Photo Essays (Documentary)

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The Other Life The Other Life: 5 images of Korean people and lifestyles by Park Chang Dai in black and white. (Photo Essays) http://user.chollian.net/~gray18/ Slices of America Slices of America: Taylor Lasseigne's album of photos from around the U.S. and Canada. (Photo Essays) http://www.slicesofamerica.com Crios del Sur - Argentina las Villas 2001 Crios del Sur - Argentina las Villas 2001: B&W photography of Buenos Aires and San Juan (Argentina), by Spanish photographer Alfonso de Castro. (Photo Essays) http://www.terra.es/personal5/alfonkl/ Akbar Nazemi Akbar Nazemi: Purchasing information for photos and images of Iran Revolution. (Photo Essays) http://www.iranrevolution.com/ Streets of Osaka 1996-97 Streets of Osaka 1996-97: A personal view of the street life in this city. (Photo Essays) http://www.subjectivite.net Kims gallery Kims gallery: Photographs of people in Seoul, Korea. Includes small story, gallery and Leica M story. (Photo Essays) http://www.lok21.x-y.net Still Training Still Training: Seamus Murphy's award-winning story on war torn Sierra Leone's Olympic hopefuls. (Photo Essays) http://www.reportage.org/2001/SierraLeoneM/PagesSLM/slmstrip.html Schifanoia Schifanoia: By K.N. Chaudhuri, historian, writer, and artist who specialises in historical sites and presents through photo-texts and images a distinctive interpretation of landscape. (Photo Essays) http://colophon.com/gallery/schifanoia/ The Rebirth of Ground Zero The Rebirth of Ground Zero: Of construction in the area where the WTC stood (known as Ground Zero) over the months. By Newsday.com. (Photo Essays) http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-wtcphotos0519.photogallery A Mendel Photo Essay A Mendel Photo Essay: Photographs of places associated with the life of Gregor Mendel (born 1822), Abbot of the Augustinian convent in Brno. By Simon Mawer. (Photo Essays) http://www.simonmawer.com/Photopage.htm FotoFestival Naarden FotoFestival Naarden: Photo essay about a photo festival in Holland. (Photo Essays) http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/fotofest.htm Holding Ground under Water Holding Ground under Water: On China's Three Gorges Dam and its effects on the environment and people of the Yangtze River Basin. By Ben Sandler. (Photo Essays) http://www.holdingground.com Prostitutes of La Merced Prostitutes of La Merced: Maya Goded's medium format work on Mexican prostitutes. (Photo Essays) http://www.smithfund.org/goded.html Truth and Reconciliation Truth and Reconciliation: Jillian Edelstein's medium format pictures from several years of South Africa's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation hearings. (Photo Essays) http://www.red-top.com/files/edelstein/index.html Dangerous Sports Club Dangerous Sports Club: The 1980s was a time when eccentric upper class Brits braved the ski slopes in grand pianos. Dafydd Jones was on hand to capture it for Tatler. (Photo Essays) http://www.dafjones.com/main/dsc/dsc01.htm Love, Light, Life Love, Light, Life: 3 images and a theme by Bernard Mendoza. (Photo Essays) http://www.mendozaphotography.com Sands Hotel Sands Hotel: Pictures and photo essay of the last day the historic Las Vegas Sands Hotel and Casino. (Photo Essays) http://www.socala.com/sands/ Soviets - Shepard Sherbell Soviets - Shepard Sherbell: Major project on the end of the Soviet era, from religion to work to punishment (Photo Essays) http://www.sovietsbook.com/photos.html 9-11 Images 9-11 Images: Photographic journey through the aftermath of 9-11, the heroes, the missing and the mourning, in memory of those who died. (Photo Essays) http://www.9-11images.com New York City Lightning New York City Lightning: 20 year photo essay of lightning flashes striking Empire State Building, United Nations, 59th Street Bridge and other Manhattan landmarks by Greg Geffner. (Photo Essays) http://www.pippareist.com/nylightning/index.html Stories from the Old South Stories from the Old South: A collection of photographs from the three southern states, by documentary photographer Bikem Ekberzade. (Photo Essays) http://www.geocities.com/bikem71/South