Space Opera

by Kip Sikora Digital compositions for your viewing pleasure.         Kip Sikora is a photojournalist, multimedia producer and digital artist based in Missoula, MT.  Prior to moving to Montana he was quite sure he had left a large part of his heart in Latin America, but after five years, Big Sky country [...]

Chernobyl & Pripyat, Part 2

story and photographs by Daniel Emmerson (Have you read Part 1?  Or are you looking for Part 3?) The coach pulls up to the 30km exclusion zone after about an hour and a half of travelling from the capital city. The sky is a perfect blue and only a couple of white fluffy clouds linger [...]

Field Report: Chernobyl & Pripyat

story and photographs by Daniel Emmerson (Don’t forget to read Part 2 and Part 3!) The languid fellow from Vladivostok looks over me with a sobering expression, casting a shadow over my cappuccino as I flush fresh caffeine down my throat. There are more people waiting than I had expected, most of them speaking English [...]

Interview with the Painter Noah Ptolemy

by Sam Kulla, over scotch & shrimp at the Depot Intro – Basic info / Personal history? I was born in Victoria, BC, shortly after raised till thirteen in Japan, then eight years in Hawaii, all over. All over. Growing up in Japan, just that being my formative time as a human shaped my views, [...]

Time Travel Report

by Sam Kulla, illustration by Theo Ellsworth In the future, time will slow and slow until at once it ceases. It will pause for a brief moment until it starts up again, but now in the reverse direction. Probably because of a black hole that alters the rotation of the sun or something. Spring shall [...]

Agent Report: Chernobyl

Photos by Daniel Emmerson   High Contrast Review’s wanderlust agents are posted in all corners of the globe under orders to produce reports for you, dear reader.  Nearly all missions, it should be mentioned, are rogue ventures.  Rarely is an assignment suggested.  From time to time, an agent will create and undertake a mission so [...]