In January 2013, after weeks of heavy bombing and fighting in Aleppo, the Ibn Khaldun psychiatric hospital was overtaken by troops loyal to President Bashar Al Assad. The hospital was the only existing institution of its kind in the city of Aleppo with its 3.2 billion inhabit...

08.05.2013[ read full story ]

Because they are “of the community of women,” those whose lives I know best, their traits and their attitudes, I wanted to offer a selection of portraits that are dear to me. Like a letter in the form of a picture, I sought at first to speak to them and have this correspondence be an ...

10.05.2013[ read full story ]

These images were taken when the Musée d’Orsay in Paris allowed Nicolas Krief to photograph the preparations for its exhibition L’ange du bizarre. They are part of a larger work where the photographer looks behind the scenes of major public exhibitions.

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Each of us have a space, which we think as personal. In this case I am referring to the place where we feel safe and comfortable. The feature of this place is that being there, we free ourselves from the behavior imposed by society. We can't be truly ourself in the presence of an...

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In Cambodia, the mortality rate of neonates (babies under 28 days old) stands at 1 out of 33. According to the Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey (2010), in the last decade there has been a 200% improvement in the post-neonatal mortality rate but only a 37% improvement in neon...

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The making of objects by hand is a large part of my personal history. Whether that is the product of DNA or early childhood experiences - or a bit of both - it is deeply connected to my family’s Ohio farm and its workshop full of tools. From my earliest recollection, this s...

17.04.2013[ read full story ]

Through digitally manipulated self-portraits, I distort the human body to explore notions of sight, perception, and perspective both inward to the self and outward onto the physical world. The work depicts our felt sense of perceptual limitation when we try to physically see the s...

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A Woman’s War documents the lives of women engaged in recent conflicts worldwide, as well as their struggle for justice, rights, and identity as female fighters. Women have played key roles in recent conflicts, serving as combatants, nurses, organizers, spies, and m...

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Shane and Maggie met through Shane’s sister over a year ago, when Maggie was living next door to her. They began dating after Shane was released from his most recent stint in prison. Shane began exhibiting controlling behavior early in the relationship, but Maggie said she fel...

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Detroit is my hometown, but I’ve been gone from there for over three decades. These photographs are my reaction to all the negative press that Detroit has had to endure over the past few years. I wanted to see for myself what everyone was talking about, and like everyone else I...

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