. Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2020 . Wuhan Virus . I usually like to be proved right in my predictions, but this time is an exception. I wrote most of my book COSMIC DANCE in 2018 and published it in March of 2019. In it (page 90), I predicted a plague caused by GMO … Read more
. . Photography and Text by Emily Williams, Copyright 2020 . HOME/SOLITUDE . I dedicate this series to my grandfather, Leon Williams. . Driven by my frustration with the passage of time without a singular place to call home, I started to think about the meaning of home—a feeling rather than a physical space. … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2020 . MEDITATIONS ON PANDEMICS . I was reading an article last night in THE WEEK, my trusted weekly news magazine, about the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. No one is alive today who remembers that pandemic, but the historical records exist, and the parallels to today are strong. Like … Read more
. Vacancies I’ve never met a Bangkok this quiet – devoid of the hustle and bustle, the monotonous hum of vehicles, the faint smell of smog lingering in the air. I’ve never met a Bangkok where motorbike taxi drivers linger in their stations, idling, waiting in apprehensiveness for a customer; where roadside street stores don’t … Read more
Photography and Text by Cindy Ji, Copyright 2020 . The Night Playground: Where do Children Play? . The Night Playground series was born in the midst of the global pandemic outbreak. In the presence of travel restrictions and social distancing, the series of 24 pictures represents a glimpse of the worldwide situation that I … Read more