Looking for the Light Looking for the Light: The last decade of the AIDS crisis photographed by well-known New York photographer Scott Thode. Co-published with the New York Times. (Photo Essays) http://www.journale.com/aidsdecade Country Doctor Country Doctor: The famous photographic essay of W. Eugene Smith considered one of the finest photojournalist of the 20th century. (Photo Essays) http://www.life.com/Life/essay/country_doctor/index.html Children of Eastern Europe Children of Eastern Europe: Of children living in orphanages and psychiatric hospitals in Russia and Moldova, and who have gone underground in Bucharest, Romania. By Northstar Gallery. (Photo Essays) http://northstargallery.com/pages/RussiaIndex.htm PhotogJoe's PhotogJoe's: Non-fiction about urban life and international travel by a professional photographer cum community activist. (Photo Essays) http://joemjoe.com Saturday Night Saturday Night: By Deborah Wian Whitehouse documenting the 'Saturday Night' experience across America. Selections from the series are in private and public collections. (Photo Essays) http://www.artshow.com/whitehouse/saturdaynight/index.html Shadows on the Street Shadows on the Street: B&W street photography of Zaragoza by Spanish photographer Alfonso de Castro. (Photo Essays) http://www.terra.es/personal6/alfondc/ 40 Weeks Photography 40 Weeks Photography: Documents pregnancy, birth, babies, families and all things precious by Valerie and Jenifer. (Photo Essays) http://www.40weeksphotography.com The Lost Border, Photographs of the Iron Curtain The Lost Border, Photographs of the Iron Curtain: By Brian Rose, documenting the landscape of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall in 1985; the dismantling of the Wall at the end of 1989; and the subsequent changes in the border zone, particularly at Potsdamer Platz. (Photo Essays) http://www.brianrose.com/lostborder.htm Clergy Girls Clergy Girls: Carolyn Coles photos of life at 25 Clergy Street West. (Photo Essays) http://www.imagestation.com/member/?name=carolyncoles Social Landscape Social Landscape: Critical interpretation of contemporary U.S. society and culture. By Gerald John Davey in both monochrome and colour. (Photo Essays) http://www.social-landscape-photo.com The Photo Documentary Press The Photo Documentary Press: Black and white photo essays and documentary work with passion. Specializing in editorial assignments, portraits, weddings, and fine art books. (Photo Essays) http://photodocumentarypress.com The Silent Harvest The Silent Harvest: A documentary photography project about the disappearance of the family farm in the Central Valley of California. (Photo Essays) http://www.agtraditions.com The Adventure Continues The Adventure Continues: Photographic compilation and diary journal of the 2001 re-creation of the historic London to Sydney Air Race. (Photo Essays) http://www.adventurecontinues.com World War II - The Photos Tell World War II - The Photos Tell: Images from World War II's Holocaust and the history behind several well-known images. By Louis Bülow. (Photo Essays) http://www.auschwitz.dk/story/ Berlin Mitte: Explorations of an Urban Conversion Berlin Mitte: Explorations of an Urban Conversion: Photography by Ulrich Wuest looking at the transformation of East Berlin after the fall of communism (Photo Essays) http://uinic.de/berlin-mitte/en/index.html Motion Capture Motion Capture: Ongoing photographic record and reflection on the transitional moments experienced using public transport. (Photo Essays) http://uk.geocities.com/motion_capture Typical Litter Typical Litter: An ongoing photo essay on the pervasiveness and beauty of trash. (Photo Essays) http://www.typical-litter.com Artdotnet, A Web-Art Project Artdotnet, A Web-Art Project: Experimental photo stories. First in the series is "Les Filles de Derb Dabachi" by Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, in French and English. [Requires Shockwave] (Photo Essays) http://www.artdotnet.com Last Call: Faces of Alcoholism Last Call: Faces of Alcoholism: A portrait of alcoholism by photographer Mark Peterson, featuring residents of the Queens nursing home in Minneapolis. [requires