April 2018 Spotlight
by Edward Boches/ United States
Fame, success and even self-respect can be elusive goals for many young men and women who grow up in the inner city. But the boxing gym, as it has for decades, promises a way up for some and a way out for others. It offers young boxers a home where they find support and community. It builds character...
by Jeanine Michna-Bales/ United States
A photographic survey of Cold War era fallout shelters that were built throughout the United States in the 1950s and 60s.
by Beccy Strong/ United Kingdom
Wilde Blood is both a document of childhood and at the same time a constructed psychological fiction, as much about my son (on the brink of adolescence) and our family relationships, as it is a reflection of my own fear of loss and change...
by Casey Atkins/ Nicaragua
In the male-dominated society of Nicaragua, it can be difficult for a woman to advance on her own. Many low-income women have taken to starting businesses in the informal economy as a means of gaining some autonomy. The majority of these businesses revolve around food production. Women...
by Steven Edson/ United States
March for Our Lives in Boston, March 24, 2018. These photographs highlight the activism by students and concerned citizens who organized a worldwide protest and march against assault rifles, guns in schools and the power of the NRA to inflict...
by Tara Todras-Whitehill/ Nepal
Nepal legalized abortion 15 years ago, and public and private facilities have been set up to provide the procedure. However, because of issues like stigma, lack of education, and distrust of government facilities, most women don't ask important questions of the health care providers...
by Frank Coco/ United States
The Rebuild Center in New Orleans is a place where homeless people and transients can obtain services that are often difficult for them to obtain. Some of these services are a mailing address, medical assistance, prescription drug assistance, and counseling. A free hot lunch is served Monday through...
by Constanza Hevia H./ Chile
"The witches have said I will live a long time. I have till the year 2013 or 2014. I will live 108, 109, 110 years. I still have a lot to do, a lot ahead... I am a little tired sometimes." Hugo Küschel, August 8th, 2017. The Time I Have Left is a documentary project about...
by Rusty Leffel/ United States
America is angry about gun violence. Just five days after seventeen students and staff were murdered in Parkland, Florida, over 500 people gathered on President's Day, 2/19/2018, at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles for a "People's Rally Against Gun Violence"...