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From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

In this special report, we highlight a selection of emerging photographers taking part in the 2019 edition of Futures Photography, a platform dedicated to nurturing European lens-based artists. At a time when Europe is living through its most turbulent period since the Second World War — with the rise of the far right and Brexit dominating discourse — how do we reckon with the notion of European identity? And how, if at all, can this stormy period in global affairs be captured on camera?

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

The fascinating history of Polish migration to South America

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

Quietly breathtaking and nostalgic photos of a small town that doesn’t exist

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

Hungarian photographer Adél Koleszár turns her lens to the mass graves of Mexico’s drug wars

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

Onboard an overnight ‘party’ ferry, Latvia’s youth sail into uncharted waters — and uncertain times

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

In rural Hungary, photographer Máté Bartha reveals the human face of a military youth camp

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

See the boundary between the real and the imagined dissolve in these haunting photographs

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

‘Our perceptions can be tricked’. Francesca Catastini on why it’s not the camera that’s deceptive, it’s us

Top image: Johanna-Maria Fritz

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