Shockwave] (Photo Essays) http://www.time.com/time/alcoholism/index.html Full Frame Images Full Frame Images: B&W decisive moment/documentary photographs of life in Worcester, Massachusetts (1969-1981). Included are images from various locations in the US. By Robert M Johnson. (Photo Essays) http://www.fullframeimages.com As Long As We Both Shall Live As Long As We Both Shall Live: An ongoing essay depicting long-married couples in America. By Robert Fass. (Photo Essays) http://www.longmarriedcouples.com Side-ways Side-ways: This photo-site of Beer Clement contains snaphots from travels by car through Europe, all taken through the car window (Photo Essays) http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~wr4226/side-ways/index.html Shore Thing Shore Thing: Images of the New Jersey Boardwalk 1975-85 by Mike Morizio. (Photo Essays) http://members.aol.com/mmorizio/index.html Leros Leros: Alex Majoli's disturbing account of the gradual improvements in Greece's most notorious mental asylum. (Photo Essays) http://www.cestino.it/leros/gallery-ing.html The Pigeon Train The Pigeon Train: 2 photo essays in Korean and English: the Pigeon Train, and soldiers on the northern frontier of South Korea (untitled). By Lee Jin Hong. (Photo Essays) http://members.tripod.com/leejinhong/ Over the Roads Over the Roads: Photographs of Iran based on "Towards Ispahan" an Pierre Loti novel. Links to Loti's biography, articles and web-based books. (Photo Essays) http://towardsesfahan.faribahi.com/into1.htm Farwell to Bosnia Farwell to Bosnia: By Gilles Peress, a member of Magnum Photos. Monochrome images taken over a 4-month period in 1993, now a book as well as a traveling exhibition. (Photo Essays) http://www.pictureprojects.com/bosnia.html Trent Parke Trent Parke: B&W images of Sydney's seafront by Trent Parke of Magnum. (Photo Essays) http://www.in-public.com/trentparke/portfolio/index.php Gary Walts: Photographs of my Father Gary Walts: Photographs of my Father: A photo story documenting the years leading up to his father's suicide. [Requires Shockwave] (Photo Essays) http://www.sightphoto.com/sightphoto/story/dad/frameset.html Faces of Iran Faces of Iran: "Faces of Iran: from the kingdom of Persepolis to a state of Islam" is a photo essay on today's Iran by the Documentary photographer Bikem Ekberzade. (Photo Essays) http://www.geocities.com/bikem71/ExIran Construction of the Gotthard tunnel, Switzerland Construction of the Gotthard tunnel, Switzerland: Panoramic reportage of the Gotthard tunnel building sites in Zurich and Sedrun (Switzerland). By Mark-Steffen Göwecke. (Photo Essays) http://www.raumzeitfilter.de/tunnel_e.htm Modern Ruins Modern Ruins: Discover the roots of our place in history, through an archaeology of our culture. By Shaun O'Boyle. (Photo Essays) http://oboylephoto.com/ruins/index.htm Afghanistan Afghanistan: Chris Steele Perkins's pictures from Afganistan in the 1990s, also published as a book and touring exhibition. (Photo Essays) http://www.kiad.ac.uk/gallery/afghan-notes/htmlhome.html Behind The Stonewall Behind The Stonewall: 5 essays on US Civil War battlefields Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Manassas, Gettysburg and Chickamauga. (Photo Essays) http://www.jatruck.com/stonewall/ The Holy Week in Sicily The Holy Week in Sicily: "Settimana Santa in Sicilia". Photography by Maurizio Distefano, narration in English and Italian. (Photo Essays) http://utenti.lycos.it/mauriziodistefano/enter.html Carpet People of India Carpet People of India: Sponsored by the STEP Foundation Switzerland, which works for fair conditions in carpet trade. By Adrian Moser. (Photo Essays) http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/2400/carpet.htm Havana Mia Havana Mia: Black and white photo essay presenting Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte's personal perspective on Havana, Cuba. (Photo Essays) http://www.time.com/time/reports/cuba/index.html Friends Of Vast Industrial Concrete Kafkaesque Structures Friends Of Vast Industrial Concrete Kafkaesque Structures: Photo journal of industrial structures in the Los Angeles area with commentary and observations. By Greg Ercolano. (Photo