Ivor Prickett

These images are from Ivor Prickett's project Kablar: Poisoned Earth. This project documents the UN Refugee Camps for Roma people from Mitrovica, Kosovo, who fled their homes in 1999 due to ethnic tensions. They only returned in March 2007, numbering 118 people [source]. The camps these people inhabited for 8 years were said to be very toxic, with almost 100 people dying of lead poisoning. Prickett's images are stunning and bring to light this tragedy which many never knew about. His photographs are strongly composed and often intricate. The subject of the photographs are not necessarily the first thing you see, causing you to study and become intimate with them to get all the information.

See more of Prickett's work on his website.

Henry Callahan

Henry Callahan is an old photographer, but his photographs from Women in Thought are awe-striking. The first time I heard of him was in my History of Photography class, but recently I saw parts of this series at the Tate Modern in the Exposed exhibition. He was one of the first photographers of the 20th century to photograph strangers on the street without their knowledge. He paved the way for photographers like Philip-Lorca diCorcia.