MediaStorm publishes Love in the First Person and Evidence of My Existence

Love In The First Person: by Matt and Melissa EichIn Love in the First Person Matt and Melissa document their life together as they share their thoughts and fears on the sudden changes in their future. In the span of a year, Matt, 20, won College Photographer of the Year, Melissa, 19, discovered she was pregnant, they married and moved to Portland for Matt’s internship. Evidence of My Existence: by Jim Lo ScalzoEvidence of My Existence documents photographer Jim Lo Scalzo's 17-year journey of moving from one new story to the next. It is a manic exposition of a life in photojournalism and the consequences of obsessive wanderlust.

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MediaStorm Publishes Black Market and Ivory Wars

Black Market: by Patrick BrownBlack Market is an in-depth look into the wildlife trade, the third largest illegal trade in the world. A driving force behind the trade is the ancient belief that animal parts contain "magical" properties. Although science has largely disproved these superstitions, these illegal practices continue. Ivory Wars: by J. Michael Fay and Michael NicholsIvory Wars visits Zakouma National Park in Chad, one of the last places on earth where thousands of elephants roam together. As perennial rains arrive to replenish the desert landscape, some 3,500 elephants seek better forage outside the park perimeter where poachers await them.

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MediaStorm Publishes Low Morale: Creep and The Party

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Low Morale: Creep by Laith Bahrani Low Morale: Creep is a music video of Radiohead's 'Creep' song. The animation is a cathartic opus that aims to express the despair caused by a soul-destroying job and the pain of a broken relationship. Warning: may cause depression. The Party by Eric Maierson In The Party, a middle-aged man tries to share his sadness with an adolescent woman - a colleague's daughter - that he's just met at a company party. A short, fictional film about honesty and everything that gets in the way, written and directed by Eric Maierson.

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MediaStorm Publishes BLOODLINE and Iraqi Kurdistan

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BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family by Kristen Ashburn BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family is Kristen Ashburn's intimate look at the harsh reality of the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Her images remind us how tenuous our connection is to each other. In doing so, they show that what matters most is the care extended to those in need. Iraqi Kurdistan by Ed Kashi Iraqi Kurdistan is an expansive look into the lives of the Kurdish people of northern Iraq. These images provide an alternative perspective on a changing culture, one different from the discord that dominates so much media coverage of the region.

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MediaStorm Publishes Two New Projects

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Kingsley's Crossing by Olivier Jobard In Kingsley's Crossing, a 23-year-old lifeguard from the impoverished town of Limbe, Cameroon, dreams of a better life in Europe. He embarks on a harrowing journey that takes him halfway across Africa. Photojournalist Olivier Jobard documents the passage. The Sandwich Generation by Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi Twenty million Americans are faced with caring for both aging parents and young children. In The Sandwich Generation, one family exposes with unflinching candor its emotionally charged account of family caregiving.

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