The nationally infamous apartment block number 20 in the town of Yambol, Bulgaria, had been inhabited by Roma families for more than 15 years. They had been destroying it systematically by breaking the concrete panels, disassembling the elevators and extracting the electric...

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aThe documentary photography project explores the concept of beauty and identity of teenage girls in the important transitional phase from childhood to adulthood in Southeast Ohio. The region is known for its high rate of poverty, drug abuse and health related social issu...

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“St. Albans” is a series on my hometown of St. Albans, Queens, NY. Saint Albans is a Middle-Class town primarily known for the musical artist who where born or have lived there at some point. Artists like James Brown, Miles Davis, Lena Horne and A tribe called quest. ...

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Mark Trent is a West Virginia native he works in both photography and film. Although he focuses primarily on documentaries , Mark’s expertise extends to a variety of outlets such as commercial and music video production. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art a...

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The Syrian conflict started as many other revolutions in the Arab Spring, with street protests and non-violent demonstrations. However, what began peacefully soon evolved into violence, as the Assad regime refused to relinquish control of the Syrian government, and started relentl...

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The traditional farming, nomadic and monastic society that Tibet was and to some extend still is, rapidly changing. New infrastructure, railways, roads and airports are being built, bringing an influx of people and economic activity, speeding up urbanization and increasing ...

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This essay examines contemporary race and class disparities in the Mississippi Delta town of Greenwood. The project is titled, Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town. Matt Eich was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1986 and is the oldest of four children. He grew up in the peanut-far...

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Throughout the 1980’s, over 150,000 Cambodian refugees, survivors of Pol Pot’s Killing Fields, resettled in the United States from refugee camps along the Thai-Cambodian border. They were among the most heavily traumatized people in modern memory, having survived civil war, Nixon’s ...

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For young girls in Chechnya the most innocent acts could mean breaking the rules. A Chechen girl caught smoking is cause for arrest; while rumors of a couple having sex before marriage can result in an honor killing. The few girls who dare to rebel become targets in the eyes ...

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Safe Heaven is a photography project about Mexican women who have settled down in New York City and have formed new roots, traditions and lifestyles. It is a new way of looking at immigration using color as a unifying metaphor of diversity and acceptance. Each woman wil...

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