Japan Japan www.hiroitophoto.com In the summer of 2015, the NY-based photographer Hiroyuki Ito set out to travel around his home country. The Japan he saw was full of contradictions: it was ancient and modern, western and eastern, democratic and feudal, peaceful and...
The Longings of the Others Germany www.sandrahoyn.de Bangladesh is one of the few Muslim countries where prostitution is legal. The Kandapara brothel is the oldest and one of the largest in the country: it has existed for 200 years. More than 700 sex workers live...
Belgian Blue Blood England www.riphopkins.com Through a series of portraits, Rip Hopkins delivers a surprising picture of Belgium’s contemporary aristocracy. Dukes, Countesses, princes and baronesses pose in front of his camera and present us with the list of their...
Yazidi – escaping from ISIS Japan www.norikohayashi.com The Yazidis are an ethno-religious group whose largest communities lived in northern Iraq until recently. There are differing opinions about their origin. Some evidence suggests that Yazidism arose on the...
Burundi: Betrayal England www.philmoore.info Burundi, a small, land-locked country in Central Africa, slid into crisis last year when president Pierre Nkurunziza announced his bid for a controversial third-term in office, sparking waves of protests. The government...
