The Kalpalli cemetery, also known as St. John’s Cemetery, in Bengaluru is the largest burial ground in Karnataka, India. It is also home to 15 dalit families, who make a living out of these graves. Their jobs include everything from…
This feminist photographer is redefining beauty standards (NSFW)
We live in a society that puts women’s bodies in the middle of repression. Women are faced with certain aesthetic standards and continuously fed ideas that we are simply not good enough. Nor will we ever be. Maria Ribeiro, a Brasil-based…
Mijoo Kim captures the last generation of Haenyeo, The Sea Women Of South Korea
BY: KRUPA JOSEPH Free diving, often called Apnea, a Greek word for ‘without breathing,’ is a form of underwater diving that is done without relying on breathing apparatus or scuba gear. It is an activity that has cost some people…
A photographer shows the side of famous monuments that you’ve never seen (photos)
BY BROOKLYN PINHERIO All photos by Oliver Curtis You’ve seen pictures of the Colosseum or the Eiffel Tower you’re whole life, but when you finally get the chance to see it in person the environment is completely foreign to you.…
In Canada you can legally take pictures of people if you’re on public property
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Position your camera, look up to some architecture behind your subject, click. That’s one way to take a non-obvious photo of a stranger. Or just take the photo and run away if they object. Both work. Danika…
These magical photos will make you wish you were a part of the 1970s disco culture in New York
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP All photos via Bill Bernstein If you’re like me and you never got to experience the magic of the ’70s, you have to vicariously live through music, movies and photography taken during that period. Without experiencing the…
These portraits reveal a vulnerable side of masculinity that’s rarely seen (NSFW)
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP All photos via © Tyler Udall / The Little Black Gallery Last year, CoverGirl named James Charles the brand’s first-ever male model. This was quickly followed by an announcement this year by Maybelline that they had chosen their…
This photographer is obsessed with redheads and it’s the most magical thing you’ll see today (photos)
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Alexandra Bochkareva has a thing for redheads and freckles. The St. Petersburg-based photographer’s fascination with gingers started when she began dabbling in photography four years ago. Usually working with redheads, her photographs feel like stepping into a fairy…
This photographer beautifully captures humans’ complex relationship with nature
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP “Keep your love of nature, for this is the true way to understand art more and more.” Vincent Van Gogh. Humans’ relationship with nature has always been a complex one. Some people turn to nature as a…
These photographs will inspire you to get naked around the world (NSFW)
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Magdalena Wosinska pretty much lives my dream life. The LA-based photographer resembles a modern-day hippie, travelling the world and shooting youthful, spontaneous photographs. Venturing to wherever her photography takes her, Magdalena caught my attention not only for…
This anonymous man is drawing penises around potholes so the government will fix them
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP You see graffiti in every city; it’s covering the walls in alleyways, painted down the side of abandoned buildings, and created as a pieces of artwork on the walls of businesses. Usually it’s either vandalism or commissioned artwork,…
This man tracked down strangers he photographed 40 years ago to recreate the photos
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Punks, kids eating ice-cream, policemen on duty and lovers bidding farewell. These are some of the images paramedic Chris Porsz captured in the late 1970s and 1980s. The amateur photographer spent his free time wandering the streets…
Crooks, pimps and prostitutes: the dark side of 1970s New York
BY: KRUPA JOSEPH The 1970s have gone down in history as a period of change. Social progressive values that began in the ’60s such as environmentalism, political awareness and the economic liberty of women, gained momentum. The developing countries began…
For 2 years this man travelled to 18 different airports to capture these photos
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP When you see an airplane overhead, what do you think about? Do you consider the sheer volume of work that goes into each flight? Are you jealous of the people that are travelling somewhere? Most likely, you…
China’s Urban Art of Containing an Ever-Growing 1.3 Billion Populace
By: MELISSA BOODOO Overpopulation is the environment’s inability to support the existing population of humans or other living things. In my project entitled ‘Over Populated‘, I examine China’s never-ending economic growth through the exploration of colors and architecture. We are able to…
The ugly truth behind the production of this beautiful and elaborate jewelry.
By: Lauren Ali ALL IMAGES BY ARKA DUTTA Weaving in and out of the various stores on Gerrard Street, the largest Indian bazaar in North America, the most prominent item sold is jewelry. Beautiful yellow gold necklaces embellished with colourful…
Athleticism shouldn’t equal masculinity – these self portraits show us why.
By: Lauren Ali ALL IMAGES BY RYAN JAMES CARUTHER Masculinity is described as a set of attributes or behaviours associated with being a man or a boy. If you Google, “masculinity,” images of shirtless men with rippling muscles flexing with…
Photographer spent 6 years capturing haunting scenes from 70 psychiatric hospitals
By: Lauren Ali ALL IMAGES BY CHRISTOPHER PAYNE/BENRUBI GALLERY When you think of the word ‘asylum’ or ‘mental hospital,’ some fairly disturbing images come to mind. Asylums are often overshot and easily become cheesy subject manner among photographers, as everyone…
This photo series links two geographies to create a unified place that doesn’t exist.
By: Eric Zdancewicz You might remember Kyler Zeleny from his ongoing Found Polaroids project, which has become a successful collaboration between writers, photographers and academics from around the world. In his newest project, he has teamed up with Russian photographer…