Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 15, 2014

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Pamela seen in the caravan. From the series, The Travellers.
Pamela seen in the caravan. From the series, The Travellers.Birte Kaufmann
By Mikko Takkunen

Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights Birte Kaufmann‘s compelling photographs of Irish Travellers. The work, which looks at the everyday reality of one large family within the largest minority group in Ireland, was just awarded the 2014 Emerging Photographer Fund – Runner-Up Award by Burn magazine.

Birte Kaufmann: The Travellers (Burn Magazine)

Debi Cornwall: Guantánamo’s Surreal Prison Landscape (The New York Times Lens) Intriguing, unsettling photographs juxtaposing prisoners’ and soldiers’ facilities at the U.S. enclave in Cuba.

Chris McGrath: The Quiet Defiance of Hong Kong’s Slumbering Protestors (Wired Raw File) A different look at the pro-democracy demonstrators.

Sebastien Van Malleghem: Life Inside Belgian Prisons (TIME LightBox) The photographer received extraordinary access to the country’s prison system.

Majid Saeedi (The Eye of Photography) Interview with the 2014 FotoEvidence Book Award winner.

The truth of war: A room that was one’s own (The Age) Photographer Ashley Gilbertson talks about his Bedrooms of the Fallen work.

Photojournalism Links is a compilation of the most interesting photojournalism found on the web, curated by Mikko Takkunen, Associate Photo Editor at TIME. Follow him on Twitter @photojournalism.

Pamela seen in the caravan. From the series, The Travellers.
Pamela seen in the caravan. From the series, The Travellers. Birte Kaufmann
Compliant Detainee Media Room, Camp 5. From the ongoing series, "Gitmo at Home, Gitmo at Play."
Compliant Detainee Media Room, Camp 5. From the ongoing series, "Gitmo at Home, Gitmo at Play."Debi Cornwall
A pro-democracy protester sleeps on a concrete road divider on a street outside the Hong Kong Government Complex on Oct. 5, 2014 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
A pro-democracy protester sleeps on a concrete road divider on a street outside the Hong Kong Government Complex on Oct. 5, 2014 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Chris McGrath—Getty Images
View of a wing inside the prison of Ghent, Belgium, December 2013.
View of a wing inside the prison of Ghent, Belgium, December 2013. Sebastien Van Malleghem
From the book, Life in War.
From the book, Life in War, which chronicles Afghanistan.Majid Saeedi
Marine Cpl. Christopher G. Scherer, 21, was killed by a sniper on July 21, 2007, in Karmah, Iraq. He was from East Northport, New York. His bedroom was photographed in February, 2009.
Marine Cpl. Christopher G. Scherer, 21, was killed by a sniper on July 21, 2007, in Karmah, Iraq. He was from East Northport, New York. His bedroom was photographed in February, 2009. Ashley Gilbertson—VII

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