Roots

Gregory Herpe
Paris
I went to teach photography to Ukrainian war orphans who had taken refuge in NGOs with Moldovan social orphans, in the autonomous territory of Gagauzia, and in the capital Chisinau. It was an enriching and very moving experience. In this photo, 2 Ukrainian orphan brothers and 2 Moldovan orphans in…
Mark Blickley
New York
A visual response I sent to a friend after we had a silly, heated July 4th discussion over why I prefer tea to coffee in the morning, because he reproached me as an un-American Anglophile.
Jess Leaf Lensmire
Milwaukee
June 17th, I believe it was Saturday in the afternoon.  There is a skatepark that won't show up on your gps in Milwaukee, where people sweat, elbow a buddy after they said something stupid, drink and share cigs during dusk and oft until 4 am.  Sometimes the lone wolf skaters will work on…
Sophia Nasif
London
These photographs are from a 14-hour trip I took with some incredible fishermen from Raa Atoll, Maldives. We left at 2:30 am, and returned just before sunset. Titled ‘Masdhoni (Fishing Boat)’, this is a project that I am hoping to expand further over the next few years. In this image, one of the…