United States
How Michelle Zauner is healing through sound
Japanese Breakfast — Michelle Zauner wrote her first album as way of coping with the loss of her mother. Now, with her new album Soft Sounds From Another Planet, she is looking to feel again.
Written by: Biju Belinky
On the road with Standing Rock's defiant youth
Rolling Resistance — Oil might now be flowing through the Dakota Pipeline, but its young protectors aren't defeated. Aboard their DIY school bus the Rolling Resistance are travelling the length and breadth of the United States, educating communities amidst a process of personal healing.
Written by: Annabelle Marcovici
The American students building their own sustainable futures
Generation Cooperative — In Generation Cooperative, Rosina Andreou and Dorothy Allen-Pickard offer a glimpse into the lives of young American students who found an alternative to overpriced housing in communal living.
Written by: Biju Belinky
From plantation to liberty, the underground railroad slaves took to freedom
Through Darkness to Light — An estimated one hundred thousand slaves between 1800 and the end of the American Civil War in 1865 became passengers on the Underground Railroad, embarking on a journey of hardship to freedom. In Through Darkness to Light, Jeanine Michna-Bales photographs the Underground Railroad, the secret route and network of safe houses slaves used to escape captivity in the United States.
Written by: Jeanine Michna-Bales
Finding faith and community deep in the Mississippi Delta
In That Land of Perfect Day — Brandon Thibodeaux spent eight years photographing the people living in small villages and towns along the northern Mississippi Delta. Now compiled in a book, they tell personal stories of resilience and belief in the face of hardship.
Written by: Biju Belinky
The rough charm of life in L.A.'s gaps
Americana via Xerox — Matt Martin uses a photocopier to look beyond the people of the West Coast of the United States – exposing the gritty life that exists between the grand man-made structures and natural wonders of this diverse, quintessentially American landscape.
Written by: Biju Belinky
The travel guide for undocumented immigrants trying to enter the USA
A different type of travel guide — Cuban photojournalist Lisette Poole spent 48 days documenting the journey of two Cuban women migrating to the United States. Now, Marta and Liset's story of resilience becomes an unlikely travel guide.
Written by: Biju Belinky
What young womanhood really looks like...
Group Chat — Photographer Gabby Jones turns her lens to what's directly in front of her, offering a candid look at how young women experience femininity in the America today.
Written by: Biju Belinky
In Trump's America, there is nowhere for LGBT people to hide
My Month With Trump — Each month until Trump leaves office we'll be hearing how he's impacted individual lives in our column My Month With Trump. As the Bigot-in-Chief looks poised to sign an anti-LGBT executive order, LA-based Jeff Leavell hits out at his fellow white gay men just like him sitting silently by in his community as the flames of prejudice spread. There is no safe space to hide in.
Written by: Jeff Leavell
The weird shit people leave behind when they die
Estate sale stories — Estate sales have become a common way for people to dispose of their parents' possessions after they die or move to assisted living. Over the course of a year, Norm Diamond visited countless estate sales in Dallas, Texas, photographing objects that evoke sadness, humour, and ironic commentary on American cultural history.
Written by: Norm Diamond