# Emaho Magazine


## Posts

- [César Levy of 193 Gallery: Building a Gallery Beyond the Map of the Global South](https://emahomagazine.com/cesar-levy-of-193-gallery-building-a-gallery-beyond-the-map-of-the-global-south/): César Levy discusses leaving a decade in strategic consulting to found 193 Gallery, explaining how economic intelligence training shapes his business approach while artistic decisions remain guided by a mission to decentralize the art world's Eurocentric narrative and champion underrepresented voices from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.
- [Emin Ozmen: Documenting Turkey's Unfinished History Through Photography](https://emahomagazine.com/emin-ozmen-documenting-turkeys-unfinished-history-through-photography/): From the trauma of the 1993 Sivas massacre to documenting wars, displacement and political upheaval across Turkey and the Middle East, Magnum photographer Emin Özmen reflects on memory, conflict, hope and the responsibility of bearing witness. A deeply personal conversation about photography as history, evidence and an enduring act of conscience. 
- [Manuela Wyszynski: Building Manushi and the Art of Curating Timeless Objects](https://emahomagazine.com/manuela-wyszynski-building-manushi-and-the-art-of-curating-timeless-objects/): For Manuela Wyszynski, great design is never just about beauty. In this interview with Emaho, the founder of Manushi reflects on vintage objects, patina, craftsmanship and curation, explaining why the most meaningful interiors are built through memory, emotion and timeless pieces that are cherished, lived with and passed between generations. 
- [Ed Kashi: Four Decades of Witnessing Humanity Through Photography](https://emahomagazine.com/ed-kashi-four-decades-of-witnessing-humanity-through-photography/): For more than four decades, Ed Kashi has documented some of the world’s defining human, environmental and social crises through photography and film. In this conversation with Emaho, the acclaimed National Geographic photographer reflects on visual storytelling, long-form documentary practice, climate change, conflict, multimedia journalism, and why bearing witness remains one of photography’s most enduring responsibilities.
- [Andrea Bonini: Designing the Soul of Stone and Steel with Italian Craftsmanship](https://emahomagazine.com/andrea-bonini-designing-the-soul-of-stone-and-steel-with-italian-craftsmanship/): "Authenticity begins with the material itself. For Andrea Bonini, marble and steel are not simply construction elements but the emotional foundation of every project. In this conversation with Emaho, the Italian designer reflects on craftsmanship, timeless luxury, and why true design is shaped by materials, culture, and enduring quality."
- [Anna Planas: Shaping the future of Photography at Paris Photo - the World's Most Important Photography Fair](https://emahomagazine.com/anna-planas-shaping-the-future-of-photography-at-paris-photo-the-worlds-most-important-photography-fair/):  In this interview with Emaho Magazine, Anna Planas reflects on her journey from Magnum Photos to becoming Artistic Director of Paris Photo, discussing curatorial practice, photobooks, AI, the evolving role of photography, and how one of the world's leading photography fairs continues to shape the future of the medium. 
- [Roham Babaei Fard: Making Iranian Art Wearable, One Piece at a Time](https://emahomagazine.com/roham-babaei-fard-making-iranian-art-wearable-one-piece-at-a-time/): In this interview with Emaho Magazine, Roham Babaei Fard explores the intersection of architecture, nature, and jewelry design. Inspired by historical artifacts, antique adornments, and the intricate forms of flowers, birds, and insects, he shares how memory, craftsmanship, and material experimentation inform his contemporary practice and distinctive visual language.
- [Roy Kahmann: The Architect of Dutch Photography's Global Moment with GUP, Fresh Eyes and the Hungry Eye Fair](https://emahomagazine.com/roy-kahmann-the-architect-of-dutch-photographys-global-moment-with-gup-fresh-eyes-and-the-hungry-eye-fair/): In this interview with Emaho Magazine, Roy Kahmann reflects on four decades of championing photography through GUP Magazine, Fresh Eyes, and the Hungry Eye Group. He discusses collecting photographic prints, supporting emerging talent, the enduring value of photography books, and why the physical print remains central in an increasingly digital world.
- [Alberto Essesi: Industrial Design, Risk, and the Courage to Innovate](https://emahomagazine.com/alberto-essesi-industrial-design-risk-and-the-courage-to-innovate/): In this interview with Emaho Magazine, industrial designer Alberto Esses reflects on his journey from Tesla and Mytra Robotics to co-founding Essesi, sharing his philosophy on innovation, collectible design, AI, craftsmanship and creative freedom. He discusses why curiosity, risk-taking and thinking beyond categories remain central to meaningful design.
- [Begum Yamanlar: Memory, Ruin and Photographing Vanishing Spaces](https://emahomagazine.com/begum-yamanlar-memory-ruin-and-photographing-vanishing-spaces/): Turkish photographer and visual artist Begum Yamanlar explores the fragile intersections of memory, architecture, landscape, and time. In this conversation with EMAHO, she reflects on vanishing spaces, Istanbul's evolving identity, photography as a medium of remembrance, AI, and why the unseen often reveals more than the visible.
- [Padideh Azin: Preserving the Spirit of Iranian Architecture](https://emahomagazine.com/padideh-azin-preserving-the-spirit-of-iranian-architecture/): Iranian architect and designer Padideh Azin works at the intersection of heritage, restoration, and contemporary living. In this Emaho conversation, the co-founder of Ravagh reflects on preserving the spirit of historic Iranian spaces, balancing past and present, and why architecture in Iran must reconnect with its own cultural identity and memory.
- [Hind Magoul: The Moroccan Designer Bringing Zellige, Craft, and Modern Elegance to the World](https://emahomagazine.com/hind-magoul-the-moroccan-designer-bringing-zellige-craft-and-modern-elegance-to-the-world/): Moroccan designer Hind Magoul brings traditional zellige craftsmanship into contemporary interiors with a refined sense of modern elegance. In this Emaho interview, she discusses how hand‑cut Moroccan tiles, heritage techniques, and local artistry shape her global design language, merging cultural memory with clean, luxurious spaces.
- [Kim Mupangilai: Memory, Material, and the Space Between Worlds](https://emahomagazine.com/kim-mupangilai-memory-material-and-the-space-between-worlds/): New York-based Belgian-Congolese designer, interior architect, and Parsons School of Design educator Kim Mupangilaï works in the space where memory, identity, and material culture converge. Winner of the 2024 Boghossian Foundation International Prize, she reflects in this Emaho conversation on heritage, belonging, collectible design, and how Congolese influences and Belgian Art Nouveau shape her deeply personal design language rooted in cultural dialogue.
- [Kris Van Assche: The Dior and Berluti Designer Redefining Life Beyond Fashion](https://emahomagazine.com/kris-van-assche-the-dior-and-berluti-designer-redefining-life-beyond-fashion/): Belgian fashion designer and former Dior Homme and Berluti creative director Kris Van Assche reflects on reinvention, creative freedom, and life beyond luxury fashion. In this exclusive *Emaho* interview, he discusses identity, craftsmanship, design, and what two decades at fashion’s highest level ultimately taught him. 
- [Elnaz Taghaddos: Architecture, Emotion, and the Art of Shaping Space with ET'STUDIO](https://emahomagazine.com/elnaz-taghaddos-architecture-emotion-and-the-art-of-shaping-space-with-etstudio/): In this interview with *Emaho*, Elnaz Taghaddos reflects on architecture as an emotional language, tracing her journey from curation to founding ET’STUDIO. She discusses spatial storytelling, materiality, and the quiet power of design in shaping how people feel, connect, and experience space. 
