#30
Cover by Michael Kennedy
Let’s be honest.
We may regret that occasional excess of alcohol, but we’re not some junkie, drugged, pitiful stupor in doorway.
We may feel we’re getting on in years, but we’re not confined to the loneliness of an old people’s home.
We may resent the daily grind of work at times but we’re not compelled to drag our families into health threatening work for a pittance we can barely live on.
We may even bemoan our daily tribulations but the trials we face are as nothing compared to the horrors of civil war, prolonged and life shattering .
Keef Charles
In loving memory of Julie Atchison and Ko Soe Naing
Anne Launcelott was born in Nottingham, England and immigrated to Ottawa, Canada with her family at the age of 3. Halifax, Nova Scotia has been home for over 30 years. For over 25 years, Anne worked mainly in black & white and set up a darkroom to develop and print her own work. Since 2005, she has made colour photography the main focus of her artistic expression after being introduced to Miksang contemplative photography by its developer and teacher Michael Wood. Anne has had numerous successful solo and group exhibitions and has had photographs chosen for publication. In November 2012, she was elected to the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) and in 2015 her B&W photograph, "Face at Window", Havana, Cuba was chosen Best of Show for the SCA's National Open Juried Online Exhibition.
João Coelho: My documentary photography is based in Angola, the country where I was born and to where I returned after an absence of over 30 years. Although the passion for photography has existed for many years, it only truly began to take shape from 2019, with a strong drive and motivation to tell the life and work stories of the people around me who are unknown to some and ignored by many. The human condition has always fascinated me and its study has been the main driver in my work. More than an aesthetic purpose, I intend my photography to trigger feelings, emotions, and convey messages, telling stories that depict suffering or joy, despair or mutual help, strength or disappointment, or simply the resilience of human beings in the face of the greatest adversities and the deepest doubts about their future. These are stories that need to be told and known!
Julia Dean is a photographer, educator, writer, and founder and former executive director of the Los Angeles Center of Photography. She began her career as an apprentice to pioneering photographer Berenice Abbott. Later, Julia was a photo editor for the Associated Press in New York. She has traveled to more than 45 countries while freelancing for numerous relief groups and magazines. Her extensive teaching experience includes over 39 years at various colleges, universities and educational institutions including the University of Nebraska, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles Southwest College, Santa Monica College, the Santa Fe Workshops, the Maine Photographic Workshops, Oxford University and the Los Angeles Center of Photography. For two decades, Julia concentrated on street photography around the world. For the past 11 years, street shooting in downtown Los Angeles has been her primary focus. Julia's work has been published in many magazines, blogs, and books. Julia received a Bachelor of Science degree in photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Arts degree in journalism at the University of Nebraska, and is the author/photographer of the award-winning children’s book, A Year on Monhegan Island, published by Houghton Mifflin Co. https://juliadean.com/
Margot Muir: I am a mature documentary photographer. I refer to W Eugene Smith’s quote “…and each time I pressed the shutter release it was a shouted condemnation hurled with the hope that the picture might survive through the years, with the hope that they might echo through the minds of men in the future – causing them caution and remembrance and realization.”My lens expresses a love of life and celebrates the individual. And, at once, questions the status quo. I am a strong advocate for equal rights and have always been an activist for social justice, the rights of the vulnerable and black empowerment in South Africa. My work gives space for each individual to assert themselves and their presence in the world. https://www.margotmuir.com/
Ribhu Chatterjee: I am a final year student of Masters in Mass Communication and an aspiring photo/video journalist. Telling about a specific genre, I have tried to put my hands more on documentary photography. I have been covering stories by myself on various topics, related to the social, culture, tradition, the lifestyle of people from last 2 years. Since I like to travel so it is an added advantage for me to do the work. I like to document people, places, and traditions that can provide a unique story. Every people has a story to tell and I want them to do that through my picture.
Shimi Cohen 50 years old, based in Israel. I live in Kibbutz Givat Brener. Photography has been an important part of my life for the last five years. I roamed the streets taking photographs and developed my skills as a street photographer. Photography gives me a different way to observe the world. 18mm is the way to see the wide of the universe, 35mm is the way to see the life of the human. To take photos is my true love and passion and I strive to use my photos to tell a story. I am inspired by the life rhythms & constant flow of everything around me. I aim to expose the emotional side of human beings in the city streets, pushing the final image into a story. These days I concentrate most on documentary photography in series.
Back cover by Julia Dean
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