writing photography
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INSIGHTS x Parallax Feature Grant
We are thrilled to announce a partnership with Photography Chismis PH in conjunction with Insights: Issue Two. The Parallax Feature Grant for Insights aims to encourage and support writing on documentary photography and photojournalism, focusing on the Southeast Asia, and in particular the Philippines. Documentary is concerned with the real. It could be referred to […]
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Finding enlightenment in a junk shop: The lost slides of Tibet | Matthew Aslett
Lost for nearly 40 years, a trove of photographic slides depicting life in Tibet and a global pilgrimage for peace were found in a Singapore jungle junk shop, sparking an investigation, a restoration, and a journey to Dharamshala in India’s Himachal Pradesh.
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Celebrating Women in Photography and Film at Objectifs
Objectifs’ yearly showcase of women in photography and film is a bonanza of thought-provoking work by practitioners in the region. Our Editor-in-Chief Tom (a staunch supporter of this programme) drops in on the exhibition and the artist talks to find out more.
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Profit Over People: Indigenous Land Rights and Resource Extraction in Southeast Asia
Despite much talk of a green transition, resource extraction continues undeterred, devastating local communities. Three recent articles photographed by Muhammad Fadli address the urgent need for change, and lay bare the human cost of our energy.
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The Banda Journal, and the curse of nutmeg | Tom White
The Banda Journal was the 2021 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards winner. Our editor-in-chief Tom White takes a deep dive into Muhammad Fadli and Fatris MF’s dark, compelling history of the nutmeg, and how it changed the world.
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Veejay Villafranca’s Signos | Tom White
Signos is a visceral testimony to the victims of devastating storms in the Philippines. It’s also a reminder that the climate emergency looms over us all and the only real solutions to this catastrophe involve every single one of us.
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The Most Secret Place on Earth | Matthew Aslett
Follow Parallax Photo’s editor and resident logistics expert Matt Aslett across Laos, as he documents hidden sites of ‘the most bombed nation of earth’ for his forthcoming book project to preserve a visual history of ‘The Secret War’.
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“Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do….” An introduction to Southeast Asian photography with ChatGPT and Generative AI.
Will a spectrum exist where AI image generation will, on one hand, be employed short-sightedly to reinforce narrow world views, and on the other, catalyse unexpected creativity, broadening the scope of what is imaginable?
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A Southeast Asian Vernacular?
Southeast Asia is a vast and diverse region of the world, with an overlapping range of cultures and peoples, and a complex and entangled history. The fragmented and overlapping social and political makeup of the region belies the homogeneity with which it could be superficially regarded. Can the same be said for its photography?