Rural Life | Burgundy, France
Photographer Sharon Draghi is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Pastoral’. To see Sharon’s body of work, click on any image. This project is about a small village in Burgundy, France – the village where my husband’s…
Read articleThe Disappearing Rural Market | Norfolk, England
Photographer Ben Elwes is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the book ‘Monday Market’. To see Ben’s body of work, click on any image. Monday Market captures aspects of the type of rural market that is now less prevalent across…
Read articleFormer Soviet Secret Towns With A Purpose | The Changes In Rural Russia’s Modern Life
Commercial Food Photographer Christine Armbruster is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Made of Steel’. To see Christine’s body of work, click on any image. Russia is a liquid place. A place of change despite how solid…
Read article“…a story of life on the fringes and of what gets left behind.” | Rural Lithuania
Photographer Matt Wilson is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project HINTERLAND’. To see Matt’s body of work, click on any image. Hinterland roams throughout rural Lithuania navigating a journey amidst once thriving communities, discovering villages that hold a way of…
Read articleThe English Farmers’ Sacrifices To Survive & The City Dwellers Disconnect To Rural Reality
Photographer Jennifer Forward-Hayter is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘England’s Dreaming’. To see Jennifer’s body of work, click on any image. Since moving to London, I have often heard much disbelief and judgement towards rural communities,…
Read articleRural Life, Food & Land
Photographer Madeline Cottingham is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Yelling From The Lower Field’. To see Madeline’s body of work, click on any image. Yelling From The Lower Field presents the viewer with a possibility; an…
Read articleThe Struggles Of An Aging Population | Rural Latvia
Social Documentary Photographer Gunta Podina is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the ‘Rural Living Latvia’ project. To see Gunta’s body of work click on any image. Rural Latvia is undergoing demographic change. As young people leave the countryside…
Read articleThe Priest Who Left Too Soon | A Rural Russia Story
Documentary Photographer Ekaterina Solovieva is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From her book/project The Earth’s Circle – Kolodozero To see Ekaterina’s projects click on any image. The village of Kolodozero, deeply concealed in the woods of Pudozh, is located…
Read articleRabun | Life In Rural America
Photographer Jennifer Garza-Cuen is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From her project ‘Rabun’. To see Jennifer’s gallery click on any image. RABUN Located in northeast Georgia and situated amongst the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia, Rabun is steeped in cultural specifics…
Read articleRural Life In A Town Of 8 | Spain
Photographer Bambi No Muere is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these daily life images. From her project ‘Home is a Feeling’. To see Bambi’s body of work click on any photograph. Life in a small town in Asturias (north of Spain). It only has 8 inhabitants. There, time…
Read articleGrowing Up In Rural Saskatchewan, Canada
Photographer Vera Saltzman is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this portrait/documentary photography. From her project ‘O Human Child‘. To see Vera’s body of work click on any image. Canadian author W.O. Mitchell’s seminal book Who Has Seen the Wind depicts life as a child…
Read articleRural Life Around A Radioactive Environment | Sessa Aurunca, Italy
Photographer Enrica De Nicola is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From project ‘Still There‘. To see Enrica’s body of work click on any photograph. The land of work extends to the crotch of three distinct regions, and for decades…
Read articleOn The Road In Rural America
Fine Art Photographer and Mixed Media Artist Meryl Truett is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From her project Vernacular Highway . To see Meryl’s portfolio click on any photograph. “Vernacular Highway” addresses the marginalization and evolving social terrain of American regional ideology. From…
Read articleThe Impact Of An Oil Economy On Rural Communities
Photographer Valerie Zink is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. From her project Oxen to Oil . To see Valerie’s projects click on any image. As wood-crib grain elevators are torn down, pumpjacks are taking their place as the new fixture of the prairie…
Read articleRural Life In Glasgow, Kentucky, USA
Photographer and Filmmaker Bob Miller is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. From his project ‘Raising Posterity‘ . To see Bob’s body of work click on any image. There are places in our lives that become extensions of…
Read articleThe Rural Life Changes In A Former Mining Community
Documentary Photographer Huw Alden Davies is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. These images are from his project ‘Tumble‘. To see Huw’s body of work click on any image. Focusing on his home village, an ex-mining community in the heart of…
Read articleRural America
Photographer Steve Konya II is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. To see Steve’s gallery of photographs click on any image. See also: King Coal By Steve Konya II Back to HOME PAGE
Read articleRemains Of A Civilization In Rural Romania – Photo Essay
The content of this post was submitted to Edge of Humanity Magazine by Julian a citizen of the free world at UN CIUDADANO DEL MUNDO LIBRE. The human civilization always leaves behind remains. Either this means some prehistoric tools once used by cavemen or nowadays’ mountains of garbage. We have…
