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BUTTERFLIES In Ancient Greece, drifting souls were often represented by butterfly symbols. This was a direct link to Psyche, the soul goddess, who was similarly depicted with delicate lepidoptera wings. When looking for a title for my work on the mental condition, ...

Located in the desolate southeast of Mauritania, the Mbera refugee camp is home to some 60,000 Malian refugees. Predominantly Tuareg and Arab, they spoke of fleeing persecution at the hands of black Malians and the Malian army. Few were optimistic about the prospects for peace, or a safe return to to...

The Orinoco Delta was first colonized by humans back in Medium Neolithic. For the past 8,000 years, one of the last native South American people has taken shelter inside its mangrove labyrinth: the Warao. Deep in the swamps it is still possible to make out a world ruled by spirits where small ...

The focus of the project 'Caged Humans in Bali' will be to raise much more awareness of the issue of "Pasung". Pasung is the physical restraint by way of chains, ropes and cages of the mentally ill in Indonesia under the care of their families as there is a lack of Governmental support...

Meaning both "destination" and "destiny" in Spanish, Destino portrays the perilous journey of undocumented Central American migrants along the network of freight trains lurching inexorably across Mexico, towards the hope of finding a better life in the United States. It is the...

About 4,500 Yazidi refugees live in Fidanlik Park, a camp established in Diyarbakir after tens of thousands of Yazidis from Singar in Iraq escaped ISIS and fled into Turkey. Eleven camps across the border region have been established to provide Yazidis with temporary refuge. Most of the camps...

Inequity doesn't just affect the working poor. It also afflicts the middle class. These images document one of a growing number of 24-hour daycare centers that have sprung up to meet the needs of working families whose jobs ask more and more while providing less in return. This project focuses...

Football is more than a sport in Africa. It defines neighborhoods, strengthens tribes and, in extremes, unifies nations --bringing warring African countries to temporary truce so that the game can be played. But over the last few decades, globalization has altered the traditions of the game,...

In Diyarbakir, a majority Kurdish city of 1.5 million in southeastern Turkey, funerals for young fighters killed in Kobani are now common. It's a pain that brings back memories of the worst days of Turkey's war with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). During the thirty-year conflict...

H� Nội means "the hinterland between the rivers" (H�: river, Nội: interior). The city recently celebrated its 'birthday' -- one thousand years of eventful history, marked by destruction, wars and natural calamities. Nonetheless, H� Nội still ...

Known as the mythological birthplace of Lord Krishna, it is estimated that some 20,000 of the four million widows in India live in the holy town of Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. In traditional Hindu culture, once a woman loses her husband, she is unable to remarry and is expected to renounce all earthy pleasures...

With 2.3 million people in prison, the US has the largest prison population in the world. An estimated 2.7 million American children have a parent in prison, and approximately 10 million American children have experienced parental incarceration at some point in their lives. After sentencing, prison...

Connie Williams and her husband, Richard, lived in a little house in Platte City, Missouri for 33 years. With her husband in poor health, Connie, 65, has never made close friends. Richard, 71, suffered from PTSD after the Vietnam War and later developed diabetes as a result of his exposure to Agent Orange...

Parkinson's Disease is a long-term neurological condition that affects the way the brain coordinates body movements including walking, talking and writing and it affects both men and women. It is a disease that needs further research and understanding. This story documents one man's struggle...

Globally, the demand for palm oil is on the increase. Indonesia is market leader in global palm oil production. Palm oil is used for food, cosmetics and as biofuel. The rain forests are destroyed to grow more oil palms. Palm oil plantations are replacing four-fifths of the rain forest in Indonesia ...

The violence and destruction that hit Juarez, Mexico as a result of the ongoing drug wars between rival gangs transformed a once thriving border city into a wasteland. More than 32 people a day were being brutally murdered by gangs and often the police were working for drug cartels. 

Lubiri Village (Pader District), Uganda. Nodding Syndrome is a mysterious and devastating neurological condition which stunts growth, causes its victims to nod (repeatedly dropping their heads forward), have epileptic seizures, and causes cognitive deterioration. In severe cases it can result in...

Northern Uganda is still recovering from twenty years (1986 - 2006) of armed conflict that led to a major humanitarian crisis: 1.8 million people were displaced. An estimated 25,000 to 28,000 children were abducted during the period as the result of an insurgency by the Lord's Resistance Army...