Emilia Zenzile Roig found her truest self in Berlin. Thanks to the city's open culture, she continues to combat intersecting forms of inequality in Europe.
SERIES: Diasporas & Dichotomy
Examining contrast with our Diasporas & Dichotomy series. Through diasporas and the varying dichotomies within societies we present diverging visuals, variance throughout eras and distinctions in cultures living alongside one another.
Queer Russian Berliners and LGBTQI Refugees.
Berlin’s first official pride month is underway, but how are recent Russian policies and issues for refugees effecting LGBTQI people in Berlin and abroad?
Polarization on Abortion, Photographing a Divided Nation. Interview with Allison Bailey.
Polarization on abortion rights is one of today’s greatest moral-sociopolitical dichotomies. IMAGO spoke to photojournalist and political science expert Allison Bailey who documented the intense demonstrations surrounding recent changes in abortion law in The United States.
The Berlin Divisions Archive.
Impressions from Berlin photographers then & now. Exploring divergences and interrelationships of spatial and cultural evolutions of Berlin. Once a city of districts separated, some entanglements have lived on far past the Wall that was torn down in 1989.
How the Basque Country Became the Hotbed of Spanish Football
This country within a country has long been the breeding ground for Spain’s top stars, but so fiercely proud are the Basque Country's two biggest club sides that they are unique in world football. The Game columnist Andy Murray explains how.
Ukraine: A Dichotomous World.
Capturing the opposite realities existing parallel to each other in today’s Ukraine, our photographers distil the dichotomies setting into everyday life across the invaded nation. As citizens grapple with a full-scale war and continuing with everyday life, see the contrasts Ukrainians are adapting to.
The Guest Workers that transformed Germany forever.
Over 60 years ago, Germany was in need of Guest workers (Gastarbeiter) to fill the demand for labor of a post-war economy. Many of them never left, creating communities that changed the demographics of Germany forever.
Hong Kong: The Diasporans who never Left.
Without crossing any border lines, the people of Hong Kong are waking up in a different country as their city enters new realities under Chinese governance – are they the diasporans who never left?
Diasporas and Dichotomy – How movements create contrasts.
This month we are examining contrasts. Dichotomies and diasporas within culture and societies and their evolution over decades through impactful movements.