Read articleMoving Around Rural Egypt Photo Essay
This travel photography essay depicts people moving around in Egypt. See also: Transporting Goods In Egypt – Photo Essay Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2015
Read articleWoman Selling Papayas – Rural India
It’s early morning in rural India. This woman wearing a orange saree is selling papayas at a local food market. See also: Woman At The Food Market – India Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2015
Read articleEgypt Rural Life
This travel photograph depicts two men working in the fields. This image was taken in Egypt. Click here for more images of rural life in Egypt. Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2015
Read articleBetter Opportunity’s Curse
Rural villages Disappear Culture lost Modernization Creates Slums Poverty Loss of identity Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2021 If my poetry helped, entertained, or moved you, please consider a donation, so that Edge of Humanity Magazine can continue sharing chips of my mind, that I diligently scribble…
Read articleRewind Series | America
This series will focus on showcasing timeless photography that will tell human condition stories and provide enjoyment. Selected from features published since the magazine’s birth in 2014, these hidden visuals will again come to life to touch your hearts. The rewind series will be presented in subjects. To see original…
Read articleLost America
Artwork By MATTHEW PORTCH Lost America examines a quiet stillness in a forgotten landscape that is, in a sense: ‘on-pause’. Backwater towns and rural corners are juxtaposed with the ambiguity of detached suburbia. Places appear frozen in time, their inhabitants absent or long since departed. Ardently stagnant in their appearance,…
Read articleThe Growing Tension Between Muslims & Christians In Georgia
Portrait and Documentary Photographer Hossein Fardinfard is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘THE LOST IDENTITY’. To see Hossein’s body of work, click on any image. In the rural regions of the country of Georgia, poor economic…
Read articleBreaking Borders | A Community Story | Egypt, Bogota
Documentary and Street Photographer Gabriel Rojas is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Egypt, Guardian of History’. To see Gabriel’s body of work, click on any image. The Egypt neighborhood is one of the oldest in Bogotá. It…
Read articleThe Trial Site | Fracking In The Countryside
Visual Storyteller Norberto Fernandez Soriano is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Hythloday’. To see Norberto’s body of work, click on any image. Hythloday is a body of work that draws from one community’s fight against fracking, and…
Read articleWelcome To The Avenue Of Roses
Director of Photography Kevin Fletcher is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Avenue of Roses’. To see Kevin’s body of work, click on any image. All of these photographs were taken on a single street in Portland,…
Read articleHorses, Humans & Our Fast-Paced Society
Visual Storyteller and Photographer Ogulcan Arslan is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘PEARL’. To see Ogulcan’s body of work, click on any image. They were, following their domestication, creatures providing mankind’s travels and communication on the first…
Read articleFukushima Remains
Photographer Benjamin Kis is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the book/project ‘FUKUSHIMA NOW’. To see Benjamin’s body of work, click on any image. Fukushima(then)Now: Friday, March 11th, 2011, 14:47 o ‘clock, Fukushima. At this day, Japan was hit by a…
Read articleHardship & Cultural Richness | Jequitinhonha Vale, Brazil
Photographer Karen Eppinghaus is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Vale do Jequitinhonha’. To see Karen’s body of work, click on any image. The Jequitinhonha Vale is a region in Brazil located at the north of Minas…
Read articleThe ‘other Brazil’ | Portrait Photography
Photographer Antonio Mozeto is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. To see Antonio’s body of work, click on any image. Portraits of a Profound Brazil I have no doubt that there is a dreamer in us. One who sees the world…
Read articleHomosexuality | The Bibles’ Conflict Of Interest
Written by: LIFE COACH Carioca Da Gema Having bad judgment of character will diminish the respect people have for you in your social circle and make you a risk for the ones you do business with. Is not unusual, to find on page 11 of a Google search…
Read articleThe Wealthy | Society’s Waste Of Opportunity
Written by: LIFE COACH Carioca Da Gema Flaunting is part of human nature. People today can publicly share with the world their exotic vacations, the purchase of a brand new car, or being offered that great job in detail with images, text, and chats The rich of the…
Read articleLandscapes Of Uncertainties | Greece
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…
Read articleMIGRATIONS By Sebastião Salgado | Photography Book Recommendation By Edge Of Humanity Magazine
Like most of Salgado’s work, MIGRATIONS from the beginning, sets itself as a bible for documentary photography. The black and white, high impact, historical images, makes a mark and stays with you, easily placing the viewer into the action, the struggles, the pain, and time in history. While exploring…
Read articleSociety, Government & The Health Care System In The US
Written by: Life Coach Carioca Da Gema In its infancy, societies are created by collective ideals and wants. Since the caveman, we have done better in groups as we can help each other to solve our daily problems and carry the heavy loads. As the group evolves, the…
Read articleMenstrual Cycles | I Do Not Want Them!
