Artist Christy Titus is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the project ‘Silver Coast. To see Christy’s body of work, click on any photograph. These images are part of the project Silver Coast, a site-specific installation of cyanotypes and digital color…
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This Aperture published book is a nice selection of Manuel Alvarez Bravo’s black and white daily life artistic photographs that took place in Mexico from the 1920’s though the 1990’s. Every photograph has strong impact and is museum quality. The portraits display raw emotion and I especially like the photo…
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Photographer Kathleen McIntyre is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Color Me Softly’. To see Kathleen’s body of work, click on any image. As a young girl, I was a quiet and an observant girl, lost in…
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The Life Coaching Series Written by Life Coach Carioca Da Gema “He comes from nothing” We all have heard this phrase multiple times and it is usually accompanied by the person’s achievements. The same humble beginnings can have contrasting results in people’s lives. Some strive to succeed at…
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Written by Marilyn Jaye Lewis In the Shadow of Narcissa My Brother Insists that I Cannot See Canada I am four. My dad and I are sharing a birthday cake, blowing out the candles together. This excites me – that we get to share something. It makes…
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Photographer Stefania Orfanidou is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Jaguar Sun’. To see Stefania’s body of work, click on any image. “Our memories are dreams, the house of the past has become a great image, the…
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Photographer Shaun Pierson is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Alvine Road’. To see Shaun’s body of work, click on any image. I remember laying my head in my grandfather’s lap after he had pulled a…
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Written by Marilyn Jaye Lewis In the Shadow of Narcissa | I’m Crying because the President has Been Shot I have a babysitter one afternoon and her name is Penny. My brother’s not home yet. He’s at nursery school. My grandmother will be bringing him home soon. I…
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Written by Marilyn Jaye Lewis In the Shadow of Narcissa | There is a woman in my house who takes care of things. I’ve awoken with so much sleep in my eyes that I can’t open them. I’m convinced I’ve gone blind. I’m nearly 3. Terrified, I slip…
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Written by Marilyn Jaye Lewis In the Shadow of Narcissa An Intimate Memoir of Childhood I can separate it out by houses; the ebb and flow of my mother’s turmoil. She was my adoptive mother. In the forward-thinking times of the early 1960s, it was thought best…
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Photographer and Art Historian Eleonora Pecorella is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘WOMEN’S ENERGY’. To see Eleonora’s body of work, click on any image. My mother was a feminist, and I grew up in Italy in the seventies surrounded by…
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Photographer Eamon Mac Mahon is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘Landlocked’ project. To see Eamon’s body of work, click on any image. This project looks at remote resource towns of northwestern Canada, and the vast areas of uninhabited…
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Street and Documentary Photographer Görkem Keser is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘Dead Retina’ project. To see Görkem’s portfolios, click on any image. Can technology steal our memories? This is a very important question we need to…
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Photographer Eleonora Ronconi is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From her project ‘once upon a time…erase una vez…’ To see Eleonora’s body of work click on any image. Like most children of my generation, I was an avid reader with…
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Photographer Alex Llovet is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From his project ‘Fragmented Memory 1‘. To see Alex’s body of work click on any image. This selection of images is a small taste from my early works based on the search…
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Neuroscientist, Photographer and Writer Dr. Joshua Sariñana is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this article. From his On Photography article series ‘Memory, Photography and the Human Brain‘. To see Dr. Sariñana photographic projects and articles click on any image. There is a good deal written about the similarities…
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Photographer Nicolas Hafele is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From his project ‘Sweet Water Memories‘. To see Nicolas’ body of work click on any image. Sweet Water Memories to my father (poem by my grandmother) afternoons of thunders together watching the…
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Photographer and Multimedia Storyteller Sabrina Merolla is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From her series ‘Dunwu – Epiphanies‘. To see Sabrina’s body of work click on any image. The series is part of an ongoing research on lishi jiyi, “historical memory”, in…
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Photographer Lewis Ableidinger is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. These images are from his project ‘A Town You Haven’t Heard Of – Kensal, ND‘. To see Lewis’ body of work click on any image. Kensal (population 163) is…
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Artist and Photographer Allison Rufrano is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. These photographs are from her project ‘Memory Box‘. To see Allison’s portfolio click on any image. The Memory Box Collection is a way for me to remember and honor beloved friends and…
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Commercial Photographer Joshua Spees is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. These images are from his project ‘Richard & Thelma‘. To see Joshua’s body of work click on any image. Everything from my childhood has disappeared. My childhood homes are…
