Category Archives: Essay

Niklas Korte – MITT 2009

Jag är trött på alla inoljade muskler, silikonbröst, såpoperor, blueray, femtiotums skärmar, plast, glitter….  Jag vill med mina bilder vara något som betraktaren kan känna igen sig i, vara något som är äkta i förhållande till den låtsas värld vi dagligen indoktrineras med. Jag vill synliggöra det lilla i vardagen, det vi oftast inte har...

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Jimmy Linus – Eagle hunters of Mongolia

More than 200 years ago, the advance of the Russian Empire troops pushed Kazakhs to neighbouring countries. Southern Kazakhs were allowed to settle down in the remote parts of western Mongolia. Along with them, their long-lived tradition followed. ”I have been hunting with eagles for about 40 years. My father taught me how to master...

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Mikael Raymond – Svenska stämningar

Den nordiska folksjälen har sedan urminnes tider formats av kampen mellan årstider, kontraster mellan ljus och mörker, mellan hopp och misströstan, mellan upprymdhet och tungsinne. Känslan av ensamhet, en vilja att dra sig tillbaka, färgat av melankoli när solen vänt sitt ansikte mot andra breddgrader präglar det nordiska sinnelaget. Att ur denna ödesmättade stämning börja...

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Brendan Hoffman – Haiti – The Petionville Club

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and devastating the already struggling city of Port-au-Prince. Those who survived were mostly left homeless and without food or resources. Up to 50,000 people erected a camp near the edge of the city on a private golf course known as...

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Jonas Palm – Human Zoo

The Long Neck people are an ethnic group famed for their tradition of women wearing brass rings around their necks. The people have become refugees from Myanmar (Burma), and the vast majority of the Long Necks live among 110,000 other refugees in camps on the Thai side of the border. The United Nations claim that...

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