March for Unity 2024, Bangladesh
March for Unity 2024, Bangladesh The March for Unity 2024 began as a student-led movement demanding reforms in education, employment opportunities, and social justice. Through the eyes of photojournalism, the struggle was vividly captured—processions of young men and women with placards in hand, their faces filled with determination, and streets echoing with calls for equality. […]
PAGARI “Local Patrol” Saving Indonesia’s Last Tiger
The Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) is the last remaining tiger supspecies, as the country has already lost two sub-species of tigers to extinction namely the Bali tiger (Panthera Tigris Balica) and the Javan tiger (Panthera Tigris Sondaica) due to hunting, habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict. Sumatran tiger was classified as Critically Endangered by the […]
Silent Wings
In the historical stories of my country, Iran, owls were symbols of wisdom and the intellectual minds among animals. However, over time, with cultural and religious changes and the spread of superstitions, the owl suddenly became known as a sinister bird. People in some regions of northern Iran believe that owls are associated with spirits […]
The Buriganga: A River of Life and Struggle
On the edge of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, flows the Buriganga—a river steeped in centuries of history, trade, and survival. It is not just water moving between its banks; it is memory, heritage, and the breath of millions who have built their lives along its shores. Generations have looked to this river as a […]
Chains of Madness
It’s called « pasung », the shackling of people with psychosocial disabilities. This archaic practice, illegal in Indonesia since 1977, remains prevalent in rural Java. While limited access to healthcare, and lack of infrastructure are factors, the primary reason remains the stigma of mental illness ingrained in Indonesian society. Fear of social disgrace, animistic beliefs and ancestral […]
Anatomy of a strike
On October 10, 2024, Israel conducted one of its deadliest bombing operations in central Beirut, devastating the Basta neighborhood. The attack targeted Hezbollah financier and negotiator Wafic Safa. The strike’s shockwave pulverized a residential building and destroyed neighboring facades, killing 17 civilians and injuring 117 others. Safa survived—he was not in the area at the […]
July Revolution in Bangladesh.
The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement was a series of anti-government and pro-democracy protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students. Initially focused on restructuring quota-based systems for government job recruitment, the movement expanded against what many perceive as an authoritarian government when they carried out the July massacre of protestors and civilians, most of […]
Shoreline Secret of Baniashanta
Where the river swallows land and homes crumble into water, Baniashanta clings to existence an aging brothel holding the fragile secret of survival. Its story is written between the vanishing shoreline and the bodies within, a silent testament to endurance. Once alive and vibrant, the settlement has been hollowed by floods and relentless erosion. Many […]
How to save the cloud forest – forms of protest against mining in Ecuador
Unbestknown to most people abroad, people in Ecuador until today were largely able to fend off mining companies’ attempts to open mines and exploit the vast resources of copper and other metals that are lying under the surface of what is widely considered the land of the richest biodiversity in the world. However the fight […]
Fanny & arthur
Nowhere in Europe is organic farming as widespread as in Austria. A new photo series, created over the course of six summers in rural Lower Austria, offers an intimate glimpse into the daily life of a farming family navigating tradition, sustainability, and modern challenges. According to European directives, one quarter of agriculture in the EU […]