The doors of the Dogon are great works of the imagination By Leigh Voigt Mali is in the middle of the bulge of Africa. In the middle of Mali, is Timbuktu; inaccessible, intriguing, fabled. The very word conjures up images of men in blue robes on camels in the desert….
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Andy Hall
MUSENGWA: BAREKNUCLE BOXING IN VENDA
“Tell us brother, what colour was Jesus?” by Andy Hall In the Remote Venda area of Northern South Africa local champions from the village of Gabo meet their counterparts from the neighbouring village of Chifudzi on the other side of a river, to partake in an annual bareknuckle boxing tournament…
Abhay K.
THE MAGIC OF MADAGASCAR
Wishing you a rewarding and sublime journey by Abhay K. Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island; after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo. Madagascar is in the western Indian Ocean. Some consider Madagascar to be the Earth’s eighth continent because it has such enormous biodiversity. Geologically, Madagascar broke away from…
Andy Hall
THE MILLION MAN MARCH
The marchers came from all over North America in a shared experience; strangers hugged and held hands as if they were old friends by Andy Hall In 1995, The Nation Of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan had called for a march on Washington similar to the one 32 years before organised…
Leon Kreel
Nature in Black and White
Leon Kreel has exhibited in salons around the world. He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. His photographic trips have taken him to Yellowstone national park, Iceland, Namibia and India. Leon uses photography to immerse himself in new and old environments and to capture the wonders that he discovers – and continues to discover.
East Java
The Striking Colours of Indonesian Markets
My father was excited by the possibility of going to Indonesia, but to his chagrin, his battalion was the one kept behind in the Netherlands. He tried to join the troops who were sailing off to ‘Nederlands Indie” as it was called, but needed the approval of his father. He wasn’t 21. His father, my grandfather wouldn’t give in. I am very grateful that he wasn’t allowed to fight for Dutch colonialism.
Andy Hall
Photo-essay: my photographic career began with the Big Bang
On and off, for over thirty years, Andy Hall has aimed his camera at The City of London My adult life began at the end of the 70’s, more or less in line with the beginning of Neo-liberalism, which over the last 40 years has come to dominate, with such…
Felipe Elvira
Wake up in Uruapan
By Felipe Elvira Imagine waking up in Uruapan. Many thousands of Uruapenses who have crossed the border over into the USA dream of doing just that. They make films about it. Uruapan, with its orchards and breathtakingly beautiful national park built along river banks. Uruapan’s park has hundreds of fountains…
Personal experience
A Personal Vision of Richmond Park and Beyond
by Philip Hall Richmond Park is not far away from us. It’s easy to reach it and to walk in it. We enter by the Kingston Gate and from there walk to the Ham Gate. At the Ham gate there is a small pond. . . . When I begin…
ANC
ANDY HALL’S COVERAGE OF THE CUBAN WITHDRAWAL FROM ANGOLA IN ‘89
Africa South…. “Angola Rising”, photo ©Andy Hall ‘I was excited about the victory of the MPLA, but others weren’t’ An Interview with Ars Notoria Magazine Interviewer: Do you believe your background gave you a perspective on this conflict absent in most Western newsrooms? Because, of course, your parents were members…
Leon Kreel
Portrait of the South Downs Coast
Belle Toute, Leon Kreel © by Leon Kreel . Leon Kreel has exhibited in salons around the world. He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. His photographic trips have taken him to Yellowstone National Park, Iceland, Namibia and India. Leon uses photography to immerse himself in new and old…
Photography
POET-PORTRAITS
‘Meditation’ (2024) Copyright photograph by Sudeep Sen (inspired by photographs shot by poet Sudeep Sen in Bhutan, June 2024) . by JHILAM CHATTARAJ an ekphrastic poem . Far, in the plains, sun-sleeved daylight ushers a cool, cobalt evening— . an echo of a word-shepherd chanting hymns across hypnotic hills….
Andy Hall
ANDY HALL: NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL
© Andy Hall photographer Exhibition at the Tabernacle Centre W11 2AY Photographer Andy Hall dives into the fray with his camera, showing us scenes, moments and happenings on the streets of west London during Europe’s largest and most diverse annual urban open-air party known as the Notting Hill Carnival. I’ve…
Afghanistan
GOATS FOR THE PEOPLE OF PASHTUN ZARGHUN
By Inge Colijn During my 27 years of work for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, I lived in many countries and they all became special to me. But some places like Afghanistan mean more. I was told at our headquarters in Geneva that people from abroad working in Afghanistan…
Andy Hall
Photo Essay: Celebrating Holi in the Streets of Mumbai
Photograph Andy Hall by Andy Hall The principle practice in street photography, and why I love it, is the immersive experience. That’s the only way you’re going to snatch those serendipitous, split-second moments you long for, as you wade through the river of human activity around you; all the time not…
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