Photo Essay

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April 2010

Dark Element

A Ukrainian prairie city built in the Soviet era to supply ore for nuclear weapons reckons with the industry’s deadly legacy


January 2010

In the Clearing

Revisiting his hometown in a photographic series of miniature dioramas, the artist presents life and death in northwestern Ontario, writ small


November 2009

Crackdown

As President Calderón’s war on drugs exacerbates Mexico’s drug wars, Canada turns its back on locals looking for a way out


October 2008

Our Faces, Our Selves

Self portraits via the police Identi-Kit


February 2008

Photo Gallery: Cities on the Prowl

Ten of Canada’s best photographers on the urban prowl


December 2007

To Die For

Activist design collective Fabrica uses icons of consumer culture to contrast lives in the affluent West with those in war-torn Darfur


November 2007

Growing Up in Cambridge Bay


October 2007


March 2007

The Last Lumberjacks WalrusPrime Article

Times change for Quebec loggers


January 2007

Our Weekly Bread

Around the world in many meals

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The Wealth Of Shamans
The Wealth Of Shamans
by Allan Coukell | JUNE 2005
hovsgol province/ulaan baatar—On a sunny afternoon, a man sits on the floor of his teepee (or ortz) in the

Suburban Renewal
Suburban Renewal
by Michel Arseneault | MAY 2007
A French architect remodels public housing, and perhaps the presidency