Category Archives: Documentary
Dennis Rito
Dennis Rito was kind enough to show me around Manila when I was there last year. His new series, UNLIMITXT, strikes a deep chord with me. Like the many netizens out there, my existence is intricately linked to my virtual self, usually kept on life support when I’m on the move through my mobile phone. [...]
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Joji Shimamoto
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“9#, Sk8 and Toy-kyo“) © Joji Shinamoto Street culture graces the portfolio of Japanese photographer, Joji Shimamoto, as he traverses between New York City and Tokyo. Born and raised in Japan, he has since relocated to the Big Apple as a freelance photographer. Recently featured in Japan’s Photographica magazine and studio [...]
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Stephen JB Kelly
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Qi Lihe“) © Stephen Kelly, 2009 Stephen JB Kelly documented the lives of ethnic Muslim minorities living in Lanzhou, a city in China’s north west. The government’s treatment of the Uighurs have dominated the news in recent months. Stephen’s series comes at a right time, shedding light onto a world previously [...]
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Jake Verzosa
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Karen Portraits“) © Jake Verzosa Jake Verzosa’s documentary projects exude a sense of calmness and wonder which is seldom observed in most photojournalists’ works. These stunning portraits of the women from the Karen tribe are simply breathtaking. Their natural beauty transcends all borders. While the tribe has been photographed extensively by [...]
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Zhuang Wubin
Photographer/writer Wubin was commissioned by the Chinese Heritage Centre in Singapore to shoot and research on Chinatowns in Southeast Asia. The resulting work was published as a book earlier this year and he is showing his work at Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from July 9 – 31. TOP TO BOTTOM, from [...]
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Mahesh Shantaram
Mahesh Shantaram is an independent art/documentary photographer based in Bangalore, India. He is working on a long-term project on Bangalore, as the city moves through an interesting transitory period. TOP FROM BOTTOM, (from “Bangalore: Steady State 2012“) © Mahesh Shantaram His project, Bangalore: Steady State 2012, documents the rapid changes the city undergoes as it [...]
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Eduardo Masferre
TOP TO BOTTOM, © Eduardo Masferre Eduardo Masferre (1909-1995) was widely regarded as Philippines’ father of photography. Born of Spanish descent, he spent much of his life toiling farms and photographing the Cordillera, the mountainous regions in North Luzon. His black-and-white work was an anthropological record of the vanishing customs and rituals of the tribes [...]
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Sohrab Hura
Sohrab Hura’s Land of a Thousand Struggles depicts the harsh realities of the rich-poor divide in India. While we witness high rises growing rapidly in the major cities, many live below the poverty line, often working for less than minimum wage and under absurd conditions. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Land of a Thousand Struggles“) © [...]
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Akshay Mahajan
Incredible India, with its varied mix of colors and sounds. I’d be heading there in May and it’s my first visit to the subcontinent. Curious, I’ve been looking through images from photographers there and I must say, it only gets more interesting. Akshay Mahajan is one of those photographers whom I have discovered. A documentary [...]
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