Giovanni Presutti - Born in Florence, Italy, on 03 30 1965, where he still lives. In 1998 he graduates from the photography school Art.E in Florence. From 2003 to 2005 he develops the project “Reflexions” in Paris, with others photographers under the supervision of Giorgia Fiorio and Gabriel Bauret. Then He...
Burning Man 1998
Burning Man is an annual gathering that takes place at Black Rock City - a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The event is described as an experiment in community and art, influenced by 10 main principles: "radical" inclusion, self-reliance and self-expression, as well as community cooperation,...
Jan Schmidt-Whitley: Return to Cizre
Jan Schmidt-Whitley shares a story from Cizre: I was a direct witness of the Suruç bomb attack in July 2015 in Turkey and despite being injured I managed to document these dramatic events. Following this, I decided to return to the region in the spring 2016 to document the aftermath...
Margery Clay: Building Series
When you look at a photograph you have the fact, the “reality” of the image before you. In an instant though, this image begins to release a flood of references. A building, which is objectively the remains or evidence of individual and collective history, transforms itself into something more, the...
Tamina-Florentine Zuch: Zongo
In August 2012 the town of Hohoe witnessed violent riots between Christians and the Muslim minority. The residents of „Zongo“ (the so called Muslim area of every town in Ghana) and the Christians attacked each other, inflaming houses and shops. An unspecified number of people died. One year later Christians...
PhotoBiography: Todd Hido
Todd Hido (born 25 August 1968, Kent, Ohio, United States) is an American contemporary artist and photographer. Currently based in San Francisco, much of Hido's work involves photographs of urban and suburban housing across the U.S.. He has produced a number of well received books,[3] had his work exhibited widely...
Catherine Hyland: Universal Experience
Catherine Hyland is an artist based in London. She graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design with a First class BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art and completed her Masters at the Royal College of Art. About "Universal Experience" series Catherine says: I’m interested in fabricated memory, national identity, Chinese...
Interview with street photographer Julian Master
Julian Master is a photographer from Eugene, Oregon currently living in New York City. His work deals with the relationship between cities and commercialization, globalization, and the age-old theme of weirdness. Not formally educated in photography, Julian derives inspiration from placing himself in unfamiliar crowds, traveling abroad, and dealing with...
Colorized photos of Ellis Island immigrants (1910s)
Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much...
Ksenia Yurkova: Empty Expectations
The photography actualizes the shape; the status and condition are put outside the brackets. The picture is the modality of developed in the gap between alive or deceased. Each shape is the Golem. Nonliving sub- stance. The assembly material. Alchemy is always a deal. Space is penetrated by this tranquility....