- [Emily Garthwaite: Photographing Iraq, Ritual, and Resilience](https://emahomagazine.com/emily-garthwaite-photographing-iraq-ritual-and-resilience/): In this interview with *Emaho*, Emily Garthwaite reflects on years of photographing Iraq through a deeply human lens, documenting life along the Tigris River, rituals, resilience, and environmental change. Challenging conflict-driven narratives, she reveals a country shaped as much by memory, beauty, and everyday life as by crisis. 
- [Constantin Prorozov: The New Language of Collage, Memory and Surreal Luxury](https://emahomagazine.com/constantin-prorozov-the-new-language-of-collage-memory-and-surreal-luxury/): In this Emaho interview, Constantin Prozorov discusses his surreal collage practice, where fashion, memory, and visual storytelling merge into dreamlike luxury worlds. Based in Paris, the German digital artist creates layered narratives that bridge art, culture, and fantasy, transforming collage into a contemporary language of imagination and refinement.
- [Linda Zhengova: Photographing Eroticism, Memory and the Politics of Being Seen](https://emahomagazine.com/linda-zhengova-photographing-eroticism-memory-and-the-politics-of-being-seen/): Czech Chinese photographer and writer Linda Zhengová moves between memory, trauma, eroticism and human connection with startling emotional honesty. In this intimate conversation with Emaho Magazine, she reflects on cross cultural identity, intimacy, photography, censorship, happiness, and the politics of truly being seen.
- [Nour Al Asadi: The Iraqi Mixed-Media Artist Shaping Layered Worlds](https://emahomagazine.com/nour-al-asadi-the-egyptian-mixed-media-artist-shaping-layered-worlds/): In this Emaho feature, Iraqi mixed‑media artist Nour al Asadi is presented as a layered storyteller whose work fuses illustration, architecture, and graphic design. The interview explores how she constructs rich, color‑driven worlds that foreground women’s narratives, identity, and emotional depth, positioning her practice at the intersection of art, design, and contemporary Cairo’s visual culture.
- [Sophia Taillet: The French Designer Reimagining Poetics of Material in Contemporary Design](https://emahomagazine.com/sophia-taillet-the-french-designer-reimagining-poetics-of-material-in-contemporary-design/): In this Emaho interview, French designer Sophia Taillet discusses how she reimagines the poetics of material within contemporary design, moving fluidly between art, choreography, and object‑making. Trained in Paris and New York, she explores motion, gesture, and light through glass, metal, and sculptural forms, turning material intuition into a poetic language of movement and matter.
- [Hanie Rahimian & Shiva Abazariyan: Inside Iran’s New Sculptural Language of Memory and Desire](https://emahomagazine.com/hanie-rahimian-shiva-abazariyan-inside-irans-new-sculptural-language-of-memory-and-desire/): In this Emaho feature, Hanie Rahimian and Shiva Abazariyan emerge as a significant Iranian artist duo from Mashhad, redefining contemporary sculptural language through paper mache, ceramics, and installation. The interview explores how their collaborative practice channels memory, desire, and everyday fantasy into a shared, materially rich visual vocabulary.
- [Ismail Zaidy: A Rooftop Photographer from Morocco](https://emahomagazine.com/ismail-zaidy-a-rooftop-photographer-from-morocco/): Ismail Zaidy is a self‑taught Moroccan photographer who turned the rooftop of his family home in Marrakech into Studio Sa3ada, a “Studio of Happiness” and his primary creative sanctuary. In this Emaho interview, he speaks about capturing memory, family, and everyday poetry from above, tracing his journey from mobile‑phone experiments on the rooftop to international recognition in contemporary art and fashion. 
- [Irene Noren: Between Two Worlds of Tension, Intuition, and Transformation](https://emahomagazine.com/irene-noren-between-two-worlds-of-tension-intuition-and-transformation/): Irene Noren is a Spanish‑Norwegian painter bridging tension, intuition, and transformation through her atmospheric oil paintings. In this Emaho interview, she speaks about moving between two worlds- her dual heritage, inner spiritual journey, and evolving practice - revealing how emotional ambiguity and intuition shape her quiet, image‑rich body of work. 
- [Holly Lucas: The Art of Experience in a Post-Disciplinary Design World with Bureau of Innovation](https://emahomagazine.com/holly-lucas-the-art-of-experience-in-a-post-disciplinary-design-world-with-bureau-of-innovation/): Holly Lucas is a cross‑disciplinary curator and creative strategist who bridges hospitality, cultural programming, and post‑disciplinary design through Bureau of Innovation (BOI). In this Emaho interview, she reflects on how BOI shapes immersive contexts for collectible furniture and objects, redefining curation as the art of experience in a world where design, art, and commerce increasingly overlap.
- [Pierre Terdjman: From War Zones to City Walls, Rewriting the Life of an Image](https://emahomagazine.com/pierre-terdjman-from-war-zones-to-city-walls-rewriting-the-life-of-an-image/): In his interview with Emaho, Pierre Terdjman traces a trajectory from frontline photojournalism to redefining how images live in public space. From conflict zones to the streets through Dysturb, his work challenges visibility, memory, and authorship—transforming photography into a civic act that resists erasure and reclaims attention.
- [Serena Garcia: Weaving Time, Memory, and Material into Form](https://emahomagazine.com/serena-garcia-weaving-time-memory-and-material-into-form/):  Chilean textile artist Serena Garcia Dalla Venezia transforms humble fabric and thread into monumental organic sculptures in her Emaho interview. Through patient, prehistoric gestures—wrapping, stitching—she builds chaotic growths evoking nature's interconnected roots, memory's accumulation, and endless material expansion. 
- [Jedda Daisy Culley: The Monstrous, the Maternal, the Unbound](https://emahomagazine.com/jedda-daisy-culley-the-monstrous-the-maternal-the-unbound/): Australian artist Jedda-Daisy Culley unleashes feminist fury in her Emaho interview - dissecting motherhood's rage through fluid steel sculptures and mythic portraits. From UNSW MFA to Paris residencies, she channels Louise Bourgeois' legacy, unbounding female archetypes in visceral, transformative power. 
- [Aymen Al-Ameri: Framing Iraq Beyond Conflict](https://emahomagazine.com/aymen-al-ameri-framing-iraq-beyond-conflict/): Baghdad photographer Aymen Al-Ameri reframes post-conflict resilience in his Emaho interview. Through poignant portraits and urban aftermaths, he captures Iraqi cultural memory and daily endurance—from endangered marshes to Baghdad streets—transcending war narratives for intimate human stories. 
- [Emilia Yin: The Architecture of Attention in Contemporary Art](https://emahomagazine.com/emilia-yin-the-architecture-of-attention-in-contemporary-art/): LA gallerist Emilia Yin illuminates Make Room's ethos in Emaho - crafting intimate spaces where Asian diaspora artists evolve beyond trends. From Hollywood's incubator to global dialogues, she architects attention for bold voices, redefining LA's contemporary scene with unwavering focus. 
