Deported: An American Division

Lourdes Salazar Bautista puts her hands to her heart as she expresses concern for her children, moments after leaving the meeting confirming her deportation order on Monday, July 31, 2017 outside the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Office in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Deported An American Division/A Family Divided From left, Bryan Quintana-Salazar, 13, cries as his former teacher, Jennifer Walsh, of Ann Arbor, wipes tears from his face before he enters the […]

Forest Cove: All of the Above

Forest cove: all of the above Forest Cove: All of the Above, photo by Mark Anthony Brown Jr. Forest Cove: All of the Above, photo by Mark Anthony Brown Jr. […]

Faces of the Child Migrant Crisis

A Honduran boy at a shelter in Tapachula, a border town in Chiapas

Faces of the child migrant crisis A Honduran boy at a shelter in Tapachula, a border town in Chiapas. After running away from home, he had no place to go […]

A City in Limbo

Children in Flint brushing their teeth with bottled water

A city in limbo Flint, Michigan – January 15, 2016: (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times) Kaden Parks, 8, peers out the window of his familyÕs car while picking up bottled […]

ECHOES: Looking Back on Flint amid COVID

AWP revisits Flint, MI in the midst of Covid-19 to develop collaborative exhibit, “ECHOES,” showcasing work created by students in the Youth News Movement

echoes Looking Back on Flint amid Covid Photo taken by students of Youth News Movement as part of the ECHOES project KaDaiza Gadison, 18, recently graduated from Hamady High Scool […]

DARFUR/DARFUR

Darfur Darfur exhibit on a triptych screen of 15 meters by 4 in the Trocadéro garden, opposite the Eiffel Tower

DARFUR/DARFUR DARFUR/DARFUR exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA DARFUR/DARFUR exhibit on a triptych screen of 15 meters by 4 in the Trocadéro garden, opposite the Eiffel […]

Body of Water

In the Ogoniland village of Kpean, an oil wellhead that had been leaking for weeks has turned into a raging inferno. The local youths keep watch, waiting for Shell to come and put the fire out. This is an environmental disaster for the local people, as it effects their crops, their water and air.

Body of Water Ethnic Mongol farmer walks into his home’s compound past tons of sand that has accummulated against a wall that faces the sand desert. Tongu-lugu-lar/Taorimu Tuhasha, Inner Mongolia, […]

At What Cost

A young boy manually excavates a river bank for stones in Retalhuleu Province, Guatemala.

At what cost “Ninos Picapedreros” (children who dig out stones), manually excavate a river bank, where rocks are continuously washed down from the volcanic highlands, for sale as construction material, […]

BLOOD/STONES

Two hands inspect red spinel gemstones on a cloth covered table.

Blood/stones Burmese Rubies Dissident protestors in Myanmar. Photo by Christian Holst. Two potential buyers inspect spinel at a gem stone fair August 20, 2010 in Yangon, Myanmar. The price tag […]

The Second Wave: Thailand’s Economic Struggle

A monk receives a COVID-19 nasal test

The second wave Thailand’s Economic Struggle The Second Wave, photo by Lauren DeCicca The Second Wave, photo by Lauren DeCicca About the Project Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand was […]