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Photographer Anne-Sophie Guillet is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. These photographs are from her project & book ‘Reminiscence. To see Anne-Sophie’s body of work click on any image. “Reminiscence” rem-i-nisens : an account of what is remembered: the recurrence to the mind of…
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Artwork By DARIA AMARANTH “I like the feeling of an inexplicable mystery, that envelops like a fog, I need to put a feeling into a photograph, something completely deep in every picture. In many ways fine art photography is a stream of consciousness and unconsciousness for me, it…
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Portrait, Fashion and Fine Art Photographer Dorrie Mcveigh is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Adrift’. To see Dorrie’s body of work, click on any image. On the 18th September 1975, when I was exactly 1 year and…
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Artwork by Sari Piek “Gradually Sari Piek found a way for herself to combine both the craftsmanship with her urge to experiment, which resulted in sometimes highly abstracted faces, bigger than real live, on canvas. Also, on paper, sometimes in many thick layers, she conjures up faces from…
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New artwork by Experimental Sculptor Mary Johnson Through an artistic practice that melds sculptural and traditional craft processes, my work draws on the familiarity of repurposed materials, investigating the ways in which our memories become associated and entangled with the items we come in daily contact with. I…
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Photographer Md.Arifuzzaman is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘The story of preserving the largest living heritage’. To see Arif’s body of work, click on any image. Imagine your present without the memories of your ancestors or…
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Written by Marilyn Jaye Lewis In the Shadow of Narcissa | I See God Everywhere It’s the new house and I’m four. I’m allowed to walk to my girlfriend’s yard all by myself. When I come home from playing, my giant white stuffed animal – the one…
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Photographer Md Arifuzzaman is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this article. To see Arif’s body of work, click on any image. The History of Kolkata When I think of Kolkata first thing strikes me that its history. Once upon a time Kolkata was the…
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Written by Lay Sion Ng @ Issues Under Tissues Chinese Malaysian, American Literature at Osaka University, Japan. Accounts Of A Teenager Inside Syria’s Battleground Part #1 “I was sleeping in a place where rats were running everywhere. The living condition there was so disgusting and awful that…
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Visual Artist, Photographer and Educator Anni Hanén is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the book/project ‘Just Small Hiccups’. To see Anni’s body of work, click on any image. My father once told me that my world is like a…
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Visual Storyteller, Photographer, Printmaker and Art Director Zhou HanShun is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the book/project ‘Frenetic City’. To watch the project video click on any image. To say life moves fast in a city is an understatement. People…
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Photographer, Filmmaker and Artist Norma Córdova, aka, shesaidred is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Fictitious Family’. To see Norma’s body of work, click on any image. My father was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s in 1997,…
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Photographer Léa Thijs is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the book/project ‘Safe House’. To see Léa’s body of work, click on any image. Alain Thijs struggled with bipolar disorder for over 20 years, undiagnosed and trying to cope with…
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Fine Art Photographer Amy Kanka Valadarsky is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Heartbeat of the Night’. To see Amy ’s body of work, click on any image. An impulsive walk on the night of a full moon…
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Visual Artist Maria Mavropoulou is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Inner State’. To see Maria’s body of work, click on any image. “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new…
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Death, Catholicism & My Mother’s Decisions Kelly Burke Intimate Passages Of My Mother’s Turmoil Marilyn Jaye Lewis “It’s for the mice” | Memories Of My Grandmother Marilyn Jaye Lewis “…you know you can’t sleep there” | Passages Of A Homeless Person’s Life J H Martin By…
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Art Director, Photographer and Set Designer Christina Heurig is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the ongoing project ‘HEARTMILL LAND’. To see Christina’s body of work, click on any photograph. ‘The Heartmill Land’ represents surreal spaces within a fictional world. It contains…
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This song totally relaxes me. Sometimes when I do not have time for meditation, I will listen to a couple tracks of music and Fajar Di Atas Awan is on my relaxation song list. The music brings back memories of my time visiting Indonesia. The country is a magical place…
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Architecture Photographer Robert Conrad/Albumen Gallery is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. To see Albumen Gallery online exhibition ‘Memories of the Wall’ featuring photos by Robert, click on any photograph. Albumen Gallery / Robert Conrad online exhibition ‘Memories of…
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Written by Marilyn Jaye Lewis In the Shadow of Narcissa | My Mommy’s Turmoil has Returned My mommy’s turmoil has returned. It’s the new house. I’m four. I’m standing in the corner of my bedroom, facing the wall. I’m being punished but I don’t know what I’ve…
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Fine Art Photographer and Visual Artist Jolien De Buyser is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘ORPHIC’ series. To see Jolien’s body of work, click on any photograph. Every photo in this series has its own story. Since…
