A PHOTO STORY: WHILE I'M WORKING

Every working photographer has a hard drive full of images that did not fit the brief. Ben Lumley decided to do something about it. Photos While I'm Working is the series he built from a decade of moments nobody commissioned and nobody asked for. It might be his most honest work.
Photographs by Ben Lumley
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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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THE ISLAND THAT TAUGHT ME TO SEE PEOPLE

David Clark retired three years ago and bought his first serious camera. Since then he has been making up for lost time. A week in Havana on a portrait workshop led by legendary photographer Peter Turnley changed how he thinks about photographing people.
Photographs by David Clark
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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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A PHOTO STORY: WHILE I'M WORKING

CUBA 25 YEARS AGO

THE ISLAND THAT TAUGHT ME TO SEE PEOPLE

INTO THE COLD