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Discover the Winners of AAP Magazine 50 Shapes

Discover the Winners of AAP Magazine 50 Shapes

All About Photo
Media Spotlight 
This milestone issue celebrates the visual power of form, geometry, and structure, showcasing how photographers transform shapes into compelling stories. From the flowing curves of nature to the sharp lines of urban landscapes, shapes guide our gaze, create rhythm, and turn the ordinary into something extraordinary.
Smithsonian Magazine-From Flower Markets and Colonial Forts to Shrines and Battlefields, Take a Journey Into the Heart of India (2025)

Smithsonian Magazine-From Flower Markets and Colonial Forts to Shrines and Battlefields, Take a Journey Into the Heart of India (2025)

Ranita Roy
Media Spotlight 
Alien: Earth for The New York Times

Alien: Earth for The New York Times

Andre Malerba
Media Spotlight 
"For “Alien: Earth,” the extreme conditions were both a challenge and a feature. The show was drawn to Thailand by the up-do-date facilities and skilled workforce, and by proximity to dramatic coastal and mountain locations. But its vision of Earth in 2120, when corporations have replaced governments and climate change has made..
A peaceful and prosperous Sudan will not happen without women - CMI

A peaceful and prosperous Sudan will not happen without women - CMI

Aymen Mohamed
Media News Published 
In a country where military rule has defined much of the social and political life for decades, Sudanese women have grown up fighting for freedom and justice. Lawyer and activist Afaf Ibrahim Mohamed Arbab wants to see more women involved in the peace negotiations, as well as in the democratic transition. Despite the active efforts […] View on..
Foreign Policy: Syria’s Missing Children

Foreign Policy: Syria’s Missing Children

Alexandra Corcode
Media Spotlight 
Children of detainees disappeared in orphanages. As many remain unaccounted for, their relatives fear the worst. View on foreignpolicy.com ↗
Midland Legacy for The Texas Tribune

Midland Legacy for The Texas Tribune

Eli Hartman
Media Spotlight 
Five years after shedding Confederate moniker, a West Texas high school may be Lee High again. The Midland school district rebranded Robert E. Lee High as Legacy High in 2020, part of a nationwide trend to distance public places from the Confederacy. Now, a new configuration of the Midland school board is set to consider reverting the..
QUEENS AGAINST BORDERS x LOLLAPALOOZA for GETTY IMAGES

QUEENS AGAINST BORDERS x LOLLAPALOOZA for GETTY IMAGES

Nadja Wohlleben
Featured Film Media Videos 
QUEENS AGAINST BORDERS x LollaPalooza / For GETTY IMAGES   Queens Against Borders is a performance collective with and for trans and queer refugees and immigrants, based in Berlin and Germany since 2015, consisting of international artists from all over the globe including Syria, Iran, Singapore, Indonesia and many more. Queens Against..
Winners AAP Magazine 49 Black and White

Winners AAP Magazine 49 Black and White

All About Photo
Media Spotlight 
This issue showcases the work of 25 outstanding photographers from 11 countries across 3 continents, each offering a distinct and compelling vision of the world through shades of black, white, and grey. From striking contrasts to subtle tonal nuances, their images reveal how black and white photography continues to captivate, distill emotion, and..
The discarded woman of Lebanon

The discarded woman of Lebanon

Diego Ibarra Sánchez
Children civilian casualties Combat Conflict Confrontation Documentary Dreams Dying/Death Editorial Emotion Faith Fear Freedom Human Rights Illegal Trafficking Immigration International Stories Islam Journalism Lifestyle mass displacement Media Migration Military Militias Multimedia Peace Photo Essay; Ukraine; circus; childhood; hope Photography Photojournalism Poverty Refugees Religion Reportage Social Justice Teens Violence War War and its effects Weapons Womens Rights Workers Rights Youth 
The Discarded Woman of Lebanon https://www.nytimes.com/card/2024/12/16/world/middleeast/lebanon-migrant-workers-israel-war
Title 8

Title 8

Wayan Barre
Media 
The Trump administration issued Title 42 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This order allowed border authorities to swiftly turn away migrants encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border, often depriving migrants of the chance to claim asylum and dramatically cutting down on border processing time. But the order also carried almost no legal..
VQR publishes Photo Essay

VQR publishes Photo Essay

Nina Berman
Featured Film Media Videos 
VQR  publishes my photo essay "In the Hallowed Place Where There's Only Darkness." Grateful to historian Ellen Schrecker for her words about Columbia University and the McCarthyite terror enveloping higher education. Link  here In the Hallowed Place Where There’s Only Darkness For more than fifty years, I have been..
Cybrothel Berlin Immersive AI Sex Doll Brothel for Getty Images News

Cybrothel Berlin Immersive AI Sex Doll Brothel for Getty Images News

Nadja Wohlleben
Media 
For Getty Images News I photographed Berlin’s “Cybrothel”, claiming to be the world’s first cybersex brothel with immersive AI dolls. WARNING/ EDITOR’S NOTE: Images contain graphic content and nudity.
The Economist: Return to China? Xing would rather die in the jungle

The Economist: Return to China? Xing would rather die in the jungle

Andrés Yépez
Media 
Thousands of Chinese migrants each year are trekking across Latin America to reach the United States border. Their journey often begins in Ecuador. They share the anxiety and uncertainty that all migrants crossing the Darien Gap carry with them, as if it were part of the essential baggage of their journey to the US. Chinese migrants carry their..
The Darkroom MCs

The Darkroom MCs

Joseph Rodriguez
Media 
Russell Frederick and Anderson Zaca go on a journey into the darkroom to showcase some of the most important but often underrepresented photographers of our time. Watch artists develop photos and create prints while they discuss their process, social justice and the impact of their images. Featuring Beuford Smith, Joseph Rodriguez, Adama Delphine..
A journey through the world’s newest narco-state

A journey through the world’s newest narco-state

Andrés Yépez
Media 
Ecuador advances in its tragic transition to a full-fledged narco-state—with all its implications and all its deaths. Violence has infiltrated every dimension of daily life, turning fear and uncertainty into constants for ordinary people. From cities and their outskirts, held hostage by organized criminal groups, to rural areas that have..
New York Times: El Paraná se marchita

New York Times: El Paraná se marchita

Sebastian Lopez Brach
Media 
El Paraná se marchita y con él, se seca un pilar económico de Sudamérica. El segundo río más grande de la región se está quedando sin agua en medio de la mayor sequía de los últimos 70 años, lo que pone en peligro a los ecosistemas, el comercio y los medios de..
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