How a partnership between photographer, human rights organizations, and local activists can lead to systemic change The images in Crying Meri are harrowing. There is an epidemic of violence against women in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Vlad Sokhin’s photos show both the victims’ scars and injuries as well as…

Building a visual record of the items left behind by those killed in the Bosnian War — The photos in Ziyah Gafic’s Quest for Identity don’t really fit into the rest of his body of work. The images, quiet and clinical photos of objects left behind by those killed in summary executions in the Bosnian War, are a sharp contrast from the intimate and human moments that…

How Mario Cruz’s pictures of captive children in Senegal are changing lives and legislation — UNICEF and other organizations allege that up to 90 percent of child beggars on the streets of Senegal are enslaved, but it wasn’t until Mario Cruz’s 2015 photo series documenting talibes that direct visual evidence of the human rights abuses was available to the world outside the Koranic schools in…

How Altaf Qadri’s photos resulted in sustained local support for students and teachers at India’s School for Less Fortunate — When photographers take pictures and tell stories, what do they hope to achieve? Some photographers are explicit about their purpose and know what they want their images to do. Others find their stories have consequences they did not imagine. I thought it would be interesting and important to look at…

What it is, what it means and what photographers can do to safeguard themselves, their data and their associates — A journalist can prepare themselves for crossing a border in one of the world’s hotspots, but losing control of your data can happen when you least expect it. For David Degner, an American Getty Reportage photographer who has been based in Egypt for the past seven years, it happened in…

Four (more) photographers share how they make ends meet — Every photographer I know has a different way of making ends meet and funding work on the projects that are important to them. Some sustain themselves on the dwindling editorial market, some seek out grants and sponsorships, some turn to commercial or other sorts of photographic work, and some find…

There are four constants in the Organ Vida Festival: it happens in Zagreb, Croatia; every year it gets bigger; festival founder Marina Paulenka is at the center of it; and visitors will see some exceptional and challenging photography. This year was no different, as Organ Vida presented its theme, New…

Bringing Africa to the world with photography (and vice versa) — Exhibitions, workshops, and portfolio reviews — at first glance, Addis Foto Fest sounds like any photo festival around the world. But this festival is in Ethiopia. With a long history of the African continent and its people being defined by western eyes and ideas, the festival presents unique challenges and…

Five photographers share how they make ends meet — The World Press Photo Foundation’s annual survey on The State of News Photography paints a broad and generally grim picture of the lives of photographers around the world. Relatively speaking, few have regular employment, women and those outside of Europe and North America are under-represented, income is low, and assignments…