US infantry soldier (of the 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division) SPC Daniel Brand, left, lights a cigarette at COP (Combat Operating Post) Charkh in the south of Logar Province, Afghanistan.
US soldier (of the 2nd Platoon, Alpha Com- pany, 4th Battery, 25th Field Artill- tery Regi- ment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division) SPC Christopher Ostrander is wounded after an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) deto- nated under his MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle while on patrol in central Logar Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2009. SPC Ostrander incurred several injuries to the head including a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and cracked skull.
US infantry soldier (of the 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infan try Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Divi- sion) SPC Matthew Led- ford holds his head in his hands, exhausted, after completing a long patrol and firefight at COP Charkh in the south of Logar Province, Afghanistan.
US infantry soldiers (of the 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regi- ment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division), SPC Aldin Zukic, left, and PFC Donald Garab rough house and play fight in their room at COP (Combat Operating Post) Charkh in the south of Logar Province, Afghanistan.
Left to right: US infantry soldiers (of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division), SGT John Virg- adamo, SPC Matthew Ledford, and SPC Brian Lucey watch SPC Adam Ramsey, right, jump onto a pile of mattresses at COP (Combat Operating Post) Charkh in the south of Logar Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2009.
US infantry soldier (of the 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regi- ment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division) SPC John Alamo directs fire toward enemy combatants after being fired upon while on patrol in the south of Logar Province, Afghani- stan, Sept. 2009.
US infantry soldier (of the 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regi- ment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division) SGT Justin Chapell sits on his bed at COP (Combat Operating Post) Charkh in the south of Logar Province, Afghanistan.
A US infantry soldier SGT Christopher Beck (of the 3rd Platoon, Bravo Com- pany, 1st Bat- talion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Divi- sion) engages in a firefight while on patrol in the south of Logar Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2009.
Canal Street, New York City, 2007
A newborn baby sleeps in a makeshift hammock underneath the bed. Kandiaro, Pakistan, 2010
Old woman looking sideways (2009)
Cambodian Buddhist temple in the Bronx, New York, which was collectively founded and financed in 1981 by community members shortly after their arrival in America. There exists a generational discord among youth, who were raised in America, and elders, who survived the Killing Fields. Bronx, New York, Sept. 2011.
Doretha “Rita” Washington, 66, left, grieves at the casket of her younger sister, Kathy Ann Stewart, who was murdered by a stray bullet while laying in bed talking to her fiance. Stewart lived in the William Penn housing projects, which is notorious for being one of the most violent projects in the city. Prior to this incident, according to residents, over a half dozen people had been shot in the last few months. Stewart, right, is seen lying in her casket. After the murder occurred, a group, lead by one of Stewart’s out-raged family members, organized a daily walk around the project for seven straight days in protest of the violence. The group, center, prays in front of the home where Stewart was murdered.
Latasha Bacon, 21, right of center, sits with her leg out smoking a cigarette on Christmas morn- ing, while her nephew and brother are seen beside her. Bacon is currently under house ar- rest after spending over a month in prison for a domestic depute she had with the father of her children. (Multiple Exposure in Camera)
People walk and ride their bike home in the middle of a winter blizzard that dumped almost two feet of snow. A young man poses for a por- trait with his hands out, pre- tending he has a gun, which is a common pose for young people in Chester. (Multiple Exposure in Camera)
September 2011- Ghana, Accra. The work on the dump is very stressful and hazardous. Young people burning e-waste cables for the copper. According to a Basel Action Network/ Greenpeace study, the toxic smog is likely to cause sterility, asthma, cancer and neurological disorders.
Palestinians who work and stay illegally in Israel, waiting to be deported back to the West Bank, after being caught by border patrol police. Agricultural areas near the Gaza strip border. (South Israel, 2009)
Camomile flowers cover by a net in the family garden.
Christina Djologue, 14, bakes a cake while her grandmother Lamara minds baby Gigi. Tagiloni, Gali, abkhazia
Sonya Maggit strikes a pose, showing off her outfit, in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi before going out clubbing on September 25, 2010.
Gayane Aghajanyan breastfeeds her newborn son Rafael at the Stepanakert Maternity Hospi- tal in Nagorno Karabakh , 2011. Gayane will receive a first baby payment of approximately 190 € Euros as part of the government’s “Birth Encouragement Program”.
Jozef K. (1965-2012)
Carmen and Lupita In bed, 2011
Rahela. Sirajganj, Bangladesh. August 2011.
Jenna cries into Kim’s shoulder before bed.
Relatives, living and dead, decorate the walls of Mami Suzanne’s home. Rhyanne watches her reflection next to them while she waits for her friends to arrive.
Sarswati Devidas Kangale’s husband was in deep depression the days before he committed suicide. Sixty-five-year-old Devidas Bakaram Kangale was in deep pain and could not afford the cost of medicine.
Los Angeles, Los Feliz, 2002
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THE FOTOVISURA GRANT EXHIBITION
Curated by Adriana Teresa and Graham Letorney—The FotoVisura Grant Exhibition features a selection of thirty images by twenty members of the FotoVisura international photography community, who were recognized for their personal projects by a panel of renown editors and curators in either the 2010 or 2011 FotoVisura Grant competition.
FotoVisura is about community as much as photography. Together, we stand for respect, tolerance, awareness and compassion, as well as, the understanding that one can exercise his or her freedom of expression within a space that believes that we can co-exist and grow in the difference.
This exhibition is a testimony to the broad spectrum and high quality of personal projects produced by the members of the FotoVisura community. Using their own resources, each photographer has taken it upon themself to bring to light a story that they feel strongly about. Some expose and even risk their own life during the process, yet all have become a voice to many who do not have one.
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