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On the Front Cover: Broadview’s Stand #3
A federal agent points a weapon as a few armed Federal agents come to remove the posters put up on the front of the security fencing surrounding the front entrance of the ICE detention facility on Beach Street in Broadview, IL, USA. Since early September, protesters have returned to this facility to attempt to block operations tied to enforcement sweeps.
Alexandra Buxbaum © All rights reserved.
See the article on page 08
On the Back Cover: Norilsk
Holger Hoffmann © All rights reserved.
See the article on page 36
Lens Magazine ♛ December Edition #134. 2025 Final Edition.
The GOOD, BAD and UGLY
The latest magazine of 2025 paints a bleak picture of the world we live in. Governments that control citizens and pass laws that violate basic human rights, pollution and piles of garbage covering our beautiful world, and a growing gap between the rich and the people who try to live in peace and basic dignity.
Alexandra Buxbaum exhibits her latest coverage of the Broadview’s Stand- The facility drew weekly protests against the Operation Midway Blitz, a federal crackdown on undocumented immigrants in Chicago that quickly expanded across Illinois and into Lake County, Indiana.
Holger Hoffmann is presenting two outstanding projects: Waste Mismanagement – Dystopia or Reality? and Norilsk: Stopover in Russia’s Most Polluted City. Both series criticize heavy air pollution and disrespect for nature and the Earth. James T. Gunderson exhibits his unique project, Fire and Fog, which covers the aftermath of the 2025 Palisades Fires. Josef Buergi features The Raw Spectacle Ranch Rodeo in the USA. Lilyan Aloma exhibits her beautiful black-and-white project “Commuting,” which explores her regular travel on the Long Island Railroad, fulfilling her role as caregiver while her mother descends into dementia. She found herself traveling regularly on the Long Island Railroad, fulfilling her role as caregiver.
Steff Gruber is presenting two fantastic projects: The Narikuravar people of Tamil Nadu (2024) and the Railway Community (2022), both of which shed light on the sad situation of low-income societies.
JM Simpson presents his series, The Humanity of the Moment, which focuses on homeless individuals and their unfortunate circumstances. And Zellen J Chill features a fantastic artistic documentary project, “Bordelle & Zellen” of prison cells.
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The Surreal World of Erik Johansson Erik Johansson, born in 1985 in Götene (Sweden), he grew up in a farm with his parents and 2 sisters. As a kid, Erik …
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Martin Schoeller CELEBRITY PORTRAITS Martin Schoeller, the New York based photographer best known for his tight portraits or “Close Up” series, created Hollywood personalities in fun scenes, had his work …
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Julio Cesar Osorio Edge of existence About Julio Cesar Osorio For the past two decades, Julio worked as a freelance photojournalist, focusing on an array of projects from architectural …
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Robert van Bolderick Nature’s Touch Robert van Bolderick is of both Swedish and Dutch descent. Works as an international artist in his studio in Stockholm. When he works with the …
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ORNA NAOR Humanity Around The Glob Around the world, in many cultures, people choose to spend, view and just pass their free time in the street. Despite the relative comfort …
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NOA SHEIZAF Around the Kitchen Table Documentary photographer, artist and a cultural researcher. Professional Photographer since 1997 “My work is a diary of my journey in life. In my photography …
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Inna Merkish Melody&Harmony in Still Life I was born in 1961 in Lipetsk, Russia. The Artistic field was rooted in our family. My father loved to paint and photograph. He …
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ERAN GILAT -LIFE SCIENCE- Eran Gilat is a Neuroscientist and an avid Fine Art Photographer. Eran’s research focus on the development of innovative cure for Epilepsy. His “Life Science” project …
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“THE PERFECT IMPERFECTION” BY ASCAF .A IN A COLLABORATION WITH THE ARTIST AMIR “SAMY” GABRIEL My name is Ascaf. I was born in Israel in 1976. At the age of …
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ITZICK LEV PORTRAITS “I love to do candid photography. I don’t like the “say cheese” pictures. I wanted to capture the candid facial expression of people as it is. I …
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Monsters at Borrego Springs Photographing the Milky Way By Jim DeLillo A warm wind blows across me, but I still feel a chill run down my back. I’m alone in …
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ACHRAF BAZNANI A Surreal Dream Talented photographer-artist Achraf Baznani plays with scale and proportion to create mice-en-scène that are dreamlike, introspective and not a little bit whimsical. His images have …
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SIGAL MIZRAHI Let The Music Play Sigal Mizrahi, a photographer specializing in people, music and nature photography. Photography is a magical and emotional journey for me, full of adventures, memories, …
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Fashion PhotographyFine Art PhotographyInterviews with Photographers
ADRIANA SOARES | Special Interview
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KAREN KNORR India Song Karen knorr, an american, was born in frankfurt am main, germany and was raised in san juan puerto rico in the 1960s. She finished her education …
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Architectural PhotographyFine Art PhotographyPhotographersUrban Photography
MICHAEL WOLF Architecture Of Density
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Amy Kanka Valadarsky “Misthaven” “We see what we know until we know who we are, then we see what we feel.” — Ernst Haas Shot in Israel and United States …
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URI RUBINSTEIN Performance Photographer My name is Uri Rubinstein, I am a veteran stage lighting designer in Israel who has worked on hundreds of theater and dance performances. In the …
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GILI YAARI Tokyo Underground In Transit: Tokyo, 2015 Tokyo, one of the busiest cities in the world, has its own rhythm. It feels like a huge endless human stream. It …
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Anuj Arora Pushkar, Dharamshala & Delhi in B&W “Photography is not only my passion but a vent out because of which I can connect with the world like nature, people, history …
