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Editor, Teacher, Mentor, Curator. Co-Founder Visual Thinking Collective; Former Director of Photography, National Geographic. Lives in Maine.

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The Fall 2026 issue of ZEKE Magazine is now available.

In all but name, this issue explores one of the most pressing global concerns of 2026: migration. Featuring five photography portfolios and two featured articles, the issue examines the evolving meaning of borders and migration and their far-reaching consequences.

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHY
Two Worlds/ Dos Mundos by Olga Jaramillo @olgajarsa

Delaney Hall by Thomas Hengge @thomashengge , Ike Wood @ikewoood and Graham Macindoe @grahammacindoe

The New New York by Lisa DuBois @lisadubois_photography

The Condor & The Bull by Michael Bednar @michaelbednarphotography

B-Migrant by Jaír Coll @jaircoll

FEATURED ARTICLES
Evolving Borders: Where Do We Draw the Line? By Phil Thomas

Where Do I Go?: Rania Matar’s photographic love letter to the women of Lebanon, tracing the borders between leaving and belonging. By Alice Elizabeth Currey @alice.elizabeth.currey @raniamatar

Book Reviews
Briefly Noted

Published twice a year by the Social Documentary Network, ZEKE brings together leading documentary photography alongside interviews, essays, photobook reviews, and critical commentary on urgent global issues. Beautifully printed on premium heavyweight paper, ZEKE offers an immersive experience that celebrates the power of documentary photography in the printed form.

Subscribe or renew today to receive the current issue in print! Will ship in late October.

Subscriptions and individual back issues of ZEKE Magazine are available on the ZEKE website. Link in bio. by @zeke_magazine

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New on SDN
A dress, a dance, and a name that was already true
By Dave Fisher @dave_fisher_photography

Liyema has been looking forward to her Matric Dance (South Africa’s version of Prom), a milestone and celebration that marks the end of formal schooling. However, the dream of attending is not a reality for many who come from impoverished communities like hers, where harsh economic realities prevent access on many levels.

View the full gallery on the SDN website. Link in bio. taken in South Africa by @zeke_magazine

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Résilience

2026 ZEKE Award Winners
Lauréats des ZEKE Awards 2026

Matilde Simas: From Shadows to Light
De l’ombre à la lumière

Galerie Joseph
5, rue Sainte-Anastase 75003 Paris
November 13-15, 2026

Reception with artists
November 13, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Special guest: Reza

Artist talks:
ZEKE Award Winners, Saturday, November 14, 2:00 pm
Matilde Simas: Sunday, November 15, 2:00 pm

The Social Documentary Network and ZEKE Magazine present Résilience, a group photography exhibition exploring survival, resistance, and the human capacity to rebuild. Résilience brings together the winners of the 2026 ZEKE Awards and From Shadows to Light by Matilde Simas, recipient of the 2026 Hasselblad Heroine Award.

2026 First Place Winners
Ginevra Bonina: Out for Blood
Ebrahim Alipoor: Bullets Have No Borders

2026 Honorable Mentions
Supratim Bhattacharjee: Black Diamond and Tears
Rory Grubb: Somewhere Else
Carol Guzy: ICE–Broken Families
Marijn Fidder: Inclusive Nation
Oyewole Lawal: The Mourning Tide: Reflections on the Coastal Waste Crisis
Arin Yoon: To Be At War

Matilde Simas: From Shadows to Light
A Global Journey Through the Aftermath of Human Trafficking

For more information, see link in bio or:
https://www.socialdocumentary.net/cms/zeke-awards-exhibition-paris

ZEKE Award Sponsors:
@digitalsilverimaging
Foundation for Systemic Change

Photographers

@ginevra_bonina
@ebrahim_alipoor
@supratimart
@rorygubb_
@carolguzy
@marijnfidder
@oyewole__lawal
@arinyoon
@matildesimasphotographer by @zeke_magazine

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New on SDN
Where Stones Become Home

by Ayman Fuad @ayman.fuad

Where Stones Become Home documents the lives of displaced families living in the remote mountains of Al Malah, Lahj Governorate, Yemen. Far from the nearest urban areas, families have rebuilt their lives using what the surrounding landscape provides. In an isolated mountain environment where resources are limited, these families continue to adapt, work, and build. The series is a quiet document of family life, resilience and the human capacity to create home from what is available.

View the full gallery on the SDN website. taken in Yemen by @zeke_magazine

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SDN Salon

Wednesday, October 21, 12:30 pm ET

The SDN Salon provides informal online networking opportunities for SDN members. Bring a cup of tea or coffee, a work or portfolio in progress, ideas to discuss, or simply yourself. The SDN Salon is an opportunity to share your work, view the work of others, and to talk about any issues that are relevant to being a documentary photographer in 2026.

Work must be documentary—loosely defined. Up to four presenters and two alternates will be selected. Each presenter will have 12-15 minutes to share and discuss their project.

Registration is required to both attend and present work.

While not required, we strongly encourage presenters to submit projects to the SDN website.