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Photographer Hannah Kozak is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From her 10 year book/project ‘He Threw the Last Punch Too Hard ’. To see Hannah’s body of work, click on any image. I began photographing my mother in December, 2009…
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Written By Poet and Photographer J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey NFA I wake up And I’m on a train I pass out And I’m in a station Drunk Hungover Drinking Somewhere Walking backwards Through the morning crowd Talking sideways to…
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Photographer Fred Huning is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these photographs. From the book/project ‘Two Mothers’. To see Fred’s body of work, click on any image. It all started with ›one circle‹, Fred Hüning’s moving trilogy about a still born…
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Written By Poet and Photographer J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey ကဆုန် February – I hear you Coming up the stairs Cursing my name Hammering on the door Accusing me of Sleeping with money-changers Bank tellers And a hundred other women I have never…
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Visual Artist Dyanne Wilson is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘North of 60’. To see Dyanne’s body of work, click on any image. When my husband accepted a position with the Territorial Government, I was fortunate…
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Photographer Vicki Reed is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘Ghost Garden’ series. To see Vicki’s body of work, click on any image. I began gathering plants when on outings to the countryside and parks with my parents in…
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Written by: Kaitlin Oster Mom’s on Fire My hair was dragged out, root to end, everyday. “I have hair like Daddy.” “And that’s why your father keeps it short,” my mother said cooly to six year-old me as she exhaled cigarette smoke upwards to the kitchen ceiling. I…
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every few years opening boxes old photographs shared with bottle of wine memories flash-by quick pass of time Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained you, please consider a donation, so that Edge of Humanity Magazine can continue sharing chips of my mind,…
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Documentary Photographer Alex Butler is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this essay. From the project ‘Candyfloss & Sticks of Rock’. Everyone it seems has memories concerning Barry Island, that infamous seaside resort in South Wales. Family holidays, day trips to the seaside, or even perhaps from…
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As individuals get older what do they see when looking in the rear view mirror of life? Many people chase their entire time on earth and at the end there is nothing but despair and bitterness. What is happiness and contentment? Money comes and money goes, but no one can…
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Photographer Katerina Kouzmitcheva is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Travelling to non-existing past’. To see Katerina’s body of work, click on any image. My Facebook photo album of our family village house was often nostalgically commented…
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Photographer Glorija Lizde is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘F20.5’. To see Glorija’s body of work, click on any image. The work F20.5 depicts the confrontation of my own childhood, during which my father suffered from…
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Photographer Benedikt Partenheimer is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘TURNAROUND’ series. To see Benedikt’s body of work, click on any photograph. The images from the series “Turnaround”, deal with the relationship between “internal” and “external” space. Displayed…
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Photographer Fatima Abreu Ferreira is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the series ‘How to disappear completely’. To see Fatima’s body of work, click on any image. How to disappear completely is a work of struggle, obsession and complete…
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Photographer and Writer Josh Neufeld is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Meeting Mortality’. To see Josh’s body of work, click on any image. The idea for this project germinated at a family reunion over the holidays. Aunts, uncles…
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Photographer Kenneth Guthrie is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ongoing project ‘The Way You Look at Me’. To see Kenneth’s body of work, click on any image. The Way You Look at Me started as a photographic…
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Photographer Oded Wagenstein is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘LIKE LAST YEAR’S SNOW’. To see Oded’s body of work, click on any image. In the remote village of Yar-Sale in Northern Siberia, live a group of elderly women.…
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Photographer and Writer Sandipa Malakar is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the series ‘Coffee house in light and shadow’. To see Sandipa’s body of work, click on any image. A winter afternoon, setting sunlight, hot coffee cups and like…
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The sun will soon burn into the water and take the day’s final breath. Alone, I walk on the white sand beach, tossing shells into the sea, trying to forget. I’m clutching deep-rooted memories and my mind remains upset. | eBook | Travels With The Hermit Poet |…
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Photographer Patricia Sandler is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Finding Our Fathers’. To see Patricia’s body of work, click on any image. Finding Our Fathers I After my father passed away, I searched through his briefcase…
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Fine Art Photographer and Artist Jane Long is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘Self-Preservation’ series. To see Jane’s body of work, click on any photograph. This series examines the relationship between attempts at preservation and inevitable change. Nothing…
