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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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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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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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Black & White PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographers
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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Black & White PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographers
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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Cultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyJosé JeulandPhotographers
JOSÉ JEULAND | My Very First Time In New Delhi
JOSÉ JEULAND | My Very First Time In New Delhi From the very beginning, street photography has always been a massive part of my journey for the reasons that I …
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Architectural PhotographyCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographers
Douglas Edward Caplan | Hong Kong Brutal Compressions | Japanese Vending Machines
Douglas Edward Caplan | Hong Kong Brutal Compressions | Japanese Vending Machines This project explores the brutal compressions of Hong Kong architecture from a street-level point of view. Hong Kong …
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Documentary PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersMark Edward HarrisMost Influential Photographers
MARK EDWARD HARRIS | AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITHMARK EDWARD HARRISINTERNATIONAL AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHERBY JOSÉ JEULAND Los Angeles-based Mark Edward Harris is an award-winning international photographer with more than three decades of experience. He has traveled …
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Earth Photo 2020 Winners announced Earth Photo, an international competition and exhibition created by Forestry England and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), rewards photographs and videos …
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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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Black & White PhotographyPhotographersStreet PhotographyUrban Photography
LENG UNG | CORRIDORS OF LIGHT, METAPHOR OF LIFE
LENG UNG | CORRIDORS OF LIGHT, METAPHOR OF LIFE My recent work, “Corridors of light, metaphor of life,” is meant to question the validity of relationships.As a migrant – immigrating …
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Black & White PhotographyNature PhotographyPhotographersWildlife & Landscape Photography
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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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyPhotographers
BONTÀ TERESA LETIZIA | “MY SICILY IS TINY”
BONTÀ TERESA LETIZIA“MY SICILY IS TINY” “My Sicily is tiny” is a project by Teresa Bontà, a Sicilian photographer who has been transplanted to Venice for years. In her work, …
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Black & White PhotographyPhotographersStreet Photography
JASBIR JOHN SINGH | DORSCON ORANGE DOCUMENTING THE COVID-19 IN SINGAPORE
This project is a visual documentation of my country, Singapore, gripped in fear. On the 23rd of January 2020, The Ministry of Health of Singapore announced the first case of …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyPhotographers
MARINA KORYAKIN | GYPSIES IN TRANSYLVANIA
MARINA KORYAKIN | GYPSIES IN TRANSYLVANIA In October 2017, it was my first visit to Transylvania, Romania.I must say that all my life I lived in a big city, and …
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MILO SLADAKOVIC | FEELS LIKE HOME – WITHOUT A ZIP CODE
MILO SLADAKOVIC | FEELS LIKE HOME – WITHOUT A ZIP CODE This photo series is an excerpt from unpublished documentary book about people and life in and around Deira, the …
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Catalin CroitoruCultural PhotographyInterviews with PhotographersMost Influential Photographers
LUVELLI | An Exclusive Interview
An Exclusive Interview With LUVELLIBy Catalin CROITORU “There are many points of view.We, as photographers, immortalize the existence of an isolated view.” – LUVELLI He is seen by many as …
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VYACHESLAV ONISHCHENKO | Medicine through my eyes
VYACHESLAV ONISHCHENKO | Medicine through my eyes I have shot the project “Medicine through my eyes” (2013-2016) in a small town named Razdel’ Naya, in Ukraine.( Population: 17,995 (2015). I …
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JACOB AUE SOBOL | An Exclusive Interview | Magnum Photos
An exclusive interview with magnum photographer JACOB AUE SOBOL Jacob Aue Sobol is known for his expressive style of black-and-white photography.“My pictures are about being human for better or worse,” …
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AGA SZYDLIK | Twa people
AGA SZYDLIK Minority Report | Twa people Batwa (Twa) or Pygmies are an endangered group of people around Echuya Forest Reserve in Kisoro and Kabale Districts of South-Western Uganda. The Batwa are believed to have migrated from the Ituri …
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DEBASISH GHOSH | MAKING OF CHARCOAL Charcoal production from coconut husks is a unique profession carried on for decades by the villagers of Kunigal, Karnataka, India. The coconut husks are …
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GARY MULCAHEY| Comayagua Honduras Medical Brigade
GARY MULCAHEY | Comayagua Honduras Medical Brigade In April 2012, I volunteered for a medical brigade in the Comayagua region (or Department as they are called) of Honduras. Each day …
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STEPHEN UHRANEY | Life In The Marsh The Holland Marsh in Bradford Ontario Canada is an agricultural community just north of Toronto. It is known as Ontario’s “Salad Bowl.”Its common …
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Black & White PhotographyCultural PhotographyDocumentary PhotographyPhotographers
WILLIAM CASTELLANA| SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG
WILLIAM CASTELLANA | SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG William Castellana is an award-winning photographer based in Brooklyn, New York whose images have been published internationally in periodicals such as Silvershotz (The International Journal …
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RAJESH K. SINGH | Brick Klin Workers “Their survival strenth comes from patience, faith, and the exceptions of the difficulties thrown by life at them.In this series, the viewer can …
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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 …
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LAURIE FREITAG | ‘IN THE GARDEN AT CHISLEHURST’
LAURIE FREITAG | ‘IN THE GARDEN AT CHISLEHURST’ “This work, ‘In the Garden at Chislehurst’, is my navigation through 2020. My day job is as a nanny & by entering …
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GEOFFREY ANSEL AGRONS
GEOFFREY ANSEL AGRONS Portraiture’s Power to Penetrate the Human Soul “I was well into my career as a pediatric diagnostic radiologist when a peculiar realization dawned. In the mid-1990s, my …
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EMILIO BARRIONUEV | NOMADS | THE HUMAN ESSENCE
NOMADS | THE HUMAN ESSENCEBY EMILIO BARRIONUEV “I am a self-taught photographer. Dramatic and emotional portraits are my specialty. I gained experience in photography in the past few years by …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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Explosive sensual color. Thick dynamic brushstrokes. Delicate shards of reflected light. Temel Nal’s unique Photoworks unite the opposite forces of abstract and figurative in a powerful interaction of imagination and …
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Interviews with PhotographersMost Influential PhotographersSeascapes PhotographyThe Wild SideWildlife & Landscape Photography
Krystle Wright | An Exclusive Interview
She is extremely dedicated. She is the one who is looking for that right moment to capture the unique and right shot. She traveled the whole Earth in pursuit of …
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Nature PhotographyPhotographersSeascapes PhotographyWildlife & Landscape Photography
GUY GEVA | Sometimes beauty can also be simple
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Living Amongst GIANTS By Tal Vardi
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