- [Pauline Leprince: The Poetry of Structure in Steel, Light, and Emotion](https://emahomagazine.com/pauline-leprince-the-poetry-of-structure-in-steel-light-and-emotion/): Parisian designer Pauline Leprince reimagines Karl Lagerfeld's legacy through Bauhaus-infused steel, light, and emotional geometry in her Emaho interview. From École Camondo training to cinematic scenographies, she fuses avant-garde minimalism with sustainable poetry - crafting intimate, luminous sanctuaries that breathe. 
- [Alymamah Rashed: Where Mythology Meets the Material](https://emahomagazine.com/alymamah-rashed-where-mythology-meets-the-material/): Kuwaiti artist Alymamah Rashed opens portals to personal mythologies in her Emaho interview. Seashells whisper rebirth, bodies cradle longing - transforming Dior bags and Piaget jewels into spiritual tapestries. From Kuwait's bold scene, she merges ancestral gestures with global craft, defying obstacles through intuitive vision. 
- [Boldizar Senteski: Post-Soviet Tension in Glass, Patina and the Art of Reduction](https://emahomagazine.com/boldizar-senteski-post-soviet-tension-in-glass-patina-and-the-art-of-reduction/): Dive into Boldizar Senteski's Emaho Magazine interview, "Post-Soviet Tension in Glass, Patina, and the Art of Reduction." The Budapest-raised designer explores opulence-industrial clashes via distressed mirrors, glass, and metals - embracing oxidation, un-calculated errors, and durational craft for timeless functional art.
- [Amine Amharech: Redefining Contemporary Art and Design Curation](https://emahomagazine.com/amine-amharech-redefining-contemporary-art-and-design-curation/): In this Emaho Magazine interview, Moroccan architect-curator Amine Amharech talks about the intersection of architecture, scenography, and exhibition-making. Rooted in Moroccan modernism yet globally engaged, his practice explores how space can shape cultural narratives, perception, and identity across contemporary art and design.
- [Paulina Cerda: Slowness, Fragments, and Chile's Quiet Material Pause](https://emahomagazine.com/paulina-cerda/): In this Emaho Magazine interview, Chilean artist Paulina Cerda channels geographic isolation into slow, material processes where fragments and erosion embody unresolved tensions. Rejecting landscape representation, her restrained works sustain fragile pauses—inviting ambiguity, memory, and listening amid Latin America's conceptually quiet contemporary practices. 
- [UMA Studio's Michelle Song & Amber Pan: Restraint, Light, and Eastern Spatial Pause](https://emahomagazine.com/uma-studios-michelle-song-amber-pan-restraint-light-and-eastern-spatial-pause/): In this Emaho Magazine interview, UMA Studio's Amber Pan and Michelle Song unpack their layered East Asian influences, choreographing daylight as material and texture as expression. Rejecting minimalism clichés, they refine spatial clarity—ma voids, custom millwork—for private, anti-spectacle homes evolving toward architecture. 
- [Meng Zhou: "Keeper of the Cosmos - Myth, Material, and the Poetics of Time"](https://emahomagazine.com/meng-zhou-keeper-of-the-cosmos-myth-material-and-the-poetics-of-time/): In this Emaho Magazine interview, Meng Zhou (RCA MA 2018) traces her journey from China to London, channeling meteorites, shells, and burnt wood into Il Trovatore's spatial memories and Star Chart's cosmic mapping. As "Keeper of the Fire," she probes ecology, myth, and time's erosions across Dust to Dust and Hero Game. 
- [Karen Paulina Biswell: “Against Extraction: Photography, Right to Opacity, and the Refusal to Translate”](https://emahomagazine.com/karen-paulina-biswell-against-extraction-photography-right-to-opacity-and-the-refusal-to-translate/): In this Emaho Magazine interview, Colombian-French photographer Karen Paulina Biswell reflects on 14 years collaborating with Emberá-Chamí artist Maria Amilbia Siagama. Rejecting extractive gazes, she explores shared authorship, photographic negatives in "Adua," Glissant's opacity, and decolonial rituals—questioning identity, legibility, and trust across Paris and Bogotá. 
- [Sunday-S Gallerist Peter Ibsen: "If I don't understand an art work, I like to stay with it longer, read more, talk to the artist, and allow myself to be challenged"](https://emahomagazine.com/sunday-s-gallerist-peter-ibsen-if-i-dont-understand-an-art-work-i-like-to-stay-with-it-longer-read-more-talk-to-the-artist-and-allow-myself-to-be-challenged/): In this Emaho Magazine interview, Sunday-S Gallery founder Peter Ibsen recounts overhauling his collection after a monochrome work defied interpretation, sparking a focus on minimalism's perceptual depth. He explores friction-driven curation, domestic displays in Copenhagen/Paris homes, painting's physical vitality, and loyalty amid speculation.
- [Bogdan Ciocodeica: "From Meaningful Architecture to Intimate Objects – Scale as an Emotional Measure"](https://emahomagazine.com/bogdan-ciocodeica-from-meaningful-architecture-to-intimate-objects-scale-as-an-emotional-measure/): In this exclusive Emaho Magazine interview, Romanian architect Bogdan Ciocodeica explores the emotional spectrum of scale—from grand architectural statements to intimate, tactile objects. He reveals how meaningful design bridges human experience, blending minimalism, material poetry, and scenographic intuition to evoke vulnerability and presence in everyday spaces.  
- [Takin Aghdashloo: Connecting Cultural Nodes & Reframing Iranian Art Between Rupture and Legacy](https://emahomagazine.com/takin-aghdashloo-connecting-cultural-nodes-reframing-iranian-art-between-rupture-and-legacy/): Tehran curator Takin Aghdashloo, son of Aydin Aghdashloo, discusses growing up amid classical art discipline, curating Event at Cromwell Place via Badiou's rupture theory amid Women, Life, Freedom protests, Tehran fairs' resilience, and bridging Iranian creativity to global discourse post-sanctions. 
- [Arielle Assouline-Lichten: Elevating Industrial Material into Contemporary Luxury with Slash Objects](https://emahomagazine.com/arielle-assouline-lichten-elevating-industrial-material-into-contemporary-luxury-with-slash-objects/): Architect-turned-designer Arielle Assouline-Lichten elevates recycled rubber and stone into Slash Objects that defy art-design binaries. Her disciplined practice - rooted in geometry, material honesty, and industrial collaboration - transforms absence into inevitable forms for galleries, fairs, and lived spaces. 
- [Mathias Depardon: “Mapping Identity and Territory - From Transanatolia to the Rivers of Mesopotamia”](https://emahomagazine.com/mathias-depardon-mapping-identity-and-territory-from-transanatolia-to-the-rivers-of-mesopotamia/): French photographer Mathias Depardon charts fragile identities and power in Transanatolia, Tigris-Euphrates basins, and sand extraction crises. From Kurdish borders to GAP dams' ecological toll, his slow journalism probes geopolitics, environment, and forgotten voices across Turkey, Iraq, and beyond. 
- [Auronda Scalera & Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti: "Beyond Gatekeeping - Curating Power, Ethics, and the Middle East’s Cultural Future”](https://emahomagazine.com/auronda-scalera-dr-alfredo-cramerotti-beyond-gatekeeping-curating-power-ethics-and-the-middle-easts-cultural-future/): Curator duo Auronda Scalera and Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti redefine curation beyond gatekeeping - as ethical translators navigating AI authorship, Middle East's experimental institutions, and slow intelligence against tech speed. They spotlight urgent artists like Hito Steyerl and Tabita Rezaire. 
