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Ciril Jazbec
Kiribati, la fin d'une île

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The story of Kiribati mirrors the modern life in many developing Pacific countries. Last September and October, I have been photographing the disappearing islands of Kiribati. Due to global warming and rising sea levels, Kiribati is slowly being engulfed by the Pacific ocean.

16.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Beijing: Meeting with Iwan Baan

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Iwan Baan’s everyday is being in a constant state of flux, a way of life he has had since the age of 20. Yet this incessant mobility has enabled him to encapsulate the character behind the immobile, profound architecture around the world including Rem Koolhaas’ CCTV, H...

14.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Ukraine, Maxim Dondyuk
Tuberculosis

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In 1995, the World Health Organization declared the tuberculosis epidemic in Ukraine. Over the past 16 years the situation has greatly worsened. Each day TB takes the lives of 30 people,and about 10 thousand annually.

14.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Antonio Bolfo
South Bronx

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It’s a cop drama for lovers of photojournalism, or vice-versa. The American photographer Antonio Bolfo, represented by Reportage Getty Images, trailed a NYPD squad for two years to create a powerful series without traces of sensationalism. Bolfo accompanied officers on t...

06.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Selection : France
Vincent Catala

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This research is expressed in his commissions and in the personal project he began in 2008 in Rio de Janeiro. This work is the story of an encounter and then a quest. Rio is the setting, the night is the common thread, and Jane is the main figure.

24.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Selection : Germany
Gilles Roudière

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Albania is a nation in transition, a candidate for entry to the European Union. The country is largely unknown however, and has a bad reputation. However, more than any classic documentary theme, it is this spirit, with its mystical impulses, a perfect subject for photography, th...

24.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Selection : Norway
Geir Moseid

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The series Plucked is an investigation into the duality of home, urban alienation, social segregation and human relationships. This duality of the home extends further, adding layers to the series, incorporating the ethics of both social documentary and staged photography, as well as ...

24.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Selection : Bulgaria
Eugenia Maximova

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In her series, the kitchen is not only the soul and spirit of the Balkan home, it is also the exact mirror image of Balkan society. In many of these apartments, time seems to stand still. Eugenia was born in Ruse, Bulgaria, graduating from the University of Vienna, studying jour...

24.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Selection : Switzerland
Désirée Good

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These moments of “I see what you do not say” are fleeting, in the vacuum between banality and complexity. Mimics and gestures open up a microcosm of human rites that become her subject.

24.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Carte blanche : Turkey
Yusuf Sevincli

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The emotional aspect of these pictures in “Good Dog” are physically unstable. Yusuf Sevinçli doesn’t linger. He walks, explores, observes, moves on. He is constantly capturing different morsels of life that together create unity. It is a sort of homeless, wandering photography ...

24.02.2012[ read full story ]

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