Alyssa Monk’s Photo-Realistic Paintings
USA – Monks‘s paintings have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions including “Intimacy” at the Kunst Museum in Ahlen, Germany and “Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009” at the National Academy Museum of Fine Arts, New York. Her work is represented in public and private collections, including the Savannah College of […]
Matthieu Gafsou: Only God Can Judge Me
Switzerland – Based out of Lausanne, Switzerland, Photography feature – Matthieu Gafsou spent more than a year immersed in the lives of drug addicts. Published by Kehrer, ‘Only God Can Judge Me’ assembles several themes tackled through distinct formal registers. Drugs and accessories are reproduced as consumer products, close-up against uniform backgrounds. Photographed against a black background, […]
Mikhael Subotzky & Patrick Waterhouse: “Ponte City” – Africa’s Tallest Residential Building
South Africa – Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse worked at Ponte City, the iconic Johannesburg apartment building which is Africa’s tallest residential skyscraper, for more than six years. They photographed the residents and documented the building— every door, the view from every window, the image on every television screen. This remarkable body of photographs is […]
The English Islamophobia and 2041’s Burqa Fetish
England – ‘2041’ is an eponymous collection of self-portraits, concealed beneath various forms of burqa or niqab. Using the camera to articulate a passion he has secretly indulged for decades, the artist appears dozens of times without ever disclosing his image or identity. Long before 2041 bought his first real burqa online, he began crafting […]
Raqs Media Collective: “Marker of Persistence / Sign of Transformation”
India – For Raqs media collective, the world is the canvas. Raqs was formed by the multi-faceted trio, Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula and Shuddhabrata Sengupta, in 1991. Since then, it has left its trace on land and sea in the form of art installations and exhibitions. Their installation, ‘More salt in your tears’, a textual […]
Veejay Villafranca: “SIGNOS” – Philippines Everyday Survival
Philippines – “These are images from 2009 up to present following the displacement of communities brought about by the extreme weather conditions. Following the devastation Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng to greater parts of Metro Manila and Luzon province, documenting the aftermath seemed invaluable as it gets drowned by the headlines. But the daily traverse of […]
Ines Dumig: “Apart Together” – Regaining the lost Identity
Germany – According to the International Organisation of Migration, there are over 200 million migrants worldwide and the geographic region of Europe is home to the highest number. There are economic reasons, civil wars and effects of global warming that force people to leave their home country. We see these stories repeated over and over […]
Fabrica Photo Masterclass with “The Masters”
Italy – Photography is how you express your view of the world. Put your ideas into focus to tell your vision of reality. Venue – Fabrica (Treviso) Dates · 25–30 May 2015 (Session I) · 20–25 July 2015 (Session II) Course hours – 88 Participants – max. 20 Cost – €1,500 THE IDEA FABRICA PHOTO MASTERCLASS […]
Helio Leon: “The Purple Room” – Reliving Istanbul Memories
Turkey – THIS STORY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT “This is the story about when I came back to Istanbul, the city where I had been happy when I was 20. I came back with a strong mourning inside me and I […]
Eleanor Macnair: “Carving Contemporary Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh”
United Kingdom – This new publication, Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh, reproduces for the first time, Eleanor Macnair’s Play-Doh reproductions of photographs from the blog photographsrenderedinplaydoh. The photographs in the publication range from the well known and iconic, to lesser-known images by contemporary photographers. The project started on a whim following a photo pub quiz run […]
Douglas Stockdale on Carolyn Drake “Wild Pigeon” – Exploring China’s Western Province
China – ‘Wild Pigeon’ by Carolyn Drake incorporates an allegory story of the same name, Wild Pigeon, written by Nurmuhemmet Yasin who is a Uyghur author. This story narrates the Uyghur experience in this remote region of Western China (XinJiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). Like most of China the Western region has been undergoing extensive changes to […]
Celebrating Black and White Photography with Gomma Books
MONO Trilogy is about celebrating that beautiful and timeless art medium that is black & white photography. It represents an invaluable contemporary snapshot of the black and white genre. MONO Volume Two will showcase approx 250 pages of outstanding imagery, encased in an elegant and lushly black cloth hardcover. The photographers selected for the new volume […]