- ["Architecture Listens Back: Paris based CORPUS Studio's Corporeal Dialogue with Place and Time"](https://emahomagazine.com/architecture-listens-back-paris-based-corpus-studios-corporeal-dialogue-with-place-and-time/): In this exclusive Emaho Magazine interview, Paris-based CORPUS Studio founders Konrad Steffensen and Ronan Le Grand unveil their corporeal architecture philosophy: spaces where the body performs and buildings listen back, inspired by Merleau-Ponty. From Lake Como villas embracing genius loci to BB furniture's patina and Cherche-Midi Penthouse minimalism, explore their timeless dialogue with place, material, and time. 
- [Sahar Khalkhalian: "From Tehran War Sirens to Global Canvases"](https://emahomagazine.com/sahar-khalkhalian-from-tehran-war-sirens-to-global-canvases/): Tehran-born Sahar Khalkhalian, granddaughter of painter Houshang Pezeshknia, channels Iran-Iraq War fragility and migration - from Germany to Vancouver/Dubai - into faceless figures of isolation and fractured identity. This Emaho interview delves into her intuitive, emotion-fueled canvases, Turbulent exhibition, and New York's pivotal shows. 
- [Katarina Abovic: "From Chilean Roots to Nomadic Canvases: Painting the Body's Unexplainable Energy"](https://emahomagazine.com/katarina-abovic-from-chilean-roots-to-nomadic-canvases-painting-the-bodys-unexplainable-energy/): Chilean painter Katarina Abović (b.1988) channels her painter grandmother's influence and depression's healing into Dynamic Painting—blurring body, energy, and abstraction. From Chilean roots to residencies in Vietnam, Honduras, and Croatia, this Emaho interview unveils her nomadic quest for consciousness's "unexplainable space" through layered canvases. 
- [Michelle Loukidis: "Shaping Africa's Photographic Future: Mentorship, Tombe, and Transient Childhoods"](https://emahomagazine.com/michelle-loukidis-shaping-africas-photographic-future-mentorship-tombe-and-transient-childhoods/): From capturing childhood's vanishing essence on film to radicalizing her view at Johannesburg's Market Photo Workshop, Michelle Loukidis now shapes Africa's photography scene. This Emaho interview explores The Lens Collective's women-led mentorship, Tombe magazine's critical platform, and urgent narratives from emerging talents like Lindokuhle Sobekwa. 
- [Reza Deghati: "Photography Is the Biggest Revolution Ever – A Universal Language of Truth and Hope"](https://emahomagazine.com/reza-deghati-photography-is-the-biggest-revolution-ever-a-universal-language-of-truth-and-hope/): Iranian-French photojournalist Reza Deghati shares his journey from a Tabriz childhood witnessing injustice to 46 years documenting revolutions, wars, and resilience across 115 countries. From Iranian prisons to founding Aina and Reza Visual Academy, he champions photography as humanity's universal language for truth, healing, and empowerment.
- [Helmut Smits: "The sculpture already exists within the marble; Michelangelo's task was merely to chisel away the excess. I think the same is true for almost everything in life."](https://emahomagazine.com/helmut-smits-the-sculpture-already-exists-within-the-marble-michelangelos-task-was-merely-to-chisel-away-the-excess-i-think-the-same-is-true-for-almost-everything-in-life/): From a childhood of crafting without museums to distilling Coca-Cola into pure water in "The Real Thing," Rotterdam artist Helmut Smits chisels poetry from the everyday. This Emaho interview unveils his minimalist conceptual process—unearthing ideas in consumer waste and grass stamps—blending wit, freedom, and accessible critique.
- [Pooya Aryanpour: "The Beauty of Creation Lies at the Intersection: Where Tradition Meets Global Discourse"](https://emahomagazine.com/pooya-aryanpour-the-beauty-of-creation-lies-at-the-intersection-where-tradition-meets-global-discourse/): Tehran-based artist Pooya Aryanpour, born into a legacy of Iranian intellectuals, discusses his homeschooled roots, passion for painting, and projects like "Gone with the Wind." He explores Iran's vibrant art scene, balancing Persian heritage with global discourse through audacious innovation and cultural deconstruction.
- [Maram Ali: "Every Story Deserves to Be Painted”](https://emahomagazine.com/maram-ali-every-story-deserves-to-be-painted/): Jordanian artist Maram Ali discusses her evolution from Impressionist landscapes to powerful portraits of Gaza's martyrs. Born in Irbid, she paints with responsibility and beauty to honor silenced stories, witnessing injustice through emotionally charged, ethical works that demand global attention.  
- [Studio Agglomerati Founder Sam Henley: “Stone Doesn’t Tolerate Superficial Gestures - It Demands Clarity”](https://emahomagazine.com/studio-agglomerati-founder-sam-henley-stone-doesnt-tolerate-superficial-gestures-it-demands-clarity/): This interview with Agglomerati founder Sam Henley explores how an Australian interior designer became a London-based stone specialist, why “stone doesn’t tolerate superficial gestures,” and how his studio and BOI platform pursue rigorous, timeless furniture and context-driven exhibition making across Europe, Australia, and the Middle East.
- [Tanya Traboulsi: "Photography as a Language of Memory, Distance and Beirut”](https://emahomagazine.com/tanya-traboulsi-photography-as-a-language-of-memory-distance-and-beirut/): Austrian-Lebanese photographer Tanya Traboulsi speaks about growing up between two cultures, Beirut as muse and mirror, and photography as her language for memory, distance and belonging, reflecting through her series Beirut, Recurring Dream and photobook A Sea Apart.
- [Hossein Rezvani: "The discipline and minimalism of Europe combined with the richness and emotion of Persian culture create a very natural balance in my designs"](https://emahomagazine.com/hossein-rezvani-the-discipline-and-minimalism-of-europe-combined-with-the-richness-and-emotion-of-persian-culture-create-a-very-natural-balance-in-my-designs/): Hossein Rezvani fuses German minimalism with Persian opulence, revitalizing ancient carpet traditions. From economics to award-winning designs like Tabriz Lilac, he collaborates with Isfahan weavers, creating timeless heirlooms that blend heritage craftsmanship with contemporary luxury.
- [Niki Fallahfar: "Limitations pushed me to find more subtle, indirect ways of embedding desire, intimacy, and bodily sensation into the work"](https://emahomagazine.com/niki-fallahfar-limitations-pushed-me-to-find-more-subtle-indirect-ways-of-embedding-desire-intimacy-and-bodily-sensation-into-the-work/): Iranian artist Niki Fallahfar explains how constraints sharpened her subtle embedding of desire, intimacy and bodily sensation in works like “Noah’s Ark.” Pushing beyond direct representation, she crafts playful, unsettling narratives that reveal the unspoken through humble materials and indirect gestures.
- [David van der Leeuw: "I like images that feel unstable, that hold tension, where what is visible is only part of the story"](https://emahomagazine.com/david-van-der-leeuw-i-like-images-that-feel-unstable-that-hold-tension-where-what-is-visible-is-only-part-of-the-story/): Dutch photographer David van der Leeuw reflects on his love for unstable, tension-filled images where much is left unsaid. His work lingers in ambiguity, inviting viewers to imagine what lies beyond the frame and question the stories they project onto each scene.