Written by: Life Coach Carioca Da Gema Teenage girls maybe taking pharmaceuticals in the effort to minimize the experience of having their periods. “…in one study, approximately 70 percent of adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19 indicated that they would prefer to have their periods less…
Read articleAmerican Ranchers
Photographer Scott Baxter is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this portrait/documentary photography. From the book/project ‘100 Years 100 Ranchers’. To see Scott’s body of work, click on any image. All images © Scott Baxter 100…
Read articleStart Of A New Series | Q&A With The Hermit Poet | Why Is There So Much Corruption?
Hermit Poet’s Answer: Throughout history the wealthy and powerful have taken advantage of the less privileged. The difference is that today corruption is more in our face, more often, involves larger sums of money, and casts a much wider net which includes politicians, powerful, large and medium sized companies, wealthy,…
Read articleFear | Lacking By The Youngsters & Considered By The Elders
Written by: Life Coach Carioca Da Gema The neighborhood daredevils gather at the end of the cul-de-sac every evening. Lacking any fear or concern for self harm, these kids do stunts with their bikes and skateboards. Without a second thought some instinctively get up and carry on after…
Read articleSleeping & The Money We Spend To Doze Off
It is estimated that 113 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders. We popped 2 billion dollars of pills, bought 16 billion dollars worth of fancy mattresses, and 1.6 billion was spent on pillows. Sleep labs and sleep home devices are also included in a total spending of 28 billion…
Read articleInterrupted
Written by: Life Coach Carioca Da Gema Power OFF before supper Out of the window Quiet Dark Small lantern to help me Focusing on dough Kneading bread for dinner Ever so slowly Mind is clear Laboring primitive motion World around gone The damn light then comes back on…
Read articleNationalism | A Glossy Word For Ethnic Cleansing
Written by: Life Coach Carioca Da Gema Myanmar is for Buddhists! India is for Hindus! Make America great again! Global warming warnings and wackos concocting artificial intelligence resembling the big bad wolf, are common concerns regarding where we are going as occupants of Earth. Global warming will…
Read articleHow Societies (Past & Present) Evoke Mental Illness To Obtain Control
Written by: Life Coach Carioca Da Gema In the race to control its citizens, past societies used the same strategies applied by individuals with abusive tendencies today. ‘Madness’ was used by authorities in the 1800’s to sway society into normality. The undesirables of that time, the poor, the…
Read articleAre Humans Reasonable?
Written by: Life Coach Carioca Da Gema ‘Reason’ separates the human race from all other species and yet our lives are flooded with components we cannot reason or even prove that exist. Validating the existence of God is probably the largest failure in the history of civilized man.…
Read articleThe Role Of Individualism In Government Control
Written by: Life Coach Carioca Da Gema Primitive societies were constructed by people with the same value system and mostly ruled by religious beliefs. Collective thinking has been diluted by individualism in modern society. Unshackled from institutionalized ideology and state control, citizens can exercise originality in their actions…
Read articleThe Dreams & Contradictions In Chinese Society
Artist and Photographer Alex Huanfa Cheng is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Chinese Wonderland’. To see Alex’s body of work, click on any photograph. I was born in a rural area of China, and now I’m living…
Read articleThe Road From Bagan To Mandalay
It was Saturday afternoon and the next bus did not leave until Monday. We were able to catch a ride with a guy who was going from Bagan to Mandalay for the weekend. My wife and I usually do not travel by a personal car because there is nothing…
Read articleThe Unique Musical Tradition From The Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee
Filmmaker, Photographer and Educator Rachel Boillot is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the book/project ‘Moon Shine’. To see Rachel’s body of work, click on any image. Moon Shine is a collection of photographs inspired by the unique musical…
Read articleDesolate America
Photographer Matthew Portch is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Lost America’. To see Matthew’s body of work, click on any image. Lost America examines a quiet stillness in a forgotten landscape that is, in a sense: ‘on-pause’. Backwater towns…
Read articleThe Historic Railroads In The American Landscape
Photographer John Sanderson is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this landscape/documentary photography. From the project ‘RAILROAD LANDSCAPES’. To see John’s body of work, click on any image. Space changes around rail lines that remain generations after their construction. The tracks flow into…
Read articleFarm Workers & Their Labor Conditions | Brazil
Retired Professor and Photographer Antonio Mozeto is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Rural Life’. To see Antonio’s body of work, click on any image. I have an umbilical link with rural workers. I am the son of…
Read articleBulldozing Nature’s Rhythm
Photographer Yurian Quintanas Nobel is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘The End Of The Days’. To see Yurian’s body of work, click on any image. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND SOCIETY HAS CHANGED OVER TIME.…
