Extreme Ice Survey
Wed, 25/08/10 – 9:33 | No Comment

Despite the fact that global climate destabilization continues unabated, there are still far too many people–political leaders and citizens alike–who do not seem to understand the reality. The planet is warming, it is driven largely …

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Burma Cyclone Nargis by James Whitlow Delano (PhotoPhilanthropy.org)
Tuesday, 24 Aug, 2010 – 20:48 | No Comment
Burma Cyclone Nargis by James Whitlow Delano (PhotoPhilanthropy.org)

James Whitlow Delano’s coverage of Cyclone Nargis, a category 4 storm, that slammed into Burma’s Irrawaddy River Delta in May 2008, is one of the entries in the 2009 PhotoPhilanthropy Awards.
View the essay here at www.photophilanthropy.org.
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Ed Kashi, the Niger Delta, Madagascar and the Environment (Guardian.co.uk)
Thursday, 19 Aug, 2010 – 15:19 | No Comment
Ed Kashi, the Niger Delta, Madagascar and the Environment (Guardian.co.uk)

In this powerful video Ed Kashi discusses his work in Madagascar and the Niger Delta and the environmental degradation therein.
Check out Ed’s site here: http://edkashi.com/

Secrets and Lies by Tomas Van Houtryve
Tuesday, 10 Aug, 2010 – 10:44 | No Comment
Secrets and Lies by Tomas Van Houtryve

VII photographer Tomas van Houtryve slipped into North Korea twice, posing as an investor looking to open a chocolate factory. He gained unprecedented access to a variety of locations in North Korea, many of which …

The Promised Land by Amnon Gutman
Thursday, 3 Jun, 2010 – 20:41 | One Comment
The Promised Land by Amnon Gutman

Photographer Amnon Gutman has offered this body of work about Palestinians trying to go through the barrier between Israel and the West Bank in order to work inside Israel, mainly as builders.

“In June 2002, the government …

The Rape of a Nation by Marcus Bleasdale (BURN Magazine)
Sunday, 28 Feb, 2010 – 9:18 | No Comment
The Rape of a Nation by Marcus Bleasdale (BURN Magazine)

Photo agency VII member Marcus Bleasdale has a stunning body of work focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on David Alan Harvey’s Burn Magazine. The DRC is home to the deadliest war …

IMPACT: An Online Exhibition
Wednesday, 24 Feb, 2010 – 20:04 | No Comment
IMPACT: An Online Exhibition

IMPACT: An Online Exhibition.

Visit the inaugural IMPACT online exhibition, a new project exploring the blog medium as a venue for photographic work. RESOLVE is excited to be hosting this experimental new project.
Each “gallery” …

Haiti: Between Death and Life by Peter Turnley (The Online Photographer)
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2010 – 20:38 | No Comment
Haiti: Between Death and Life by Peter Turnley (The Online Photographer)

Peter Turnley’s 50-image essay of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti is featured on The Online Photographer. As usual, Peter’s work is comprehensive, compassionate, and personal.
View Peter Turnley’s essay on The Online Photographer.

Notes from Underground by Igor Posner (BURN Magazine)
Thursday, 7 Jan, 2010 – 16:27 | No Comment
Notes from Underground by Igor Posner (BURN Magazine)

Igor Posner’schapter fragments from a book project about St. Petersburg (2006-2009) – “Notes from Underground” (working title).
View the slideshow on BURN MAGAZINE.

They Stole So Much More by John Adkisson
Monday, 7 Dec, 2009 – 14:27 | 3 Comments
They Stole So Much More by John Adkisson

John Adkisson, a journalism student at UNC Journalism School Chapel Hill has won best multimedia story at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar.

Passers By by Petri Uutela (BURN MAGAZINE)
Tuesday, 1 Dec, 2009 – 10:30 | No Comment
Passers By by Petri Uutela (BURN MAGAZINE)

Freelance photographer and a photography student Petri Uutela has an excellent street photography multimedia essay currently published on BURN Magazine with music written and performed by his brother Tuomas Uutela
View Passers By on Burn Magazine.

Children of the Gulf by Brenda Ann Kenneally (americanpoverty.org)
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009 – 22:53 | No Comment
Children of the Gulf by Brenda Ann Kenneally (americanpoverty.org)

Brenda Ann Kenneally has a wonderful essay about children living in poverty in the United States Gulf coast area.
See more at www.americanpoverty.org.

Street Job by Aytac Onay
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 19:12 | One Comment
Street Job by Aytac Onay

A sharp increase in global unemployment rates was one of the well-observed results of the economical crisis rose in the last months of 2008. In many countries, following the crisis, the unemployment rate set new …

Life and Death, Κρήτη by Vasilios Sfinarolakis
Friday, 13 Nov, 2009 – 17:11 | 2 Comments
Life and Death, Κρήτη by Vasilios Sfinarolakis

This is a glimpse into the daily lives of a Cretan family, my family, entitled Life from Death, Κρήτη. The reason for the title is because my family has sustained a livelihood as butchers. …

My Name is Dechen by Dhiraj Singh (BURN Magazine)
Wednesday, 11 Nov, 2009 – 14:04 | No Comment
My Name is Dechen by Dhiraj Singh (BURN Magazine)

From BURN Magazine
“The story is basically a glimpse into the outer expressions of the inner being of a woman who I met at a monastery in Manali during the summer. She was just an ordinary …

La Guerra Mexicana by Brian L. Frank (VEWD)
Sunday, 8 Nov, 2009 – 21:32 | 2 Comments
La Guerra Mexicana by Brian L. Frank (VEWD)

Brian Frank has a compelling photographic essay documenting the violence stemming from the drug war in Mexico in 2008.
See Frank’s essay on Vewd.

The Essence of Jerusalem by Nir Alon
Tuesday, 3 Nov, 2009 – 11:07 | One Comment
The Essence of Jerusalem by Nir Alon

*** Contributor Submission ***
TIPUSIM.com in Jerusalem is an online photojournalism project by photographer Nir Alon honoring the residents of Jerusalem.
Photographer’s statement: The essence of Jerusalem isn’t hidden under ancient stones. It isn’t masked by a …

Children of Lead by Michael Mullady (BURN Magazine)
Friday, 30 Oct, 2009 – 20:33 | 2 Comments
Children of Lead by Michael Mullady (BURN Magazine)

FROM BURN MAGAZINE:
At an altitude slightly above twelve thousand feet, in the Central Andean region of Peru, pollution is a fact of life for the inhabitants of La Oroya. Since 1922, the city of La …

The Roma in Rome by Marco Baroncini (NYT Lens)
Monday, 26 Oct, 2009 – 9:22 | No Comment
The Roma in Rome by Marco Baroncini (NYT Lens)

Italian photojournalist Marco Baroncini’s excellent work about the Roma or Gypsies living in poverty and suffering from discrimination in Rome, Italy is featured on the New York Times photography blog LENS.
See his exceptional images at …

Chica Barbie by Carl Bower (BURN Magazine)
Thursday, 22 Oct, 2009 – 9:01 | No Comment
Chica Barbie by Carl Bower (BURN Magazine)

FROM BURN MAGAZINE:
“The pageants of Colombia are a petri dish for examining the nature of beauty and how we cope with adversity.  Set against a backdrop of poverty, crime, and the hemisphere’s longest running civil …

Vivian Maier Discovered
Thursday, 15 Oct, 2009 – 15:35 | No Comment
Vivian Maier Discovered

John Maloof has created a website in dedication to the photographer Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950-70’s.
Maloof discovered her work at an auction in Chicago where Maier lived for 50 years.
Her discovered work …