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Just Published! ♛ March 2026 Edition #135 The State Of Humanity
The State Of Humanity
On the Front Cover: Project: Defending The Environment
by Garry Lotulung, an Indonesian-based documentary journalist © All rights reserved.
See the exclusive interview article on page 30.
On the Back Cover: The Poetry of Dust and Horn
Gabi Steiner © All rights reserved.
See the article on page 74
In this unique March edition of Lens Magazine, The State of Humanity unfolds. It is a multifaceted visual and narrative exploration. The focus is on what it means to exist, connect, and endure in an increasingly complex world.
Through powerful interviews and photo projects, this issue features voices from many continents. Each offers a distinct, yet connected point of view on human experience.
We have the pleasure of featuring two fantastic interviews conducted by Ariel SU. One is an intimate conversation with Ingmar Ostermaier, who is exhibiting his important documentary project “Nigeria- Distance to care.” This series was taken at a rural hospital in Nigeria. The other is an exclusive interview with Indonesia-based documentary journalist Garry Lotulung. He offers urgent reflections on environmental responsibility and global waste.
The journey continues through deeply personal and cultural visual essays. William Ropp presents an evocative study of the body and identity. Gabi Steiner presents a poetic project titled “The Poetry of Dust and Horn.” Alexandros Emmanouilidis explores the fragile nature of remembrance. Stories of heritage and resilience emerge in Michel Pedrero’s documentation of the “Larim” tribe and a collection of cultural beauty across Ethiopia, Papua, and Benin. Sayan Biswas, Gianni Alessi, and Muhammad Farhan Osman each capture threads of everyday humanity through color, ritual, and shared experience. Olivia Mazzola concludes the issue with her luminous projects La Danse des Lumières and The Age of Flowers. The issue gently returns to intimacy and emotion, reminding us that within the vast diversity of human stories lies a common language of light, vulnerability, and connection. Together, these works form a poignant and visually rich reflection on humanity in its many states—fragile, resilient, and profoundly interconnected.
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Black & White PhotographyDance PhotographyFine Art PhotographyLight PhotographyPhotographersSexuality in Photography
MARCIO PILOT | Sound | Light | Beauty
“Marcio Pilot is a gifted artist who has the ability to create photographic compositions with a unique freshness.His use of lights and colors, his perspective, often surprising and always bewitching, …
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Changiz Jalayer’s visual language displays a cultural perception of femininity in a most private form that turns insistently around exploring the women’s world and the challenges of their identities, specifically …
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Anja Diabaté | Vision
Finalist at the International Open Call Competition. A collaboration of Florence Biennale, Art Market Magazine, and Lens Magazine. Anja Diabaté | Vision “My series Vision stands for the development of our being.The desire …
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ALJOHARA JEJE | Two Series | Shadows of the Past, Foretelling the FutAure.’ | /pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns/
Finalist at the International Open Call Competition. A collaboration of Florence Biennale, Art Market Magazine, and Lens Magazine. ALJOHARA JEJE | / pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns/ This series represents a silent story told, a statement, a …
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BONTÀ TERESA LETIZIA | THE DARKNESS OF THE SOUL | LOVE FOR YOU
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KRISTINA MAKEEVA | SIMPLE MAGICAL THINGS
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Fine Art PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersJosé JeulandMost Influential PhotographersPhotographers
FLORA BORSI | AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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ARDALAN DADASHBEYKI | Expressing emotions through a dark theme photography
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ANA JOVEVA | SHAPES | STRUCTURE | HUMANITY
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NUGROHO FADILLAH RIDHO | UNSEEN
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ALI ZOLGHADRI | Simple Minimalist Moments
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ANJA DIABATÉ | Indian Spirit
ANJA DIABATÉ | Indian Spirit For me, this series represents the magic, spirituality, and culture of India, especially in the people.I tried to express this artistically. Each motif should look …
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Black & White PhotographyFine Art PhotographyMixed PhotographyNature PhotographyPhotographersThe Wild Side
AMY KANKA VALADARSKY | “Once there was, and once there was not”.
