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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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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyMost Influential PhotographersPhotographersPortrait Photography
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
ALICE S. KANDELL | An Exclusive InterviewBy Catalin CROITORU Sikkim | The Lost Kingdom Alice Kandell first visited the ancient kingdom of Sikkim (now part of India) in 1963 to …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographers
France Leclerc | A Wodaabe Gathering!
France Leclerc | A Wodaabe Gathering! This is a series of images from the Gerewol festival in the Sahel desert in Chad. At this festival, the Wodaabe, a tribe of …
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Anne Pinto RodriguesCommercial PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersMost Influential PhotographersMotion in Photography
JONATHAN KNOWLES | A Special Interview
An Interview with JONATHAN KNOWLES By Anne Pinto-Rodrigues Jonathan Knowles is one of the leading photographers of his generation. Specializing in drinks, liquids and still life, Jonathan’s unique photographic style …
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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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Interviews with PhotographersMixed PhotographyMost Influential PhotographersPhotographersThe Wild Side
Brooke Shaden | Magical World | An Interview
Special Interview With Brooke ShadenBy Jasmine Sukary We are excited to feature an interview with one of the most inspiring Artistic photographers of social media, with an enormous number of …
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Cultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographersStreet Photography
Jamie Mc Kinley | MARCH FOR JUSTICE
Jamie Mc Kinley | MARCH FOR JUSTICE | – CHICAGO – “I fear that the change that needs to happen will be too late before the next viral video or …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographersStreet Photography
ORNA NAOR | “We want to be FREE in our country”
ORNA NAOR | “We want to be FREE in our country” Israel was established as a Jewish Democratic State. The elected government and representatives were supposed to serve the people. …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographers
ADA TRILLO | BLACK LIVES MATTER
ADA TRILLO | BLACK LIVES MATTER The 2020 Black Lives Matter Movement is a time of radical change in the United States. It has become a wake-up call for citizens …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographers
MUHAMMAD FARHAN BIN OSMAN | IMPUISSANT
MUHAMMAD FARHAN BIN OSMAN | IMPUISSANT IMPUISSANT is a photo essay that represents the reality of Rohingya women and girls in the refugee camps. In August 2017, violence erupted in …
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INGEBORG EVERAERD | “Búsqueda” | A search for my son’s roots and the bond between us… As a white mother of two adopted, colored children, it has always felt necessary …
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Cultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographersStreet Photography
Babay Mhamad | 48 to 67 | SAME STRUGGLE. THE SAME RIGHTS.
Babay Mhamad | 48 to 67 | SAME STRUGGLE. THE SAME RIGHTS. “Here I’m presenting two series about two different essential issues. The protests are related to each other by …
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Cultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyJosé JeulandPhotographersPortrait Photography
José Jeuland | The Heart and Soul of the Kalbelia Gypsies
José Jeuland | The Heart and Soul of the Kalbelia Gypsies. Keeping the culture alive “Personally, I don’t wish to live in a world where everyone looks similar and leads …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyPhotographersPortrait Photography
DONNA BASSIN | – My Own Witness –
DONNA BASSIN | – My Own Witness – “While the American flag has become a complicated symbol, some of my sitters have reclaimed and re-imagined it to express distress, defiance, …
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Cultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersJosé JeulandMost Influential PhotographersPhotographers
SAMUEL CORUM | An Exclusive Interview
An Exclusive Interview With SAMUEL CORUMBy José Jeuland BLACK LIVES MATTER Samuel Corum is a freelance photojournalist based in Washington, D.C. He started his career in the Marine Corps and …
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Black & White PhotographyPhotographersPortrait Photography
Angela Ambrosini | ‘Zoom’ in the time of COVID-19
Angela Ambrosini | ‘Zoom’ in the time of COVID-19 This series documents our virtual lives of isolation during COVID-19. Due to social distancing and stay-at-home regulations, particularly in New York …
