Head On Photo Festival 2022: photos of anything from sperm smugglers to camel problems
Camel Racing Club, Emirate of Kuwait
A group of camels wait for the start of a race. The jockeys are small robots controlled by the animals’ owners to whip them via remote control. Photograph: Gabriele Cecconi
Sydney's Head On festival is back this year with exhibits, workshops, and panel discussions in indoor and outdoor venues all throughout the city from more than 600 contributing artists. Just a fraction of the photographs on display are seen here
Head On portrait award 2021 winner and finalists – in pictures
Part two of A Photographer's Life
dancers from the remote Australian island of Saibai, which is located in the Torres Strait. Matthew Wosomo, Mitchell Elu, and Sepal Warusam may be seen in the pre-performance marquee dressed in the traditional warrior island attire.
Photograph: Brian Cassey
Between Emotions Emotions
The photographer tries to highlight the actual people behind the creative topic, drawing inspiration from the great Flemish ancient artists and the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
Photograph: Steve Dean Mendes
Moustachioed Woman and Girls with Rhinoplasts
In this series, two different generations of Iranian ladies are shown. Despite being separated by approximately 150 years, both groups represent the conflict between tradition and modernity.
Photograph: Ramak Bamzar
Not of the World, But in It
At Deerboine Hutterite Colony in Canada, Tim Wurtz, Josh Wurtz, and Aaron Wurtz shoot clay pigeons across the Assiniboine River at dusk on a balmy summer evening.
Photograph: Tim Smith
Utopia Broadcasting
The overall aim of this project is to utilise existing structures within the Icelandic landscape to transport the viewer’s imagination to another world that exists outside of time.
Photograph: Serena Dzenis
The bird chirping is unbearable
a corpus of continuing work that explores the ever morphing relationship between memory, loss, and location.
Photograph: Teva Cosic
Rohingyatography
The collection of photos from 2016 to 2021 shows the Rohingya people attempting to improve their children's lives despite the harsh conditions of the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Photograph: Ro Yassin Abdomonaf
The Promised Land is Ha Aretz
Ha Aretz, which means "holy land" in Hebrew, is a retelling of biblical tales set in a globalized world marked by alienation and violence.
Photograph: Roger Grasas
Kid's Muay Thai
In the 26kg division, two nine-year-old warriors square off in a brutal three-round battle. There are two one-minute rests between each two-minute round. There are said to be 200,000 kid boxers in Thailand, some of whom are as young as four.
Photograph: Alain Schroeder
The Chronicles of Rocketgirl
The recollections from the tales we discovered are captured in these analog pictures. The lockdown is over now, and she will outgrow the costume, but the time we spent together dreaming and exploring is a gift we will treasure forever.
Photograph: Andrew Rovenko
Conflict and chaos in Yemen
An nighttime football game in the historic trade center of Shibam in far-off Hadhramout.
Images: Giles Clarke
I'm With You
By conversing with them, performing simple tasks with them, and taking their clothing, the photographer explores the places of strangers.
Photograph: Li Aixiao
Habibi
For their spouses serving lengthy terms in Israeli prisons, the wives of Palestinian prisoners have resorted to "sperm smuggling" in order to produce children. Conjugal visits are prohibited, and Palestinian prisoners may only look through a glass pane at their close relatives. The criminals placed their sperm in empty pen tubes and concealed it inside chocolate bars under the guise of delivering presents to kids.
Photograph: Antonio Faccilongo
Thanks to The Guardian whose reporting provided the original basis for this story.
