ZEKE Magazine

03/02/2025

New on ZEKE online

In the Name of Wellness
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil

by Karl Mancini/

A long-term project that exposes the human and environmental cost of superfood monocultures in Latin America driven by Western demand.

For more photos and full text visit:
https://www.zekemagazine.com/content/in-the-name-of-wellness

A long-term project that exposes the human and environmental cost of superfood monocultures in Latin America driven by Western demand.

09/07/2024

New on ZEKE Digital
A FAMILY DIVIDED
Italy

by Lorenzo Lazzati

Lorenzo Lazzati follows the story of Zijad, a Romani man from Croatia, and his struggle to reunite his family and regain custody of his daughters.

To see full story, visit:
https://www.zekemagazine.com/content/a-family-divided

30/01/2024

New on ZEKE Digital
RECOVERING FROM THE FIERCE VIOLENCE OF CIVIL WAR
40 years after armed conflict devastated Peru between 1980 and 1995.

by Max Cabello Orcasitas
Ayacucho region, Peru

The slow process of exhumations and search for bodies continues, waiting to be recognized by relatives, most of whom are orphans and survivors of the conflict.

Read full text and view images on ZEKE Online at:
https://www.zekemagazine.com/content/recovering-from-the-fierce-violence-of-civil-war

The slow process of exhumations and search for bodies continues, waiting to be recognized by relatives, most of whom are orphans and survivors of the conflict.

17/11/2023

On ZEKE Magazine Online:
La Caravana Del Diablo by Ada Trillo
In January 2020, due to violence and poor economic conditions, Honduran citizens formed a migrant caravan and traveled through Guatemala into Mexico. This is their story.

View full gallery and story on the ZEKE magazine website at:

In January 2020, due to violence and poor economic conditions, Honduran citizens formed a migrant caravan and traveled through Guatemala into Mexico. This is their story.

05/11/2023

Life After Life in Prison
Photos and text by Sara Bennett

In her work “Life After Life in Prison: The Bedroom Project” photographer Sara Bennett details the lives of formerly incarcerated women who had all been convicted of serious crimes — including murder. For almost a decade, Bennett captured images of these women in their bedrooms, some of whom had spent decades confined in prison.

These images take viewers into the most intimate spaces of former inmates, and depict aspects of a universe that is often unknown to outsiders. By photographing these women, Bennett is able to humanize former inmates and strip away some of the stigma of incarceration. But as much as these images give viewers a glimpse into the lives of these women, they also put a face to those who have been detained for excessively long periods of time. In turn, Bennett believes that these images can “shed light on the pointlessness of extremely long sentences…and thus help their friends still in prison: women (and men) like them who deserve a chance at freedom.”

In the Fall 2023 Incarceration issue of ZEKE Magazine.
https://www.zekemagazine.com/incarceration/life-after-life-in--prison

United States

05/11/2023

Absence of Being by Michele Zousmer

In August 2014, San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore spoke to me about a new reentry program starting at Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Center for women. He asked me if I could ‘change the perception of the female convict with my images.’ The following week I entered Las Colinas open to this new challenge.

United States

05/11/2023

2024 ZEKE Awards now accepting submissions. Two first-place winners tor receive $2,500

Social Documentary Network | 2024 ZEKE Award Details