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Mario Heller published in Newsweek Japan
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Mario Heller published in Newsweek Japan...

Mario Heller’s photo story about the island of Barentsburg, controlled by Russia but part of Norway, has been published in...

Jonas Kako published in Newsweek Japan
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Jonas Kako published in Newsweek Japan...

Jonas Kako’s photo story about the island of Tangier in the US, dubbed “Trump Island” due to its high support ...

Nick Hannes exhibiting NEW CAPITAL at BE-PART in Waregem, Belgium
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Nick Hannes exhibiting NEW CAPITAL at BE-PART in Waregem, Belgium...

Nick Hannes is exhibiting his lates photo & book project NEW CAPITAL, which is being published by Lannoo at BE-PART gallery...

Jonas Kako published in GEO Magazine, Germany
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Jonas Kako published in GEO Magazine, Germany...

Jonas Kako’s photo project on Albania’s oil industry – Black Gold – has been published in GEO magazine i...

Pascal Maitre published in GEO magazine, France
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Pascal Maitre published in GEO magazine, France...

Pascal Maitre‘s photo story about the wax print industry in West Africa has been published in GEO magazine in France. To v...

Nick Hannes’ book NEW CAPITAL available for pre-order
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Nick Hannes’ book NEW CAPITAL available for pre-order...

Nick Hannes‘ latest book – NEW CAPITAL – published by Lannoo in Belgium, is now available for pre-order from t...

Justin Jin published in Stern magazine, Germany
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Justin Jin published in Stern magazine, Germany...

Justin Jin’s latest project on Green Hydrogen has been published in Stern magazine in Germany.

Mario Heller published in Rhythms Monthly, Taiwan
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Mario Heller published in Rhythms Monthly, Taiwan...

Mario Heller’s photo story about the island of Barentsburg, an anachronistic outpost of Russia in the Svalbard Islands, ha...

Pascal Maitre exhibiting at Villa Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
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Pascal Maitre exhibiting at Villa Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France...

Pascal Maitre is exhibiting a wider-ranging retrospective of his work over the past decades at Villa Tamaris in La Seyne-sur-Mer...

Mario Heller published in Marie Claire, Taiwan
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Mario Heller published in Marie Claire, Taiwan...

Mario Heller‘s photo story about the Lady Lowrider Car Club in California has been published by Marie Claire magazine in T...

Tim Dirven published in Africa magazine, Italy
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Tim Dirven published in Africa magazine, Italy...

Tim Dirven’s look at mass tourism in Egypt has been published in Africa magazine in Italy.

Simon Townsley published in Africa magazine, Italy
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Simon Townsley published in Africa magazine, Italy...

Simon Townsley’s photo story about Chinese influence in Sierra Leone has been published in Africa magazine in Italy. To vi...

Lorenzo Maccotta published in Internazionale, Italy
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Lorenzo Maccotta published in Internazionale, Italy...

Lorenzo Maccotta’s story on the spirit world of the island of Zanzibar has been published in Internazionale in Italy. To v...

Pascal Maitre published in Japanese Newsweek magazine
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Pascal Maitre published in Japanese Newsweek magazine...

Pascal Maitre’s photo story looking at the use of charcoal in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been published in Newsw...

Musuk Nolte published on The Guardian website
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Musuk Nolte published on The Guardian website...

Musuk Nolte’s work on the internal conflict in Peru and the search for the missing has been published on The Guardian webs...

Tommy Trenchard published in Geographical magazine
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Tommy Trenchard published in Geographical magazine...

Tommy Trenchard’s story following the work of Miracle Feet, a charity that helps people whose children are born with clubf...

Kacper Kowalski exhibiting at Arte Giani in Frankfurt, Germany
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Kacper Kowalski exhibiting at Arte Giani in Frankfurt, Germany...

Kacper Kowalski is exhibiting his latest work at Arte Giani gallery in Frankfurt, Germany, from 31 January until 15 March 2024. ...

Kacper Kowalski exhibiting at Atlas Gallery in London
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Kacper Kowalski exhibiting at Atlas Gallery in London...

Kacper Kowalski will have his first solo exhibition in the UK at ATLAS Gallery from 26 January until 16 March 2024. To view more...

Axel Javier Sulzbacher published in Wordt Vervolgd magazine, Netherlands
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Axel Javier Sulzbacher published in Wordt Vervolgd magazine, Netherlands...

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Jonas Kako published in Stern magazine, Germany
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Jonas Kako published in Stern magazine, Germany...

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Axel Javier Sulzbacher published in Reportage magazine, Italy
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Axel Javier Sulzbacher published in Reportage magazine, Italy...

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Vlad Sokhin’s Mardai published on Pole.Centre
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Vlad Sokhin’s Mardai published on Pole.Centre...

Vlad Sokhin‘s story about Mardai, an abandoned uranium mining town in Mongolia, has been featured on the investigative jou...

Iva Zimova published in Private Magazine
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Iva Zimova published in Private Magazine...

Iva Zimova‘s ongoing coverage of the war in Ukraine has been published in Private Magazine.

Tommy Trenchard published in GEO magazine, France
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Tommy Trenchard published in GEO magazine, France...

