The Nobel Peace Prize this year has been awarded to three women – Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee from Liberia and Tawakkul Karman from Yemen. Espen Rasmussen has portrayed the...
A Sri Lankan MP has claimed that most of the country’s 800,000 Tamils are living as “slaves” in the heavily controlled Northern Province amid daily crimes perpetrated by massive numbers...
Wedged into a great arch of north-eastern India which loops around and almost totally envelops it, Bangladesh sits on the silty and soggy estuaries of two of the world’s largest...
Right now Bangladesh is a catastrophe playing out in slow motion. It may appear far away, but our planet’s ecosystem is an intricate web. Whether it becomes a model for the future or...
As part of his Transit project, about refugees and internally displaced people around the world, Espen followed 17-year-old Rahman, an Iranian Kurd who was seeking asylum in Norway. Video, editing...
Eight thousand kilometres, Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky’s journey of a life time from Ecuador to the Land of Fire, South America’s southern tip.
The indigenous Awa tribe in Nariño, Colombia, are caught in the middle of the conflict between the Colombian military and left-wing guerrillas of the FARC. Stills and Video by Paul...
There are 15 large coal burning power plants in Turkey. Aytunc Akad looked into how these are affecting the quality of life of people living nearby. Initially excited by the...
This film-noir journey takes us to the heart of a 7,000 billion dollar secret. The Swiss banking industry holds a third of all global offshore assets, ring-fenced by ingrained conservatism...
As a toddler, Philly Mayer was healthy and happy. A chubby baby, he was quick to laugh and eager to get up on his own feet. And then, before his...
‘Laygate Stories’ is a multimedia project that portrays, in their own voices, the lives of those living and working in the Laygate area of South Shields on Tyneside, in the...
In America, meat is big business. The meat and poultry industry is the largest sector of US agriculture, grossing an impressive US $ 155 billion in 2009 and employing a...
This work is about people on the run. For almost seven years I have followed in their footsteps – marked by war and unbearable anxieties, but also by hopes and...
“As you can imagine, regular practice of synchronized swimming is a great way to maintain health and strength — and a great way to meet active and fun women! We...