- [Kym Ellery: "I wanted to build a world, not just a wardrobe - one that brought fashion, design, art, and architecture into dialogue"](https://emahomagazine.com/kym-ellery-i-wanted-to-build-a-world-not-just-a-wardrobe-one-that-brought-fashion-design-art-and-architecture-into-dialogue/): Kym Ellery reimagines fashion as a multidisciplinary world where wardrobe, design, art, and architecture intersect. Her work dissolves traditional boundaries, creating immersive narratives that reflect her commitment to innovation, craftsmanship, and expanding the cultural language of contemporary style.
- [Ece Haskan: "I often use self-portraits in many of my works, I also portray the women around me as like my sister & their stories because I frequently work with themes such as sisterhood and friendship"](https://emahomagazine.com/ece-haskan-i-often-use-self-portraits-in-many-of-my-works-i-also-portray-the-women-around-me-as-like-my-sister-their-stories-because-i-frequently-work-with-themes-such-as-sisterhood-and-frie/): Turkish illustrator Ece Haskan discusses how self-portraits and depictions of the women around her shape a visual world of sisterhood, friendship and vulnerability, blending dark humour and tenderness to explore identity, emotion and everyday survival from a distinctly female perspective.
- [Reem R: "Something shifted in my artistic journey when I saw a drawing that had crying trees made by a Palestinian child, I felt a deep connection to it"](https://emahomagazine.com/reem-r-something-shifted-in-my-artistic-journey-when-i-saw-a-drawing-that-had-crying-trees-made-by-a-palestinian-child-i-felt-a-deep-connection-to-it/): Palestinian painter Reem R reflects on a turning point in her practice after seeing a child’s drawing of “crying trees,” inspiring works that weave memory, loss and resistance into meticulously detailed still lifes charged with political and personal emotion.​  
- [Rooshad Shroff: "The preservation of Indian craftsmanship and its integration into today’s design language are at the very core of my work philosophy"](https://emahomagazine.com/rooshad-shroff-the-preservation-of-indian-craftsmanship-and-its-integration-into-todays-design-language-are-at-the-very-core-of-my-work-philosophy/): Rooted in a deep respect for Indian craftsmanship, Rooshad Shroff’s design work bridges heritage and modernity. At the heart of his philosophy lies a commitment to preserving traditional artistry while weaving it seamlessly into today’s design language and contemporary lifestyles.
- [Mohamed Hassan: “Turning Our Hidden Room into a photobook allowed me to build a physical space where memory, trauma, masculinity and love could exist together”](https://emahomagazine.com/mohamed-hassan-turning-our-hidden-room-into-a-photobook-allowed-me-to-build-a-physical-space-where-memory-trauma-masculinity-and-love-could-exist-together/): Egyptian-born Mohamed Hassan explores memory, trauma, and father-son bonds in Our Hidden Room. Reconstructing his late father's photographic archive amid mental illness and displacement, this award-winning photobook creates a poignant space where personal history confronts loss and resilience.
- [Luning Wang: "What makes Shanghai’s art scene distinct within the global landscape is the way it fuses art with lifestyle, culinary culture, fashion and design"](https://emahomagazine.com/luning-wang-what-makes-shanghais-art-scene-distinct-within-the-global-landscape-is-the-way-it-fuses-art-with-lifestyle-culinary-culture-fashion-and-design/): Luning Wang's curatorial vision fuses Shanghai's dynamic art scene with lifestyle, fashion, and culinary culture, creating immersive cultural hubs. As founder of Rong Lu, she bridges East-West dialogues, educating Mandarin audiences while advising luxury brands on authentic, cross-cultural storytelling and collector engagement.
- [Fara Askari: "My goal is to continue creating spaces where history, design, and emotion come together, while preserving the cultural soul of Shiraz for future generations"](https://emahomagazine.com/fara-askari-my-goal-is-to-continue-creating-spaces-where-history-design-and-emotion-come-together-while-preserving-the-cultural-soul-of-shiraz-for-future-generations/): Shiraz-restorer designer Fara Askari crafts spaces where ancient Persian history meets contemporary design and raw emotion. Committed to preserving Shiraz's cultural essence, she creates immersive environments that honor heritage while inviting future generations to experience the city's timeless soul.
- [Juan Cristóbal Cobo: "I’m interested in discovering new ways of translating the everyday, in finding poetry in seemingly insignificant moments, and in allowing photography to surprise me again"](https://emahomagazine.com/juan-cristobal-cobo-im-interested-in-discovering-new-ways-of-translating-the-everyday-in-finding-poetry-in-seemingly-insignificant-moments-and-in-allowing-photography-to-surprise-me-agai/): Colombian photographer Juan Cristóbal Cobo speaks about finding poetry in everyday life, transforming seemingly insignificant moments into powerful visual stories. Drawing on decades in film, he lets photography surprise him again and again, using the camera to rediscover the world with curiosity and emotional depth.
- [Ahoo Hamedi: "The energy, challenges, and culture of Tehran naturally find their way into my work, giving it a sense of place"](https://emahomagazine.com/ahoo-hamedi-the-energy-challenges-and-culture-of-tehran-naturally-find-their-way-into-my-work-giving-it-a-sense-of-place/): Iranian artist Ahoo Hamedi reflects on how Tehran’s charged atmosphere, daily struggles, and rich culture seep into her multidisciplinary practice, giving each work a vivid sense of place. Her intimate, intuitive pieces transform personal observation into layered visual narratives rooted in the city’s complex realities.
- [Paul Cocksedge: "I am interested in how an object relates to people, how it can bring joy, spark curiosity and conversation"](https://emahomagazine.com/paul-cocksedge-i-am-interested-in-how-an-object-relates-to-people-how-it-can-bring-joy-spark-curiosity-and-conversation/): British designer Paul Cocksedge reflects on how objects can spark emotions, curiosity and connection. Rooted in public art, furniture and large-scale installations, his practice explores the relationship between people and form, reimagining everyday materials to create playful, social, and conversation-starting design experiences.
- [Nastaran Safaei: "A small stone on the roadside might capture my attention more deeply than major political news that shakes the world"](https://emahomagazine.com/nastaran-safaei-a-small-stone-on-the-roadside-might-capture-my-attention-more-deeply-than-major-political-news-that-shakes-the-world/): Iranian artist Nastaran Safaei finds deep meaning in everyday objects, revealing how a simple roadside stone can fascinate her more than world-shaking headlines. Her work captures fleeting, overlooked moments, crafting poetic reflections on the beauty, fragility, and subtle complexity within ordinary life.​
- [Erik Kessels: "Photography is definitely not dead. Quite the opposite: the overwhelming abundance of images forces artists to think differently"](https://emahomagazine.com/erik-kessels-photography-is-definitely-not-dead-quite-the-opposite-the-overwhelming-abundance-of-images-forces-artists-to-think-differently/): Erik Kessels, renowned Dutch artist and curator, discusses the dynamic evolution of photography in the digital age. He asserts that the explosion of images demands fresh artistic approaches, positioning today’s image-makers to rethink creativity and storytelling like never before.
