In the ongoing photographic project with the working title “Figures and Incidents” (2016-2017) Elvira Kolerova explores the aesthetics, manipulative techniques and the stylistic construction of the probably least respected film genre ‒ the slasher film. By using the visual language of slasher movies combined with vivid colors, strong contrasts and...
Interview with portrait photographer Dasha Chegarovskaya
Dasha Chegarovskaya – fine art photographer from Moldova. Website: instagram.com/chegarovskaya How did you get interested in photography? Do you have an educational artistic background? Few years ago my parents gave me a photo camera, canon 5d. Than I entered the photoschool, were I was studying the academic photography for one and a...
Apollo 1 Mission (1966-1967)
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was the first manned mission of the United States Apollo program, which had as its ultimate goal a manned lunar landing.[1] The low Earth orbital test of the Apollo Command/Service Module never made its target launch date of February 21, 1967. A cabin fire during...
Mark Wohlrab: Monte Kali
At the sight of these mountains one feels, on the one hand, encouraged to give in to the aesthetics of the mountain landscape, but on the other hand it is irritated and horrified by this heap, dumped by human hands into the landscape. Over 150 million tonnes of salt produced...
Uno Yi: Lost Children
Lost Children is a photo series documenting the day-to-day routine of five siblings who have since been placed in foster care. Their mother, Ellie Mingua, grew up in foster care herself, and suffers from depression anxiety, making it hard to hold a job. Mingua admitted the depression also jeopardizes her...
PhotoBiography: Irving Penn
Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn’s career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform...
Tomasz Lewandowski: Auschwitz – Ultima Ratio of the Modern Age
According to a duo of photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, the form of the industrial construction is determined only by its function. The designing logic of the architecture in the concentration camp Auschwitz was, that the forms of the buildings were absolutely subordinated to their function as instruments of the...
Interview with documentary photographer Andrey Semenov
Andrey Semenov hail from Kostroma (b. 1976) – old and picturesque small town steeped in history. Now the artist is based in Moscow, Russia. Andrey Semenov’s works are focused on human-environment relationship, borders between person and state, also he works with subject of identity. Website: andreysemenov.com How did you get into photography? Do...
Juan Carlos: Al-Qayarrah On My Mind
Before the start of the Battle of Mosul, members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) burned more than a dozen oil wells in the city of Al-Qayyarah to obstruct the vision of the coalition forces led by the United States. The Iraqi...
Jefferson Lankford: Willful Ignorance
"Willful Ignorance" is an ongoing photographic series that focuses on mass consumption and the consequential accumulation of waste on this planet. The project started out by researching exactly how much waste Americans produce, the types of waste and where it all goes. The information I discovered was shocking. According to...