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Photographer Gianluca Ceccarini is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the long term project ‘Tina’. To see Gianluca’s projects, click on any image. Tina is 80 years old, she lives alone and she has Alzheimer’s disease. Her memories…
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Photographer Maria Oliveira is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Under the surveillance of ancient animals’. To see Maria’s body of work, click on any image. The project is based on the place where I was born…
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NFL Player & Poet Ryan Russell is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this poem. * It’s Always Winter in NYC “Shouldn’t writers move to New York City?” I have to forgive them, of course they don’t know. They don’t know how that city has…
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Photographer Nashalina Schrape is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Whispers in East Berlin’. To see Nashalina’s body of work, click on any image. This is the story of a house built in 1941 in East Berlin. Four generations…
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Photographer / Cinematographer Panos Kefalos is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the book/project ‘Saints’. To see Panos’s body of work, click on any image. Why ‘saints’? The correlation between the title of my book and its subject matter is not…
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Artist and Photographer John-David Richardson is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Someday I’ll Find The Sun’. To see John-David ’s body of work, click on any image. I am a product of poverty. The circumstances of…
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Visual Artist, Educator and Photographer Vika Eksta is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the book/project ‘Dievs Daba Darbs’. To see Vika’s body of work, click on any image. “Dievs Daba Darbs” (“God Nature Toil”) is a trilogy written…
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Artist Evelyn Bencicova is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘Taste of Leaving’ project. To see Natalia’s body of work, click on any photograph. My project “Taste of leaving” is a personal one. It displays Cvernovka, a former sewing factory in…
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Visual Artist Photographer Mahmoud J. Alkurd is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. To see Mahmoud’s gallery, click on any photograph. All images © Mahmoud J. Alkurd Service Directory * Books * …
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Photographer Isabelle Levistre is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the book ‘ANAMNÈSE’. To see Isabelle’s body of work, click on any image. This series is the glance which I carry on the world of childhood. I rewrote like an…
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Graphic Designer and Photographer Michiko Chiyoda is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘Starting a New Journey’ project. To see Michiko’s body of work, click on any image. After a long struggle with sickness, my mother passed away. Since…
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Photographic Artist Justyna Neryng is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this portraiture. From the ongoing project ‘Childhood Lost’. To see Justyna’s body of work, click on any image. Childhood Lost is an ongoing project exploring the nature of portraiture and memory. As a…
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Dusty antique chair Stained glass window Light cigar Memories too far * Find More Poetry HERE BACK TO HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2018
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Photographer Jung S Kim is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘Circle’ series. To see Jung’s work click on any image. ‘Circle’ series is a self-reflective project and personal narrative inspired by negative emotional experiences and feelings that I…
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Photographer & Educator Norma I. Quintana is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From her project “Forage From Fire“. To see Norma’s body of work click on any image. “On the night of October 8th, 2017, at 11:00pm, I received a call…
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Visual Artist Michela Carmazzi is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From her project ‘Aunt Janna, an Italian Housewife’. To see Michela’s body of work click on any image. “Janna is an Italian housewife from the 50’s. She has spent all her…
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Photographer Thomas Bouquin is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From his ongoing series ‘Spirit In The Night’. To see Thomas’ body of work click on any image. Spirit in the Night is a personal portrait of Montreal made during night wanderings.…
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Fine Art Photographer Mary Anne Mitchell is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this fine art photography. From her series Meet me in My Dreams . To see Mary Anne’s body of work click on any image. ”Meet Me in My Dreams” Walking through…
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Documentary Photographer Mauro De Bettio is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From his project ‘The Wall of Silence’. To see Mauro’s body of work click on any image. THE WALL OF SILENCE At 22:39 on October 9, 1963, a 2 km…
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Photographer Marc Wilson is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this landscape/documentary photography. From his book/project ‘The Last Stand‘. To see Marc’s body of work click on any image. All images © Marc Wilson 2018 Scotland Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. 2011 A line of…
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Photographer Shahadat Hossain is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. From his project “Banishanta: World of Sinners “ . To see Shahadat’s body of work click on any photograph. Banishanta is a tiny island off the coast of…
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Cinematographer, Photographer and Teacher Vitor Queiroz is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this narrative photography. From his project ‘Portugal: 2 and a half years later’. To see Vitor’s body of work click on any photograph. Landed in the Lisbon Airport on a hot…
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