A great find: almost 1,250 glass negatives dating from between 1910 and 1925 that had defied the ravages of time in the archive of the Swiss picture agency Keystone. While the quality of those photographs was well known, the circumstances under which they were taken were largely obscure. Now, thanks...
George Steinmetz: Panama Canal
To accommodate larger vessels and increased maritime traffic, Panama has been building a new pair of locks on both sides of the canal. The $5.25 billion expansion project will double the canal’s capacity and open in early 2016. While the gates are all in place on the Caribbean side, there...
Interview with Advertising photographer Malou Reedorf
Malou Reedorf (25) is a young photographer originally from Denmark that is now living part time in Italy, and despite of her young age she has won numerous titles and awards (see below). Her studios, based in Italy close to the fashion capitol Milan and right in the center of...
PhotoBiography: Carl De Keyzer
Carl De Keyzer (born 1958) started his career as a freelance photo-grapher in 1982, while supporting himself as a photography instructor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. At the same time, his interest in the work of other photographers led him to co-found and co-direct the XYZ-Photography...
Simon Roberts: National Property
Flowers Gallery is pleased to present a new series of photographs by Simon Roberts. Building on his previous major bodies of work: We English (2009); The Election Project (2010); and Pierdom (2013); Roberts has turned his attention to heritage sites across England, exploring themes of identity, memory and nationhood through...
Everyday life in Mexico City in the 1950s
In the 20th century, the city began to grow upwards as well as outwards. The column with the Angel of Independence was erected, the ironwork Legislative Palace, Palacio de Bellas Artes and a building called La Nacional. The first skyscraper, 40-story Torre Latinoamericana was built in the 1950s. The construction...
Fabrice Fouillet: World’s Tallest Statues
The photographer Fabrice Fouillet was looking to produce work about symbolism and the cult of personality, but couldn’t find the right angle – until he came across a photo of Sendai Daikannon, one of the world’s tallest statues, standing at 328 ft. (100 meters). Fouillet located dozens across the world,...
PhotoBiography: Vee Speers
Vee Speers, an Australian artist, has lived and worked in Paris since 1990. Speers studied fine art and photography at the QCA in Brisbane before working as a Stills Photographer at the ABC Television in Sydney in the 80’s. After moving to Paris she began exhibiting her series ‘Bordello’ ,...
Lukas Berger: Circus
In 2010, while working for the Austrian civil service in Pakistan, Lukas Berger stumbled upon the traveling Lucky Irani Circus. An avid clown and juggler, he was completely enthralled. Lukas felt compelled to document circus life, but felt he lacked the photographic expertise to do it justice. He moved back...
Michael Zuhorski: Natural Occurrence and Construction
Michael Zuhorski (born 1992) lives in Detroit Michigan. In 2015 he graduated from the College for Creative Studies with a BFA in photography. His current work revolves around how a landscape is experienced and known, and what is behind ideas of naturalness and artificiality. Website: www.michaelzuhorski.com via Submissions