“I was at the Detroit Institute of Arts for their Friday night concert series. This father was sitting near me in the Diego Rivera Courtyard with his two daughters. Their love for one another was so touching that I couldn’t resist taking their picture. Three weeks later I saw them again and received the father’s OK to share this photo online.” — Particia Lay-Dorsey
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“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/.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’m a free-lance photographer living between Tokyo and Switzerland. My personal works are focused on nature, urban landscapes and people, especially about the relation between these 3 themes. This picture come from a long-term work on peoples in the streets of Tokyo. The goal of this personal essay is to represent the multiple souls of the biggest [...]
I’m a freelance photographer from Spain working between fashion and photojournalism. In the last year I mainly worked in several assignments in Senegal that still are unpublished. I want to colaborate with some magazines or agencies for that. This picture was taken at night in a big avenue while these women where walking on 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
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Michael Rawcliffe is a photojournalist who likes to work on long-term essays. This photograph was taken in Manchester, England, at a City Sports event outside the Town Hall. The coach and contestants are warming-up in tune with the music being played to entertain the spectators. I saw the potential and took the opportunity. Using a [...]
