Kushti is a traditional form of Indian wrestling. Practiced in an Akhara, the wrestlers, under the supervision of a guru, dedicate their bodies and minds to Kushti on average for 6 to 36 months. Wearing only a well-adjusted loincloth (langot), wrestlers or Pelwhans enter a pit made of clay, often...
Julian Master: In the Red
Julian Master’s In The Red refreshes the overcooked label of “New York Street Photography” by asking us to break down all barriers of cynical pretension and simply ask what it generally means to exist in a city. It means, today, an unprecedented degree of chaos and diversity, in both appearance...
Nick Brandt: Inherit the Dust
Best known for his intimate depictions of the animals and sweeping landscapes of East Africa, Nick Brandt has spent his career photographing and responding to the fragile ecosystem and increasing urbanization of Africa's national parks and the surrounding areas. Disturbed by his observations of the disappearing natural world in these...
Majid Saeedi: Life in War
Life in War is probably the only book about Afghanistan that isn’t filled with images of war. For ten years, Saeedi’s photographed daily life in the context of war. Speaking the language, Majid embedded with the Afghan people rather than with an alien army. His photographs reveal the humanity of...
Interview with portrait photographer Matt Hamon
Matt Hamon is a portrait photographer who lives in rural Montana. His photography exists conceptualy and aesthetically in the spaces between photojournalism and staged editorial imagery. Matt hails from a small, remote town in Northern California. A sense of place informed by wandering the woods as a child inspires his...
Giacomo Sini: The Forgotten People of Kurdistan
About his project The Forgotten People of Kurdistan says Giacomo Sini: I usually travel in Middle East and year by year by wandering around photographing the conflictual situation, I’ve started to share more strong stories with the Kurdish community. I’ve always had a great interest and passion on Kurds since I...
Kasia Widmanska: The Icon
About her project "The Icon" Kasia Widmanska says: In Poland cult of Virgin Mary is very strong. It inspired me to create series of photos showing her in many incarnations she is depicted in. Katarzyna Widmanska, born in Krakow, Poland Fine art, fashion, portrait and beauty photographer. Graduated artistic education in fine arts...
Yusuf Sevincli: Good Dog
Yusuf Sevincli’s book Good Dog made as a tribute to the legendary Daido Moriyama’s 1971 image Stray Dog but it is also the locals' nickname for the neighborhood in Istanbul in which Sevincli lives. I love the scratched-up blown-out surface, the nearly dead cockroach, a punk's shredded tights and a...
Yigal Pardo: Beachscape
Says Yigal: In the series of works "Beachscape" I try to distill the experience I took in the camera with a minimum of images in the frame, and with attention to accuracy in brightness level and color level. With all available technical tools at my disposal, I can distill the experience and...
Daniel Cheek: Where We Go
“Where We Go” is a body of work that contemplates and addresses the act of engagement between people and the natural world. I believe that through interpretation of the ways we experience places that are considered natural, we learn more about how we want to live in our own environment....