All Images © Nicolai Howalt

Car Crash Studies is a thought provoking photographic study of cars that have been involved in severe and potentially fatal accidents.

See more of Nicolai Howalt’s work here.

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All Images © Olaf Heine.

Above: Anna Loos, Berlin, 2010.

Music has been a great source of inspiration for German photographer, Olaf Heine. I Love You but I’ve Chosen Rock is an intimate visual diary of international rock and pop celebrity portraits, and 15 years of  music memorabilia collected over the photographer’s career which will be published by Hatje Cantz in September 2010.

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All Images © Michael Gakuran

“Gunkanjima, or ‘Battleship Island’ in English, is the nickname for a tiny deserted island off the coast of Japan. Once used to mine coal, at its peak it had a thriving community and one of the largest population densities the world has ever seen. Nowadays it lies in ruins and visiting the island is strictly forbidden except via the designated tour routes which, unfortunately, do not allow travellers to explore deep inside.

I was fortunate enough to meet a fellow urban explorer who took me to the island in secret. We only had a few short hours of time to photograph the place, but I was overwhelmed by the mysterious beauty in the decaying concrete buildings and the curious objects left behind by the residents who were forced to leave their homes there some 30 years ago.”-Michael Gakuran

Michael Gakuran lives and works in Japan. To view more of his work and learn more about his exploration on Battleship Island click here.

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© Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes

In 1908, the town of Kolmanskop in southern Namibia  had become a profitable gold mine. Once the resources were exhausted, it was abandoned in 1954 and homes, hospitals, theaters, and factory buildings were left at the mercy of the Namib desert. Since then, the winds have filled the rooms of these deserted buildings with sand. See more from this series and more of Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes’s work here.

All Images © Gwenn Dubourthomieu. A witch doctor in Katanga, Congo.

Katanga, a province situated in the southeast part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is one of the most stable and prosperous regions of the country yet suffers from a rash of violent sexual crimes every year which results in thousands of victims. Gwenn Dubourthomieou was one of the noted applicants of this year’s Getty Grants for Good.  See more of his work here.

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