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Eric Christopher Jackson | Two ProjectsNemesis | Dark Light Nemesis “There’s always going to be negativity, doubt, anxiety, fear.You can try to fight them with scriptures, inspirational quotes, ice cream.They …
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Mixed PhotographyPhotographersPortrait PhotographyStill Life Photography
Maria Rosenblatt | 2 series
Maria Rosenblatt | “Old Masters Recreations” | “Dandelions Series” Maria Rosenblatt is a fine art photographer, musician, and the founder of Beam Collective( www.beamcollective.net) Maria was born in Ekaterinburg, Russia. …
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Cultural PhotographyPhotographersPortrait Photography
Sayed Habib Bidel | From the Heart of Afghanistan
Sayed Habib Bidel | From the Heart of Afghanistan “I only use one Canon Speed Flash to take all my photos with an 85mm Sigma lens. First of all, I …
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LISA POWERS | The Studio as my Stage.A collection of archival images from my years of shooting with FILM. “This series of images are mostly from my years in New …
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Osher Partovi | Conceptual portraits This series of conceptual portraits is an ongoing series that I’ve been working on for the last two years at my home studio. Created mostly …
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Commercial PhotographyJosé JeulandPhotographersPortrait Photography
José Jeuland | Pushing the BOUNDARIES of Creativity
José Jeuland | Pushing the BOUNDARIES of Creativity The studio offers unlimited options and creativity. I construct simple to cinematic-style setups, where I experiment with lighting – with flashes, continuous …
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Commercial PhotographyFashion PhotographyPhotographers
TOBIAS MEIER | Balanced complexity with fine art
TOBIAS MEIER | Balanced complexity with fine art This series showcases different studio productions. We see colorful fashion emphasized amidst lush greenery, a clear and minimalistic environment, snow-covered peaks, and …
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ERIC CHRISTOPHER JACKSON As many of us are confined to our homes, there’s a longing that grows within us to do more. We are meant to do more than look …
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Bontà Teresa Letizia | I Started Breathing The Time The time. Fast, slow, infinite, rich, sterile, the time with which every day we confront each other. Here, I would like …
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Eric Kaltenmark | “The Naked town” Lack of people in the environment “This photography series is the result of driving around our small community of Greeneville and surrounding areas located …
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Black & White PhotographyInterviews with Photographers
ROMAIN ESTEBAN | An Exclusive Interview | Live in ISOLATION
ROMAIN ESTEBAN | Live in ISOLATION “A Day of March Between the Mists” – Short Breaths.“Suddenly everything accelerates too quickly in the blocks on the beds; sigh went out from …
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UPAYAN CHATTERJEE | Into The Light “Into the Light revolves around the day to day activities, while trying to find the greater manifestation, hidden amidst those. It is all about …
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Black & White PhotographyCatalin CroitoruInterviews with PhotographersMost Influential Photographers
Daniel W. Coburn | Special Interview By Catalin CROITORU | A Spiritual Cleansing Through Water
Daniel W. Coburn – Special Interview By Catalin CROITORU | A Spiritual Cleansing Through Water A conversation with Daniel W. Coburn about untitled pictures, prizes, and a hereditary estate. | …
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Rishabh Gupta | Childhood in Sonbhadra, India
Rishabh Gupta | Childhood in Sonbhadra, India “I shoot this series in Sonbhadra, India Because backward class people live their more and childhood is the best stage of life.As a …
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MUHAMMAD FARHAN BIN OSMAN – ROHINGYA | THAIPUSAM
MUHAMMAD FARHAN BIN OSMAN | ROHINGYA ROHINGYA is a photo essay that represents the reality of Rohingya children in the refugee camps.In August 2017, violence erupted in Rakhine State in …
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Ada Trillo – Migrant Caravan 2020 In January of 2020, fleeing violence and poor economic conditions, Hondurans organized a massive migrant caravan that traveled through Guatemala into Mexico. After traveling …
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Debasish Ghosh – Corona virus Action towards Prevention After the COVID-19 declared as an pandemic, and because of the extreme rise of cases in India, people from all walks of …
