“La Calle Pura” looks at change in Cuba through the lens of Reggaeton, the soundtrack of the suburbs. Reggaeton is a mix of hip hop and Caribbean music, born in Puerto Rico in the late 90’s. In Cuba, it has turned from an underground culture into a way of life:...
Rene Koster: Blossom
Says Rene: Blossom shows images of blossom trees enclosed by misty darkness. Night has the ability to provoke a sense of isolation. I want to display a world that seems to only consist of one single blossom tree with her delicate flowers. Some branches are extracted from sight, while others...
Sharbendu De: Imagined Homeland
Imagined Homeland (2013-ongoing) is a crossover documentary series on the life of the Tibeto-Burmese Lisu tribe living in the dense forests of Namdapha National Park (NNP) and Tiger Reserve on the remote Indo-Myanmar border of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Says De: The Lisus call the forests ‘home’, self educate their children,...
Anna Alciati: Lampedusa Amuri Miu
Says Anna: Lampedusa is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Lampedusa was the salvation for many migrants, oasis in the endless desert of the sea. But it is also the holiday destination of many tourists looking for peace. Arid but generous, warm and enveloping, but you can...
Krzysztof Sienkiewicz: Urban Collage
Says Krzysztof: There are buildings, which seem to be standing in the wrong place. When I started noticing them in Warsaw after several years of shooting the urban landscape, I was convinced that I found the way to tell the story of this city. Suddenly, all of these places, which...
Daro Sulakauri: The Black Gold
Walking in the City of Chiatura in a hot weather is almost like a misty dance floor of a club. Manganese dust looks as if it is visible due to open pit mines. The main river Kvirila, which flows through the whole town is poluted as the remnants of the...
Zuzana Pustaiova: Faces of Family
What is a family? A family is a small social group made out of individuals, and also an environment which we are most bound to, and which influences us a great deal. A family can encompass various forms, faces, emotions, and moods. Looking at my family, I find and examine...