Town like Beckley and Mullens does not have many other sources of income. Drugs, pills, alcohol and violence is dominant many places, and young people are struggling to find work, forcing many to move
Tag: Espen Rasmussen
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The Rise of Fascism Captured in Photos – Feature Shoot
The Rise of Fascism Captured in Photos – Feature Shoot
Germany: PEGIDA, a group of “patriotic Europeans,” stages a protest in Dresden against immigrants and Muslims. One million new refugees arrived in Germany in 2015. The following year, hate crimes…
via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/02/rise-fascism-captured-photos/
Photographer Espen Rasmussen has spent almost two years documenting the rise of far-right extremists not just in Germany, but all over Europe, from the Golden Dawn in Greece to neo-Nazis in Ukraine. Some, like the National Front in France and Britain First in the United Kingdom, have entered the political mainstream. Many sit in the EU Parliament, using the funds of an organization whose destruction they seek. And all draw from the memories of Europe’s fascist past, in the period between the two World Wars, seeking answers to Europe’s contemporary problems. By putting the Nazi paraphernalia of these groups so vividly on display, Rasmussen’s photographs force us to confront the reality that there are forces that want Europe to fall apart rather than pull together. It is sobering to realize how far and fast such hatred can travel.
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Eight Norwegian Photographers You Need to Follow | TIME
8 Norwegian Photographers You Need to Follow
Norwegian Journal of Photography’s survey of documentary photography
via Time: http://time.com/3830557/eight-norwegian-photographers-you-need-to-follow/
The publishers — photographers and photo editors Rune Eraker, Laara Matsen and Espen Rasmussen — combed through close to 100 applications and submissions to arrive at its final list of eight photographers, using funding from the Fritt Ord Foundation, a non-profit devoted to freedom of expression, to produce the high-quality book.
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Photojournalist and Photo Editor Espen Rasmussen on What Makes a Great Website
Photojournalist and Photo Editor Espen Rasmussen on What Makes a Great Website – PhotoShelter Blog
Norway-based photojournalist Espen Rasmussen has been busy. In addition to being a photo editor for VG Helg, the weekend magazine of the biggest daily Norwegian newspaper VG, he has traveled the world documenting a vast number of humanitarian issues, from
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So why doesn’t Walmart just follow GettyMart’s example? Why not make 35 million products available for free like GettyMart has? Won’t that solve their shoplifting problem? After all, if you listen to the official word out of GettyMart, they see no other way to combat their electronic shoplifting except to open the doors and say “Hey! Don’t Steal, We’re Giving It To You For Free!” Well, isn’t that nice?
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New Norwegian Photography Endeavor Straddles Documentary and Art
Norway’s New Photographic Landscape
The Norwegian Journal of Photography hopes to encourage new and established photographers as they pursue projects that cross the lines between documentary and art.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/norways-new-photographic-landscape/
Espen Rasmussen, a photographer with Panos Pictures and one of the project’s three editors, says it is “an exciting development in documentary photography in Norway,” as photographers cross lines between documentary and art, with the freedom to explore long-term projects.