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Just Published! ♛ June 2026 Edition #136
One-Of-A-Kind Extended Edition. Most Influential Photographers
The Power Of Faith
Religion and Spirituality Across Cultures
Digital Edition’s Front Cover:
Candle Procession
Three young Buddhist novices hold candles inside a monastery in Sri Lanka. In Buddhist practice, light is often associated with clarity, offering, and devotion, turning this quiet procession into part of a broader spiritual education.
Thibault Gerbaldi © All rights reserved
See the article on page 122
On the Back Cover: An orthodox priest reading his bible inside one of the churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia
Inger Vandyke © All rights reserved.
See the article on page 204
We’re excited to share this special extended edition focused on the power of faith, religion, and spirituality across cultures. In these 300 pages, you’ll discover work by acclaimed photographers from around the world, each offering their own unique perspective.
Inside, you’ll find an exclusive interview with Roberto Pazzi, who shares his collection of sacred moments. Brice Gelot captures the Love of God in the streets of Mexico and Los Angeles.
Aga Szydlik documents Voodoo, showing the living spirit of Benin.
Orna Naor shares two series: The Holy Fire Ceremony and Jewish traditions and holidays.
Holger Hoffmann’s documentary explores the Shamans in Tuva. Frank Binder captures Christmas in Lalibela. Yoram Biberman documents the Kapparot Atonement Ritual within Jerusalem’s Orthodox Jewish communities. Ingmar Ostermaier reflects on the horrors committed in the name of religion at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis’ extermination camp. Costanza Rossi shares her project ‘Hadaka Matsuri,’ photographed during the sacred ceremony in Okayama, Japan.
Haris Kakarouhas explores The Path Within, with photographs taken inside Tibetan temples. Mieke Douglas looks at the rise of the Cult of Santa Muerte (Holy Death) in Mexico. Gabi Steiner’s series is dedicated to the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela. Arkadiusz Kubisiak presents a black-and-white documentary of The Pauline Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland. Thibault Gerbaldi, whose work appears on our cover, shares two collections: The Island of Offerings and The Geography of Faith. Ora Buerkli explores devotion across cultures and invites us inside Magdenau convent in eastern Switzerland with her series ‘Within These Walls’. Inger Vandyke features her collection of Faith from many continents and cultures.
We are proud of this unique edition, expressing the diversity across cultures, as well as the unity of our souls seeking greater meaning in life and understanding that a human being has a spirit beyond flesh and blood alone. WE ARE ALL ONE.
Enjoy!
- Due to the large number of pages in June Edition #136, we’ve created two Print editions that will be affordable for orders from all countries. Enjoy!
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About PhotographyAnne Pinto RodriguesInterviews with PhotographersMost Influential Photographers
Mathieu Willcocks | An Exclusive Interview
An Interview with Mathieu Willcocks Photojournalist/Photographer WPP Prize: Spot News – Third Prize, Stories By Anne Pinto-Rodrigues Mathieu Willcocks was born in Paris in 1988 and grew up in Hong …
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Danakil Desert The Home Of The Afar Tribe By Neta Dekel The Danakil Desert is a desert that stretches across 100,000 square kilometers in 3 countries: northeast Ethiopia, southern Eritrea …
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HOME by Allan Kliger “It was May, 2014. A Magnum Agency workshop in Reggio Emilia, Italy, with Magnum photographer Abbas leading. As part of Fotografia Europea 2014, the Municipality of …
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World Press Photo Festival 2017, Amsterdam Coverage & Interviews By Anne Pinto-Rodrigues The very first World Press Photo (WPP) Festival, that ran from 20th to 22nd April 2017, at the …
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Interviews with PhotographersMost Influential Photographers
Cristina Mittermeier | An Exclusive Interview
An Exclusive Interview with Cristina Mittermeier Photographer, writer and conservationist Cristina Mittermeier uses her camera to document the intersection of wild nature and humans. She’s been recognized as one of …
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Most Influential PhotographersPhotographersStreet Photography
5Top Most Influential Active Urban & Street Photographers- BOOGIE
5Top Most Influential Active Urban & Street Photographers- BOOGIE The Darkest Aspects Of Street Culture All photos were taken between 2003-2006 in BedStuy, Bushwick and Queensbridge, which are considered to …
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FRANCISCO MATA ROSAS ‘Centro Habana’ Francisco Mata Rosas (1958, Mexico City/Mexico) received a degree in photo-journalism early on in his career in photography. Since then his photography has been published …
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PETER ALESSANDRIA I ♥ New York Peter was born and raised in New York City and Long Island. After attending law school, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a …
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MIGUEL VALDIVIESO Deep interaction with nature Miguel Valdivieso is an international international international landscape photographer who has developed a consistent line of work around long exposure techniques. Photography has been …
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ZEEV ARAZI Touch Of Mediterranean Sea Zeev’s pictures emerge from a wide variety of content worlds. In this series featured here, he exhibits serene nature pictures that emphasize the artist …
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OREN GOLAN The Man And The Sea This photography series that I chose to display here, represent the strong connection between a man and the sea. In some photographs the …
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SHARON TRIBELSKY NATURE TIME 2 SERIES B&W/COLORS I am an Israeli photographer, born in 1960 and am married with 3 children, living on Kibbutz Bet Zera which is in the …
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RONEN ROSENBLATT Passion For Creativity My name is Ronen Rosenblatt and for me life consists of creativity and innovation. The passion to create and innovate in all aspects, both technologies …
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Interviews with PhotographersSeascapes Photography
The Sea of Warren Keelan | An Exclusive Interview
The Sea of Warren Keelan An interview with multi-international award winning seascape and ocean photographer Warren Keelan Warren Keelan, a gifted multi-international award winning seascape and ocean photographer based in the …
