Culture
To Hell And Back: Sixty-nine days trapped 700 meters down a Chilean mine
Buried alive — It was a story that grabbed the world's attention, one of peril, of survival and of family. When Adam Patterson joined the BBC to tell the story of the Chilean miners trapped underground, the only way to capture their experience was to drop a camera down the hole.
Written by: Adam Patterson as told to Andrea Kurland
Building bridges to the past with survivors of the Armenian genocide
One hundred years later — A twenty-five-year-old photographer and three survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915 journey back to the past.
Written by: Diana Markosian as told to Andrea Kurland
Putting disposable cameras in the hands of London's skaters
Capturing the everyday — Craig Jackson and Jonny Grant’s London Skate Journal is a community project inspired by growing frustration with the glitz and glamour of how the skateboard community is portrayed. Disposable cameras are their weapon of choice.
Written by: Max Gayler
Rock, racism and rebel music: 1970s Britain through a photographer's lens
Punk not prejudice — In the 1970s racism was rife in the UK, prejudice permeated the fabric of many British towns and cities. But groups like Rock Against Racism fought back; organising protests, gigs and celebrations to pull communities together, putting themselves in serious danger in the process.
Written by: Max Gayler
The photobook putting a human face to Europe’s migrant crisis
“We are humans, not dogs” — Sickened by dehumanising media coverage, Daniel Castro Garcia and Thomas Saxby set out to present an intimate and empowering portrayal of migrants' lives in ‘Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015-2016’.
Written by: Alex King
Story Behind the Still: How it feels to be gay in Russia
Resisting oppression in style — Twenty-seven-year old Ruslan, a ballet dancer at the Academy of Russian Ballet, smokes a cigarette at the Central Station, an LGBT nightclub in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was once married to a woman for five years but, following their divorce, he came out as gay. Mads Nissen reveals how he found his subject and why it became a symbol of self-expression.
Written by: Jack Richardson
A Difficult Truth: America is entrenched in a race war
From Where I Stand — The shooting of Philando Castille in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge - black men killed at the hands of US police - are the latest chapter in a story of state violence that stretches back to the invention of 'race'. Now, after five police officers were shot and killed during a protest in Dallas, it's time to face a difficult home truth: America is at war.
Written by: Tetsuhiko Endo
Why nightlife matters in Brexit Britain, now more than ever
Save club culture! — Despite an onslaught of club closures, and an uncertain future, people are still throwing their weight behind London nightlife.
Written by: Saoirse O'Leary
The photographer documenting the greatest silent crisis of our time
'Water' by Mustafah Abdulaziz — Are we heading towards a water crisis – or are we already in it? Photographer Mustafah Abdulaziz is journeying across the world, closing the gap between the choices we make and the impact we have on the planet.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
McKamey Manor: America's most popular torture experience
The Fear Factory — When Russ McKamey turned his home into an ‘extreme haunted house’, he never imagined his taste for terror as anything more than a labour of love. Now producers want to turn his eight-hour torture sessions into a hit TV show.
Written by: Joseph Lapin
