In the late 1970s, Matt Sweeney dropped out of high school with dreams of becoming a movie maker. While working in gas stations and restaurants in San Jose, California, he found out about Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope education/training/intern program, and moved to Hollywood to pursue that. Matt wanted to work...
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Beth Moon: Diamond Nights
As night falls over the Makgadigadi Pans, large trees stand starkly against the horizon, leafless branches reach for the light. As the sun sinks lower, the sky drains of all color until just red remains. On the opposite side of the sky, Earth's shadow is rising, bringing a curtain of...
PhotoBiography: Daniel Naudé
Daniel Naudé was born in 1984 in Cape Town, and lives there. He graduated with a BA Visual Arts from the University of Stellenbosch in 2007. He was festival artist at the Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom, in 2012. Notable group shows include Neither Man Nor Stone at the Iziko...
Alexander Gronsky: Pastoral
In Pastoral Alexander Gronsky portrays the outskirts of Moscow: the places where humanity takes refuge to find solace far from the cities, colliding with urban expansion and frailty of nature. Alexander Gronsky was born in 1980 in Tallinn, Estonia. He moved to Russia in 2006 and he became member of...
San Francisco in the late 1970s
In the late 1970s, in the face of then expanding dereliction and as part of efforts to remake the neighborhood, city authorities condemned many of the residential hotels that had become a hallmark of the area, displacing many residents and small businesses. It was at this time that photographer Janet...
WU Tieng-Chang: Never Say Goodbye
Wu Tien-chang: Never Say Goodbye’, Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, opening on 9 May, 2015 will be a major solo exhibition by leading Taiwanese artist WU Tien-chang at the Palazzo delle Prigioni. Curated by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the exhibition, Never...
Interview with Nude photographer Olivier Valsecchi
Olivier Valsecchi was born in Paris in 1979. His work has been published and exhibited around Europe, the US, and Asia. After winning a Hasselblad Masters award for his stunning portrait series Dust, he created Klecksography in 2012. His new Drifting series is a journey through art history where each...
Nadav Kander: Dust
Nadav Kander (born 1961) is a recipient of the renowned Prix Pictet and one of today’s most successful photographers. When he learned of the existence of two “closed” cities on the border between Kazakhstan and Russia, he knew that he would have to visit them. For Dust he photographed the...
Rachel Glass: The Domestic Aviary
These series of photographs are a representation of 2 things, firstly they document the tradition of owning a pet bird and their integration into life in the home. Showcasing the personality and sometimes eccentricity of the owners through the decor and the subtle hints of the importance of the birds...
Paolo Pellizzari: Sport
Anastasia Photo is pleased to present Paolo Pellizzari’s first exhibition with the gallery. Paolo Pellizzari was born in Italy in 1956, and studied architecture and business before devoting himself full - time to photography. Pellizzari’s photographs have been shown in museums and galleries around the world, and published in newspapers...