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January 2011
The Return of Gold Fever
The Return of Gold Fever
One of Canada’s pre-eminent photojournalists explores one of man’s oldest obsessions in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon
Photo Essay • by Roger Lemoyne
Portraits of Women in Nunavut
Portraits of Women in Nunavut
A special companion to Lisa Gregoire’s “Madam Premier”
Photo Essay • by André François
November 2010
Manitoba, Bolivia
Manitoba, Bolivia
Life in a remote Mennonite community continues in the aftermath of a scandal
Photo Essay • by Walrus Staff
June 2010
Home Free
Home Free
A federal resettlement program for Burmese Karen sees 4,000 refugees starting new lives in Canada
Photo Essay • by Karen Connelly
April 2010
Dark Element
Dark Element
A Ukrainian prairie city built in the Soviet era to supply ore for nuclear weapons reckons with the industry’s deadly legacy
Photo Essay • by Donald Weber
January 2010
In the Clearing
In the Clearing
Revisiting his hometown in a photographic series of miniature dioramas, the artist presents life and death in northwestern Ontario, writ small
Photo Essay • by Adam Makarenko
November 2009
Crackdown
Crackdown
As President Calderón’s war on drugs exacerbates Mexico’s drug wars, Canada turns its back on locals looking for a way out
Photo Essay • by Arno Kopecky
October 2008
Our Faces, Our Selves
Our Faces, Our Selves
Self portraits via the police Identi-Kit
Photo Essay • by Giles Revell, Matt Willey and Matthew McKinnon
February 2008
Photo Gallery: Cities on the Prowl
Photo Gallery: Cities on the Prowl
Ten of Canada’s best photographers on the urban prowl
Photo Essay • by Various
December 2007
To Die For
To Die For
Activist design collective Fabrica uses icons of consumer culture to contrast lives in the affluent West with those in war-torn Darfur
Photo Essay • by Fabrica
November 2007
Growing Up in Cambridge Bay
Growing Up in Cambridge Bay
Photo Essay • by Finn O’Hara
October 2007
A Portrait of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
A Portrait of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
An online photo essay presented in sponsorship of picturesfestival.com
Photo Essay • by Liz Marshall
March 2007
The Last Lumberjacks
The Last Lumberjacks
Times change for Quebec loggers
Photo Essay • by Rita Leistner
January 2007
Our Weekly Bread
Our Weekly Bread
Around the world in many meals
Photo Essay • by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio
November 2006
Safe and Sexy
Safe and Sexy
A photo essay on the choices women make about what they wear
Photo Essay • by Sarah Hughes
January 2005
Inside a Different Kabul
Inside a Different Kabul
Seven portraits from post-Taliban Afghanistan, photographed by Ahmet Sel
Photo Essay • by Ahmet Sel
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