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• Magazine, Documentary, Photography

  Vewd

  06.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  New online magazine hot off the digital presses, Vewd is an international photography website dedicated to continuing the tradition of storytelling through a visual medium - this includes documentary, photojournalism, street and portraiture in the form of galleries and multimedia pieces.
  Do check it out!

• Magazine, Documentary, News

  Dispatches

  06.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Mort Rosenblum and Gary Knight (from VII) have unveiled a new magazine - dispatches. The magazine’s financed by Dr. Simba Gill, an entrepreneur, scientist and businessman in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. And it’s not one of those pdf magazines that you get free online.
  dispatches took root on an olive farm in Provence, flourished on […]

• Documentary, News, Photography

  World Press Photo Award Interviews

  06.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I know I’m a little slow in posting this but I was learning so much going through the video interviews last weekend that I completely forgot about posting it. For those who are unaware of it, the World Press Photo awards has a lovely collection of interviews up on their site. Worth wasting spending time […]

• Thailand, Documentary, Photography

  Suthep Kritsanavarin

  05.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s strange to find a photographer associated with catfish but it probably has to do with Suthep Kritsanavarin’s series, Four Thousand Island…Where the Mekong Die?
  In this documentary project, Suthep focused his sight on the fishermen whose daily lives depend on the Mekong river’s giant catfish and other endangered species.

  TOP TO BOTTOM, Four Thousand Island…Where […]

• Documentary, Japan, Photography

  Behind Tokyo’s Door

  04.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A transvestite posing for a picture at the underground fetish party, “Tokyo Decadence”, at the Stylish Club in Roppongi.
  © Pawel Jaszczuk
  Pawel Jaszczuk is a Polish photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. For his series, Behind Tokyo’s Door, Pawel documented the going ons and romps in underground fetish parties in Tokyo. His other series, Shibari (rope bondage), […]

• Documentary, Singapore, Photography

  Alan Soon

  02.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Fellow countryman, Alan Soon, is a consummate street photographer who leads a double life as a television producer. He has a collection of images, which will definitely wake the travel bug in you.

  Top to bottom, Myanmar series, © Alan Soon
  Visit his online portfolio to see more.

• Documentary, Japan, Photography

  Hideaki Uchiyama

  01.29.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  For more than a decade, Hideaki Uchiyama has been capturing the underbelly of Tokyo city on film. His images resembles sets from anime/sci-fi films, showing us some incredible pictures of what lies beneath a truly modern city.
  From Metropolis:
  Uchiyama has discovered tunnels to a 6th-century tomb and a Kamakura-period mine. He has photographed WWII-era poison gas […]

• Hong Kong, Documentary, Photography

  Michael Wolf

  01.25.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  German-born photographer, Michael Wolf, has lived in Hong Kong since 1995. His work focuses on the vernacular culture of people living in Hong Kong and China.
  From the Robert Koch Gallery:
  Wolf delves into subjects such as the formal and improvisational aesthetics of Hong Kong’s architectural forms, the often-overlooked human presence at the heart of international industry, […]

• Magazine, Documentary, Photography

  pdfX12

  01.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  pdfX12 or the Reminders Project was launched last year in January.
  It is a free monthly photo journal that “presents and features a series of photos by various photojournalists living and working in various communities around the world”. Volume 12, launched in December, features images of Bangladesh after being hit by Cyclone Sidr, images by Munem Wasif. […]

• Philippines, Documentary, Photography

  Max Pasion

  12.10.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Max Pasion is definitely passionate about his work. As a photojournalist from the Philippines, he manages to capture the vibrancy of life. His images are multi-layered and energetic. He shows respect for life through his work.I particularly like this series on Manila. The city teems with life, and Max brings us on a journey to the underside, […]

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