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When the Smoke Clears

by Svet Jacqueline

The people of Ukraine, exhausted, displaced, and grieving, have not given up – they embrace calmness and fortitude, even as they face some of the darkest days of the war.

The Don Steppe

The Don Steppe

Rostov-on-Don region, Russian Federation

by Misha Maslennikov

In the Russian steppe, there is only the earth under your feet as far as the eye can see, and the sky above your head, around you and about you, and it all runs together as one, even within you.

Folklores

Folklores

Xinjiang, China and Tibet

by Emmanuel Serna

China has reduced its ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet solely to their folklore to attract tourists and income and to erase local religion, culture, and language.

Indigenous Peoples of America Parade

Indigenous Peoples of America Parade

United States

by Lisa DuBois

The Indigenous Peoples of America Parade is overdue. Approximately 90% of the Native population died as a result of invading forces within 150 years of arrival on a territory that was called a new world to the conquerors, but for the Natives it was their world.

Indigenous Autonomy in Mexico

Indigenous Autonomy in Mexico

Mexico

by Scott Brennan

Two Nahua indigenous communities — Santa Maria de Ostula and Cherán K’eri — fight for social and environmental justice in the notoriously violent southern Mexican state of Michoacán.

What My Daughter Learns of the Sea

What My Daughter Learns of the Sea

United States

by Brian Frank

A look behind the walls of the Las Colinas women’s jail in San Diego, CA.

Into the Belly of the Beast — The Men's March

Into the Belly of the Beast — The Men's March

United States

by Edward Boches

The 2022 Men’s March brought 200 mostly white men to one of the country’s most liberal cities to spread their message that life begins at conception and that the Constitution must protect all “persons.”

The Mongolian Steppe—A Threatened Ecosystem

The Mongolian Steppe—A Threatened Ecosystem

Mongolia

by Daniel Miller

Mongolia has a long history of nomadic pastoralism with herders raising livestock for thousands of years and have extensive traditional ecological knowledge and understanding of their environment. However, inappropriate government policies and lack of economic incentives threaten the rangelands and Mongolia’s nomadic heritage.

Still Doing Life

Still Doing Life

United States

by Howard Zehr

In the early 1990s, Howard Zehr photographed 75 men & women serving life sentences. In 2017, he revisited 22 of these same prisoners.

Go Home and May God be With You

Go Home and May God be With You

Cuba

Dany del Pino Rodríguez

During the height of the Covid pandemic, Dany del Pino Rodríguez photographed his father while hospitalized in Cuba and would be the last photos that Rodríguez would take of him.

Life After Life in  Prison

Life After Life in Prison

United States

By Sara Bennett

Sara Bennett photographs formerly incarcerated women in their bedrooms. All were convicted of serious crimes — mostly homicide.

If We Stand Tall

If We Stand Tall

United States

by Cheryl Miller

This project documents quotidian Black life from 1978-1998—images of African Americans viewed through a variety of everyday positive, relatable, uplifting, and ordinary experiences.

Chernobyl-Frozen in Time

Chernobyl-Frozen in Time

Ukraine

by Gabriel Romero

On April 26, 1986, the world’s worst nuclear disaster occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine. Officially, 31 people are known to have died directly from the disaster, unofficially the long-term effects of radiation poisoning have led to the deaths of thousands.

Shishmaref - A Native American Struggle

Shishmaref - A Native American Struggle

Alaska, United States

by Nima Taradji

Shishmaref, Alaska is a remote village located 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle. It sits atop rapidly melting permafrost, and coupled with rising sea levels, is forcing the native Iñupiat to leave and find a new home.

La Caravana Del Diablo

La Caravana Del Diablo

Mexico

by Ada Trillo

In January 2020, due to violence and poor economic conditions, Honduran citizens formed a migrant caravan and traveled through Guatemala into Mexico. This is their story.

Drowned History

Drowned History

Turkey

by Mustafa Bilge Satkin

The construction of the Ilısu Dam in Turkey had devastating impacts on the local community and environment in the Dicle Valley.

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BOOK REVIEW

Blood Bonds

by Jan Banning and Dick Wittenberg, with an essay on forgiveness by Marjan Slob

Thirty years after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Jan Banning documents a profound journey of reconciliation and healing.

BOOK REVIEW

Occupied Territories

by Fabio Bucciarelli

Italian photographer Fabio Bucciarelli documents the recurrence of Israeli incursions and occupations in the West Bank, Gaza, and Lebanon.

BOOK REVIEW

Tarrafal

by João Pina

João Pina mines archives and family history to challenge the silence of past atrocities and bear witness to the horrific years of fascist rule in Portugal and its colonies.

BOOK REVIEWS

Briefly Noted

Edited by Alice Currey

ZEKE Magazine’s Fall 2025 recommended photo books spotlight compelling documentary photography.

FEATURED ARTICLE

Love and War: A Profile of two photojournalists as they document the war in Ukraine as partners and parents

By Alice Currey

Photojournalists Brendan Hoffman and Oksana Parafeniuk capture the realities of war in Ukraine both as partners and parents.

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