All of Photo Essays — Page 4
152 Photo Essays and Stories — Shot on Film
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Waterways
Exploring London’s Canals
March 26, 2020
London’s canal system forms part of the Grand Union Canal; a 137-mile-long canal line running from London to Birmingham. I have always been fascinated by life on the waterways — especially since my mother lives full-time on a houseboat herself. A few weeks ago, on a rare day off, I decided to walk the canal route between Kings Cross to Little Venice — a part of London I had never properly explored before.— Jessica Edney.
An Immigrant Story
1999, 2020
March 22, 2020
Having landed back in Vancouver, I ride the train home in a stupor. As if I woke up from a lucid dream, not quite able to separate the reality from the mind’s fabrications. After moving to Canada in 1999, I never revisited my homeland until 2020. In Moscow, I lived with my grandma and grandpa while attending grade school.— Dmitri.
Dreary Town
March 17, 2020
Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places. This photo essay is inspired by the book Invisible Cities.— Enrico Doria.
Vancouver — an Urban Street View
March 10, 2020
Street photography. I’ve had an interest in urban street photography for some time now. It doesn’t pay the bills; for me, it is “for the love of it” kind of pursuit. I shoot what I see. There are no visual or aesthetic goals. It’s just what leaps out and grabs me at the time.— rick davy.
A Seven-Month Trip Across Asia
With a Small Backpack, My Pentax K1000, and Eight Rolls of Film
March 3, 2020
Back from my seven-month Asia adventure. Haven’t got much to unpack: I travelled with one small backpack that can fit on a plane as a carryon. I didn’t limit my packing space to follow a minimalist fad or to make a statement. I did it so that I would not have to pay the baggage fees and wait like a peasant around the airports’ luggage carousels.— nahogan.
Lombok, Indonesia
February 18, 2020
Lombok is an island east of Bali, a part of Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province. Lombok’s unspoiled landscape and preservationist traditions set it well apart from the touristy beach towns of its western neighbour. Lombok’s Sade Village people pride themselves in their freedom from the technological gadgetry most of the world can’t seem to live without.— Iman Alfarizi.
Night Train
No Sleep in Jakarta
February 13, 2020
Jakarta, modernized. The revitalized commuter train, MRT, and LRT are in. All to accommodate the sleepless people of this advancing metropolitans. Working in a remote district is common in Jakarta. Many people live their lives way past the sunset, taking the last train, usually around midnight, to go home.— Iman Alfarizi.
10 Summer Road Trips to Do From Banff National Park
February 11, 2020
Banff is a famed North American tourist hub, laden with young Aussie visitors. Here, to live their working-holiday dream of partying and snowboarding. But it’s not all about powder: Canadian summers bring a unique experience to this postcard-famous destination.— Elouise Antonina.
Hexie Hao
January 21, 2020
Hexie Hao, literally harmony, is the graphic story of a journey across China to the soundtrack of the constant, crazy rhythm of eponymous trains. By the window, daydreaming for hours, I saw the miles of countryside rolling by, speckled by thousands of inhabited blocks.— JlFeixa.
Porto
January 14, 2020
“Vila Nova de Gaia is my umbilical cord. Porto is my mistress, my love. ”***To write from the depths of a heart — is a challenge. This text may have been hindered from the beginning. Still, I’ll assume the risk and leave you with my words and photographs.— Justino Lourenço.
An Insular Journey
January 7, 2020
An Insular Journey encompasses the transit through some islands of the world, and the study on what there is in common and different between them. I had always been interested in the topic of insularity, and in the way this label pursues us, islanders.— sarahbejerano.
SkyTrain
Vancouver’s Conspicuous Commuter Train System
December 17, 2019
Some years ago, I got a big, wrapped box under my family’s lavishly-decorated pine tree. It was a German model train set, gauge TT. The 1/120 scale model set is an incredibly detailed representation of the real thing, rolling on DC-powered tracks, fed through a transformer directly from a 220-volt wall outlet.— Dmitri.
Inchindown
An Underground Facility; Two Friends, Their Photograph, and Their Film
December 9, 2019
The photograph, above, is taken at a defunct military storage facility in Invergorden, Scotland. This underground structure used to host a strategic supply of heavy, viscous fuel to power the floating war machines during WWII. Since the ‘80s, this type of fuel is no longer in use; the facility stands decommissioned.— Dmitri.
COSTA
A Trip Along The Coast
October 8, 2019
The colour, the aroma, the silence. If I were to pick three elements of the sea, I would choose these. For me, the sea is life itself. One born by the sea takes it with them wherever they go. The taste. That incredible combination of freshness and saltiness, it never ceases to take me back.— Seb's.
Climate Strike Vancouver
Friday, September 27 2019
October 7, 2019
The well-being of our environment is extremely complex. Human activity results in numerous intertwined, complicated chains of effects that affect everything around. The world’s scientific community agrees that, overall, we are warming our climate and continue to impact our essential resources for future survival negatively.— Dmitri.
Saint Stephen feast in Ousilhão
October 1, 2019
The region of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro is located in the northern interior of Portugal, bordering with Spanish Galicia. In this Marvelous Kingdom, as the writer Miguel Torga called it, we find a landscape of wild beauty and a people proud of an ancestral culture, of which it is a faithful depositary.— Paulo Monteiro.
Revelstoke, Canada
A Local’s Look Into the Life and the People of a Small Mountain Town
September 17, 2019
Revelstoke is a quaint town in the eastern part of British Columbia. It boasts the most skiable verticals in North America at its local resort. With my camera, I took a step back from the chair lifts and black runs to have a deeper look at the town’s surroundings and the people who live there.— Elouise Antonina.
Dystopian Fiction
Steampunk Cosplay in Panevėžys, Lithuania
August 6, 2019
My first encounter with dystopian fiction was George Orwell’s “1984. ” The book inspired me to earnestly and continuously seek movies and reads on the topic until I saw Mortal Engines. The 2018 film, based on the novel by Phillip Reeve, finally pushed me to make use of my camera.— Andrej Spilevoj.
Shades of Summer
July 23, 2019
I’ve always been interested in the theme of disconnection. At first, it was unconscious and then I noticed I was developing a certain theme in my photographs. Using shadows, pieces of glass, and different textures to convey a sense of something not being complete, unfulfilled.— Bertie Taylor.
Steamboats, Viaducts, and Railways
Imagining Future with William Wordsworth
May 27, 2019
Motions and Means, on land and sea at warWith old poetic feeling, not for this,Shall ye, by Poets even, be judged amiss! Nor shall your presence, howsoe’er it marThe loveliness of Nature, prove a barTo the Mind’s gaining that prophetic senseOf future change, that point of vision, whenceMay be discovered what in soul ye are.— Dmitri.