Essays) http://www.3dsite.com/people/erco/fovicks/ Waiting for my angel Waiting for my angel: A project in photo's and text about youth culture in The Netherlands in the year 2000. (Photo Essays) http://home.hetnet.nl/~igloiglo/go/engel/noflash.html Cuba: Tomorrow in Question Cuba: Tomorrow in Question: E. Wright Ledbetter investigates and interprets contemporary Cuban culture. (Photo Essays) http://www.ewrightledbetter.com/ Women They Left Behind Women They Left Behind: A photo essay on women survivors of the Vietnam War, these are mothers, wives, daughters and sister of those killed in the Vietnam War. (Photo Essays) http://www.handheldmagazine.com/issue%20two/newpage/Projects/projectPowell1.html Town Meeting: Democracy By The People Town Meeting: Democracy By The People: In-depth story, accompanied by over twenty photos, about the town meeting form of government. (Photo Essays) http://www.photojournalistas.com/Sept_Oct_2003/Town_Meeting/Town_Meeting_Index.html Shattered 9/12/2001 Shattered 9/12/2001: Photographs of the WTC attack aftermath by award-winning photojournalist James Nachtwey. (Photo Essays) http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/shattered/index.html Urban Anthropology Urban Anthropology: Contemporary urban environments in St. Louis, Missouri and Asbury Park, New Jersey. Pinhole camera images by Lisa A. Johnston. (Photo Essays) http://www.aeternus.com/urban/ American Pictures American Pictures: By Jacob Holdt, who hitchhiked more than 100,000 miles throughout the USA in 5 years. A multi-media show since 1976, it has been a focus for the international media as well as human rights and anti-apartheid groups. (Photo Essays) http://www.american-pictures.com/ Apriori: Carol Polakoff Apriori: Carol Polakoff: A 1976 photo journey across Russia and a 1996 retrospective. (Photo Essays) http://www.gyoza.com/apriori/ Indochine Indochine: Photographs from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and thailand by the documentary photographer Bikem Ekberzade. (Photo Essays) http://www.geocities.com/bikem71/indochine Soundings Soundings: An exploration of the meaning of music through stories about musicians in the State of Missouri since 1997. By Ingrid Young. (Photo Essays) http://sightphoto.com/sightphoto/soundings/soundings.html 2 Nashville 2 Nashville: 49 photos by Jerry Hall documenting Nashville's eccentric southern nature since 1997. (Photo Essays) http://www.2nashville.com/ Post-Card Post-Card: This site uses the postcard as a vehicle to transmit images that would never appear on real postcards. These photo essays present cities as experienced by someone who acknowledges her/himself as a partial observer. (Photo Essays) http://www.post-cards.org American Skin American Skin: Nation united under a freak flag issue: American strippers, 19-year-olds' world of sex for sale, Alabama drag queens, motel life and a personal journal by Tyler Ondine Whitman. (Photo Essays) http://www.theamericanskin.com/ American Families: Beyond the White Picket Fence American Families: Beyond the White Picket Fence: By Courteney Coolidge, exploring the lives of ten families across the United States at the dawn of the new millennium. (Photo Essays) http://www.10families.com Around the World in a Viewfinder Around the World in a Viewfinder: A selection of photo essays by Jean-Philippe Soule to present various Native Cultures. (Photo Essays) http://www.jpsviewfinder.com/documentary/ Met State Hospital Photographs Met State Hospital Photographs: Pictures taken of the abandoned mental hospital in Waltham, Met State. (Photo Essays) http://www.geocities.com/metstate0/ Evaporated Milk Evaporated Milk: A photo essay and story with over thirty photos about the declining number of family dairy farmers in Northern New England. (Photo Essays) http://www.photojournalistas.com/Sept-Oct_2002/Evaporated_Milk/Evaported_Milk_Index.html Brothers in Arms Brothers in Arms: Elena de la Vega looks at FARC guerrillas favourite passtime: soccer. (Photo Essays) http://www.footballissimo.com/delavega/ Tibetans Tibetans: An exhibition on Tibet by John Trewin. (Photo Essays) http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scaryjohn/ Absent Reality Absent