This ‘Photo’ Was Made From an 84-Year-Old Woman’s Memory
Photographs are made by cameras. But what if an image can be made from the memory of a human being? A research and design studio is using AI to do just that.
TikTok is Profiting From Live Streams of Syrian Refugees Begging
A BBC investigation has found that TikTok is profiting from live streams in which Syrian refugees beg for money -- with the social media giant taking up to 70 percent of donations raised by them.
Mobile Classroom Teaches At-Risk Children the Art of Analog Photography
Syrian photographer Serbest Salih has set up a mobile photography school that introduces vulnerable Syrian, Iraqi, and Turkish children to analog photography.
Powerful Portraits of Refugees and the Smartphone Photos They Cherish Most
In February, photographer Alex John Beck travelled to refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan to capture a powerful portrait project. In a series of diptychs, he pairs refugee or family of refugees with their most treasured smartphone photography, and the story of that photo.
Portraits of Refugees with Their Most Precious Possession
Commercial portrait photographer Gabriel Hill's typical day involves photographing big players in the pharmaceutical industry, some of the wealthiest people in the world. But his powerful personal project ImPORTRAITS is all about people who have almost nothing: refugees who escaped their countries carrying only the bare essentials... and sometimes not even that.
Portraits of Refugees and the Few Things They Fled Home With
Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing their war torn countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, bringing very few possessions with them as they make their dangerous -- and often deadly -- journeys toward what they hope is a better life.
The International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian aid organization, commissioned photographer Tyler Jump to shoot a series of photos to document what refugees brought across the Aegean Sea to Lesbos, Greece.
Portraits of Refugees Posing With Their Most Valued Possessions
If you had to quickly flee both your home and country, what one possession would you make sure you take with you? It's a question that reveals a lot about your life and values, and, unfortunately, is one that many people around the world actually have to answer.
NYC-based photographer Brian Sokol has been working on a project supported by the UN Refugee Agency titled "The Most Important Thing." It consists of portraits of refugees in which the subjects pose with the one thing they couldn't let go of when running away from home.