--- title: The 10 Best Photo Essays of the Month - June 2015 description: Photojournalism Links selects, each month, the best photography published online canonical: https://time.com/3941823/photojournalism-links-june/ author: Mikko Takkunen article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-01T14:11:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:40:11.695Z article:section: World og:title: The 10 Best Photo Essays of the Month - June 2015 og:description: Photojournalism Links selects, each month, the best photography published online og:url: https://time.com/3941823/photojournalism-links-june/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ee909c42389407/69885931cd6848c92f0a09d3/rohingya-burma-myanmar.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rohingya og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 10 Best Photo Essays of the Month - June 2015 twitter:description: Photojournalism Links selects, each month, the best photography published online twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ee909c42389407/69885931cd6848c92f0a09d3/rohingya-burma-myanmar.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The 10 Best Photo Essays of the Month (1 Jul 2015) > Sponsored content. 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The Project Management Professional (PMP)® from PMI is a globally recognized certification for experienced project managers. For those newer to the field, PMI's Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is a common starting point. Other notable certifications include those focused on agile methodologies, such as the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, and program management certifications like the Program Management Professional (PgMP)®. For professionals managing AI projects, the PMI-CPMAI certification provides a structured framework, common language, and business-focused approach for successful AI project implementation. #### How does PMI support career growth for professionals? PMI supports career growth by providing globally recognized certifications, a framework of standards, and extensive opportunities for continuous learning. Members gain access to a global community for networking, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. The organization also produces research and thought leadership on emerging trends, helping professionals stay current with skills in areas like AI, agile practices, and strategic business management. These resources are designed to help professionals at all levels enhance their skills and advance their careers. #### What is the PMBOK® Guide? The PMBOK® Guide, or A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, is PMI’s foundational guide to generally accepted project management knowledge and practice. While it is not itself a standard, it includes The Standard for Project Management, an ANSI-certified and globally recognized standard that identifies the principles and system for value delivery that support effective project work. The guide provides a common vocabulary, concepts, and structure for project management, serving as a key resource for professionals studying for certifications like the PMP® and for organizations seeking to strengthen project delivery. #### How is AI changing project management? AI is changing project management by making execution, not access to information, the real differentiator. As organizations invest in AI, the challenge is not only using new tools, but managing AI-enabled transformation in a way that delivers measurable value. Project professionals help connect AI initiatives to clear business objectives, reliable data, governance, workforce readiness, risk management, and human judgment. 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Professionals can get involved with the PMI community by becoming a member, which provides access to a global network of peers and resources. Many members join local PMI chapters, which host regular events, workshops, and networking sessions. Online, PMI's projectmanagement.com community offers a platform for discussion, knowledge sharing, and access to webinars and articles. Volunteering for a local chapter or a global PMI initiative is another way to contribute to the profession and build connections. #### What is the difference between PMP and CAPM? The PMP (Project Management Professional)® and CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)® are both certifications offered by PMI, but they target professionals at different career stages. The CAPM is an entry-level certification designed for individuals with little or no project experience, validating their understanding of fundamental project management knowledge and terminology. The PMP is for experienced project managers and requires a combination of formal education and years of documented project leadership experience, making it a more advanced and globally recognized certification. #### How does PMI support social impact? PMI supports social impact by helping individuals, nonprofits, NGOs, and communities use project management to turn purpose into measurable outcomes. Through the PMI Educational Foundation, PMI expands