Photography
Photos from this weekend's protest for Gaza in London
#EndTheSiege — With the death toll in Gaza rising as Palestinians continue to demand a right to return to their land, protestors take to the streets of London. Photographer Theo McInnes headed down to join them.
Written by: Theo McInnes
Inside one of America’s most notorious prisons
Welcome to The Farm — Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick’s contemporary photographs of the Louisiana State Penitentiary – otherwise known as ‘The Farm’ – uncover an undeniable truth: slavery in the US has never truly ended.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Challenging the media’s portrayal of Asian women
Through art & photography — A new photography show, opening this week at Brisbane’s Metro Arts, confronts the tired cultural stereotypes surrounding east Asian womanhood.
Written by: Cristiana Bedei
Retro shots of Myanmar youth culture from the ’70s to ’90s
Totally tubular — In 2013, photographer and archivist Lukas Birk launched the Myanmar Photo Archive – a treasure trove of shots from the famously private Southeast Asian nation.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Giles Duley explores the deadly legacy of landmines in Angola
Scars from a forgotten war — Over its 27-year duration, the Angolan war led to the death of an estimated two million people – making it one of the deadliest of the 20th century. But nearly two decades later, its violent legacy is still haunting the region.
Written by: Giles Duley
Shooting visual rhymes in the heart of the city
People, places, things — In Rhyming Couplets, photographer Alistair Redding places portraits of people alongside shots of everyday colours, objects and shapes, creating an entanglement between pedestrians and their corresponding urban environment.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Portraits of Berlin’s queer punks and skinheads
The ’90s archives — Throughout the ’90s, photographer Christian Vagt lived in the city’s squats, where he shot the everyday lives of his friends and lovers. ‘We were long-haired, didn’t give a fuck and definitely hated capitalism,’ he remembers.
Written by: Simon Doherty
Life inside Europe's biggest alternative-living community
A symbol of resistance — The ZAD is a micro-society in rural France where activists, farmers and free-spirits live in harmony. Photographer Kevin Faingnaert tried to find out why.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Documenting the plight of the Roma people across Europe
Persona non grata — As part of a long-term project that has seen him visit 10 different countries, photographer Åke Ericson has spent almost a decade photographing different Roma communities across the continent, in a bid to draw attention to the way they are treated.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Trans refugees are struggling to survive in Greece
‘Nobody here cares about us’ — Photojournalist Fahrinisa Campana heads to Athens to meet the LGBT+ refugees who are trying to make ends meet – and find acceptance – in a deeply conservative Greek society.
Written by: Fahrinisa Campana
