“Cheney Orr was born in Arizona in 1990 and raised in New York City. His first long-term photo essay documenting his father’s struggle with early-onset Alzheimer's was published by The New York Times Lens Blog in January 2018. Further work has been published by VICE, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, VAGA Magazine among others. After living the majority of his life in Brooklyn, Cheney moved back to Arizona in 2019 to explore stories and current issues in the American Southwest.”
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“Bernard Kalu (b. 1989) is a documentary photographer based in Lagos, Nigeria; his work is inspired by a passion to explore life and humanity. Photography is drawing with light and he's adopted it as a tool to not only tell stories but preserve today for the future. Bernard began working in photography in 2014, exploring street documentary and creative twists to wedding photography. He is a certified canon master storyteller and VII Academy Foundry alumni. Focus: Enviromental and Social issues.”
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“James Deavin is a documentary photographer who loves working on projects he dreamed up himself, as well as on commercial projects with a creative team. James's photographic style is pretty loose nowadays and he tries to approach the subjects in a very straightforward way - probably because he shots on a large format camera for many years.”
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“Seif Kousmate is a self-taught photographer specializing in social issues who was born in 1988 in Essaouira, Morocco. After a career as a Project Manager in the civil engineering sector, he switched to photography as a new profession. Since then, he has been working on projects in Africa covering migration, youth, and slavery. ”
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“Nicola Zolin is a photojournalist and writer interested in the social and environmental transformations at the borders of Europe, Middle East, and Asia. He explores how people in the world compete over natural resources and what freedom means for human beings, from youth to utopia-seekers, to migrants on the move looking for a better future.”
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“Isao Nishiyama Born in 1977, Isao is an editor, photographer and graphic designer from Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan. He created and began publishing a visual magazine called “Studio Journal knock” in 2013, which features visits with artists all around the globe.”
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“Adriana Ayala is a portrait and fashion photographer based in East London. In 2019, after 8 years of working as a product manager for a big tech company, she decided to quit her day job and pursue the lifelong dream of becoming a professional photographer. Adriana aspires to focus mainly on projects about togetherness and social good.”
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“Sol Bela is a 23 years old Barcelona-based photographer with roots in Equatorial Guinea. It all started a few years ago when she opened a fashion blog and realized the lack of cultural diversity in media. This is when she went from being in front of the camera to standing behind it and to show herself, show people of color and her blackness trought the lenses.”
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“Alfred Quartey documents with photography. He has managed to tell the story of humans and their amazing moments across three continents. Together with Pamela, they have been documenting people, events, and weddings ever since they fell in love. Above all things, Alfred enjoys making the dreams of the clients into reality. He loves encapsulating moments that can be relived every time they look at a photograph.”
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“Growing up hiking and skateboarding in Northern California's Sonoma Valley, Justin McIvor was surrounded by award-winning vineyards and equally beautiful clandestine cannabis gardens. His love for photography and incredible access to the cannabis scene provided a unique opportunity to carve out a career in the niche markets of commercial and editorial cannabis photography.”
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Shot by member Mark Clennon