Benjamin Hiller was born in 1982 into a German-American family. He began to engage himself with journalism, culture and photography early on. After several semesters of studying anthropology in Heidelberg (with emphasis on ritual dynamics and visual anthropology) and a classical trade school training in photography, he began an independent career as a freelance photojournalist [...]
Dominic Nahr was born in Switzerland in 1983, raised in Hong Kong and has been based out of Nairobi, Kenya since 2009. He is currently a contract photographer for Time magazine and past editorial clients include The New Yorker, National Geographic Magazine and The Wall Street Journal among other notable publications. Nahr has been honored with several prestigious [...]
Guillem Valle first became interested in documentary photography at the age of 14 when he traveled to Sarajevo an an art student exchange program in 1998. In 2003, he began to work with local newspapers documenting the social movements in Barcelona, all the while mainlining a personal agenda. Over the years, he has worked on [...]
Marcus Reichmann was born in Saxony, Germany. He studied photojournalism at the University of Applied Science and Arts in Hanover and was a photography apprentice. He has traveled to India and Kashmir and been exhibited at the Festival Visa pour l’Image Perpignan 2011 & the Lumix Festival 2012 for young photojournalism in Hanover. His reportage [...]
Oscar B. Castillo was born in Caracas on March 4th 1981 and has lived a rich life. Growing up, he never lived with his parents and was expelled from four schools. Castillo is a freelance documentary photographer and a member of Fractures Photo Collective. In his own words, he describes himself as a “singer in [...]
Uwe Dürigen is featured in the latest issue of LFI for his reportage on the Kumari in Nepal. He was born in 1968 in Loffenau, Germany. At first he wanted to become a guitarist; however, he decided to study economics and sociology. During his years of study, he came into contact with the fascinating culture of [...]
Kai Wiesinger, a German actor, inherited his love of photography from his father who worked as a reporter. During the filming of his latest movie “Wunderkinder”, which premiered on October 6th of this year, Kai worked on both sides of the camera, acting in the film and documenting the production from behind the lens of [...]
In our latest photo essay made in collaboration with Magnum Photos, we follow Bruce Gilden to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bruce Gilden first traveled to Haiti in 1984 and made 19 trips over the course of 10 years, culminating in his book titled, quite simply, “Haiti”. In February and March 2010, he went back to Port-au-Prince to [...]
Past For over 60 years, Magnum photographers have traveled around the world with their own agendas carrying their camera of choice, which was more often than not a Leica. These photographers produced iconic images of major world events including wars and revolutions, as well as everyday scenes of the world at work and at play. [...]
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