Photo Essays

New visions of the world we thought we knew.

Life in Iran :: Photo Essay

by Arash Shiva

posted May 09, 2008

Arash Shiva’s beautiful photographs of daily life in Iran, taken in Fall 2007.

Peace Corps in Paraguay :: Photo Essay

by Justin Mog, Amanda Fuller

posted May 09, 2008

Peace Corps volunteers Justin Mog and Amanda Fuller were dispatched to an impoverished community in rural Paraguay, where they launched a seed bank, which loans tree, vegetable, and alternative crop seeds.

Chris Jordan :: Running the Numbers

by Chris Jordan

posted Apr 14, 2008

Dazzling images make the statistics that describe the huge waste streams of our consumer culture visible. This photo essay shows recent works of Chris Jordan from his Running the Numbers and Intolerable Beauty series.

The Barefoot Photographers of Tilonia

posted Feb 08, 2008

Photo Essay from the Barefoot College in Tilonia, India. Barefoot solar engineers trained by the Barefoot College have solar electrified over 200 communities in India, bringing light to over 80,000 people. The college is now training barefoot women solar engineers from 10 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, among other projects.

Photo Essay :: Pete Seeger at Home

by Michael Bowman

posted Feb 08, 2008

This photo series by Michael Bowman for YES! Magazine shows folk-legend Pete Seeger at his home in Beacon, New York, overlooking the Hudson River, in December, 2007.

Earth Under Fire Photo Essay

by Gary Braasch

posted Feb 06, 2008

This photo-essay offers a sample of Gary Braasch's extraordinary achievements in highlighting the effects of climate change. His latest book Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World, presents dramatic photographs, maps, and quotes from world climate science leaders.

Christopher Herwig Photo Essay

posted Feb 06, 2008

A photo essay of the Aral Sea. Straddling the border between Kazakhstan in the north and Uzbekistan in the south, the Aral Sea was the fourth-largest lake in the world until Soviet-era irrigation diverted water, destroying it.

Emma Goldman Finishing School Photo Essay

posted Jan 17, 2008

A photo essay of life at the Emma Goldman Finishing School, a social justice commune in Seattle.

Burning Man Photo Essay

by Catherine Bailey

posted Dec 31, 2007

A photo essay by Catherine Bailey from Burning Man: the annual art event based on radical self expression and self-reliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.

Umoja Village Photo Essay

by Heather Mueller

posted Nov 09, 2007

In Miami, homeless citizens didn’t wait for the city. They created their own home and found dignity and safety. Article: Heather Mueller. Photo essay: Rolfe Ross.

Photo Essay: The First USSF in Atlanta, Ga.

posted Aug 14, 2007

Seeing Another World: U.S. Social Forum 2008

posted Aug 14, 2007

Instead of drawing crowds with superstar speakers and performers, the participants of the 2008 U.S. Social Forum were the stars. Those who are accustomed to being excluded were at the center, and those who were used to being silenced were heard.

Art in this Issue :: Antofagasta, Chile

by Rodrigo Araya Plaza

posted Jul 30, 2007

This slideshow highlights some of the art and photography featured in the Summer 2007 issue of YES! Magazine. This page: Rodrigo 'RasDragon' Araya Plaza.

Phil Borges :: Women Empowered

posted Jul 29, 2007

Phil Borges' latest work, "Women Empowered," profiles women in the developing world who are challenging gender norms to improve their situation and help their communities.

In Their Own Words

posted Jun 16, 2007

A YES! photo-essay with portraits and accompanying interviews with the Cuban pioneers of global health care.