- [Hamed Khosravi: "One of the main purposes of the book was to communicate the history of Modern Movement and in particular Guevrekian’s legacy to a wider public"](https://emahomagazine.com/hamed-khosravi-one-of-the-main-purposes-of-the-book-was-to-communicate-the-history-of-modern-movement-and-in-particular-guevrekians-legacy-to-a-wider-public/): Hamed Khosravi’s work brings to light the often-forgotten legacy of Gabriel Guevrekian — a cosmopolitan architect and modernist pioneer whose wide-ranging influence spanned Tehran, Vienna, Paris and beyond. Through his book and interviews, Khosravi connects the ambitious global sweep of the Modern Movement to a broader public. 
- [Tabarak Mansour: "My Iraqi sensibility lives in the forms I create, and viewers often sense it"](https://emahomagazine.com/tabarak-mansour-my-iraqi-sensibility-lives-in-the-forms-i-create-and-viewers-often-sense-it/): Tabarak Mansour’s Emaho Magazine interview explores how her Iraqi sensibility shapes the forms she creates, revealing deep connections to heritage, memory, and community. Her art evokes personal nostalgia while resonating with viewers through universal, culturally rooted emotions and contemporary expressions.
- [Najme Kazazi: "Painting is a way to speak with my inner world - to explore and express the layered dimensions of my own existence"](https://emahomagazine.com/najme-kazazi-painting-is-a-way-to-speak-with-my-inner-world-to-explore-and-express-the-layered-dimensions-of-my-own-existence/): Najme Kazazi is an Iranian contemporary painter known for her emotionally charged, abstract compositions that blend organic forms with themes of memory, nature, and human existence. 
- [Ramtin Zad: "My process is spontaneous and unpremeditated - I work through discovery in the moment, without prior planning or intellectual filtering"](https://emahomagazine.com/ramtin-zad-my-process-is-spontaneous-and-unpremeditated-i-work-through-discovery-in-the-moment-without-prior-planning-or-intellectual-filtering/): Dominated by its fleshy, richly hued and debaucherous qualities, the work of Ramtin Ramtin Zad brings two-dimensional realities into three-dimensional planes with masochistically claustrophobic compositions that reveal new details each time they are glanced at.
- [Noushin Sadeghian: "I would describe my artistic voice as a combination of intricate details and delicate emotions"](https://emahomagazine.com/noushin-sadeghian-i-would-describe-my-artistic-voice-as-a-combination-of-intricate-details-and-delicate-emotions/): Noushin Sadeghian is a Iranian visual artist and illustrator who won the Grand Prix at the 30th Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) in Slovakia. Sadeghian won the top award for her illustrations in the book “Daal’s Daughter”, written by Ahmad Akbarpour, IRNA reported.
- [Edward Middleditch: The Pencil of Nature](https://emahomagazine.com/edward-middleditch-the-pencil-of-nature/): United Kingdom –  James Hyman Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of drawings by Edward Middleditch. Focused on the artist’s meticulous later works, the exhibition: “The Pencil of Nature“, explores his painstaking and obsessive observation of nature. At the heart of the exhibition are meticulous drawings of fields of crops in which each leaf and stem is precisely detailed and delineated. Edward Middleditch established himself in the mid 1950s as one of the most powerful young painters and draughtsmen in Britain. Initially associated with the kitchen sink painters – John Bratby, Derrick Greaves and Jack Smith – he devoted himself […]
- [Asger Carlsen: From Crime-Photography to Mutilated, Disfigured Human Form](https://emahomagazine.com/asger-carlsen-from-crime-photography-to-mutilated-disfigured-human-form/): USA – Asger Carlsen’s images consist of mutilated, disfigured and distorted human forms with a typical obscure quality to them. He has collaborated with photographers like Roger Ballen and media entities like Esquire and New York Times. Carlsen has also authored and co-authored books based on his work. Presently he lives and works from his studio in Chinatown in the New York City.   What is the inspiration behind your human-sculptural photography? In one of your interviews you’ve mentioned that “style” is very important and also that you were inspired by Andreas Gursky, a German landscape photographer, at the beginning of your […]
- [Noriko Hayashi: "I saw many bride kidnappings in Kyrgyzstan"](https://emahomagazine.com/noriko-hayashi-i-saw-many-bride-kidnappings-in-kyrgyzstan/): Kyrgyzstan – Represented by Panos Pictures, Japanese photojournalist Noriko Hayashi has worked in diverse regions around the world, including Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Japan and Gambia. Her work, though journalistic in style, is more personal, going into the lives of her subjects in a very sensitive, poignant way. She has worked on issues ranging from the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster to the practice of bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan. Her work often deals with the human side of tragedy, and the resilience of people to live with hope.   Emaho: You stumbled upon photography almost by chance while you were still a […]
- [Anna Fox: 'Resort 2' - British Adult Parties and a Photographic Carnival](https://emahomagazine.com/anna-fox-resort-2-british-adult-parties-and-a-photographic-carnival/): United Kingdom –  For two years British photographer Photography Feature –  Anna Fox documented holiday culture at the iconic Butlin’s resort in the seaside town of Bognor Regis, West Sussex. This new book ‘Resort 2’, published by Schilt Publishing, is the second part of the Resort project. Resort 1, published in October 2013, looked at “Family Breaks” at this iconic holiday camp, providing a unique insight into contemporary British leisure culture. Resort 2 observes a very different kind of holiday, the themed adult breaks, taking place about once every six weeks inside this very British holiday camp. Butlin’s famed for its […]
- [Atsushi Fujiwara: 'Poet Island' - Soul-Stirring Photos of Sanatoriums in Japan's Nagashima Island](https://emahomagazine.com/atsushi-fujiwara-poet-island-soul-stirring-photos-of-sanatoriums-in-japans-nagashima-island/): Japan – I was an eight year-old child when I first visited this island. My parents brought me along to visit to my uncle, who served as general manager of the island sanatorium where Hansen’s disease patients were isolated. Though deeply impressed by the untouched natural beauty of the island, I also recall the anguish I felt in my young heart at the sad fate of its inhabitants (patients). Returning to the island thirty-five years later, this time as a photographer, I came across a poem: －Like luminescent fish dwelling in the darkness of the deep sea, there is no light until I alight from […]
- [Tim Richmond: 'Last Best Hiding Place' - Exploring the Longstanding Myth of the American West](https://emahomagazine.com/tim-richmond-last-best-hiding-place-exploring-the-longstanding-myth-of-the-american-west/): USA –  Deserted streets with beer cans blowing down the road…a cowboy washing his shirts…a train on its way into a million acres of emptiness…a Vietnam vet who lost twenty years of recent memory…a whole town for sale…meth warnings…a tattooed waitress in neon light. All of these inhabit the Last Best Hiding Place. Places, like people can seem alone, filled with melancholy. Last Best Hiding Place (2007-2014) is Richmond’s personal and contemporary odyssey through a landscape of filmic references in the American West, revealing stories revealed true or imagined. The evidence of the American dream is there, but dust covered, closed […]
- [Christer Stromholm: 'Les Nuits de Place Blanche' - Celebrating Life of Transsexuals in Paris in 50's & 60's](https://emahomagazine.com/christer-stromholm-les-nuits-de-place-blanche-celebrating-life-of-transsexuals-in-paris-in-50s-60s/): France –  Christer Strömholm (Stockholm, Sweden, 1918–2001) is one of the most important European photographers of the twentieth century. He spent most of his life in Sweden, but he made France, and especially Paris, his second home. His series about the transsexuals of the Place Blanche was produced between 1958 and 1968. In the first edition of the book Les amies de Place Blanche (Vännerna från Place Blanche), published by ETC/ Johan Ehrenberg in Stockholm in 1983, Strömholm says: “These are images from another time. A time when de Gaulle was president and France was at war against Algeria. These are […]
