Preservation has many meanings, from the physical to the spiritual. At the most basic – and perhaps the most important – level it can denote survival. Hence the idea of protection, inherent in the term. But while the word often implies a kind of stability, or even stasis, preservation also...
Andre Govia: Abandoned Planet
Abandoned Planet is the first book by pioneering worldwide urban explorer Andre Govia and brings you the definitive document of cinematic abandoned photography. It’s an epic journey that has seen him take his camera to over 22 different countries worldwide and explore over 900 individual locations to document the spectacle...
Robin Schwartz: Amelia & The Animals
Amelia is fourteen years old. In many ways, she is your average American teenager: since she was three years old, she has been her mother’s muse and the subject of her photographs. However, not every mom is a world-class photographer with a predilection for photographing animals. And it’s not every...
Victoria Sambunaris: Taxonomy of a Landscape
For more than a decade, Victoria Sambunaris (born 1964) has crossed the United States with her five-by-seven wooden field camera and sheets of color negative film. Traveling seemingly every road nationwide, Sambunaris has described herself as having "an unrelenting curiosity to understand the American landscape and our place in it."...
Stefano Cerio: Chinese Fun
Stefano Cerio (born 1962) directs his attention to alternative worlds: for his elaborate series he takes pictures of recreational paradises—ski arenas, cruises, water and fun parks. For the artist, Italian street altars even count among these colorful illusory worlds that people create for the purpose of escaping from everyday life....
Alfred Seiland: Imperium Romanum Opus Extractum
For many years now, Alfred Seiland (born 1952 in St. Michael, Austria) has been visiting antique sites around the Mediterranean, capturing them with his analog, large-format camera. His destinations are the ruins of the Roman Empire from Egypt, Libya, and Israel to Italy, and the museums of Spain to Turkey....
Ruven Afanador: Angel Gitano: The Men of Flamenco
Known for his edgy photographs, Ruven Afanador amazes again with another collection of images that will seduce and delight. Following up on Mil Besos-which focused on the women of flamenco-Afanador turns his powerful vision to the men of flamenco, with startling results. Photographed in Andalusian Spain, these unique images present...