Lost Paradise: Invisible Power and Contribution from Women in Iranian Daily Life
Persian carpet is one of the most complex handmade items in the world and Iran has long been a center of carpet production. Weaving carpet has usually been associated with women. While women play a crucial ...
Nov. 14, 2019
Afghanistan: The Color Awakens
Recent decades have seen Afghanistan repeatedly bruised and brutalized—but today, its people struggle to brush away the dust of conflict and discover their homeland as it should appear: radiant with beautiful ...
Oct. 05, 2019
Sensibility, love, compassion: Life of a 20-year-old girl with Down Syndrome
Russian photographer Snezhana von Büdigen was announced one of the grand winners of 2018 Sente Antu International Photo contest for “Meeting Sofie” , which is a series of environmental portraits of Sofie, a 20 year-old girl with Down syndrome.
Jun. 19, 2019
Afghanistan: A Land of Continuous Conflict
The idea for continuing this project is to illustrate the life of people in the continuous conflicts of the country to drawing the attention of global as the mission of photojournalism as well as ...
May. 09, 2019
How Tang Yun Takes Beautiful Flower Photos
A woman's love for flowers must have been engraved in our genes.
May. 09, 2019
Winners announced for 2018 APC International Photography Exhibition
The results of the 3rd APC (Asia Pacific Cup) International Photography Exhibition were recently announced. The contest has received 6521 entries from 42 countries and regions around the world. A total of 187 awards were presented, and the grand prize goes to Belgian photographer JOZEF DE FRAINE, who won 2,000 US dollars.
Aug. 17, 2018
Primi Puberty Rite
For the Primi, the age boundary line between children and adults is thirteen. Before thirteen, children all wear long gowns. After a special rite at thirteen called "wearing trousers" for boys and "wearing skirt"...
Jul. 03, 2018
Primi Marriage and Wedding Customs
Primi society has been traditionally organised into exogamous clans with marriages arranged by the parents occurring between cross-cousins and marriage within the clan is prohibited. However today there is great...
Jun. 25, 2018
Double Take: The Asia Photographs of Brian Brake and Steve McCurry
"Double Take" presents the work of two exemplary, and hugely influential 20th-century photo essayists, the documentary photographers Brian Brake and Steve McCurry.
Jun. 25, 2018
Life Changes of Dukha Reindeer Herders Family in Mongolia
In north central Mongolia, in the taiga along the border with Russia, the Dukha people have lived a nomadic life for generations, roaming with their reindeer herds and hunting to fill in a diet based ...
May. 31, 2018
The characteristic girdles of Deang women
Deang women's costumes are usually black, red or colorful (Hua in Chinese), so they are called "Red Deang", "Black Deang" and "Hua Deang". Deang women generally wear long straight skirt, bamboo-woven waist-girdles, big eardrops and coverings for the legs...
May. 17, 2018
The Touching Beauty of Mothhood Around the World
Five years ago, the intrepid Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc has been traveling to over 50 countries, engaging in a multi-year project to present the world’s women in one, massive photographic ...
May. 11, 2018
Exquisite craft in Arequipa
With a blossoming fair trade textile industry, gourmet food workshops and even a hopping craft beer scene, Arequipa has become a beacon for maker-minded travelers.
May. 09, 2018
Nu Distinctive Costumes
Women wear distinctive tunics and skirts made from hemp that the Nu grow and strip and spin into cloth. Often times their families wealth is measured by a woman's silver, coral, cornelian and turquoise jewelry...
Apr. 26, 2018
'The Little Boy Who Wouldn't Smile': A Story of the Korean War
The "little boy'" of Rougier's now-famous article was Kang Koo Ri, an orphan rescued in the spring of '51 by American GIs; the village where he was found had been largely destroyed in fighting between UN forces and China-backed communist troops from the North.
Apr. 13, 2018
How We Overcome the Difficuties from Life: Interview with Awarded Photographer Niraj Gera
Life is not always full of happiness and smiles, and is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties people must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of own innate ...
Mar. 29, 2018
An Untold Tale of Emotions
In most cases, the pictures are the proof of photography matters, and even more than ever. The power of perspective is beyond the consideration of photographers’ subjects and emotions. One of ...
Mar. 28, 2018
Workers carry exaggerated furniture loads in Alain Delorme's Totems photographs
This photo series by French photographer Alain Delorme spotlights China's consumer society through doctored images of workers transporting teetering piles of furniture and other goods.
Mar. 15, 2018
Rohingya Exodus: Awarded Photographer Capturing Rohingya Refugees Crisis
It's painful; walking for three consecutive day without food and water but its more heart wrenching when I think of my home, my belongings leaving behind."- Gulping a mug of water, an old Rohingya woman fled from Myanmar ...
Mar. 01, 2018
Butterfly Wu: Queen of the Movies
"Butterfly Wu: Queen of the Movies" presents more than 200 photographs selected from hundreds of images that were collected and preserved by the actress and covering several decades of Hu Die's acting career together with others from her personal life and travels.
Feb. 13, 2018