- [Hans Gremmen: ‘Peeling off the layers’- Understanding the link between Photobooks and Design](https://emahomagazine.com/hans-gremmen-peeling-off-the-layers-understanding-the-link-between-photobooks-and-design/): Netherlands –  Hans Gremmen is a talented designer based in Amsterdam known for his innovative work with photo books. Regularly sought out by photographers, Gremmen is known to be quite an authority on photobooks, having worked on several photobooks, including ‘Cette Montagne C’est Moi’, ’Sequester’, and ‘Libero’. Emaho caught up with Hans in November, 2014 to have a conversation about his passion for the medium and everything regarding the photobook tradition and the contemporary photobook scene. Manik: What inspired you to become a designer of photobooks? Hans: It was not an obvious choice. It happened by chance. After graduating, I worked for architects and […]
- [Vlad Krasnoshchok & Sergiy Lebedynskyy: "Euromaidan" - Rapidly Changing Ukrainian Chronicles](https://emahomagazine.com/vlad-krasnoshchok-sergiy-lebedynskyy-euromaidan-rapidly-changing-ukrainian-chronicles/): Ukraine –  “On the 19th of January, 2014 a peaceful protest of Ukrainian Euromaidans on the Hrushevskyi Street in Kiev turned into the possible beginning of a civil war. It went too far, with explosions of gas grenades, Molotov cocktails, shootings of activists by the special police unit “Berkut”, abductions of people to the forest, acts of torture and all the other methods employed by dictatorial regimes. I couldn’t remain indifferent to what was happening in the country. I called a fellow photographer and friend, Sergiy Lebedynskyy, and the decision was made to go to Kiev immediately. We bought tickets and […]
- [Erik Kessels: "From the moment I saw Moises by Mariela Sancari, I fell in love."](https://emahomagazine.com/erik-kessels-from-the-moment-i-saw-moises-by-mariela-sancari-i-fell-in-love/): Mexico –  Many artists return to themes like love, birth, and death in their works. The best give these universals a unique and personal quality. In my experience, one of the strongest examples is Seichi Furuya, a Japanese photographer who followed his schizophrenic wife throughout her illness, all the way to her sad and premature end. Furuya’s project is perhaps the most intimate of works as the photographer provides both an objective lens and the extreme subjectivity of a husband’s eye. For me, the best photographers are those who dare to document such grief. Think also of the series by Nobuyoshi […]
- [The Surreally Whimsical World of Shae DeTar](https://emahomagazine.com/the-surreally-whimsical-world-of-shae-detar/): USA –  Colourful, quirky, antiquated and yet modern is what comes to mind when you see model-turned-artist Shae Acopian Detar’s work. The artist who divides time between New York City and Los Angeles, creates images using age-old technique of hand painting her photographs. Her handiwork lends the paintings a dreamy, transcendental quality. Neon pinks, yellows and greens are some of the defining colours in Detar’s images. The play with contrast creates a wonderland in which female models look like otherworldly goddesses. The choice of theatrical wardrobes, or lack thereof, reflect Detar’s acquired taste as a model. She transforms clear blue skies, […]
- [Jan Brykczynski: "Boiko" - Exploring the Rural Reality of Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains](https://emahomagazine.com/jan-brykczynski-boiko/): Poland – Those Boikos are the most mysterious tribe the length and breadth of the Carpathians. No-one else is quite so troublesome. The Boikos are a little mute. They are incapable of talking about themselves. They are so vivid, when you are among them, yet become slippery, like their waters, when you try to somehow define them. They have so many objects and gestures that have disappeared everywhere else, and they have so little of everything that is already everywhere. Taras Prokhas’ko, transl. Uilleam Blacker A Boiko village in the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains fit my idea of the rural life in […]
- [Call For Applications: 7th Edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award](https://emahomagazine.com/call-for-applications-7th-edition-of-the-carmignac-photojournalism-award/): France –  In partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deadline for receipt of applications: 12am (GMT), Sunday 11 October, 2015 – http://bit.ly/CarmignacAwardCall  LIBYA The theme of the 7th Edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award is Libya. Four years since the fall of the Gaddafi regime in October 2011, Libya is experiencing an unprecedented political, military and humanitarian crisis. While negotiations for a national unity agreement have taken place since early 2015 between the various political entities claiming power, heavy fighting between rival militias and factions continues to break out in the country on a daily basis. The surge of hope that followed […]
- [Eriko Koga: "Issan" - Magical visit to 1200 year old monastery in Mt. Koya](https://emahomagazine.com/eriko-koga-issan-magical-visit-to-1200-year-old-monastery-in-mt-koya/): Japan – In 2009, photographer Eriko Koga visited Mt. Kōya, home of a 1,200 year old Buddhist monastery in the mountains south of Osaka, for the first time. She explained the effect that visiting the complex had on her: Okuno-in Temple exerted an especially strong pull on me. Its unique atmosphere overwhelmed all five of my senses. The air, the slow pace of mountain life and the kindness of the people brought about a serenity and security that permeated my entire being. Koga returned many times after her initial encounter to document with camera and film the feelings Mt. Koya evoked […]
- [Support Anastasia Taylor-Lind's "Welcome to Donetsk" - Postcards from the war front](https://emahomagazine.com/support-anastasia-taylor-linds-welcome-to-donetsk-postcards-from-the-war-front/): Ukraine – Welcome to Donetsk is a project by Anastasia Taylor-Lind about the ongoing war in Ukraine, where she is sending touristic postcards to people all over the world in an attempt to tell the story of the conflict in a more personal way. Each card depicts an idyllic image of Donetsk, the capital of the Eastern region of Ukraine, before the war. On the back is the name of one of the 6,834 people so far killed in the conflict, the U.N.’s latest official count, and the date when and the place where they died. Anastasia has send 921 postcards to […]
- [Jannatul Mawa: "Close Distance" - Powerful Portraits of Bangladesh Maids and Their Women Employers](https://emahomagazine.com/jannatul-mawa-close-distance-powerful-portraits-of-bangladesh-maids-and-their-women-employers/): Bangladesh –  Historically, domestic servants worked (only) for food and lodging in better-off homes of predominantly rural eastern Bengal. The introduction of wage labour during the British colonial period gradually led to the introduction of wages for domestic service, but even now, after twice-achieved national independence (1947, 1971), no minimum wage has been fixed by the government for those in domestic service (full time, part time), nor weekly holidays, nor working hours per day, particularly for those working full time.  There is no public discourse around this issue either. Manservants are now rare, domestic service is largely performed by women.  Although housewives, i.e., […]
- [Support "Looking For Alice" by Sian Davey - Beautiful Photobook by a mother about her young daughter](https://emahomagazine.com/support-looking-for-alice-by-sian-davey-beautiful-photobook-by-a-mother-about-her-young-daughter/): England –    About this project Looking For Alice is an award-winning project by British photographer Sian Davey, which tells the story of her daughter Alice and their family, and all the joys, tensions, ups and downs that go with the territory of being in a family. Trolley Books are proud to be publishing a beautiful photobook of the series, and are asking our supporters on Kickstarter to pre-order a copy of the book, or other pledges, to support its production and make it possible. THE BOOK There will be an introduction by David Chandler, renowned writer, editor and curator in the fields of contemporary […]
