CHIWETEL EJIOFOR01 October 2013New York, USA British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (36) played a man kidnapped in 1841 and sold into the slave trade, in the film 12 Years a Slave. He won Best Actor at the Bafta awards for the role, and was also nominated for an Oscar. NADAV KANDER (...)
MOTHER AND SON03 February 2011Cairo, Egypt Ali and his mother. Egyptian bodybuilders pose with their mothers. In Egypt, perfecting one’s physique is a popular pursuit, and can be a source of family pride. STORY DENIS DAILLEUXNATIONALITY: FranceWEBSITE: www (...)
SHANNON20 February 2013Sheffield, UK Shannon, who has recently turned 16, has chosen to have a balloon inserted into her stomach for six months, to help her lose weight. A 2012 government survey classed 28 percent of English children between the ages of 2 and 15 as overweight or obese. ABBIE (...)
ESCAPE14 June 2013Russia A man who has opted to withdraw from conventional society and live as a hermit in isolated natural surrounds. STORY DANILA TKACHENKONATIONALITY: RussiaWEBSITE: www.danilatkachenko.comABO (...)
BLIND INDIAN ALBINO BOYS25 September 2013West Bengal, India Blind albino students stand in a dorm at the Vivekananda Mission School, a boarding school for the blind. The school teaches vital skills to blind children from underprivileged backgrounds, who might otherwise have to beg for a living. BRENT STIRTONNATIONALITY: (...)
Miss My Parents So Much09 February 2012Zhangmu, Chongqing, China Wu Mingjie (4), whose parents are working in Guangdong Province nearly 1,000 km away. The portrait series depicts children in the village of Zhangmu, Chongqing, in southwest China, both alone and with a much-loved teacher Fu Huaying. China has some 220 million migrant workers. Young couples moving from rural areas (...)
Zuzia27 October 2012Warsaw, Poland Zuzia is a girl with albinism, and attends a school for partially sighted children in Warsaw. She dreams of meeting someone like herself. Albinism is caused by a recessive gene (passed to a child by both parents) that deprives the skin, hair, and eyes of pigment. This can cause serious eye problems. Because (...)
Mournful24 November 2012Khorramabad, Iran Women in the Iranian city of Khorramabad are dressed for the ceremony of Chehel Manbar. The commemoration of the battle of Karbala, when Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was killed, is one of the most important ceremonies of the year for Shia Muslims. On the ninth day of the Muslim month of Muharram—on the eve of the climactic (...)
People of Mercy08 October 2012Conakry, Guinea Boubacour Diallo (18) “I was born like this. It is God’s will. People sometimes laugh at me, but that doesn’t bother me. I am an honest Muslim. I don’t fear death.” People receiving treatment on Africa Mercy, a hospital ship docked at Conakry, Guinea. Story Stephan Vanfleteren (...)
Daniel Kaluuya04 January 2012London, UK Daniel Kaluuya (23) is a British actor, comedian, and writer, best known for his role in the TV drama Skins, and as Special Agent Tucker in the 2011 Rowan Atkinson film Johnny English Reborn. In 2010, Kaluuya shed nearly 20kg to take on the role of a boxer in the stage play Sucker Punch, for which he won both an Evening Standard Award, and the (...)