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Haunting photos of life around the world’s oil fields

Robin Hinsch reflects on capturing the places in the world where raw materials are extracted from the earth for profit, and the people who make their homes there.

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  • Isaac Muk

Gritty scenes from the final days of the Berlin Wall

Photographer Richard Davis reflects on chronicling the early days of freedom and community of like-minded artists and radicals that emerged in West Berlin.

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  • Miss Rosen

Photos of Puerto Rican life in New York in the ‘60s and ‘70s

George Malave’s photos document the many faces of a marginalised community growing up amid urban decay.

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  • Miss Rosen

Vibrant snapshots of New York’s subway riders

Chris Maliwat’s mobile phone street portraits capture the city’s diverse community of riders, elevating fleeting everyday moments.

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  • Isaac Muk

Photos of life in the shadow of an American power plant

In North Carolina, people are living near to Duke Energy’s Belews Creek Steam Station, where toxins are pumped into the air, water, and soil. Photographer Will Warasila reflects on his time getting to know the residents, the landscape, the structures of energy and power.

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  • Miss Rosen

Tender portraits of pre-gentrification Boston

Jack Lueders-Booth reflects on capturing the community that lived and worked along the city’s busiest railway route during the 1980s as it was scheduled for demolition.

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  • Isaac Muk

Celebrating daily life and diversity in southeast London

Photographer Nico Froehlich’s series documents South London’s diverse communities, while also reflecting on their fragility amid rapid gentrification.

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  • Isaac Muk

On the frontlines of AIDS activism in 1990s New York

Meg Handler’s photos capture diverse groups of New Yorkers coming together for the collective cause of civil rights.

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  • Miss Rosen

Theo McInnes’s cinematic photos of New York on film

The photographer describes taking inspiration from Magnum photographers to craft an intimate and revealing portrait of the city.

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  • Theo McInnes

Mitch Epstein’s evocative portrait of 1970s America

Alternating between colour and black-and-white, the photographer chronicled sexual liberation, economic crises and the repercussions of the war in Vietnam.

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  • Miss Rosen

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