Tommy Trenchard‘s photo story about the Wildlife Crime Forensics Academy in South Africa has been published in GEO magazin...

Andrew McConnell published in Le Monde, France
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Andrew McConnell published in Le Monde, France...

Eduardo Soteras wins Luis Valtueña photography prize
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Eduardo Soteras wins Luis Valtueña photography prize...

Eduardo Soteras is one of three finalists in this year’s Luis Valtueña Humanitarian Photography prize for his work on the...

William Daniels published in National Geographic, France
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William Daniels published in National Geographic, France...

Milan Schellingerhout published in the Sunday Times Magazine
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Milan Schellingerhout published in the Sunday Times Magazine...

Ben Roberts published in SZ Magazin, Germany
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Ben Roberts published in SZ Magazin, Germany...

Alessandro Cinque published in Stern magazine, Germany
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Alessandro Cinque published in Stern magazine, Germany...

Alessandro Cinque’s study of Peru’s Alpaqueros has been published in Stern magazine in Germany. To see more, please ...

Waxing Lyrical
Story by Pascal Maitre

Waxing Lyrical

The bright and opulent prints with their infinite variety of patterns have become the symbol of a continent, appreciated around ...

Lost to the Sea
Story by Tommy Trenchard

Lost to the Sea

Off the coast of Sierra Leone, a remote island once home to three villages, large areas of forest and thousands of people is on ...

Tauromaquia
Story by Daniel Ochoa de Olza

Tauromaquia

Bullfighting in Spain is more than a sport. It is a unique cultural phenomenon that brings together ritualistic performance art ...

Trump Island
Story by Jonas Kako

Trump Island

Only 150 kilometres from Washington, DC, and a mere speck of dry land measuring three square kilometres, Tangier island in Chesa...

A Stolen Kiss
Story by Daniel Ochoa de Olza

A Stolen Kiss

This project appears to be a very straightforward concept. A series of photographs of couples kissing in the street, in parks, ...

Zor
Story by Selene Magnolia

Zor

Contemporary Europe has seen a steep increase in social tensions, aggressive politics, hostility towards outsiders and a new wav...

Tightening the Belt and Road
Story by Laurent Weyl

Tightening the Belt and Road

On the ochre plains along the Mekong River the station emerges like a monumental pagoda of glass and steel. Vientiane railway s...

Carbon Trading
Story by Pascal Maitre

Carbon Trading

Today, 2.5 billion people worldwide depend on charcoal to cook their daily meals. Charcoal has been used as a fuel for over 3...

You Shall Carry
Story by Kasia Strek

You Shall Carry

On 24th June 2022, the US Supreme Court surprised and shocked many when it upheld the ruling in Dobbs vs Jackson Women\'s Health...

The Lifeless River
Story by Musuk Nolte

The Lifeless River

\'I am sacrificing myself living here. I have to get out\' says a 47 year old man, one of the few remaining inhabitants in a com...

Stuck in Goma – Under Siege
Story by Simon Townsley

Stuck in Goma – Under Siege

The women had fled into the sprawling camps of Goma hoping they would find safety. As the M23 rebel group has swept his part of ...

Mulletfest
Story by Matthew Abbott

Mulletfest

The Beastie Boys, an American hip-hop group from New York, may have coined the term when they described the mullet hairstyle in ...

Under the Olive Trees
Story by Selene Magnolia

Under the Olive Trees

The central Mediterranean has long been Europe\'s deadliest border. In 2023, some 3041 migrants lost their lives or were recorde...

The New Scramble for Africa
Story by Simon Townsley

The New Scramble for Africa

In Sierra Leone, the Chinese have stepped into the void left by the British, plundering natural resources and threatening liveli...

Seeds of Water
Story by Musuk Nolte

Seeds of Water

Peru is eighth on the list of countries with the most water, but the capital Lima, where a third of the population live, is loca...

Alash Orda
Story by Frederic Noy

Alash Orda

The largest landlocked country on earth, Kazakhstan remains for most foreigners a vast, arid void, somewhere between Russia and ...

Facebook Hill
Story by Petrut Calinescu

Facebook Hill

With a population of just over 10,000, Poienile de sub Munte is the largest village in Romania, most of whose inhabitants are pa...

Greenland Embraces Climate Change
Story by Bradley Secker

Greenland Embraces Climate Change

It\'s the most tranquil and magnificent backdrop to our planet\'s climate catastrophe, and the ramifications for Greenland, as w...

Arctic Dreams
Story by Mario Heller

Arctic Dreams

There is a tradition in Barentsburg. When you go to the mainland, you hug a tree because there are none here. The Russian enclav...

Father of the Turks
Story by Bradley Secker

Father of the Turks

On 29th October 1923, a modern nation rose from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder and first Pr...

Deadly Gold Rush in the Amazon
Story by Lalo de Almeida

Deadly Gold Rush in the Amazon

The Yanomami people are living through an unprecedented crisis due to the invasion of some 20,000 illegal gold miners who have d...

