In June 2014, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations approved an international resolution helping artisanal fishery, highlighting that it represents more than 90% of the world's extractive fishing. As a photographer, I wanted to investigate the state of degradation and...

After three long years of helping to build a bridge to freedom for a group of enslaved prostitutes in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, the last thing Ian expected was the confronting realization that opportunity was not enough. The arduous and precarious task of building trust and developing ...

2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. All the media spoke extensively about Chernobyl, but after documenting for more than 14 years the Chernobyl consequences, I found some interesting and unknown stories inside the zone. One of these stories is about the recycling of radioactive ...

In the Mexican city of Juarez, thousands of young women have disappeared and hundreds have been found dead since 1993. This phenomenon has helped usher a new word into the lexicon: Femicide. This is described as the deliberate killing of women, because they are women. Sex trafficking and exploitation...

Arsenic pollution through ground water has become serious social problem in Asia. Arsenic is absorbed into the human body through well water and it has a negative impact on a variety of organs such as the skin. This phenomenon is frequently reported along the rivers, which come from the Tibetan...

The Acholi Quarter is comprised of displaced refugees who have struggled to rebuild their lives after fleeing from their homeland in Northern Uganda. They have created "home" out of a slum.  They have maintained hope, despite having lost nearly everything. Their resilience and ...

AIDS continues to be a disease feared but not understood as education is sparse and medical counselors administering drugs emphasize the peril of the disease being a death sentence to ensure the drugs are taken. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the growth of children contracting the AIDS virus is growing...

This series began in 1993 in Miami, Florida while the city was being sued for violating the civil rights of homeless people. Miami had a habit of jailing the homeless prior to public events. The presiding judge forbid criminalizing the homeless while the topic was being litigated and shantytowns ...

For the past four years I went deeper and deeper into the question of refugees and IDPs (internally displaced persons) from the conflicts after the breakup of the Soviet Union. After visiting the South Caucasian countries Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan (including Nagorno-Karabakh) I also went to ...

Instability is a cause of great suffering. Sometimes it's a week, or a year, but most often a generational problem. Over 14,000 families in New York are currently without housing -- enduring endless lines, sleepless nights and a constant insecurity that is passed from parent...

Emily Dextraze is an eleven-year-old beauty pageant competitor who lives in Westfield, Massachusetts, a small town of 42,000 residents in Western New England located about two hours west of Boston. The beauty pageant industry in the United States is estimated to be worth 5 billion U.S...