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Luis Curiel Born in 1966 in Mexico I have been living in Israel since 1985 Graduated with honor from Technion, Haifa. BA in Software eng. I’ve been a professional photographer …
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Jim DeLillo New York skyline ‘Living in New Jersey all my life, I adopted New York City as my city. As a boy, I would view the skyline from the shores …
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Heni Berkoviz “When I get into the urban photo shoot I take the time to walk around in order to experience the atmosphere of the place. I also take the …
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ORNA NAOR ♥ TEL AVIV 2 Series For the last 35 years, I’ve been living in Tel Aviv, breathing the city’s atmosphere and discovering the place and people all over. …
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Alejandro Cartagena Suburbia Mexicana/ People Of Suburbia 2006-2009 If the City is man’s most successful attempt to remake the world he lives in more after his heart’s desire and hence …
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Cultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographersStreet Photography
5Top Most Influential Active Urban & Street Photographers- MARTIN PARR
5Top Most Influential Active Urban & Street Photographers- MARTIN PARR Martin Parr was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1952. As a boy, his grandfather encouraged his interest in photography, and …
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5Top Most Influential Active Urban & Street Photographers- ERIC KIM Eric Kim . Photo by Luis Donoso Eric Kim is a photography teacher currently based in Berkeley, California. He is …
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PhotographersStreet Photography
5Top Most Influential Active Urban & Street Photographers- Thomas Leuthard
5Top Most Influential Active Urban & Street Photographers- Thomas Leuthard My name is Thomas Leuthard and I am a passionate street photographer based in the heart of Switzerland. I travel …
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Most Influential PhotographersStreet Photography
5Top Most Influential Active Urban & Street Photographers-Joel Meyerowitz
5Top Most Influential Active Urban & Street Photographers Joel Meyerowitz The Only Professional Photographer To Have Access To The Site In The Months After 9/11. Meyerowitz has spent a full …
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The Death Of Leila Alaoui And Her Message To The World The photographer Leila Alaoui has died aged 33 shot dead by four heavily-armed thugs in an al-Qaeda attack on …
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Documentary PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersMost Influential PhotographersThe Wild Side
Zeno Petersen | An Exclusive Interview
Special Interview with Zeno Petersen – The road – Zeno Petersen, a South-African Cinematographer, been working in the industry for the past 12 years. Making his name as director of …
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The Wild Side – 2 Series – By MARCO GROB Marco Grob, 1965, Switserland, is a portrait and fashion photographer. He started his career as a photographer’s assistant in los …
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Jody MacDonald -Within The Wild- Amazing photographer Jody MacDonald, grown up in Saudi Arabia, returned to the US aged eight, has scarcely stopped moving since. For the past 10 years …
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GARY BEEBER -Mona- NYC transgender/nightlife personality Mona Marlowe is far along in the process of transformation. Like her idol Marilyn Monroe, she is very complex, striking and vulnerable. When photographing …
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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 …
Black & White Photography
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyPhotographersPortrait Photography
PAULINE PETIT | 2 SERIES
PAULINE PETIT | 2 SERIES THE WOMAN WHO COLLECTS MEN “The title WOMAN WHO COLLECTS MEN leads her to reflect on the act of collecting in itself. She realizes that …
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MEITAL DOR | Sahman “My encounter with Sahman’s family convinced me that I can observe reality without judgment, reach exposed and intimate situations, and confront topics/taboos that I want to …
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WANG KEYAO | GAZING THE MILL FACTORY Xi’an Dahua Cotton Mill was the earliest modern textile factory established in Northwest China in the 1930s. The factory went through most of …
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Architectural PhotographyBlack & White PhotographyPhotographers
Theodore Kefalopoulos | Wasted Facades
Theodore Kefalopoulos | “Wasted Facades” This is an ongoing project on fine art architectural images. It is based on the impressions of partially revealing the facades of buildings to emphasize …
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Black & White PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersLeila AntaklyLight PhotographyStreet Photography
Daniel Sackheim | An Exclusive Interview By Leila Antakly
An Exclusive Interview With Daniel SackheimBy Leila Antakly Daniel Sackheim is an American Film & Television director and producer best known for his highly acclaimed series as HBO’s True Detective …
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Black & White PhotographyJosé JeulandPhotographersPortrait Photography
José Jeuland | Light & shadow
José Jeuland | Light & shadow Natural and artificial lights are everything when taking a photograph.Painters are knowledgeable about composing with light and shadows, and in the movie industries, they …
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
Olivia Mazzola | La Danse des Lumières
Olivia Mazzola2 Projects: La Danse des LumièresThe Age of Flowers Olivia Mazzola explores beauty, femininity, and the poetry of human emotion through refined portraiture. Guided …
Nature. Wildlife. Landscape
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ASSAF GAVRA WONDERLAND In the back of my neighborhood there is a road path which lead to big field that contains wide range of birds, which I documented in the …
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Dan Ben-Arye Living and creating in Ein-Hod Artist’s Village, Israel. “Clouds above Ein Hod” is my current body of work. Using photography to study composition in the clouds, I have …
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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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About PhotographyNature PhotographyWildlife & Landscape Photography
Tips & Tricks To Shoot Amazing Landscape Photographs
Tips & Tricks To Shoot Amazing Landscape Photographs Learn how to take creative and incredible shots of land & nature How many times have you stopped to take a photo …