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The Traces of Time project presents a vision between a current and tangible printed reality that already ceases to exist and an uncertain present resembling the past. This is the perspective of travellers who steal a snapshot of life and leave behind a trace that could change the lives of those they’ve passed.

Mischievous Ismaili children, young women, and housewives, opium smokers, village chiefs and simple peasants all lent themselves to the magical ceremony of the instantaneous picture , welcoming this instant gift, which is, itself, a vestige of their time. A time which is frozen by rituals and a centuries-old way of life but also slipping away through the hardships of their daily lives.

via NYT

Martin Roemers

Miru Kim

Hubert Branz 

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Mike Brodie

A contemporary account of the emerging genre of conservation photography is explored through the voices and imagery of some of the best environmental communicators working today. Notable anthropologist Jane Goodall, National Geographic Editor-at-Large Michael Nichols, and International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) president Cristina Mittermeier, among many others, share candid thoughts on the power of photography and its value as an effective conservation tool. The narrative is accompanied by stunning photographic contributions from over 40 conservation photographers to illustrate the convergence between the conservation and photography realms.

The Power of Photojournalism is a two-part documentary by the Annenberg Space for Photography investigating just what the title promises through the work of the 66th annual Picture of the Year International winners.

Benoit Paillé

Irish-born photographer Andrew McConnell ventured to the Western Sahara where he spent four months taking intense, intimate portraits of the Sahrawi people — refugees at the center of a long political struggle between Morocco and a Saharawi rebel group, the Polisario Front.

Andrew McConnell

When Jonathan Harris turned 30, he began a simple ritual of taking one photo a day and posting it to his website before going to sleep, along with a short story. He called this project, ‘Today’. This is a short film about Jonathan’s project, made a few weeks after he stopped it, by his friend,

Jonathan Harris

[images taken at Pacific Pinball Museum]