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MIGUEL VALDIVIESO – Quiet Place – The Landscapes Series Miguel Valdivieso is an international landscape photographer who has developed a consistent line of work around long exposure techniques. Photography has …
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Dr. Avi Perl Everybody has a story Born in Haifa, Israel. Age 58. Married; 3 sons. Ph.D. in Plant Genetics. For the last 3 years serving as the Chief Scientist …
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ITAI MONNICKENDAM Under Nature’s Veil Location: Cordillera Huayhuash Mountain Range, North Andes, Peru Immersing in nature is one of my favorite feelings. Especially when it all comes together, a great …
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Dr. Akira TAKAUE Architectural World In B&W As an architect/international bridge engineer, I have been fortunately enough to visit a lot of places not only in Tokyo, but also around …
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The Art Of Animals By Wolf Ademeit “Animal photographers focus their work in general on the presentation of animals in the wild nature. Only a few photographers use the photography …
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ORNA NAOR. Nightlife In Jerusalem Church Of The Holy Sepulcher On Holy Saturday believers gather in great crowds in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. For on this day fire …
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Smoky, Underground, Mediterranean IN BLACK & WHITE. ELAD NAVON 3 months ago I was asked to shoot one of the most talked about parties in Tel -Aviv , A new Mediterranean disco …
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Interviews with PhotographersNight & Night life Photography
MOSES PINI SILUK. Night scenes around the world
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FILIP WOLAK. Nightlife in NYC Filip Wolak , A Professional photographer based in NYC, with many years experience in editorial, product, food+drink, nightlife, travel and event photography. An active contributor …
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LIOR GLAICHMAN Night Atmosphere Underground My name is Lior Glaichman, I am 33 years old, married and the father of two lovely boys. I work and reside in Nahariya, Israel. …
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Most Influential PHOTOGRAPHERS DEEP NIGHTS BY BRASSAI BRASSAÏ Or Gyula Halász, as most of us like to call him, was one of the many Hungarians who gravitated to Paris between …
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Interviews with PhotographersNight & Night life Photography
Marsel Van Oosten | An Exclusive Interview
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THE MAGICAL NIGHT OF Paul Zizka SPECIAL INTERVIEW Paul Zizka is a professional mountain landscape and adventure photographer based in Banff, Alberta. Specializing in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach …
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An interview with ROIE GALITZ We are most pleased to interview one of the most known wildlife, Nature & culture photographers in Israel. This is the second time we have …
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FRANS LANTING FRANS LANTING has been hailed as one of the great photographers of our time. His influential work appears in books, magazines, and exhibitions around the world. Born in …
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Man Ray Painter, Photographer, Filmmaker (1890–1976) Man Ray was primarily known for his photography, which spanned both the Dada and surrealism movements. Synopsis In 1915, man ray met french artist …
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Orly Eyal-Levy Born and raised in north of israel – Acco. Graduated from camera obscura school of arts – tel aviv in 2007. Since then photographing mainly portraits and families. …
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Erika Linor Kutzuk A South Tel Aviv-based photographer and painter, who deals with her work mainly in social issues such as Inequality, racism, civil rights, refugees, the poor, women›s rights, …
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Iris Ben-Yair Iris Ben-Yair, 37, (Petach Tikva) Israel “I have spent a third of my 17 years of adult life sitting fascinated in university classrooms, getting my BA in Cognitive …
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Aner Gelem “I have choose the medium of photography to lead my artwork, as it allows me to express the most in terms of reality perception, creation of reality truths …
Black & White Photography
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MIRANDA SCHMITZ | BLACK WAVES ‘Black Waves’ is an expressionist and metaphorical project that explores the dark depths of grief. It’s based on the true story of a friend of …
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Eva Lewarne | WHY ANGELS? Where there are humans,you will find flies…And Buddhas – Kobayashi Issa We need help to rise above our own humanity and understand mortality. So we …
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ALICE S. KANDELL | Sikkim | The Lost Kingdom | An Exclusive Interview
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France Leclerc | A Wodaabe Gathering!
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ORNA NAOR | “We want to be FREE in our country”
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ADA TRILLO | BLACK LIVES MATTER
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“We can be a prism and not just a reflection of society. This is the true meaning of being an artist. We can also enlighten …
Nature. Wildlife. Landscape
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Moshe Filberg born in Israel, Live in Gedera, Israel “I photograph since I was a teenager with my first Kodak Retina camera, now it’s a collector item. In the last …
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LIOR YAAKOBI “To the complaint, ‘There are no people in these photographs”,’ I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.” -Ansel Adams I’m a passionate self-taught …
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Wildlife and Nature Photography by Kevin Lewis Circle of Fear Animals, including ourselves, have a natural circle of fear. As you approach an animal, it will normally watch you getting …
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Michel Braunstein Breathtaking Spots Underwater Hello, my name is Michel Braunstein, my passion for the sea was born prior to my 10th birthday as I was watching Jacques Cousteau’s movies. Just about …
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ANAT FLUKSMAN Being Clean Anat Fluksman (b.1959, Israel) ” Without manipulating by computer-whatever appeared- becomes the absolute most it can be at the moment and I’m often amazed at …