Reality: Alejandro Jaimes-Larrarte's experience with WTC before the tragedy and the events in NY after the tragedy (not photographs of the event itself). (Photo Essays) http://www.jaimes-larrarte.com/art/portfolios.html The Angel of the North The Angel of the North: By Tim Constable. Images made during a trip home to Newcastle. An attempt to capture both the size of the sculpture and the reaction of people to it. (Photo Essays) http://www.ticopics.freeserve.co.uk/pages/angel.htm Rwanda 2004 Rwanda 2004: Photo essay by Chris Leslie documenting stories of Rwandans 10 years after the genocide. (Photo Essays) http://www.rwanda2004.co.uk In Transit In Transit: Interviews and photographs of people on buses in San Francisco. By Clarke Robinson. (Photo Essays) http://www.geocities.com/~intransit1 Arrested Images Arrested Images: Street photography of Tokyo, Japan by Canadian photographer Drew Cunningham. (Photo Essays) http://www.arrestedimages.com Kurdistan photographs Kurdistan photographs: Features photographs of Kurdistan (Turkey) people, landscape and history by Zbigniew Kosc. (Photo Essays) http://members.ams.chello.nl/zkosc/Kurdistan%20main%20page/kurdistan.html The Lord of the Flies The Lord of the Flies: An examination of violence amongst former child combatants in Africa by Stuart Freedman. (Photo Essays) http://www.red-top.com/files/freedman/index.html Hope Revisited Hope Revisited: Ten years ago, Hope, a small Kansas country town was struggling to preserve its way of life. A look back since then. Story by Nancy Mays, photos by Keith Mays. (Photo Essays) http://sightphoto.com/sightphoto/story/hope/ Inferno Inferno: James Nachtwey's disturbing images of war in the 90s from Chechnya to Rwanda. (Photo Essays) http://www.salon.com/people/portfolio/2000/04/10/inferno/index.html The Refugee Project The Refugee Project: A photography project undertaken by documentary photographer Bikem Ekberzade on the lives of refugees and IDPs. The project is currently open for grants and sponsorships. (Photo Essays) http://www.geocities.com/the_refugee_project China's Yangtze China's Yangtze: A strong series of images shot below the submersion levels of China's future Yangtze reservoir. By Bill Zorn. (Photo Essays) http://www.billzorn.com/china/intro.shtml Photos of Taiwan in the 1950s Photos of Taiwan in the 1950s: By Frederick Foley, who taught English and traveled around the island with his camera. (Photo Essays) http://www.usfca.edu/ricci/foley/ Iceledo Iceledo: This site contains photos of a small area of the Arkansas Ozarks called Iceledo. These are seasonal photos of streams and woodlands taken during the late 1970's by Willie Weeks. (Photo Essays) http://www.angelfire.com/ms2/iceledo/ Navajo Art Navajo Art: Navajo indian culture and history in pictures. Earl Waggoner lived on the Navajo Indian Reservations in the 1950s and recordered the culture of the Nation among dramatic panoramic views of the Southwest. (Photo Essays) http://artsales.com/ARTists/earl_waggoner/ Vietnam Postcards Vietnam Postcards: Vietnamese culture and lifestyle by Filipino photographer Claro Cortes. (Photo Essays) http://www.angelfire.com/tx/ClaroCortes/ Fish Camp; A Living Legend in a Vanishing Frontier Fish Camp; A Living Legend in a Vanishing Frontier: Large format photography documenting life at two closely related fish camps along St. John's River near Osteen, Florida. By Carl Gillette. (Photo Essays) http://www.deltaimage.com/ Lewis and Clark Photos Lewis and Clark Photos: Current photographs of the original Lewis and Clark Trail taken by photographer Jerry Millevoi. (Photo Essays) http://www.lewisandclarkphotos.net Fast Forward Fast Forward: By Lauren Greenfield. VII photographer's penetrating look at youths growing up on both sides of the tracks in the shadow of Hollywood - also a book. (Photo Essays) http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/lauren2/portada.html Scott Carrier: From Afghanistan Scott Carrier: From Afghanistan: A photo-audio-essay, with excerpts from Harper's magazine article: "After the Fall, Letters from Afghanistan" (April 2002). (Photo Essays) http://www.hearingvoices.com/sc/afghan/index.html Ashfactories Ashfactories: Fire as a cleansing agent and as society's post-industrial solution to the problem of death. By Juraj Lipscher. (Photo Essays) http://webexhibits.org/ashfactories/ Mexican Community in New York City Mexican Community in New York City: Photographer Mary Teresa Giancoli documents the rituals, festivals and foods of the Mexican community in New York City. (Photo Essays) http://www.biddingtons.com/content/creativegiancoli.html Athos Athos: Photography by Zbigniew Kosc of monasteries and monks of Mount Athos, Greece. (Photo Essays) http://home-l2.tiscali.nl/~kosc/ Spotfire Images: Photojournal of Fighting Wildfire Spotfire Images: Photojournal of Fighting Wildfire: Photo-essays of wildland firefighting, including smokejumping and hot shot crews. By Alaska Smokejumper and photographer Mike McMillan. (Photo Essays) http://www.spotfireimages.com/ The Boys of Ramallah The Boys of Ramallah: Jean Garup follows a group of Palestinian kids from school to stone-throwing to home. (Photo Essays) http://www.poyi.org/59/winners.html East Side Stories East Side Stories: Black and white photographs of Latino gang members in East Los Angeles by Joseph Rodriguez. (Photo Essays) http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/rodriguez/default.html New York Changing New York Changing: Berenice Abbott's Changing New York project with the identical camera, at the same time of day and year, showing the city's evolution over 65 years. (Photo Essays) http://www.nychanging.com Terra: Brazil's Landless Movement Terra: Brazil's Landless Movement: Sebastiao Salgado's essay on the life, times and political mobilization of Brazil's landless peasants. [Free registration at New York Times] (Photo Essays) http://www.nytimes.com/specials/salgado/home/ Chanukah in Prague Chanukah in Prague: Roma children in Eastern Europe, Jewish Holocaust survivors, Iran and Rio de Janeiro photo essays by Ben Eden. (Photo Essays) http://www.beneden.com Grafted Tokyo Grafted Tokyo: A few days through Tokyo: people and encounters, sounds and fragrances. Street photography by unknown photographer. (Photo Essays) http://www.grafted.net/tokyo/ Soccer in Liberia by Tim Hetherington Soccer in Liberia by Tim Hetherington: Tim Hetherington looks at soccer in a Liberia recovering from civil war. (Photo Essays) http://www.foto8.com/issue05/liberiasoc01.html Samuel's Spina Bifida Surgery In Utero Samuel's Spina Bifida Surgery In Utero: Miraculous photograph of a twenty-one week old fetus reaching out of his mother's womb to grasp the hand of his surgeon. (Photo Essays) http://www.michaelclancy.com Hutong Photography Hutong Photography: A portfolio of photographs of Beijing's hutongs by the photographer Iain Masterton (Photo Essays) http://www.hutongphotography.com End of an Era End of an Era: Images of Hick Hargreaves and Company, Bolton, England, over 170 years, and a brief history of the company. (Photo Essays) http://www.geocities.com/loftybwfc/ Cuba 90 Cuba 90: B&W photography of Cuba by Pablo Cabado, showing the contradictions within at the end of the 20th century. Recently published as "Illustratives, Cuba, the 90s". (Photo Essays) http://www.cuba90.com.ar The New Americans The New Americans: Exploring Watsonville, (strawberry capital of the world, one of dozens of migrant Meccas in California) from the migrant perspective. Story by Ruben Martinez, photography by Joseph Rodriguez. (Photo Essays) http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/road/road.html Perros Del Sur Perros Del Sur: Dogs in Argentina, Brazil and Chile by the photographer Alfonso de Castro. (Photo Essays) http://www.terra.es/personal5/alfondog/ AfghanPix.com AfghanPix.com: Detailed photo essay covering the civil war and the daily life of Afghans, by Alexander Merkushev. (Photo Essays) http://www.afghanpix.com/ Lake Street, USA Lake Street, USA: Six miles of photography by Wing Young Huie, shown on store fronts, bus-stops and as murals along Lake Street, Minneapolis. (Photo Essays) http://lakestreetusa.walkerart.org Day and Night of Dimmed Stars Day and Night of Dimmed Stars: A black and white photographic essay on the extinguished neon lights of Warsaw. (Photo Essays) http://free.art.pl/neon_lights