Of Mines and Man
Story by Andrea Gjestvang

Of Mines and Man

Norway, a country of pristine fjords, mountains and endless pine forests, derives 98% of the energy coursing through its grid fr...

Charcoal Children
Story by Kasia Strek

Charcoal Children

Metro Manila is one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world. Around a third of its 20 million inhabitants ...

Park Life
Story by Alfredo Caliz

Park Life

\'If we lived in gardens, religion would not have been possible. Its absence has driven us to long for paradise. The space witho...

Empire Z
Story by Anonymous photographer

Empire Z

Over 90% of the Russians were sure that there wouldn\'t be a war with Ukraine. February 24th 2022 was a shock for everyone. ...

Deadly Waters
Story by Simon Townsley

Deadly Waters

The Damodar river darkens as it snakes through lush forest, tall maize fields and thatched villages. The rain water that falls o...

The Miracle Train
Story by Tommy Trenchard

The Miracle Train

Since 1994, the Phelophepa train has been travelling around South Africa bringing affordable healthcare to rural communities who...

Ecole des mousses
Story by Laurent Weyl

Ecole des mousses

The Ecole des mousses is France\'s premier naval college that takes in around 240 young men and women every year and trains them...

Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 – 2022
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Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 – 2022

The death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain\'s longest serving monarch and arguably the most famous woman in the world, brought hug...

The Price of Choice
Story by Kasia Strek

The Price of Choice

Around the world more than 160 lives are lost every day due to unsafe and illegal abortions. While 90% occur in developing count...

King of the Butterflies
Story by Pascal Maitre

King of the Butterflies

Every autumn the entire global population of monarch butterflies numbering hundreds of millions descends on a relatively small p...

The Language of Bones
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The Language of Bones

20 years after Peru's Truth Commission communities are still retrieving and burying victims of Shining Path and the governmen...

Alpaqueros
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Alpaqueros

Science is helping Peru's Alpaca herders adapt to Climate Change

Sowing Water
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Sowing Water

Drawing on Inca knowledge to manage water in the Peruvian Andes

Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
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Myanmar’s Spring Revolution

The violent return of military rule in Myanmar has brought death and repression back onto the streets of the country.

The Lifeless River
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The Lifeless River

Lake Titicaca once the sacred lake of the Incas is now in danger of turning into an open sewer

No Place on Earth
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No Place on Earth

An in-depth study of the epic Rohingya refugee crisis and its effect on hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.

New Capitals
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New Capitals

Nick Hannes explores new and planned capital cities in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia and Kazakhstan.

Warm Waters
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Warm Waters

A multi-year project looking at the effects of climate change on communities and environments across the Pacific region. ...

Americans Parade
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Americans Parade

Americans Parade is a parade of Americans; one after the other, from one community to the next, building up a picture of Amer...

Smart Solutions
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Smart Solutions

Towards a world free of poverty, hunger and environmental degradation, CGIAR is the world's largest global agricultural innov...

Where Love Is Illegal
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Where Love Is Illegal

72 countries around the world have criminal laws against sexual activity by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex p...

Traces
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Traces

The effects of China's breakneck industrialisation on the Yellow River

Asmara – Africa’s Modernist Jewel
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Asmara – Africa’s Modernist Jewel

Asmara is a unique example of early 20th Century modernist architecture, now been elevated to UNESCO World Heritage status

No Stranger Place
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No Stranger Place

Would you open your home to a refugee?

On Solid Ground
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On Solid Ground

A collaboration between the International Rescue Committee and Panos Pictures

OVER
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OVER

A photographic meditation from the skies above Poland.

From darkness into Light
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From darkness into Light

More than 620 million Africans, or two thirds of the population of the continent, have no access to electricity.

The Parallel State
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The Parallel State

A glimpse into the opaque world of contemporary Turkish politics and society.

We are Indestructible
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We are Indestructible

Ending one of the world's longest running civil wars.

River Congo – DRC’s Highway 1
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River Congo – DRC’s Highway 1

The Congo river is the lifeline of a region with few roads or railways.

Side Effects
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Side Effects

The result of years of aerial photography, this is a visual study of the complicated relationship between humans and nature.

Disposable Workers
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Disposable Workers

The people feeling the pain of Japan's unforgiving job market

Hidden Lives
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Hidden Lives

The untold story of urban refugees in Burundi, Haiti, Jordan, Malaysia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Kenya and the USA.

Belgicum
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Belgicum

The result of two decades of work, Belgicum is a unique document about a country in search of a raison d'etre.

Uncertain Tomorrow
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Uncertain Tomorrow

The Central African Republic (CAR) has seen more than its fair share of coups and unrest over the five and a half decades...

Last Stop
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Last Stop

Exploring the topography and migrations of London from the vantage point of a bus.

The Last Colony
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The Last Colony

For over 40 years Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony in northwestern Africa, and its people, the Sahrawis, have been liv...

#Future of Cities
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#Future of Cities

In collaboration with the World Photography Organisation (WPO) and Sony's Global Imaging Ambassadors (SGIA), Panos Pictures c...

My Toilet
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My Toilet

Through images and stories from 20 countries, across every continent, a collaboration between Water & Sanitation for the Urba...