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Prisoners’ Isle

Espen Eichhöfer

In a fjord offshore from Oslo, the Norwegian capital, a little island has been transformed into a detention centre. Bastoy, the first “ecological and humanist prison in the world”, has no boundaries or bars. Intrigued by life on the prison-island, Espen Eichhöfer relates the daily life of the inmates.
Three Girls in Beijing

Elisa Haberer

The great Chinese cities shine with a thousand lights and the young people flock there from all over the country. The future belongs to them, dreams are within reach, but success is uncertain. Elisa Haberer followed the fate of three young women aged 23, for one year.
All for their eyes

Jacques Vekemans

In the south of India, in the state of Tamil Nadu, a network of hospitals is restoring farmers’ sight, outside of any form of healthcare system. Aravind, created by an ophthalmologist surgeon who has since passed away, performs over 300 000 eye operations annually. Jacques Vekemans went to find out how it works.
An iranian childhood

Mohammad Golchin

In the mountains around Talesh, near the Azerbaijan border, Mohammad Golchin travels from school to school, looking for “happy children, even with broken teeth”.
Hard-luck Harbour

Patrice Terraz

From Istanbul to Dakar, crews find themselves abandoned by unscrupulous ship owners. For the past ten years, Patrice Terraz has been collecting the stories of these shipwrecked refugees of globalisation.
Brothers of the Road

Claudius Schulze

In Germany, they are part of the landscape. From worksite to worksite, the journeymen tour the country, just like in the Middles Ages. Claudius Schulze followed them night and day.
N°2 - AUTUMN 2011
Somerset

Venetia Dearden

A region of woodland, hills and fields in the southwest of England. The sky there, often clouded, offers a soft light. A spirit of freedom permeates its narrow lanes, where you can still see families in horse-drawn caravans. Gypsies, neo-rurals and scrap merchants share the dream of preserving the ‘Somerset spirit’ with photographer Venetia Dearden.
N°2 - AUTUMN 2011
Drug Prison

Lu Nan

Since 2002, when the growing of opium poppies was banned in Burma, drug dealers and users have been arrested and imprisoned in the remote region of Kokang. Lu Nan spent three months in Yonglang Prison – testimony to the country’s good will toward China.
N°2 - AUTUMN 2011
New York Vanities

Chris Maluszynski

Capital of the ‘charity business’, fashionable New York lives six months a year to the rhythm of its charity balls. Chris Maluszynski learned the square dance in order to penetrate gala evenings destined to raise funds for good causes, and to launch young ladies into society.
N°1 - SPRING 2011
For the Love of Tango

Karla Gachet & Ivan Kashinsky

They are 20 and 24 years old. She is named Ceci, he Meme. Tango unites them as much as it devours them. They dance during the day for tourists, and by night with their friends. Tango means everything for this couple from Buenos Aires, photographed by another couple, Ivan Kashinsky and Karla Gachet.