access to project management education for youth worldwide, including underserved and underrepresented populations. Through Project Managers Without Borders, PMI connects chapters and volunteers with nonprofits and NGOs that need project management expertise to strengthen the effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of social initiatives. This reflects PMI’s broader purpose: maximizing project success to elevate our world. ### Sources * Project Management Institute | [pmi.org](/c/pmi-2026-q3/home?i=226962b3-bf94-4802-a07d-47a0c47b0018&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey—Fourteenth Edition" | [pmi.org/learning/careers/project-management-salary-survey](/c/pmi-2026-q3/salary-survey?i=226962b3-bf94-4802-a07d-47a0c47b0018&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Global Project Management Talent Gap" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/global-project-management-talent-gap](/c/pmi-2026-q3/talent-gap?i=226962b3-bf94-4802-a07d-47a0c47b0018&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=226962b3-bf94-4802-a07d-47a0c47b0018&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Pulse Report 2025: Boosting Business Acumen” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/boosting-business-acumen](/c/pmi-2026-q3/business-acumen?i=226962b3-bf94-4802-a07d-47a0c47b0018&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Pulse of the Profession® 2026: Driving Success in Complex Projects” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/driving-success-in-complex-projects](/c/pmi-2026-q3/complex-projects?i=226962b3-bf94-4802-a07d-47a0c47b0018&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Step Up: Redefining the Path to Project Success with M.O.R.E.” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/path-to-project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/more-mindset?i=226962b3-bf94-4802-a07d-47a0c47b0018&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI Education Foundation, PMIEF 2024 Annual Report, [pmi.org PMIEF 2024 Annual Report (PDF)](/c/pmi-2026-q3/pmief-report?i=226962b3-bf94-4802-a07d-47a0c47b0018&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional) by [Mikko Takkunen](/author/mikko-takkunen/) ## Mikko Takkunen Jul 1, 2015 2:11 PM CUT  The New York Times: For the Rohingya of Burma, a Hardscrabble Existence Oma Salema, 12, holds her undernourished brother Ayub Khan, 1, at a camp for Rohingya in Sittwe, Burma, on June 5, 2015. The New York Times: For the Rohingya of Burma, a Hardscrabble Existence Oma Salema, 12, holds her undernourished brother Ayub Khan, 1, at a camp for Rohingya in Sittwe, Burma, on June 5, 2015.Tomas Munita—The New York Times/Redux by [Mikko Takkunen](/author/mikko-takkunen/) ## Mikko Takkunen Jul 1, 2015 2:11 PM CUT _This month’s Photojournalism Links collection highlights 10 excellent photo essays from across the world, including Tomas Munita’s powerful work on Burma’s persecuted Rohingya minority. The photographs, made on assignment for The New York_ Times, _capture a camp in Sittwe, Burma, where some 140,000 Rohingya live in bamboo huts without electricity, in conditions that partly explain why thousands of the Muslim ethnic group have tried to migrate across Asia these past few months._ [**Tomas Munita: For the Rohingya of Burma, a Hardscrabble Existence (The New York** **_Times_** **)**](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/world/asia/myanmar-to-bar-rohingya-from-fleeing-but-wont-address-their-plight.html "undefined") [**James Nachtwey: The Plight of the Rohingya (TIME LightBox)**](http://time.com/3907039/rohingya-james-nachtwey/ "undefined") TIME’s contract photographer travelled to Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, to document the plight of Asia’s newest boat people. [**Pete Muller: Seeking the Source of Ebola (National Geographic)**](http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/ebola/muller-photography "undefined")World Press Photo winner Muller’s excellent pictures track the Ebola outbreak from Democratic Republic of Congo to Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. [**Rena Effendi: In the Footsteps of Gandhi (National Geographic)**](http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/gandhi/effendi-photography "undefined") Effendi’s beautiful color photographs look at the great Indian leader’s impact, past and present. [**Robin Hammond: Chronicling the Struggles of LGBT People Around the World (TIME LightBox)**](http://time.com/3906450/lgbt-robin-hammond/ "undefined") Moving portraits series on survivors of discrimination [**David Guttenfelder: Illuminating North Korea (The New York** **_Times_** **)**](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/10/world/asia/north-korea-photos-video.html "undefined")Yet another fascinating look at the hermit kingdom by the National Geographic Society Fellow. [**Matt Black: Geography of Poverty (MSNBC)**](http://www.msnbc.com/interactives/geography-of-poverty/index.html "undefined") The new Magnum nominee is expanding his project documenting poverty from California to rest of the U.S. [**Philip Montgomery: Scott Walker and the Fate of the Union (The New York** **_Times_** **Magazine)**](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/magazine/scott-walker-and-the-fate-of-the-union.