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Patty MaherImagined Landscapes “Each of us lives in a world of our own creation. While we might exist in the same physical space as others, the way we perceive that …
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Anthony Presley | The Memphis Noir The Memphis Noir Photography Series examines and documents encounters I had when I first moved back to my Hometown. After not living in the …
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Daciana Lipai | Isolation – A Photopoetry Series Photopoetry is a fusion of fine art photography and poetry, written poetry on a piece of paper, captured in photographs.In my art, …
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LISA POWERS | HOLLYWOOD | A GENTLE, SEDUCTIVE VOICE
LISA POWERS | HOLLYWOOD | A GENTLE, SEDUCTIVE VOICE “I am entirely self-taught in photography, and I continue learning. I think it’s precisely because I’m self-taught that I fearlessly embraced …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyPhotographersPortrait Photography
JOE BUERGI | Haunting Portraits
JOE BUERGI | Haunting Portraits “The “Haunting Portraits” series focuses on the hard workers of Bangladesh. They work either in the docks, shipyards, or as laborers in the brick factories …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyFine Art PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersPhotographersPortrait PhotographyThe Wild Side
QUIM FÀBREGAS | AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Humanitarian Stories Spanish award-winning international photographer Quim Fàbregas shoots hypnotizing photos that associate us with his figures’ lives and rich stories.Quim Fàbregas has been studying photography through participation in courses …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyFine Art PhotographyPhotographersPortrait Photography
JAMIE JOHNSON | Irish Travelers
Jamie Johnson | Irish Travelers I have spent my entire career photographing children all over the world. For the last several years, I have focused my eyes on the “Irish …
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About PhotographyBlack & White PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyFine Art PhotographyMark Edward HarrisMost Influential PhotographersPhotographersPortrait Photography
Mark Edward Harris | THE CAMERA’S EYE
Mark Edward Harris | THE CAMERA’S EYE I have had the incredibly good fortune to learn photography and life lessons from many of the most influential photographers in the history …
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Black & White PhotographyFine Art PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersJosé JeulandMost Influential PhotographersPortrait Photography
Manfred Baumann | An Exclusive Interview
“My grandfather had won many photo competitions; he dealt with artistic b/w photography. We grew up in the mountains of Austria, and his work later reminded me a lot of …
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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Black & White PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersJosé JeulandNature Photography
AHMAD KHATIRI | An Exclusive Interview
An Exclusive Interview With AHMAD KHATIRIBY JOSÉ JEULAND – Devastating Floods – AHMAD KHATIRI, Born in 1978, in Kordkoy, Golestan, IRAN.A member of the International Federation of Photographic World (Fiap) …
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Black & White PhotographyPhotographersWildlife & Landscape Photography
ROSHAN MORE | Passion For Wildlife
ROSHAN MORE| Passion For Wildlife Roshan More, born in 1986, is a Wildlife Photographer based in Mumbai, India, specializing in all forms of African and Indian Wildlife, from the Savannah …
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SOUMYA N GHOSH | OMAN’S BEAUTY
SOUMYA N GHOSH | OMAN’S BEAUTYTEXTURE | SHAPES | LIGHT & SHADOW I originally shot anything that interested me. I am drawn in by the simplicity of nature that creates …
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PYGMALION KARATZAS | ANICCA & LIMINALITY Minimalist Scapes
PYGMALION KARATZAS | ANICCA & LIMINALITY Minimalist Scapes All entities move, and nothing remains still, You cannot step twice into the same river.” – Heraclitus ‘Anicca’ ‘Anicca’ is the Buddhist …
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“I know I can’t save our trees with my photographs, I can’t restore Nature to her imperious verdure, yet I try to capture the lonesomeness and exile of the trees …
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PhotographersSeascapes PhotographyWildlife & Landscape Photography
ISRAELI LANDSCAPES BY IGAL HARARI
SAND AND WATER “Living in the bustling, cosmopolitan center of Tel Aviv, I regularly seek peace and solitude within the beauty of nature, both for my own inner self and …