AMY KANKA VALADARSKY | “Once there was, and once there was not”. “Once there was, and once there was not” is my attempt to connect with ancient myths that teach …
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Black & White PhotographyPhotographersStreet PhotographyUrban Photography
ANDREW GIMBLET | Enthralling City
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyPhotographersPortrait Photography
PAULINE PETIT | 2 SERIES
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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 …
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JP TERLIZZI | DANDELIONS ARE NOT WEEDS JP Terlizzi (American) is a New York City photographer whose contemporary practice explores themes of memory, relationship, and identity. His images are rooted …
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Documentary PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersMost Influential PhotographersPhotographers
Sameer Al-Doumy | SYRIA | The Will To Survive | An Exclusive Interview
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PARITA DAEMI | Everyday Life… Although there are so many factors that seem to make life hard to live in the Middle East, there are some hopes and beliefs which …
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MILO SLADAKOVIC | THE NATURE OF MAN Burdened with care and appreciation of everyday spectacle – Excerpts of everyday life and passion – documentary and behind the scenes stories of …
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Cultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographers
CRISTIAN GEELEN | The Middle East through my lens
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Architectural PhotographyPhotographersSeascapes PhotographyWildlife & Landscape Photography
PYGMALION KARATZAS | 2 SPECIAL PROJECTS | Doha & Inland Sea, Qatar
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YAEL BEN-ZION | 5683 Miles Away “All images were made in Israel using a medium-format film camera between 2004 and 2008. And although more than a decade has passed since …
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MAHYA RASTEGAR | Staying Such A Woman “This collection is representative of women in Iran, who are constantly trying to make the new transformation to keep women’s identity alive, regardless …
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Black & White PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersJosé JeulandNature Photography
AHMAD KHATIRI | An Exclusive Interview
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Black & White PhotographyDance PhotographyMixed PhotographyPhotographersPortrait Photography
IRIS DEBELDER | 3 Projects
COMPANY NOI & “DONNA” In the fall of 2017, I met choreographer Valentina Nigro, founder of “Company Noi” at an interactive dance performance at the Gallo-Roman archeological museum in Belgium. …
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ERIKA TAL-SHIR | PLAYTIME, DREAMY WORLD AND TREASURES
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Sama Alshaibi | Between Two Rivers
The Middle East, and North Africa region has undergoing a tremendous shift politically and socially due to multiple revolutions, civil and international wars, and threats to longstanding institutional power structures.My …
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Monique van Laake | Faces | Dancing my demons away Faces “There are different aspects to my work as a photographer/artist. Some I enjoy thoroughly and some I perceive as …
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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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Jan Ekin | Ode To Memory Lane | ON SEEING. OR NOT. “I am legally blind, but the term “being blind” encompasses many degrees of non-sight, from total to severely …
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Black & White PhotographyCatalin CroitoruCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersMost Influential PhotographersPhotographers
ALICE S. KANDELL | Sikkim | The Lost Kingdom | An Exclusive Interview
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France Leclerc | A Wodaabe Gathering!
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Anne Pinto RodriguesCommercial PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersMost Influential PhotographersMotion in Photography
JONATHAN KNOWLES | A Special Interview
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MICHAL SOLARSKIHUNGARIAN SEA Michal Solarski is a London-based photographer. After graduating in Poland with a Masters in Politics, Solarski moved to London and studied at The London College of Communication, …
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Aga Szydlik | The Last Of The Incas
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REBECCA ROTHEY | SMALL INTIMATE MOMENTS
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CARLOS PAZ-BORDONE | PORTRAIT OF AN IMMIGRANT
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LISA POWERS | HOLLYWOOD | A GENTLE, SEDUCTIVE VOICE
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JOE BUERGI | Haunting Portraits
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyFine Art PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersPhotographersPortrait PhotographyThe Wild Side
QUIM FÀBREGAS | AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
“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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“I grabbed my camera and jumped in the water again, as usual…however, this time, instead of photographing models, I started looking up – at the other side mirror. The things …
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Mark Edward HarrisMost Influential PhotographersNature PhotographyPhotographersThe Wild SideWildlife & Landscape Photography
MARK EDWARD HARRIS | THE CALL OF THE WILD
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Catalin CroitoruCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersMost Influential PhotographersThe Wild SideWildlife & Landscape Photography
TREVOR COLE | AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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Black & White PhotographyFine Art PhotographyLight PhotographyNature PhotographyPhotographersSeascapes Photography
NUGROHO FADILLAH RIDHO | UNSEEN
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Black & White PhotographyFine Art PhotographyMixed PhotographyNature PhotographyPhotographersThe Wild Side
AMY KANKA VALADARSKY | “Once there was, and once there was not”.
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Architectural PhotographyPhotographersSeascapes PhotographyWildlife & Landscape Photography
PYGMALION KARATZAS | 2 SPECIAL PROJECTS | Doha & Inland Sea, Qatar
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