Magnum Poster: Church, Balfour, North Dakota, 2017 Paolo Pellegrin

Magnum Poster: Church, Balfour, North Dakota, 2017 Paolo PellegrinMatt Blacks photograph portrays a weathered wooden church rising from the snow in a stark North Dakota winter. Its faded faade and empty windows speak of years exposed to harsh elements. Stripped of color and congregation, the building stands as a relic, its peeling paint and worn symmetry echoing the slow passage of time. Made in Balfour for American Geography, the image lingers between memory and abandonment, illustrating the intersection of faith,

Constantine Manos first started photographing in South Carolina

Atlantic City

covering the 1956 Sinai War

I have tried to capture a moment of each of their stories within the frame of a window that looks out onto the cold concrete buildings which surround us daily

the shadows it casts

the actual Dream Street has vanished over time and is no longer recognizable

function as scattered clues to a tale that is never fully explained

In the same year

including legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor

my mother [born in New York to Jewish immigrants] got a letter from a relative in the Soviet Union we didn’t know existed

and not know where you will end up or how the journey will change you

Published to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq