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…
Why you should ditch the digital and document your life with a film camera
BY: LIZ PEKLER These days, people capture their memories mostly using a smartphone or some other digital camera. We live in a world where convenience is king, and nothing is more convenient than having a camera that can take nearly…
An interview with the photographer who smuggled photos of the world’s most secretive nation (photos)
BY: ROB HOFFMAN North Korea is infamous for strange tourist stories. Visitors of Pyongyang return convinced that their entire experience—perhaps the entire city—is staged. The buildings, streets, restaurants and homes are mostly vacant, save the actors hired to impress the…
These photos confront emoji censorship and nudity on social media
BY: LAUREN ALI Nudity is something that has become heavily “taboo” in our society as many strive to bare it all, arguing that human bodies are beautiful in their purest forms of nakedness, while others continue to fight to stop…
How Instagram’s Aesthetic Culture Changes Who You Are
Sometimes, on a good day, our lives cross paths with a compilation of visuals so satisfying—complex in allowing desire to wrap around the fading ordinary—that we cannot help but feel some sort of way at the sight of calculation: the…
Photographer captures his journey through Antarctica on a ship constructed over 100 years ago
BY: LAUREN ALI René Koster is a travel photographer who voyaged to Antarctica on a historical ship that was constructed in 1911. Harbouring a great interest in past expeditions once travelled by sailors over a hundred years ago, Koster set…
Photos of Africa’s wildlife roaming free in the last protected areas of our world
BY: DANIKA MOIR Images by Laurent Baheux Laurent Baheux is a French photographer currently capturing images of animals in the last few protected areas on our planet. In 15 years, he travelled through the African Safari and East Africa and…
This Photographer Captured the Mountains of Whistler After Dark
BY: DANIKA MOIR Tomas Mähring is a freelance photographer, cameraman, kayaker and professional rafting guide, whose travels have taken him from Norway to Zimbabwe to New Zealand. In this photo-essay, Mähring took his adventure to Whistler, where his friend, a…
Incredible female photographer approaches men who catcall her and takes their portrait
Photography: HANNAH PRICE Writing: CONNOR BRIAN Moving from the white picket fences of suburban Colorado to the constant flow of verbal harassment on the streets of Philadelphia was no easy transition, but instead of keeping her head down and briskly…
These stunning split images show the contrast and connection between land and sea
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Split images—or over-unders—are a popular type of photograph that depicts both an underwater element and an above water element. This unique type of image showcases the connection between the two different worlds. Some of the shots fit…
These photos prove the Canadian Rockies are infinitely more glorious than Yosemite
BY: ALEX BROWN Most of the time, if you’re looking for sexy nature photos on the internet, or a photographer wants to wow you with a landscape shot, or a “modern website” needs a shiny background photo for their homepage,…
Photographer gives us a deep look into Israel’s only woman-exclusive prison
BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Tomer Ifrah What began as an assignment to capture a portrait of a Neve Tirza prisoner for an Israeli woman’s magazine turned into an intimate photo series created by Tomer Ifrah. Neve Tirza woman’s prison…
A German photographer cycled 40,000 km to capture portraits of the last African Nomads
BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Mario Gerth Mario Gerth is a documentary photographer whose profession has brought him to over 80 countries in five continents. He has travelled for two years across remote African regions into a world completely different…
Photo series gives you a rare glimpse into the startling and dream-like world of the one per cent
BY: ALEX BROWN According to Oxfam, “The combined wealth of the richest one per cent will overtake that of the other 99 per cent of people next year unless the current trend of rising inequality is checked.” It’s one of…
Incredible photos remind us that nature is the ultimate place to get naked
BY: ALEX BROWN All images by: Bertil Nilsson Photography is effective if it makes us question the relationship between two ordinary components of a larger system. Swedish photographer, Bertil Nilsson, illustrates the unique relationship between the human body and untamed…
Beautiful photo series lets the elderly take a look back in time
BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Tom Hussey Tom Hussey is an American photographer that specializes in lifestyle photography and commercial advertising. His award-winning photo series, “Reflections of The Past,” was used by healthcare company, Novartis in a campaign for their…
Explosive photographs show the incredible power and beauty of the female body
BY: ALEX BROWN Photos by: Alexander Yakovlev Of his photography, Alexander Yakovlev only leaves the pithy remark, “It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream.” His photography, I believe, allows one to peer through the lens…
These photographs will show you that Russia is more than Putin and kids climbing cranes
BY: ALEX BROWN In the West, many have no concept of Russia, and perhaps more importantly Russians, beyond the surface of Putin’s media coverage and GoPro videos of kids climbing cranes. If you need a crane, rest at ease knowing…
Florists turned an abandoned house into a beautiful living flower sanctuary
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Photos via FLOWER HOUSE In October of this year, florists from around the U.S. filled an entire abandoned house, wall to wall, ceiling to floor with fresh flowers and living plants. The weekend-long installation in Detroit attracted…