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Published in Vantage

·Jun 13, 2018

Distance Is Punishment

A photographer scours Russia for historical memory of the Gulag — “The death certificates could contain perhaps two truths and a lie, sometimes one truth and two lies. “Place of death” was always a lie. “Cause of death” was usually a lie — “heart failure,” “pneumonia,” nothing at all — but sometimes the truth: “Cause of death: execution.” The one line…

Russia

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Distance Is Punishment
Distance Is Punishment
Russia

14 min read


Published in Vantage

·Feb 27, 2018

Authorship in the Current Media Landscape

Laia Abril, Rena Effendi, Zackary Canepari and Adam Ferguson reflect on the power of subjective narrative — Documentary narrative is best experienced when it’s shaped by a guide. Image-makers who are confident in leading the way are the best guides. And the journeys they lead best are subjective takes, told personally. In an increasingly competitive media landscape, it is the documentarians and image-makers who adopt a strong…

Photography

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Authorship in the Current Media Landscape
Authorship in the Current Media Landscape
Photography

15 min read


Published in Vantage

·Oct 23, 2017

A Brother’s Life, In Photos, Shines Light On a Slumping Mental Health Care System

Louis Quail’s portrait of his big brother is loving and personal. It also speaks broadly to UK politics and funding cuts to social care. — You don’t expect — or frankly always want — to cry in public, but the first time I met Louis Quail we sat in a London coffee shop and welled up together. It was 2015, and I was scouting for projects to develop in Screen Lab*. Louis was in the…

Mental Health

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A Brother’s Life, In Photos, Shines Light On a Slumping Mental Health Care System
A Brother’s Life, In Photos, Shines Light On a Slumping Mental Health Care System
Mental Health

9 min read


Published in Vantage

·Jul 2, 2015

What Is Transjournalism?

Making the Case for Storytelling Across Diverse Platforms — “I’m so tired of explaining what I do, that from now on I’m just going to call myself a transjournalist.” — Tim Hetherington, 2010. Just to be clear, Tim was half-joking. He was a visionary storyteller, and he didn’t see much value in labels.* But five years and multiple projects…

Transjournalism

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What Is Transjournalism?
What Is Transjournalism?
Transjournalism

5 min read

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Liza Faktor

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