Olga Ingurazova: Wolf Story

This is a series of interlaced stories that mirror the devastating war that struck a disputed region of the Caucasus and the aftermath of its geopolitical isolation. It is a story of a man and his homeland that were alienated from each other yet remaining within one mutual world of...

PhotoBiography: Jeff Wall

Jeffrey Wall, OC, RSA (born September 29, 1946) is a Canadian artist best known for his large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art history writing. Wall has been a key figure in Vancouver's art scene since the early-1970s. Early in his career, he helped define the Vancouver School and he has...

Giovanni Presutti: Plastic Islands

Elba island is located in Italy, in Tuscany , and is a national park , but it could be anywhere. It represents the synthesis of our relationship with the environment around us, and especially with the sea. The “ mare nostrum” is full of plastic. The pollution in this area,...

Rashmi Bhargava: Cyanotype

Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blueprints. The process uses two chemicals: ammonium iron(III) citrate and potassium ferricyanide. Rashmi Bhargava created a...

Simone Mizzotti: Crespi d’Adda

The pictures were taken at the village of Crespi d’Adda in Lombardia region, Italy. This village is the best preserved example of Italian industrial architecture. The project is focused and revolves around the chimney, bringing out the importance that has had the factory for development of the village at the...

Julia Borissova: Dimitry

Myth feeds people's minds. Roland Barthes says, "...since myth is a type of speech, everything can be a myth provided it is conveyed by a discourse. Myth is not defined by the object of its message, but by the way in which it utters this message: there are formal limits...

Isamu Sawa: Without Water – Photo Exhibition at Black Eye Gallery

For the first time in Sydney, artist Isamu Sawa is set to exhibit ‘Without Water’, a series of hauntingly beautiful, photographic stills depicting flowers and plants in various states of decay. Inspired by his florist wife, Isamu sources discarded and withered plants and captures them using a sophisticated photographic technique...

Will Baxter: Burundi – Breaking Point

More than a year has passed since Burundi’s president Pierre Nkurunziza plunged the nation into crisis when he announced he would seek an unconstitutional third term. That move sparked deadly street protests and a failed coup attempt, and in the wake of these events the country’s security forces have been...

Photochroms of Netherlands from 1890s

Netherlands literally means "lower countries", influenced by its low land and flat geography, with only about 50% of its land exceeding one metre above sea level. Most of the areas below sea level are artificial. Since the late 16th century, large areas (polders) have been reclaimed from the sea and...