is estimated that there are presently more Jews studying in Yeshivot than at [...]
My name is Keith Harris-Chicago based documentary and street photographer. I am working on a photo-essay entitled “On the Street.” This essay is a series of images that document the people that call the streets of Chicago home. I have become quite “friendly” with quite a few of the homeless people in Chicago and would [...]
“Fire Dancer” Hillary Atiyeh, one of David Allen Harvey’s Emerging Photographers, shot this image in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico. View more of her work at www.hillaryatiyeh.com/.
I’m not a professional photographer, but a serious amateur trying to find my perspective… During Lexington, Kentucky’s recent Roots & Heritage Festival, a drum circle forms in the Lyric, a segregationist-era theater. A leading entertainment center in the African-American community, the Lyric hosted first-run films, black films and entertainers like The Temptations, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Sarah [...]
Well, it seems only fair that the creator of this critique idea be the first guinea pig in the experiment. This photo was shot at a recent rodeo that came though town. A bull rider preparing his gear for the upcoming competition. I love shooting rodeos. It seems that there are always opportunities for good [...]
Andrew Spearin is based in Toronto, doing photography and videography work for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and National Post. “I arrived in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, at the beginning of September. I live downtown on Bay Street, which is the financial centre of Canada. I decided to explore this aspect of my new [...]
I photograph Asian communities in British Columbia and Washington State a lot, trying to show how their cultures are both retained and modified into a hybrid Asian-Canadian or Asian-American identity. The challenge with folkloric events like this meeting of the Northwest Chinese Cultural Association in Bellingham, WA, is to get beyond focusing on just the [...]
I’m working on my essay in catania’s prison (sicily). This girl ask me to portrait here while she was studing for an university exam. See more of Cristina’s work at www.cristinafaramo.com
