2Jade Doskow’s Lost Utopias photo series documents past World’s Fairs sites
Photographer Jade Doskow has spent the last decade documenting crumbling and thriving World’s Fair sites across North America and Europe for her Lost Utopias series.
Once a display of the time’s most pioneering ideas, these exposition sites now exist predominantly in a state of decline or dereliction.
The dystopian-style series has seen Doskow travel to and photograph the remaining art, architecture and landscaping at 27 of the World’s Fairs sites across North America and Europe.
The images illustrate the urban sites in their recent states, having either been left victim to the elements like New York’s 1964 State Pavilion, or revived and maintained as popular tourist attractions like Paris’ Eiffel Tower.
3Inspiring tales of 100-year-old villagers behind stunning photo series
Photographer Harnam Singh travelled to Himachal Pradesh to capture the spirit of 100-year-old villagers who live life with vigour and zest.
In his travels, Singh has encountered many in their twilight years who still wake up every morning with a zest for life. Observations and conversations with them have taught him valuable life lessons. “They see life with eyes that have been through many moons of the past and they hold much wisdom for the future,” Singh from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh said.
Their true nature was the muse for his photo series: The Legacy of the Golden Year.
“Living these golden years of life with the energy and spirit of youth is something truly inspiring,” Singh said. Through photography he hopes to the break the stereotype that the elderly are helpless. “Photography helps bring together people of different cultures and backgrounds to common understanding and unity,” he believes.
War photography has evolved since Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war, influenced by the advent of new technologies and the internet. Yet many of the ethical questions from that era remain relevant today, including when to put the camera down and how to properly assess the dangers of the job.
Three Lebanese war photographers – Aline Manoukian, Patrick Baz and George Azar – spoke with Al Jazeera about their own experiences covering conflicts, and about what factors have shaped the profession in recent decades.
5Ballarat Foto Biennale show crashes through our boundaries
In Rearranging Boundaries Bradbrook’s desire for change is also reflected in the way the show is presented. Works are hung on vibrant red walls, and the exhibition space is divided so the audience moves through a series of doors. “There is no clear way of walking through the show,” he says. “You have to rearrange yourself.”
6Bucharest Photo Week focuses on street, documentary photography
The fourth edition of the Bucharest Photo Week festival takes place between September 11 and September 17 in several locations in the capital. The festival is mostly dedicated to street and documentary photography.
Besides various exhibitions and workshops, the event offers photography enthusiasts the opportunity to meet some of the most popular and talented photographers from Romania and abroad. Among the photographers attending this year’s edition of the event are: David Gaberle (Czech Republic), Jan Bernhardtz (Sweeden), Simon Johansson(Sweeden), Cristian Crisbășan, Andrei Baciu, Cristina Irian, Irina Gache, Alexandra Crisbășan, Andreea Retinschi, Romulus Maier, Paul Aioanei, and members of the group On Spot (both local and international ones) or @celulafoto.
Off Colombia’s Caribbean coast, two hours from Cartagena, sits a dot of an island, just over two acres big and barely noted on maps. Until a few generations ago, it was uninhabited, a rest stop for fishermen lured to its shores by the simple promise of solid ground.
Then some decided to stay. A few more joined them. And so on until Santa Cruz del Islote became what it is today: the most densely-populated island on earth. That’s what attracted Charlie Cordero, a documentary photographer from Barranquilla, just as it draws tourists from all over the world. Everyone wants to see what it’s like for 1,200 people to live on a patch of land four times as dense as Manhattan, with no services – no running water, sewer system, police, hospital, trash pickup.
The setup sounds like a recipe for misery, but Mr. Cordero, who usually documents struggling communities, spent six months discovering otherwise. Mr. Cordero, who is 27 years old and teaches photography at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, described the joy of documenting an island culture with no crime, no violence and no prejudice; one that upends all assumptions about living in a confined space in the middle of the sea. Evelyn Nieves spoke with him about his work. Their interview has been edited for length and clarity.