- ["Hijacking Reality" - Paris Workshop with Boris Eldagsen](https://emahomagazine.com/hijacking-reality-paris-workshop-with-boris-eldagsen/): Paris –  Emaho Magazine in collaboration with Le Petite Espace announces our first workshop in Paris with German photographer Boris Eldagsen. HIJACKING REALITY What does an artist need to produce strong Staged Photography? Expensive camera equipment? Professional light? Assistants? Actors? Set designers? Make-up? No! Just a good eye, intuition and a personal understanding of one‘s subject are all you need. Having worked with photo-media for 20 years, Boris Eldagsen will give his insights into how to increase your skills in working with what you have. During the course we will learn how to enhance our creative imagination and develop strategies to break […]
- [Emaho Foundation's Emerging Asian Photography Grant Winner Announced](https://emahomagazine.com/emaho-foundations-emerging-asian-photography-grant-winner-announced/): India –  We are delighted to announce that Tsunomu Yamagata has won the Emaho Foundation‘s Emerging Asian Photography Grant 2015 for ‘Ten Disciples’, a project on Japanese valley, filled with radio-active rocks and high ground temperature, curing cancer patients. With his high-contrast black and white images, Yamagata explores the Japanese view of life and death in this valley. Along with a solo show at New Art Exchange, Nottingham in 2016, Yamagata will also get a Leica camera from the LFI loan pool.  “Based on a personal experience and revealing a totally unknown aspect of Japanese culture and tradition his work becomes […]
- [Petra Stavast: 'Ramya' - Beautifully Archiving Your Landlady for 14 years](https://emahomagazine.com/petra-stavast-ramya-beautifully-archiving-your-landlady-for-14-years/): Netherlands –  Ramya, long-term personal project converted into a photobook by Dutch photographer Petra Stavast, made over a period of 14 years, is simple story of a tenant documenting her landlady Ramya when she first moved into her house in 2001. Published and designed by Hans Gremmen of f-w photography, Stavast successfully creates a very personal and intimate connection while photographing Ramya and her surroundings. The project is also beautified with photographs and video works from Ramya’s private archive and her strong faith in Rajneeshpuram(OSHO), established between 1981 and 1985 in no-man-land of Oregon, USA. Nominated as the Best Book of 2014 for […]
- [Marta Berens: "Dream Chapter" - Magical Illusion of a Photographer's Reality](https://emahomagazine.com/marta-berens-dream-chapter-magical-illusion-of-a-photographers-reality/): Poland –  Dream chapter is a part of my “Fairytale” story. “It is out of reality that the most peculiar tale of all is born. (…) Some call me the Elder Granny, others – the Dryad, but my real name is Memory. It is I who sits on a tree that keeps on growing, and growing, it is I who reminisces and tells stories.” * This fairy tale is like a spell cast in an attempt to disenchant the past. It is an act of creating a new reality in which illusion is the truth. They say that childhood is a […]
- [Oliver Cablat: "Story of the teleported DUCK" - Theory of Evolution](https://emahomagazine.com/oliver-cablat-story-of-the-teleported-duck-theory-of-evolution/): France – In 1930, duck farmer Martin Maurer had a duck-shaped building constructed to house his retail poultry shop in Flanders, a small town on Long Island, New York. In 1972, Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour wrote Learning from Las Vegas, a book in which they examined the concepts of vernacular, functional and commercial architecture. They identified two main kinds of buildings: the ‘Decorated Shed’ and the ‘Duck’. Directly referring to the Flanders’s building, a Duck is an architecture taking a form which fully expresses its functional or commercial content. In 2014, Olivier Cablat reactivated the Venturi’s concept […]
- [Karin Bareman: The Emperor's New Clothes](https://emahomagazine.com/karin-bareman-the-emperors-new-clothes/): USA – As is so often the case, it is the title that draws me in. The Furtastic Adventures of the Cabbit and the Folf. The words are playful, whimsical and poetic at the same time. A Cabbit is a hybrid between a cat and a rabbit. A Folf is a creature halfway between a fox and a wolf. They both feature in an ongoing series of portraits made by Belgian photographer Charlotte Lybeer of so-called Furries in their own living rooms. The Furry fandom is a particular community that likes to dress up in anthropomorphic animal fursuits. In her project […]
- [Rafael Arocha: "Medianoche" - Confessions of Night Seduction](https://emahomagazine.com/rafael-arocha-medianoche-confessions-of-night-seduction/): Spain –  Medianoche refers to a border that confronts us with certain limits. A temporary space in which we can explore the relationship between instinct and desire, the behaviours that they give rise to and the manifestation of our fantasies of seduction. In this work the night leads us to an exercise that gives us the opportunity to show ourselves in a light less ordinary way. A kind of theatricality and liberation flow through us and release us to connect with each other in new ways. The bar, the club… become a stage for our performance: a space for exploration where we […]
- [Lina Hashim: "Unlawful Meetings" - Photographing Young Muslim Couples Sexual Encounter](https://emahomagazine.com/lina-hashim-unlawful-meetings-photographing-young-muslim-couples-sexual-encounter/): Denmark –  Like any of the major religions, Islam seeks to regulate sexual relationships between members of their society through moral codes. As laid down in the Quran, any form of sexual behavior – intercourse, oral sex or any action that encourages sexual activity – is strictly forbidden before or outside of marriage. Of course, that doesn’t prevent muslims engaging in ‘unlawful meetings’, in pursuit of romantic love or the sheer gratification of mutual desires. !Lina Hashim, an Iraqi photographer born in Kuwait and raised in Denmark, investigates the secret encounters that take place between young muslim lovers in parks, hidden […]
- [Filipino Photographer Hannah Reyes Takes Over Emaho Instagram Handle](https://emahomagazine.com/filipino-photographer-hannah-reyes-takes-over-emaho-instagram-handle/): Philippines –  Hannah Reyes (b. 1990) is a documentary and travel photographer from the Philippines. She is represented by National Geographic Creative and a member of Cambodia-based Ruom Collective. Her work has seen her cover the illicit production of an ecstasy precursor in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, document in the crossfire of Manila shanty demolitions, create a moving visual dialogue with a sex worker, and examine the quickly changing world of Mongolia’s steppe. She recently completed an expedition funded in part by National Geographic, documenting changing indigenous cultures in Northern Luzon, the Philippines. She hopes to continue documenting hopeful and thought-provoking stories […]
- [Ana Galan: V I V ( R ) E L A V I E - Paying Homage to Old Age Love](https://emahomagazine.com/ana-galan-v-i-v-r-e-l-a-v-i-e/): Spain –  This project is about love in all its forms. I have always thought that arriving to a certain age, we become invisible, towards ourselves and towards the rest of the people. Viv(r)e la vie! pays homage to those who decide not to become invisible, to those who continue to live “in the moment”. With curiosity, being the main character of their lives and surrounded by family or friends. Photographs of couples in profile before a wide coniferous landscape in three planes: landscape representing the power of vital force, of immortality. Couples of a certain age, people barely seen socially, but […]

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