Cengiz Yar
Roads and Kingdoms
New York, NY, United States
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How Teachers Survive: A Q&A with Peter Rad
Photographer Peter Rad speaks to R&K about the American teachers working side jobs just to survive. → Read More
How Nepal's southern plains became home to a generation’s fight for identity
A photographer speaks to R&K about the issue of identity among the Madhesis, Nepal's marginalized community that has had to continually fight for equal rights and representation as the rest of the country. → Read More
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Organizer and alt-right activist Jason Kessler’s application for a “white civil rights” rally permit in Lafayette Park was made for 400 people, but only a couple stragglers showed up. → Read More
Nazi not welcome in Charlottesville. Not this year at least.
R&K photo editor Cengiz Yar was in Charlottesville this weekend, documenting the anniversary of last year's violent rally. → Read More
This book vividly captures life in Syria amid a war with no end in sight
Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple discuss their new book and what it was like collaborating when one of them lived in a war zone. → Read More
Why Japanese whisky is so good and so hard to find
One of Japan’s leading whisky bloggers discusses the shortage of good Japanese single malts, the state of the country’s whisky industry, and how to order a highball. → Read More
These images will change the way you view housing in America
Rachel Bujalski, who lived on a boat in Los Angeles to save money, documented the lives of Americans who are affected by the housing crisis and have chosen to live simpler lives. → Read More
This family was deported to Mexico after 20 years in the United States
Michigan-based photographer Rachel Woolf documents a mother's deportation—and her family's struggle to adjust to a new life in Mexico. → Read More
Why this photographer went back to the mangroves to hang his pictures
Photographer Felipe Jacome documented life among the mangroves of northern Ecuador and went back to hang canvas prints from the trees. → Read More
R&K Insider: The tragedy—and terror—in Gaza
Frustration, despair, and heightened risk: those are the common themes in conversations with friends and colleagues who have been covering the protests in Gaza and the West Bank. → Read More
The Road to Mosul: Q&A with Alexandra Rose Howland
Photographer Alexandra Rose Howland traveled across the Mosul highway, capturing images of people and landscape she encountered along the way to portray the complexities of life amid conflict. → Read More
Meet the young Chicago photographer capturing his changing neighborhood
Photographer Sebastián Hidalgo talks about his work capturing his rapidly changing Chicano neighborhood in Chicago. → Read More
Documenting Life Amid the Battle for Mosul
Photojournalist Cengiz Yar made a visual record of the suffering of Iraqi civilians as the U.S.-backed Iraqi army fought ISIS in vicious urban combat. → Read More
There Is No Christmas in Iraq This Year –
The country’s Christian heartland is finally free from ISIS rule. But those who left their families, homes and churches behind have found precious little hope remaining among the rubble. → Read More