Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a federal republic in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in western-Central Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the...
Pedro Jarque: Anima
This artistic-photographic project aims to help breaking the barrier that we have built in our relationship with the animal life, showing animals in a closer, even intimate, way, isolated from any context, trying to rebuild with our look these destroyed bridges, as well and giving back to the animals part...
Interview with documentary photographer Scott Conarroe
Scott Conarroe has a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design and an MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. His studies of landscape and the built environment evoke romantic pictorial traditions and locate the present within a sweep of history. He’s looked at North...
Marleen Sleeuwits: Interiors
About Interiors project Marleen says: In my photography I research interiors in which you don’t feel connected to a specific place or time. It is a conflicting feeling that certain places evoke inside of me. Over the past years I photographed interiors encountered in random places: dead corners in office buildings,...
Photojournalist: The Life Story of Ara Guler
Photojournalist, a book by Nezih Tavlas, provides a compelling and in-depth look into the life of Ara Güler who is regarded as one of the most accomplished documentary photographers of the 20th century and the pioneer of photojournalism in Turkey. The book lists all of Guler’s professional accomplishments while also...
Luigi Avantaggiato: Where the West Sets
In the past few years, international governments, institutions, and media have used the expression “refugee crisis” to describe rising numbers of undocumented individuals and families fleeing to Europe from countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, where they face harsh challenges, including war, poverty, persecution, and human rights violations. Hoping...
Pol Kurucz: Poor Billionaires
After Zone1, Anti-Humans and Afro-Fem, Pol Kurucz is launching his fourth supercharged series, Poor Billionaires, inspired by the deep social void in Brazil. The only glimpse rich and poor Brazilians have of each other’s lives is through the distorted prism of soap operas and social media. A miner will never...
Kashef Chowdhury: Dhaka. Memories or Lost
Upon setting foot in Dhaka, it becomes clear that this is a city steeped in history. One of the oldest settlements in Bangladesh, it is today among the largest cities in the world, and rapid, often unplanned, urbanization has vastly outpaced sustainability, threatening the historic buildings and communities that make...
Vassilis Konstantinou: Unintentional Sculptures
Vassilis Konstantinou's project under the tittle' unintentional sculptures' was realized during the years 2015-1017 within the suburban landscape of Attica, which has gone through a great deal of changes due to the economic crisis. The photographer explores the landscape and decides to focus and highlight the man-made constructions that reveal...
Interview with fine art photographer Ákos Major
Akos Major - born in Gyöngyös, Hungary, graduated from Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design (MOME) in Budapest, with a degree in Visual Communications. He worked for ten years as a senior art director in a Budapest-based Publicis ad-agency. Now he is working as a freelance designer. Website: akosmajor.com How did...