A series of portraits of captive macaws and cockatoos. Most of them have been abandoned and now live in a sanctuary. I wanted to create awareness about the issue of pet birds and illegal trade of exotic birds. Also want to continue the project and focus now on the trade...
Michel Delaunay – This is My Body
The world in the 21st century seems to have entered some kind of an eschatological time, going from one crisis to another, which has resulted in a feeling of helplessness amongst many people. This will clearly also affect how we approach our body, and possibly affect our body itself, as...
Interview with fine art photographer Ralf Peters
How did you get interested in photography? Do you have an educational artistic background? I came across the conceptual art of photography. My photo series are also strongly conceptual. From painting to sculptures and then space-grabbing installations, I have some media and paths behind me. Photography serves as a medium...
Kurt Hollander: The Architecture of Sex
About his award winning project "The Architecture of Sex" says Kurt: On my first trip to Cali, Colombia I lived for two weeks in a thematic love motel called Kiss Me. Motel Kiss Me, Cali’s largest and most popular love motel, has more than 180 rooms, each one with a different theme...
Fabian Muir: Shades of Leisure in North Korea
Mention of 'North Korea' evokes a very specific mental image, dominated by military parades, the leaders and the famine of the 1990s. Its reputation has deteriorated even further in 2017 with a surge in weapons testing and the tragic death of a detained US tourist. Even so, life in North...
Photogrvphy Grant 2017 – Winners Announced!
Australian documentary photographer Fabian Muir has been announced as the overall winner of this year’s Photogrvphy Grant and granted $1000 prize money to support his visual projects. His winning series, titled ‘Shades of Leisure in North Korea”, compiled across a two-year survey of all corners of the country, explores other sides...
Interview with documentary photographer Timo Stammberger
Timo Stammberger was born in 1980 and grew up in Hamburg. He studied photography at the Ostkreuz School of Photography. In his numerous photographic projects he deals with socio-political topics. His works have been published in various group exhibitions and numerous media. His clients include Metropolis Magazine, Greenpeace Magazine, Spiegel...
Matthew Broadhead: Heimr
In 1965 and 1967 NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey organized field trips to Iceland for American astronauts to learn geology in locations described as ‘terrestrial analogue sites’. Also called ‘space analogues’, they are places on Earth with assumed past or present geological, environmental or biological conditions of a celestial...
Carolina Santana: Guaicurus
Walking through my city in a street (Guaicurus), it exist since the city was established, called "zone" of prostitution, I began to wonder: How are these women? How lead their lives? What are your wishes? I decided to go into their rooms and photographing they naked. Nakedness reveals much, exposure...
PhotoBiography: Patrick Gries
Born in Belgium, Patrick Gries began his career in photography when he moved to New York in 1984. He has since pursued both personal and commissioned work and has become a reference in the field of art and design publications for institutions such as the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain,...