We continue to receive submissions from every corner of the world; that see-zeen can and does reach so many places keeps us reassured.

In issue #10 our selection of photographer submissions are from Australia, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Peru, Nepal, Sudan, Ukraine, USA and in our Latin America feature the artists are from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico.

French Mathis Benestebe speaks of the struggle in his personal relationship in this intimate story Ventricule Gauche and in her work Little Earthquakes, American photographer Veronica Cruz seeks catharsis from the trauma that has filled her life.

Separated from her family, Ukrainian Varvara Uhlik reconstructs her childhood memories as she struggles to reconcile her identity which hovers between Soviet and post Soviet values while Maija Bondar, who was born in Ukraine but grew up in Russia, speaks of the personal anguish caused by the divisiveness of war as she loses close friends in her work Friends or Foes.

Queer New York photographer Michael Young seeks ways to connect with his partner’s family and community in the deeply conservative South.

Peruvian Enrique Pezo Gómez digs into the troubling history of rubber exploitation in the Amazon in his metaphorical series Patterns of a Destroyed Skin.

While Enrique looks to the past, Juliana Jacyntho from Brazil imagines the future in her work fly me to the moon and asks us to wake up and save ourselves and our planet before it’s too late and Amit Machamasi voices concern about the transformation of agricultural lands to urban sprawl in present day Nepal.

Having left his native China for the pristine natural environment of Finland, Timjune Tianjun Li is disturbed to find the environmental decline there as well. Today, Tomorrow and the Tales from the Wind, is his response in both photographs and music. Both offer a calm reprieve.

Finally, Hashim Nasr’s images bring a lightheartedness to our messed up world in his interpretation of Sudanese culture in A Leap into A Dream.

We hope this issue takes you away from the constant distractions of the chaos and pain of the world whilst still making you think about our world.

For all of us who are lucky enough not to be in war or conflict or natural disasters that are continuously affecting much of the planet we want to express gratitude and for those suffering we want to keep a space for empathy.
Let’s find a way to be open and compassionate whilst remaining conscious that how we react is a microcosm of how communities, regions and countries react to each other.

Every moment and every thought counts.

Peace and love to all who have lost and are losing theirs.

Enjoy issue #10.