Wasma Mansour: ‘I would really like to widen the debate on Saudi women’
Saudi Arabia – Wasma Mansour shoots intimate scenes and portraits in large format and elucidates the great in the mundane. Moving between Saudi Arabia and UK, her work charts the secret scene, spaces observers hardly get to enter—clothes laid out for the day, distracted or intently distant window glances, women reading, sleeping—turning interiors into public […]
The PhotoBookMuseum by Schaden Foundation
Germany – The PhotoBookMuseum (The_PBM) pays tribute to the central form of expression in photography: the photobook. To introduce the concept, the Photoszene Köln will present an international exposition at the Carlswerk in Cologne-Mülheim from August to September 2014. The expo will be organized by the Cologne-based foundation Schaden.com. The program will include exhibitions, […]
Tomasz Lazar: Theater of Life
Poland – In Ancient Greece people were believed to be only actors, playing roles written by powerful gods. Nowadays, mass media took the place of gods. As a result of fast changing technological development that are shaping our lives and the invading presence of the mass media, many people seem to feel disconnected from the world. […]
WORKSHOPS with Cristina de Middel and Ricardo Cases
Organized by EMAHO and IED MADRID June 19-22nd June,2014 India Shooting, Editing and Photo-book Making with Cristina de Middel and Riccardo Cases The recent success of the Spanish photobook has produced much curiosity and a quest for the reasons for this development. In addition to the international prizes for books by Spanish authors […]
Andrew Miksys: DISKO
Lithuania – For ten years Andrew Miksys traveled the back roads of Lithuania photographing teenagers in village discos. Most of these discos are located in Soviet-era culture houses where Miksys would sometimes find discarded Lenin paintings, old Soviet movie posters, gas masks, and other remnants of the Soviet Union. He became fascinated by all this […]
EMAHO Picks the Most Interesting Photobooks of 2013
“We at Emaho did not try to present only the ‘Best of Photo-Books of 2013’ but a well researched selection of books, also focussing at emerging voices from different continents. We did come across that not many books from Latin America or Africa were featured on the international platform. We were successful in presenting some […]
Oscar Monzon: KARMA
Spain – In Karma, a project developed in Madrid between 2009 and 2013, Óscar Monzón focuses on the car as a means of transportation that is not entirely distinct from the person who inhabits it, for the vehicle is in itself a product of the wheel that endlessly spins inside us. Karma explores a range of unconscious […]
Momo Okabe: “I truly wanted to destroy everything I had”
Japan – Momo Okabe’s photographs depict the bare situation. Be it the sexual act, a wasteland, or the wake of a tsunami, the images Okabe presents speak directly, without device. There is a vitality to her practice, so much so that she notes that the process of constructing her book Bible saved her, nominated for Kassel Photobook […]
Hossein Farmani: “Many French organisations think that they own photography”
U.S.A – Hossein Farmani lends himself to the very forefront of the arts community; his passions have led him to found some of the most respected companies in the art world. The most popular include: International VUE, FotoFolio, Focus on Aids (FOA) Foundation and, of course, the world-renowned LUCIE Awards that are now synonymous with […]
Asian LoveLorn : Curated By Manik Katyal
LOVENIGHTS PROJECTIONS Misc · 26-9-2013 · 19 pm · GNRation Manik Katyal will be presenting a slideshow ‘Asian LoveLorn’ at this years edition of Encontros da Imagem – International Photography Festival in Braga,Portugal, inspired by the generic concept of LOVE and FAMILY, under the theme “Love will tear us apart”. Works of two Vietnamese photographers – Cuong Do […]
Ernesto Bazan : A Sicilian Revelation
Mexico – With an eclectic body of enriching, honest and deeply committed work, one can only admire the talent that is Ernesto Bazan. Working as an insider, as opposed to an observer, enables Bazan to display the candid truth. In this conversation, Bazan speaks of the factors and inspirations that led to him becoming a […]
Establishment Earthquaker : Shahidul Alam
Bangladesh – Emaho got into a free-wheeling tête-à-tête with the legendary award-winning Bangladeshi photographer, Shahidul Alam to pry beyond his politics. This interview was conducted in the month of February, 2013 during the Chiang Mai Documentary Arts Festival, Thailand. Manik : In all your past interviews, you have mentioned how photography happened to you, […]