UNDER CONSTRUCTION

RAW in FOCUS is an independent wildlife and nature photography magazine currently under development.

This site is being rebuilt as a dedicated photography magazine to preserve, contextualize, and expand the former Inertia Network Magazine in a purely editorial format. No travel services are offered by the publication.

Travel experiences previously associated with Inertia Network, which closed at the end of 2024, now exist independently through:

One With Whales (whale swimming expeditions)

OneXpeditions (remote wildlife expeditions)

Safar Expeditions (tours in Central Asia / Middle East)

FEATURE / HUMANS + ANIMALS

From a dusty market on the outskirts of Khartoum, hundreds of thousands of animals are moved each year across desert routes to Egypt and the Gulf, underpinning Sudan’s pastoral economy despite conflict and drought.

Photography / Matt Reichel

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Docuphoto Series

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A Rail Journey: North Korea to Russia By Train
A Rail Journey: North Korea to Russia By Train

Follow along on a 68-hour rail journey from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East.

A Look at Life Inside North Korea
A Look at Life Inside North Korea

Photos from daily life in North Korea captured over eleven years of working in the country.

A Photographic Journey Through Southern Yemen
A Photographic Journey Through Southern Yemen

THROUGH THE LENS WITH / PIER NIRANDARA

Splendid Chaos: The South African Sardine Run

Thai-American photojournalist Pier Nirandara has spent three years documenting the Sardine Run off the Wild Coast, one of the most action-packed predation events on the planet, as spawning sardines form into baitballs, attracting sharks, cetaceans, and birds.

Photography / Pier Nirandara

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Through The Lens Series

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Wildlife Through the Lens with Karim Iliya
Wildlife Through the Lens with Karim Iliya

Karim Iliya’s awe-inspiring work aims to encourage people to care about the planet, our resources, and the animals that live in it.

Polar Regions Through the Lens with Jenny Wong
Polar Regions Through the Lens with Jenny Wong

Canadian Photographer Jenny Wong’s mission is to document wildlife and the environment throughout our planet’s most sparsely populated regions, especially in the Arctic.

Conflict Camera: Through the Lens with Giles Clarke
Conflict Camera: Through the Lens with Giles Clarke

Explore the work of Photojournalist Giles Clarke who has spent his life documenting humanitarian issues and crises on behalf of the United Nations.

Congo’s Last Forest Dwellers Fight for Survival

FEATURE / COEXISTANCE

The Mbuti of the Ituri Rainforest have resisted pressure to assimilate, but their traditional, nature-rooted way of life remains threatened by armed groups, poachers, and extractive industries.

Words / Robyn Huang
Photography / Matt Reichel

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Narrative

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Mbuti: Congo’s Last Forest Pygmies Persist Despite Violence and Loss
Mbuti: Congo’s Last Forest Pygmies Persist Despite Violence and Loss

The Mbuti Pygmy people of the Congo’s Ituri Rainforest have largely avoided external pressures to abandon traditional practices and integrate into modern society, but their way of life is continuously at risk.

In Mexico, Keeping a Peyote Pilgrimage Alive
In Mexico, Keeping a Peyote Pilgrimage Alive

Psychedelic tourists, plant poachers, mining companies, and farming encroachment all threaten the Wixárika people’s most sacred land and resource.

Mexican Caviar: Foraging and Eating Farty Ant Larvae
Mexican Caviar: Foraging and Eating Farty Ant Larvae

Writer and food explorer Robyn Huang delves into Mexico’s most curious culinary delicacy— queen ant eggs— in rural Hidalgo with chef JC Redon.

FEATURE / CURATED

Going behind the lenses of five emerging Saudi photographers, this project explores a collection of images taken during the initial social and cultural liberalization initiated between 2016 and 2019, a period aimed at transforming the kingdom away from oil dependency and strict religious conservatism.

Photography / Abdullah Al-Malki, Norah Al-Amri, Abdulrahman Saleh, Ibrahim Sarhan, Zuhair Al-Traifi

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Curated / Saudi Arabia: Visualizing the Shift

SAUDI ARABIA: VISUALIZING THE SHIFT

Ibrahim Sarhan / From Deserts to Mountains

Remote mountain villages and volcanic landscapes reveal communities whose traditions and identities have endured despite isolation and rapid modernization.

SAUDI ARABIA: VISUALIZING THE SHIFT

Norah Al-Amri / Black is My Colour

Contemporary Saudi life is observed through reflections, street scenes, and the black abaya as a symbol of identity, presence, and quiet resistance.

SAUDI ARABIA: VISUALIZING THE SHIFT

Abdullah Al-Malki / Makkah Behind the Scenes

Through intimate, spiritually grounded street photography, Abdullah Al-Malki offers a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into everyday life and emotion in Islam’s holiest city of Makkah.

SAUDI ARABIA: VISUALIZING THE SHIFT

Abdulrahman Saleh / Immigration and Vibrancy

The lives, traditions, and aspirations of Saudi Arabia’s expatriate communities are documented through intimate portraits of everyday resilience and belonging.

SAUDI ARABIA: VISUALIZING THE SHIFT

Zuhair Al-Traifi / Alleyways and Tear Downs

Working-class neighborhoods are portrayed in their raw, unpolished state, capturing daily life in alleyways, markets, and urban spaces shaped by decay and change.