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") Stunning black and white pictures document the fight to protect workers’ rights in Wisconsin. [**Arnau Bach: Stranded in Marseille (The New Yorker Photo Booth)**](http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/stranded-in-marseille "undefined") Bach won the Pierre and Alexandra Boulat grant in 2013 and used the funds to make a portrait of one of the poorest French cities. [**Charles Ommanney: The Black Route to Europe (The Washington Post)**](http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/exodus/black-route/ "undefined")These photographs track one Syrian family’s journey from Aleppo to Austria| More on the Washington _Post_ In Sight blog: [Pt.1](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/06/29/the-story-behind-the-photos-of-syrian-refugees-escaping-along-the-black-route-part-i/ "undefined") and [Pt. 2](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/06/30/the-story-behind-the-photos-of-syrian-refugees-escaping-along-the-black-route-part-2/ "undefined").  The New York Times: For the Rohingya of Burma, a Hardscrabble Existence Oma Salema, 12, holds her undernourished brother Ayub Khan, 1, at a camp for Rohingya in Sittwe, Burma, on June 5, 2015. Tomas Munita—The New York Times/Redux  TIME LightBox: The Plight of the RohingyaChildren rest at a refugee camp in Bayeun, outside of Langsa, Indonesia, May 20\. They were among the 25,000-plus Rohingya Muslim migrants who have fled reported persecution in Burma and Bangladesh this year by crossing the Indian Ocean in search of refugee status in Indonesia and Malaysia. James Nachtwey for TIME  From the July issue of National Geographic magazine: Seeking the Source of Ebola A hunter from a small village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) adjusts the mask that he’ll wear while stalking game. The consumption of infected bush meat is one way Ebola virus passes to humans. Pete Muller—National Geographic  From the July issue of National Geographic magazine: In the Footsteps of Gandhi Workers harvest salt in Dharasana, Gujarat. In May 1930, the month after Gandhi led a march to protest British restrictions on salt, activists trained in nonviolent resistance marched here and were savagely beaten, a seminal event that advanced India’s drive for independence. Rena Effendi—National Geographic  TIME LightBox: Chronicling the Struggles of LGBT People Around the WorldJoseph Kawesi, 31 Uganda, March 2015 Joseph Kawesi, a transgender woman, sits at home in the Ugandan capital of Kampala with her mother Mai, 65\. Kawesi still has nightmares about the night in December 2012 when she says police officers dragged her out of her home after a tip-off that she might be gay. She says the officers beat her, and then raped her with a club. Kawesi is now an activist working to support LGBT people affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Uganda's president signed an Anti-Homosexuality Act into law in Feb. 2014, that broadened the criminalization of same-sex relationships, adding to colonial-era laws that already prohibited sodomy. The law was overturned on a technicality in August, but Parliament could pass a new anti-homosexuality bill this year. Robin Hammond  The New York Times: Illuminating North KoreaNorth Korean children perform at the Pyongyang Kyongsang Kindergarten. David Guttenfelder—New York Times/National Geographic Creative  The New York Times Magazine: Scott Walker and the Fate of the UnionDemonstrators protesting the abrupt end to a Wisconsin State Senate committee hearing on the “right to work” bill on Feb. 24\. From left: Maureen Dunn, a union activist; Daniel Benoit, a member of Teamsters Local 344; Wendy Stott, a union organizer for the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals; and Peter Rickman, a staff member of Wisconsin Jobs Now. Philip Montgomery for The New York Times  MSNBC: Geography of PovertyGallup, NM. A man sleeping next to a house was questioned by police. Gallup is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico. The population is 21,678 and 21.9% live below the poverty level. Gallup has the highest violent crime rate in the state of New Mexico. In 2012, violent crime was nearly five times the national average. Matt Black  The New Yorker Photo Booth: Stranded in Marseille Young people hang out on the streets of Felix Pyat, a neighborhood in the northern districts. July 3, 2014. Arnau Bach  The Washington Post: The Black Route to EuropeAhmed Jinaid, 42, and his family on the Greek-Macedonian border on May , 2015 in Evzoni, Greece. With the sun setting rapidly Ahmed Jinaid and his small family group continue on their epic journey through northern Greece. The Macedonian border is only a kilometer ahead and they must cross this hill without being spotted by any of the armed gangs and paramilitaries operating in the area. Once at the top of the hill they will wait until total darkness before carrying on in total silence through Macedonia. 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