Semengoh Orangutan sanctuary is near to Kurching in Borneo. It is a large area of forest and the 35 Orangutans that live there are semi-wild and come to the feeding area two times a day for their bananas and coconuts.
These photos were taken with an Infrared camera which gave an ethereal, almost "abominable snowman" look to the Orangutans as well as revealing a certain vulnerability and grace.
— Darren Nisbett
LensCulture presents an in-depth visual report of the intense but short civil uprising in Kiev that toppled the government within a few days — 105 black-and-white photographs by award-winning photojournalist Alfred Yaghobzadeh. This is the second of a 2-part photo-essay.
These documentary photos tell the tale of the countless Central American immigrants who, with great resilience and fearless singularity of purpose, brave great dangers while crossing Mexico in the hopes of reaching their promised land: the United States of America.
With her 8×10-inch camera and a portrait lens, Janelle Lynch photographed pylons, puddles, leaves, and litter as metaphors for themes of absence and presence, mourning and remembrance.
Toshio Shibata's work blends landscape painting with documentary realism, allowing it to move beyond mere description to something greater. Shibata's photographs show the extent of our creative (and destructive) powers, allowing us to draw our own conclusions about the impact humanity has had on the world.