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Read articleOnce An Industrial Power | Livani Rests Underdeveloped | Latvia
Photographer Aija Bley is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the ‘Sleepers’ project. To see Aija’s body of work, click on any image. In the 1970s Livani was one of the leading industrial centers of the USSR. Six large…
Read articleThe Economic Impact Of Dead Mothers | Pregnancy, Childbirth, Lack of Medical Care & Community | Ethiopia
Visual Artist and Communications Specialist Joni Kabana is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From her project ‘Footsteps to Healing’. To see Joni ‘s body of work click on any image. According to the World Health Organization, every minute at least…
Read articleEuskal Herria | The Men & The Land
Photographer Yannick Bourcier is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the book ‘Euskal Herria’. To see Yannick ’s body of work click on any photograph . Basque Country, Euskal Herria in Basque language The Basque Country region extends over…
Read articleArt, Architecture & The History Behind The Fading Havelis In Shekhawati
Photographer David Zurick is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From his book ‘A Fantastic State of Ruin’. To watch the book trailer click on any image. A Fantastic State of Ruin: The Painted Towns of Rajasthan Scattered within the…
Read articleObserving The Impermanent Beauty Of Daily Life Scenes | Japan
Photographer Damien Drew is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From his book/project ‘Wabi-Sabi’. To see Damien’s body of work click on any photograph. “Wabi-Sabi is an intuitive appreciation of a transient beauty in the physical world that reflects the…
Read articleThe Many Facets Of Thai Boxing | Young Fighters’ Struggles & Hopes | Bangkok
Documentary Photographer Richard Friend is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From his project ‘In the Ring‘ and ‘Catching Monkeys‘. To see Richard’s body of work click on any photograph. Under an expressway flyover near one of the largest slum…
Read articleIn Pursuit Of Equality The Kurdish Women In Turkey Are Breaking Their Traditional Roles
Photographer Joan Alvado is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. From his project ‘Kurdish Women: Inside, Outside‘. To see Joan’s stories click on any image. The conquest of public space In addition to the known struggle of the Kurdish people for greater autonomy,…
Read articleBengal’s Rituals “…faith heals where logic and reason fails.”
Photographer and Banker Niladri Adhikary is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. From his ‘Rituals’ Gallery‘. To see Niladri’s galleries click on any image. Ignition of Faith : Amidst Bengal Ever since the realization of our being comes in our consciousness we…
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Read articleIndia – People & Their Quotidian Lives
Photographer Padmanabhan Rangarajan is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these daily life images. To see Padmanabhan’s projects click on any photograph. See also: Back to the Roots… By Padmanabhan Rangarajan
Read articleFree Cataract Surgery Restoring Eyesight, Confidence & Independence In India
Documentary, Travel and Street Photographer Kaushal Parikh is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From his project Eye Camp in Anandwan . To see Kaushal’s body of work click on any photograph. Cataracts are the most common cause of partial and complete blindness in India.…
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Read articlePortugal’s Austerity Policies Driving Families Into Poverty
Photographer Lara Jacinto is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. From her project ‘Inner North‘. To see Lara’s projects click on any photograph. The inner north of Portugal has been forgotten and neglected for a long time and is currently one…
Read articleRussia’s Ural Mari – Standing For Their Way Of Life In Hostile Environment
Photographer Fyodor Telkov is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. From his project ‘Ural Mari – A Concealed People‘. To see Fyodor’s body of work click on any image. Mari is one of the Russia’s medium abundance people. According to the 2010 Population…
Read articleHaving Fun Under The Sun – The Culture On The Streets Of Spain
Photographer Lori Needleman is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. From her series ‘Fiesta Modernist“, Fiesta de San Anton‘ and ‘Military:Brigada de Caballeria ‘Castillejos II‘. To see Lori’s España click on any photograph. Feria de Modernista It was the year 1912, a time of…
Read articleDaily Life On A Small Scottish Island
Photographer Kevin Percival is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. These images are from his project ‘Tanera‘. For more information about project Tanera click on any image. Tanera (Ar Dùthaich) focuses on a tiny island off the west coast of Scotland, where…
Read articleHolding On To Tradition & Heritage – Syria’s Bedouins In Refugee Camps
Documentary and Commercial Photographer Sarah Herman is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography. From her project ‘Badawai Bedouin Syrians – Southern Lebanon‘. To see Sarah’s documentaries click on any image. Bedouin Syrians are an ancient tribal community hailing from the desert regions of…
Read articleNew Yorkers & The Beauty Of Zen
Photographer A. Jesse Jiryu Davis, is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. These photographs are from his project ‘New York Zen‘. To see A. Jesse’s portfolio click on any image. “I’ve been photographing members of my Zen community, the Village Zendo, for…
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