Martin Bernetti

According to Bernetti becoming a successful journalist photographer depends on the following: 50% is related to being an excellent photographer with a great deal of creativity; 25% is related to the responsibility, and the remainder 25% is knowing how to manage public relations. Reading about photography, photographers, and attending exhibitions is also helpful in developing the necessary skills.

He's passionate about photo essays focusing on people: children footballers and boxers, the Holy Week, the children of the jails and volcanos. He befriends the people until they trust him, and then tries to be invisible and shoot without them being aware of his presence.

Martin Bernetti

Steffen Ebert

For me, the beauty of mankind is embodied in a single gesture, or just a certain mood - visible, feelable for maybe a second or less - until it disappears again. It is that second that makes a moment so special unforgettable. And it is such moments that I'm hunting for with my camera.

Steffen Ebert

Masaru Goto

The Battambang province is located in northern Cambodia. I first visited Battambang provincial hospital during the civil war in 1994. Although the war ended in 1998, I discovered thatCambodia is at war again - with a new, invisible enemy -HIV/AIDS and in 2001 I returned to Battambang hospital to document the its ravages.

I took a new approach with this documentary, engaging the HIV+ people and public health staff caring for them to include their personal messages of how their lives have been affected by this crisis. This is to give a voice to those who are often only seen - but not heard - and by participating in the documentary - to give them a sense of dignity and the affirmation that what they feel matters.

Most of the patients request support for medicine and food. Some NGOs provide 1000 riel (about 25 cents in USD) per day for support.

Unlike in developed countries, access to excessively expensive anti-retro viral (ARVs) medicines are out of reach for HIV+ Cambodians - ordinary medicines such as aspirin or antibiotics to treat secondary infections are an unaffordable luxury

Most patients are weak, they don't know where to turn or who to appeal to for help. It is as though they have lost their right to live.

In many cases, when the patients shared these messages, they could still stand up, but when I came back to see them, many had died. The medical staffs at the hospitals carry out noble work and told me how frustrated they were from the limited by the availability of even basic medical supplies. It hurts them to helplessly watch the AIDS patients suffer and they provide the best care they can under very difficult circumstances.

These messages are their last hope.

Masaru Goto

Pawel Olejniczak

My pictures don't have a beginning or an end, they're an entity of their own, created while shopping, waiting at a bus stop, or having coffee with friends... I normally shoot "boring" situations... I like the word "boring" - "positive boredom" = everyday life, very often ignored and forgotten. This set documents 6 months of life in a big city in a country about to join the European Union.

Pawel Olejniczak

Ralph Segert

I was born 1961 in Bochum, Germany. My favorite photographic areas are: protest culture, portrait, industrial culture and travel.

I love playing with cams and photoshop. Nikon Coolpix 990 and Leica M6 are my companions, but I'm a web designer by profession.

Ralph Segert