Chris Garvi is an independent photographer based in Marseille, south of France. French born, he studied English litterature and civilisation at university. As a consequence, his work is influenced by both french and american photography at the same time. Chris works on stories, documentary or imaginary, paying a particular attention...
Vladimir Kravchenko: Unlikely Places
Often, when encountered with a view that contains man-made elements or is entirely artificial, I am bewildered by the grotesque and surreal aspect of the human touch. In his poem, ‘Et in Arcadio Ego’, W. H. Auden wrote: "I well might think myself A humanist, Could I manage not to...
Marta Kochanek: Lov’yer
The history of humanity has recorded hundreds and thousands of romances and mésalliances of all kinds. The world witnesses love between people of all nationalities and races. This planet gives room to those attracted to people of the same, opposite and both genders. It is how this world is constructed....
Interview with fine art photographer Giovanni Presutti
Giovanni Presutti - Born in Florence, Italy, on 03 30 1965, where he still lives. In 1998 he graduates from the photography school Art.E in Florence. From 2003 to 2005 he develops the project “Reflexions” in Paris, with others photographers under the supervision of Giorgia Fiorio and Gabriel Bauret. Then He...
Burning Man 1998
Burning Man is an annual gathering that takes place at Black Rock City - a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The event is described as an experiment in community and art, influenced by 10 main principles: "radical" inclusion, self-reliance and self-expression, as well as community cooperation,...
Jan Schmidt-Whitley: Return to Cizre
Jan Schmidt-Whitley shares a story from Cizre: I was a direct witness of the Suruç bomb attack in July 2015 in Turkey and despite being injured I managed to document these dramatic events. Following this, I decided to return to the region in the spring 2016 to document the aftermath...
Margery Clay: Building Series
When you look at a photograph you have the fact, the “reality” of the image before you. In an instant though, this image begins to release a flood of references. A building, which is objectively the remains or evidence of individual and collective history, transforms itself into something more, the...
Tamina-Florentine Zuch: Zongo
In August 2012 the town of Hohoe witnessed violent riots between Christians and the Muslim minority. The residents of „Zongo“ (the so called Muslim area of every town in Ghana) and the Christians attacked each other, inflaming houses and shops. An unspecified number of people died. One year later Christians...
PhotoBiography: Todd Hido
Todd Hido (born 25 August 1968, Kent, Ohio, United States) is an American contemporary artist and photographer. Currently based in San Francisco, much of Hido's work involves photographs of urban and suburban housing across the U.S.. He has produced a number of well received books,[3] had his work exhibited widely...
Catherine Hyland: Universal Experience
Catherine Hyland is an artist based in London. She graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design with a First class BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art and completed her Masters at the Royal College of Art. About "Universal Experience" series Catherine says: I’m interested in fabricated memory, national identity, Chinese...