The first issue of the redesigned The New York Times Magazine includes a story by Sebastian Liste from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sebastián covered the local collective of amateur journalists - Papo Reto. Papo Reto conduct photo and video surveillance of military police working in Rio's favelas, posting their actions to social media - a response to a lack in media coverage for the police shootings and violence in these neighborhoods.
Benedicte Kurzen's report on how the Nigerian army, together with forces from Chad and Niger, took territory from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria in early March was published in Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine on 23 March.
In early 2015 Sebastian Liste traveled along the Trans-Amazonian highway between Brazil and Peru for Geo France. The highway is the first to connect the Atlantic side to the Pacific side of South America as landscapes and ways of living change along the way.
Kadir van Lohuizen portrayed former child soldiers in a mining village in South Kivu, in early 2015. Many kids dream of easy money and join the rebels. Others have been abducted. Van Lohuizen also photographed the causes of the DRC conflict. He visited mines, Rwandese FDLR-rebels, and the Congolese army. The reportage was made possible with the support of War Child and Radio Netherlands Worldwide and published in the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland in March.
In early 2015 Yuri Kozyrev traveled to Eastern Ukraine for the German magazine Stern to cover the impact of nine months of war on the local population.
Stern recently published a story by Yuri Kozyrev about everyday life in the the peninsula of Crimea.
After being conquered countless times throughout history, on the border of the former Soviet Union, the peninsula of Crimea, is today a famous touristic destination attracting thousands of tourists from the region and beyond. Traditional ways of life are maintained by the Crimean Tatars, while the Soviet memory is still present in its monuments and celebrations.
De Volkskrant recently published Yuri Kozyrev’s photographs from the far east of Russia, part of a road trip through this region with writer Olaf Koens.
The Lena River winds vertically through Russia. In the summer ferries carry people back and forth, and in the winter heavy trucks transport goods over the ice. But in October, when the ferries stops and the ice has not toughened yet – the city Jakoetsk and the hinterlands are in deep trouble – dividing the population and leaving people stranded on both sides of the river Lena.
Nikkel is the name of the small Russian town where nickel is extracted and processed. The air is filthy – but the population living above the polar are have become accustomed to it.
For the Financial Times' feature on "Women of 2014," Benedicte Kurzen photographed Nigerian activist Hadiza Bala Usman. Bala Usman's bid to help free the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram turned into a global social media campaign that fast became a worldwide phenomenon.
