Meet the Street Surfers Picking Up 90% of South Africa’s Recycling
Filmmaker Arthur Neumeier and big wave surfer Frank Solomon celebrate the underground activists who keep the streets and the oceans clean.
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Photography
Lanzarote to the Sahara — Searching For Frames in North Africa With Todd Clare
Todd Clare is a landscape photographer from Byron Bay Australia. His works are still, deep and as vivid as the lands they’re captured in. Dance through the desert and volcanic island with a visual essay accompanying Todd’s travel diaries
Photography
Kent Andreasen Photographs a Great Divide: Humans vs. Nature
The South African photographer’s sublime portfolio shows our innate polarity, how we seek connection with nature and also reject it.
Best of the best
Michael Oliver Love ‘Creates His Own World’ In Striking Photos
We chat with the South African artist about the evolution of his work and the inherent connection between human form and nature.
Conservation
Finding Wisdom In Fungi
We look at the wonders of the mushroom and its mycelia with the help of mycologist Paul Stamets, author and biologist Merlin Sheldrake, and interdisciplinary designer Mari Koppanen.
Art
Bali’s ‘Green School’ is Built Entirely With Bamboo
Green School Bali’s bamboo architecture was designed and constructed by world-renowned leaders in sustainability.
Photography
Tips for Taking Great Travel Photos
Find out what gear you need before hitting the road with these handy hints for travel photography beginners.
Creativity
Creative Lesson: How a Self-Taught Florist Found Her Own Unique Style
A florist’s take on getting out of your own way so you can find your voice, use it and sustain your creativity.
Travel
Behind Closed Doors of Colombia’s Biggest Tribe in La Guajira Desert
By venturing to the northernmost point of South America, travellers can help the indigenous tribe forgotten by the rest of the world.
Interviews
Hillvale: More Than a Photo Lab
When the photo lab Jason Hamilton was working for decided analogue processing was dead, he teamed up with his friend Andy to found one of Melbourne’s leading photo labs.
Interviews
Exhibition: Travelling from Alaska to Oaxaca by Bike
Tom Wolff’s photos will gently persuade even the fussiest travellers of the charms and freedoms of bike travel.
Photography
Windhoek to Cape Town with Andy Summons
Photographer and writer Andy Summons took a dream trip through Africa's oldest desert with four good mates and a bag full of cameras. Along the way he worked out how to protect himself from lions, summited Africa's tallest sand dune, and survived a scenic flight in an antique plane with a baby-faced pilot.
Conservation
Conversations on Plastic with Thirza Schaap
Thirza Schaap is a Dutch-born photographer and artist who wants you to use less plastic. She started exploring how she could use her art practice as a means to start conversations about pollution and consumption.
Interviews
Incremental Shifts in Human Experience with Mandy Sham
Photographer and journalist Mandy Sham explores the immersive complexities of the human experience by delving into the ways in which people influence and occupy the microcosmic spaces around them.
Conservation
Conquering the Ghosts of Our Consumption
Despite reams of compelling data and supporting evidence from the scientific community, the vital message of climate change action is still being missed by huge numbers of people. Jack Parsons examines the important role photographers and artists play in our environmental crises and looks at how they can achieve what scientists cannot.
Inspiration
Urth’s Favourite Photobooks From 2018
Urth writer Eleanor Scott compiles a varied collection of our favourite photobooks from 2018, while also predicting a couple that we’ll love in 2019.
Film
Short Film Gold II – Youth
Our favourite short film uncoverings from the last few weeks wandering the neverending webscape.
Photography
An Experiment in Long Term Travel
A recount of one-way ticket travelling from New Zealand photographer Dawn Chapman.
Urth Radio
Urth Radio #7 — Curated by Vanessa Marian
Welcome to Urth Radio #7, what we listened to this week, curated by us for you. Or in this case, curated by Vanessa Marian, for us, for you.
Photography
The Greats: How Gordon Parks Used Photography as a Force for Change
Gordon Parks’ powerful depictions of injustice and poverty played a vital role in America’s civil rights movement.
Interviews
Alexey Vasilyev Photographs One of The Coldest Cities In The World, Home.
Alexey Vasilyev lives in one of the coldest cities in the world in Yakutia, Russia. He makes photographs as a way to keep his mind healthy and to document his home town and the people who live there. Beautiful, just the way they are.
Inspiration
Travel Photographer of The Year 2018
Take a peek at the winning photographs from the prestigious Travel Photographer of The Year awards.
Photography
Drifting Down the River Nile With Sarah Pannell
Step onto a felucca with documentary photographer Sarah Pannell and bob along the Nile River.
Film
15 Inspiring Films to Get You Out of the City
Our top pick of inspiring films to get you on the move.