David Mitchell’s novel “Cloud Atlas” erases boundaries of genre and truly manages to escape simple classification. The readings that one can take from the novel vary as much as the person reading it does and yet, almost all of them [...]

Who: Billie Shaker What she does: Photographer Where she lives: Brooklyn, NY What she is currently working on: I am currently working on a series of platinum prints. While these will be fashion images, there will also be an element [...]

On an early September evening, North Williamsburg’s Journal Gallery held an opening night for one of the biggest names in photography. Juergen Teller, who is known for his refusal to separate the commercial world of fashion photography from the raw and [...]

In the 1960’s, women working in New York City took menial jobs because it was as close as most of them could get to the profession of their dreams. Classifieds were still segregated, and “Help wanted—Female” ads would almost certainly [...]

Photo taken by Rodrigo ABD/AP People search for scraps of metal in the world’s largest garbage dump.

Photo By: Steve McCurry “I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people’s memories.” – Steve McCurry  

Many of us don’t find the time to indulge in as much reading as we would like. The short story is the perfect prescription for this problem and can easily fit into the mold of our modern life. Here is [...]

People walking on the streets of Pasig City. Several floods in Manila have left more than 80,000 people in emergency shelters and 19 people dead. Photo by Pat Roque, AP

Police fire water canons and tear gas at protestors in Santiago. Read more here about the ever-creative demonstrations that have drawn up to 100,000 students to the streets. Photo by Luis Hidalgo, AP

Women line up in Accra where 68 year-old President John Atta Mills’ body was laid in a casket, draped in national colors. Photo by Sunday Alamba, AC

Decades after it contaminated jungle areas of Vietnam in order to blow enemy cover, the U.S. has finally started a clean-up project. Through the years, millions have been affected by Agent Orange and 150 000 children have been born with [...]

It has been a widely established and accepted opinion of common sense that every woman has the right to birth control. The idea is one over which moral wars have been waged for many years, and it brings up issues [...]

The real boarder of girlhood and womanhood is something that, as a 24 year old, I can relate to. College is over and parents minimize or take away their financial support. What next? Money needs to made, but how? What [...]

A Woman Working at a Brick Factory on International Women’s Day. Source: The Wall Street Journal. Photo by Channi Anand.

Afghan girls are allowed to work at the first internet cafe that has opened for women. Photo by Mohammad Ismail. For more of his work, click here.

According to the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF), about 300 000 children in Yemen have been denied an education as a result of last year’s conflict. For the full story, click here. Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

BLKNS is Eric Mitjans series photos taken during his six week trip through the Balkans. His main focus was on the youth of the countries that are still healing their wounds from the devastating civil war. To see more of [...]

Six men sitting in the sun and waiting for the ceremony of Independence day to begin. Photo by Eric Mitjans. For more of Eric’s photos, click here.

It has been a year since the earthquake and tsunami hit the north-eastern coast of Japan that left 20,000 people either dead or missing. Photo by Daniel Berehulak. For more of his work, click here.

The Akhdam, a minority in the Arab country, are thought to be descendants of Ethiopian soldiers. They are considered to be at the bottom of the ladder of social hierarchy and are highly discriminated against. Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Iran’s parliamentary election at a mosque in southern Tehran. Photo by Raheb Homavandi/Reuters

The Irrawaddy River runs from north to south through Burma and is the most important commercial waterway in Burma. Photo by Soe Zeya Tun

Photo by Desmond Boylan. For more of his photos on Cuba, click here.

Marigolds are used to decorate the garlands used for Hindu rituals. Photo by Channi Anand/AP

Although the South African constitution protects people from violence and discrimination based on their sexual orientation, homophobia is widespread, especially within the townships and poorer communities. Corrective rape is the idea that a lesbian woman will be “cured” and “punished” [...]

Third world countries have been signing major land deals with first world investors. The effect that this has on the local people is fiercely debated. To see more images click here. Photo by Alfredo Bini

Filmmaker and photographer Jacob Perlmutter, captures his trip to India. For more pictures, click here.

To read more click here. Photo by Sukree Sukplang

The raw and unspoiled beauty of starry nights is not something that most of us get a chance to experience very often…or ever. Light pollution, an excess of artificial light, is a reality and yet another way in which we [...]

Amina is 13 and weaves carpets for a living. To read more click here. Photo by: Jean Chung

“More than four decades after it became law, a little-known federal act safeguards hundreds of primordial waterways.” For more pictures and to read about the story, Boundless: America’s Wild and Scenic Rivers, click here. Photo by Michael Melford

Photo by Thomas P. Peschak. For more of his work, click here.

In the shadows of both fashion week and Valentines day, it seems only appropriate to celebrate one of fashion’s greatest love stories, that of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge. “L’Amour Fou”, translated into “Crazy Love”, is the documentary that [...]

Photo by Sam Panthaky. Kalamandalam Radhakrishnan prepares for his performance during the 5 day long Soorya festival. To read more about this click here.

Photo courtesy of BBC News Thousands of people rally in Athens as a protest against the Austerity measures being discussed by parliament. To read more click here.

Having originally been founded in 1985 and then swallowed up by BCBG MAX AZRIA GROUP in 1998, Max Azria relaunched the label, Hervé Léger, again 2007. This past Saturday, at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, the Hervé Léger by Max Azria show [...]

In Remembrance of the revolution that ended China’s last dynasty, Taipei Schoolchildren gathered for the celebration of Taiwan’s national day, Double Ten. Photograph by Jodi Cobb

This Friday Charlotte Ronson showed her fall 2012 range at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. Deep plum, emerald green, burnt orange, camel, and warm beige, brown and grey tones ruled over the collection, which managed to maintain the  grunge [...]

Christopher Thomas, a Berlin based photographer renowned for his city portraiture, captures Venice in an unusual way.  Here the city stands alone and, without its usual bustle of people, is left to capture our imaginations. For more on the project, [...]

A label with a truly romantic and somewhat bizarre beginning, A.F. Vandevorst was started up by couple, An Vandervorst and Filip Arickx, who met in 1987 on their first day as students at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in [...]

Most of the charcoal in Liberia is made by women. They use heavy rubber tree stumps, which they carry on their heads for miles, in this labor heavy process. For more of the story, told through pictures, go here. Photography by [...]

Katie Franklin is fast becoming a tour de force in the fashion industry. Only her creations are not made with string and needle, but rather, with butter, chocolate and pure decadence. Katie transforms cakes into elaborate, themed creations that represent [...]

The fourth parliamentary election in six years where women’s liberation takes a step back. Last year there were four women in parliament, this year there are none. Read more here.

Photography by: John Freeman Dead-vlei, an Afrikaans name that translates to “dead-marsh”, is a name given to a clay pan that sits amongst the Namibian sand dunes, famous for its tree skeletons. Read more about the dead-vlei here.