• CUBA 25 YEARS AGO

    Twenty five years ago, Eduardo Cerda Sanchez boarded a plane to Cuba. He was not going as a photographer with a project. He was going as a student, with a camera, three months, and no agenda. Cuba, it turns out, does not need a photographer with a project. It just needs one willing to show up.

    Photographs by Eduardo Cerda Sanchez

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  • Ten Days Ten Shadows

    Ten days. Ten images. One singular pursuit of light. This series explores the quiet drama of Mexico’s streets and the power of finding the "main character" within the shadows.

    Photographs by Darren Pellegrino

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  • INTO THE COLD

    For over a century, Milwaukeeans have started their new year the hard way. André Saint Louis has spent the last four years documenting the chaos, the cold, and the characters who keep coming back.

    Photographs by André Saint Louis

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Photographer Spotlight: Kirill Baranovskiy
Photographer Spotlight: Kirill Baranovskiy

Kirill Baranovskiy on street photography, shooting spontaneously, and why the best photographs tell their own story.

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Photographer Spotlight: Robert Stacy
Photographer Spotlight: Robert Stacy

Robert Stacy has spent his career pointing his camera at the things the world would rather look away from. Reproductive rights, civil rights, homelessness, economic justice. Not because it is comfortable but because he believes photography can change things. We talked to him about dignity, spontaneity, and why he always walks back the way he came.

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Photographer Spotlight: Heath Holden
Photographer Spotlight: Heath Holden

In each edition of Photographer Spotlight, The Monochrome Collective sits down with a featured artist to uncover their story how they see, what inspires them, and the creative choices that define their black and white work.

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A Photo Story: In the Light Again

In a dim kitchen in Costa Rica, photographer Peter Westra captured a portrait that balances darkness and redemption. His subject a writer from Devon confined indoors by illness meets the viewer’s gaze with quiet defiance. Inspired by Richard Avedon’s Beekeeper, the image transforms pain into presence, shadow into grace. It’s a testament to endurance and the healing power of light.

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Photo Story: Portraits of Survival

In the heart of Africa, work is more than a means of survival it’s an act of identity. Through environmental portraiture, Portraits of Survival captures the quiet strength of those who transform necessity into purpose.

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