Monat: April 2015

For Far from Home, Belgian photographer An-Sofie Kesteleyn shadows eleven-year-old Yuna, a Japanese girl living in Tsu National Hospital, where she is treated for obesity alongside four other young women.

The photographer was drawn to Japan in part for its reputation for healthy living and the recent influx of fast food restaurants into the country. After researching obesity in Japan, she got in touch with the hospital through a Japanese friend, ultimately gaining almost unlimited access to the facility and its patients. Although a language barrier stood between Kesteleyn and her young subjects, she communicated openly with them through gestures and expressions and occasionally referred to her dictionary, which she kept on hand. For some unspoken thread of empathy and understanding, the photographer was pulled most heavily towards soft-spoken Yuna, who spent her days at the hospital mostly alone. (by Ellyn Kail, Author at Feature Shoot)

http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/04/photos-show-daily-life-of-a-group-of-young-girls-hospitalized-in-japan-for-obesity/

Published in Featureshoot.com

Chum Kreal commune is part of three districts in Kampot province, where salt fields can be found, and the only areas in Cambodia to harvest the mineral. The production process starts off with a controlled release of sea water, which spills into bare flatten fields, through an intricate maze of canals and pumps. (Words and Images by Nicolas Axelrod)

Published on www.ruom.net/blog

http://www.ruom.net/blog/#sthash.zdeydwY7.NkgGq2fC.dpuf

Nicolas Axelrod is a photographer based in SE Asia since 2008 and founding member of RUOM, an organic collaboration in Phnom Penh between photographers, journalists, videographers, and researchers, drawn together by a passion for social documentary work. – See more of their work at: http://www.ruom.net/about-us/#sthash.9LNyCThx.dpuf

Jiejin Qiu, is six months pregnant. Under China’s one-child policy Qiu, and others like her, could expect to have just one baby. Since being introduced in 1979, the policy has resulted in a generation of only children. The state estimates that 400 million births have been averted since 1980, saving scarce food resources and helping to pull families out of poverty.

Reuters Photographer Carlos Barria photographed a person born in each year China’s one child policy has been in existence; from a man born in 1979, to baby Huang Aiting (pictured above) born in 2013. Barria asked them if they would like to have siblings.

http://widerimage.reuters.com/story/chinas-only-children

Published on The Wider Image Reuters – This immersive app for iPad reimagines news photography to bring images and information to life.