Lovell is passionate about photographing people within their cultures. Upon moving to New Orleans in 2008, he began documenting the city’s secon...

The woods surrounding my childhood home conceal over thirty cars, a bus, a bread truck, and many sailboats. Inside, three stories are packed floor to ...

Although queer individuals have existed throughout Iran’s history, the Islamic Republic has systematically denied their existence for over four ...

The photo series "Don't Forget About Me, Aging in America with Schizophrenia" offers a glimpse into the life of Alberto, a senior living...

Thirty years after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, remarkable partnerships have emerged: survivors reconciling with those who killed their loved ones&mdash...

This long-form project explores what life is like for young immigrant mothers who crossed the southern border. They left their countries because of vi...

The United States celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, honoring the rich history, culture, and significant accomplishme...

Stephen Shames: A lifetime in Photography contains 40 photographs from my upcoming retrospective book published by Kehrer Verlag. This book contain...

   One of the things that I love most about the camera is its power to help explore and understand one’s world. I undertook this explo...

Y. is sixteen-years-old and had her first child, M., in December 2023 in Pennsylvania. She came with her father to the US from Mexico when she wa...

"Fur Real.Reclaiming Body Hair" visualizes femininity with body hair as seen by women around the world who have repositioned their views reg...

Moments of the daily life of a 99-year-old woman residing in Dayton, Ohio. Barbara has lived in her home since 1963 and her life has become limited be...

Joe Carr, now 32, has worked and lived on his grandfather’s farm since he was 15. He dreams of being a full-time farmer, but it is nearly imposs...

Fossa dei Leoni, an Ultras group for 50 years, embodies solidarity, Faith and community in Bologna, Italy. Besides supporting basketball, they celebra...

"Legacy in Shadows:The Passing of a Matriarch" is a photographic exploration of the emotional aftermath following the loss of a centenarian ...

June 25, 2023. At the Pride Festival in Silver Spring, Maryland, a street corner is infiltrated by evangelistic priests.With sound speakers at a deafe...

The intention of the project is to look at my daughter's puberty and adolescence in juxtaposition with my body's ageing process and impending ...

These photographs were taken inside San Quentin Prison during the filming of "The Prison Within" Documentary; contrasting the healing and co...

Day of the Dead is a religious festival observed in Mexico on November 2nd to honor the memory of loved ones who have passed away. The Aztecs believed...

America is, by admission of most of its political leaders, a nation shaped by deeply held religious beliefs and cultural values. And perhaps nowhere i...

Katie Godowski has been documenting the social justice movements over the last two years. She wants to photograph what the news isnt talking about. Fr...

Even The Sparrow Has Found a Home is Thomas Szalay's memoir of Izidor Ruckel and other Romanian orphans that were freed from a life in hell. In 19...

“Raised on the Midways of Mid-America” joins Hampton, 10, and Hadleigh, 12, on the road as they live eight months of the year at the fairs...

On board a nuclear aircraft carrier somewhere in the Mediterranean (2022). A Reflection on Aggression, on the Sea. In Days of Tension. Aggressio...

Alentejo - before the Carnation Revolution, 1974 “On every corner, a friend. In every face, equality. It is the people who command,” s...

In Muslim countries, the first 10 days of Muaharram (lunar calendar) are marked for Azadari (mourning) rituals to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein...

We are trapped at home; a situation shared the world over. My working husband, two active young boys, a lively Jack Russell and me, mother-cum-observe...

Parenting and caring for a child with severe disabilities is an immensely complex affair. Parents must decide upon a range of decisions that determine...

Creativity, compassion, and messaging from new distances take hold in Orlando, Florida, during the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020. 

Turkmens are one of the tribes living in Iran, often dispersed in Golestan and Khorasen provinces. They were engaged in animal husbandry from ancie...

An epidemic of teen pregnancies is permeating the population in Rwanda. Vulnerable girls as young as 13 find themselves in this unwarranted circumstan...

Women are the backbone of family and community in many countries, especially in areas of poverty or where the environment has been compromised. Even w...

I often find myself, mistakenly or not, confronted with the existential questions of “Why am I here? What has meaning for me? What is a purpose-...

It was amazing to watch people pour in from every direction to the Women's March on Washington in Kansas City and by social media and news reports...

My fascination with Cuba began shortly after President Obama’s 2016 opening, when cycling breathtaking backroads in the tobacco growing region o...

What do we tell the children and what do we keep telling ourselves? Orlando prides itself on being a rich and diverse community with lovely interse...

Kings & Queens in Their Castles has been called the most ambitious photo series ever conducted of the LGBTQ experience in the USA.  Over 15 y...

Humans have always migrated for dissimilar reasons, but the Russian migration to Cuba is the only one of this magnitude that has been impelled by love...

A hint about a remote valley where a dying language is spoken led us to the Yagnob Valley, a journey marked by challenges and cultural discoveries. We...

Thomas Wolfe, the 20th century writer who warned us that we "can't go home again," wrote at one point in his sadly short existence that ...

A life sentence at Angola, Louisiana’s state penitentiary, means life. Because Louisiana has some of the toughest sentencing laws in the United ...

Mirella is the story of a woman, a mother, a wife, a grandmother. Mirella is 71 years old, she spent 43 years of her life with the only person she lo...

Edwin Torres’ photography project “Gotti: From El Rey to Fatherhood” tells an American story. City-dwellers, especially those living...

Portraits of individuals who self identify as 21st century hippies.  Each subject wrote a brief statement explaining how they fit within this con...

White Elephants is personal long going series, made from 2009 to 2012. It has been shown also in the form of slideshow as the story in three chapters....

This was photographed on a 4 day assignment for Columbia University’s, RAISE Initiative in Bukavo, DRC and Nairobi, Kenya. These images depict t...

"The Berberes" is an essay from Rui Pires' long-term project "Lands of Allah", a social documentary about the Berbere tribes i...

 The "First Comes Love" Project is a documentary celebrating long-term relationships between same-sex couples. Currently, it consists o...