An interview with Filipino photojournalist John Javellana about his project on life in the Vitas, Tondo dumpsite.
Vanishing Village, by Soichiro Koriyama
This district, famous for its dairy farming, now has high radiation levels; the outside and inside average has been 15-20μSv/h and 3-6μSv/h, respectively.
APWS Spotlight: Vivek Muthuramalingam, Leak
Silence shadowed by the presence of a few angry dogs replaces the chaos and the clutter of the by lanes. The sodium vapour lamps stand witness to a man combing his hair one last time before he heads home for the night.
Foto8 Magazine – The Islam Issue
The current biannual copy of 8 Magazine focuses on Islam. According to their website, “8 Magazine looks beneath the surface and shines a spotlight on the issues that shape our world”
ABBAS, 45 years In Photography Exhibition
ABBAS, 45 years In Photography Exhibition is on show at the National Museum Of Singapore from 18th June to 18th September 2011. We popped by and checked it out today. While the choice of extremely low lighting in the exhibition hall left us totally bewildered, we were in awe of Abbas’ body of work on show. We highly recommend a visit, even for those remotely interested in photography, and for that matter, history. Here are some photographs and notes. Exhibition Statement For almost 45 years I have roamed the world, in search of images of upheaval; initially political and social, …
Photo Essay: The Refugee Problem In Azerbaijan, by Ilkin Huseynov
The Refugee Problem In Azerbaijan I chose the problem of refugees in Azerbaijan as the topic for my project. Despite the fact that it is often discussed, this problem still remains urgent and demands special attention from society. A democratic society highly values human rights, such as the right for inviolability of property, right of property and integrity of personality, which a person with the social status of a “refugee” is either fully or partly deprived of. In the photographs I have depicted one of the regions where refugees live. People in that region have been living under these conditions for …
Bad Dream – Atomic Nightmare, by Shin Yahiro
I spent a few days there, it was very quiet, fine day, plenty of greens and spring wind blew gently. But there was no one. There used to be a lot of farmers, breeders, dairy farmers. It was such a bad dream in the planed evacuation area from radiation in Fukushima. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant exploded in March. Radiation spread widely, especially in the area carried by the wind. The Japanese government had already designated 20Km in radius from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as an off-limit area. Iitate village, Namie town, katsurao village and other areas were designated as planed evacuation areas too. …
APWS Spotlight: Nishant Ratnakar, Fistful of Dreams
In this new APWS Spotlight bi-weekly series, Jessica Lim presents work from previous participants of the Angkor Photo Workshops and finds out what they have been up to. Fistful of Dreams Palguni lives with her mother Veena an elder sister Akila on the outskirts of Bangalore city. When anyone sees the two girls with their mother, this question follows them in whispers: “Are they adopted?” Yes, both girls were adopted by Veena. It is the colour of the girls’ skin that makes people ask this question — Veena is fair-skinned, whereas the two girls are dark-skinned. This is an ongoing project to foreground …
Sequence of Drugs, by Hajime Kimura
In India, there is a population of more than 15 million people residing in slums, of which 1.5 million of them live in Kolkata.
Bruce Lee & The Tao Of Photography
We are huge fans of Bruce Lee – the man, martial artist and philosopher. Undeniably one of Asia’s greatest icons, Bruce Lee invented his own brand of martial arts called Jeet Kune Do. In the Tao Of Jeet Kune Do or Way Of The Intercepting Fist, Bruce shared philosophy behind his martial arts that serves just as well for the photographer and the art of photography. Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. Learn and practice the principles of photography, then break the rules to form your own method of photographing. Empty your mind, be formless. …
Photo Essay: Apashka, by Pavel Prokopchik
Apa or Apashka in Kazakh language means – granny. That’s how people address a shaman woman who is living in Ungurtas village, Kazakhstan.
Video: Dark Clouds – The hidden side of China’s miracle economy, by Ian Teh
Produced by Panos Pictures, with photographs by Ian Teh, this is a journey into some of China’s most industrialised cities, a journey to the other side of the bright shiny facade that is the economy. It is a glimpse of another life and another world that is rarely seen. China’s economy is exploding and behind the scenes of this economic miracle is the industrial revolution powered by the cheap labour that is helping to build and sustain the economy. Coal for power, coal for steel, coal for cement. Coal and labour are the raw materials, the flip side and …
CHINA: PUNKS, by Katharina Hesse
In the spring of 1998, a handful of youngsters teamed up to unofficially rebel against conformist Chinese life in Beijing. They shaved their heads, and founded bands with names like Brain Failure, 69 and Anarchy Boys.
Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant
In recent years, more Asian photographers are emerging onto the international scene, producing work of outstanding calibre and giving exposure to little known issues from their region or their own countries.
Feel Before You Shoot. Think Before You Write.
Often times we see a wonderful photograph scarred by a badly written caption or title. Let the photograph emote, and it should if you photograph with passion and emotion, and let the caption/title text be a simple description or statement of facts. Simplicity works, always will – Feel before you shoot, think before you write that caption.