For more information and to register, see link in bio. by @zeke_magazine

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Join us!
Artist talk with Janet Jarmen
In conversation with Sarah Leen

Tuesday, October 27
Leica Gallery Boston
Doors open and light refreshments: 6:00 pm
Program begins: 6:30 pm
74 Arlington Street, Boston

Janet Jarman’s "Birth Wars" is both a film and book about the pursuit of dignified childbirth with quality care. Through her lens, Jarman brings us closer to a problem that faces women in many countries around the world.

Jarman’s story unfolds in Guatemala and Mexico where Indigenous communities traditionally rely on midwives for childbirth but where medical authorities and practitioners favor hospital births, leading to an abnormally high number of caesarean sections, unnecessary procedures, and feelings of disrespect and abuse. It explores the clash between a woman-centered midwifery model based on ancestral knowledge and the contrasting institutional birth practices of today.

More information and to register, see link in bio or
https://www.socialdocumentary.net/cms/birth-wars-with-janet-jarman

#maternalhealth
#childbirth
#midwifery
#midwives
#indigenousbirth
#Mexico
#Guatemala by @zeke_magazine

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Thanks everyone who attended and submitted work to the Fifth Curated Shed on Saturday night in Concord. It was a great fall evening meeting and talking with members of the photo community and watching projections of photos from 16 photographers:

Rick Blumsack @rickblumsack
Judith Donath @judithd.photo
Steve Edson @edsonphotoart
Kristen Emack @kristenjoyemack

Lee Kilpatrick @leegrandk
Kermit Lehman
Denise Marcotte @denisemarcottephotography
Kevin McKeon @kevmckeonphotography
Susan Moffat @susanmoffatphotography
Ezio Gianni Murzi

Hillol Sen @the_wanderflux
Mattie Simas @matildesimasphotographer
Gill G Sinclair
Sylvia Stagg-Giuliano @sylvia_stagg
Tom Szalay
Susan Wilson

Photographers who attended:
@judithd.photo
@kristenjoyemack
@leegrandk
@susanmoffatphotography
@sylvia_stagg
@helenaylong
@barbayotte by @zeke_magazine

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A powerful evening at the opening of Window Into Solitary at CUNY School of Law.

On view through October 30, the exhibition brings together photography and written testimony from 17 formerly incarcerated people across the United States who experienced extended periods of solitary confinement. Together, the work offers firsthand perspectives on the realities of solitary confinement and its broader use within the U.S. carceral system.

Photographers:
Lori Waselchuk @fototornado
Brian Branch-Price @cowboyamericaninstitution
Deborah Espinosa @sameskyphoto
Brian Frank @brianlfrank

The opening featured a panel discussion with four artists, advocates, educators, and system-impacted voices whose work engages with incarceration, writing, advocacy, and lived experience.

Panelists:
Anisah Sabur @anisahsabur
Lori Waselchuk @fototornado
Deborah Zalesne @dzalesne
Christopher Blackwell @christopherwblackwell
Jessica Sandoval, moderator: @chicanista1

Thank you to everyone who joined us for an evening of photography, conversation, and collective reflection.

Windows Into Solitary
CUNY School of Law, 2 Court Square, Long Island City
On view through October 30
To arrange a visit, you can text Sheena at (516) 523-0110.

@unlocktheboxnow
@look2justice taken in CUNY School of Law by @zeke_magazine

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New on SDN
Before the Cross Came
By Dawid Rojek

Before the Cross Came documents contemporary Polish believers— people in the face of the Catholic Church’s crisis, have found spirituality in the faith of their ancestors: in sacrificial rites, the ritual of the circle, the cult of nature, and Slavic deities. The photographs show not history, but a living faith practiced today, with all its emotions, community, and sacredness.

View the full gallery on the SDN website. taken in Poland by @zeke_magazine

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New on SDN

Isolated but not alone
By Simone Francescangeli @animainmoto

Due to economic instability and changing weather conditions, Chilean artisanal lumberjacks have to push themselves to work harder in remote areas like small islands in the southern Austral Fjords. Their resource: Guaiateca cypress. Its wood is highly resistant to water and humidity, making it highly sought after for high-end shipbuilding. The lumberjacks face long periods of isolation (sometimes months), bad weather conditions, and scarcity of resources to find the right cypresses.

View the full gallery on the SDN website. taken in Chile by @zeke_magazine

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New on SDN
What Will They Choose to Inherit?
By Hillol Sen @the_wanderflux

For generations, a remote village in India has carried its stories through Patachitra (traditional narrative scroll painting). Unfolded frame by frame and brought to life through Pater Gaan (sung scroll narration), the scroll is both image and performance. Mythology, folklore, history, and contemporary events have entered this visual language.

View the full gallery on the SDN website. taken in India by @zeke_magazine

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New on SDN
Anti-Islamic Sentiment in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
By Milo Gladstein @milogphotography

These images were made for a project about the Islamic Society of Tulsa (IST) facing anti-Islam hatred from Broken Arrow city councilors and the mayor. They were taken in the current Mosque in Tulsa and at the city council meeting in Broken Arrow. There are also portraits of people viewing the documents and speaking about their feelings regarding the emails the city received expressing anti-islam sentiments, concerns about building a mosque, and the growth of the Islamic community in the United States.

View the full gallery on the SDN website. taken in Tulsa, Oklahoma by @zeke_magazine

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