Poverty and Uncertainty for Widows of Syrian ‘Freedom Fighters’
Their husbands died fighting the Syrian government. Today, their widows who had been given safe haven in Jordan lead impoverished, vulnerable lives. Read more »
Their husbands died fighting the Syrian government. Today, their widows who had been given safe haven in Jordan lead impoverished, vulnerable lives. Read more »
Their husbands died fighting the Syrian government. Today, their widows who had been given safe haven in Jordan lead impoverished, vulnerable lives. Read more »
Their husbands died fighting the Syrian government. Today, their widows who had been given safe haven in Jordan lead impoverished, vulnerable lives. Read more »
Tomas van Houtryve took the idea of foreign drone strikes and instead targeted similar domestic situations, putting them under surveillance using his drone in public spaces.Read more »
The Lagos Photo Festival strives to foster encounters among photographers inspired by Africa and to nurture local artists.Read more »
Ben C. Solomon has been making videos about the Ebola outbreak, finding scenes of courage even as people struggle to contain the disease.Read more »
Annalisa Natali Murri’s images of the aftermath of a factory collapse that killed more than 1,000 in Bangladesh are jarring and spectral, akin to the lives of survivors and those who lost loved ones. Read more »
As Ozier Muhammad, a Times staff photographer, waded through the crowds of last month’s climate march, Deborah Acosta documented how a photographer can make sense of such big events. Read more »
Examining Stephen Shames’s new book “Bronx Boys,” Maurice Berger raises questions about the responsibilities inherent in documenting a community.Read more »
In “Hidden Scars,” Stanley Greene returns to Chechnya to document the aftermath of the 1993 conflict.Read more »
Itinerant groups of soccer superfans in Russia prove their loyalty by slugging it out with rival fans – sometimes of the same team.Read more »
Gabor Szilasi never intended to create an archive of life in Quebec, yet his images constitute a vibrant visual history of the province that was his haven when he fled Communist Hungary.Read more »
Sage Sohier’s photos of same-sex couples were inspired, in part, by her father — who never admitted he was gay despite having lived with boyfriends.Read more »
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