Wes Enzinna
Unaccompanied Miners - Bolivia's Cerro Rico Mine
Jackson and I were on a mission to find child miners. Jackson was nervous, with good reason—sixty kids died from cave-ins and other accidents in the Cerro Rico in 2008 alone. In a country as poor as Bolivia, just because tourists—or children—are...
Wave of Immolation
It’s not every day that you meet someone who has set himself on fire. One reason for this is because it’s pretty much the most awful and insane thing imaginable. On a recent trip to Bulgaria, I met not one but two people who had survived suicide...
Here Comes the White-Power Safety Patrol
Matthew has formed a group called the White Student Union that advocates for “persons of European heritage”—what most of us call “white people.” It comes as a surprise to the African American students who feel targeted by the night patrols Matthew...
The Polaroid Kidd Has a Photo Show in NYC Today
Train-hopping photographer Mike Brodie is an authentic, unschooled genius, and his new book is a record of his years on the road. He estimates that he's covered 50,000 miles, and his photos are documents of what Woody Guthrie used to call "hard...
The Destruction of Breezy Point
Two nights ago during Hurricane Sandy, while many New Yorkers were crying about having no internet, the people in Breezy Point, Queens, watched their neighborhood become a water-logged, flame-engulfed vision of hell.
