There is an old legend the Abkhaz people like to tell to the visitors: When God gave each nation its place under the sun, the Abkhaz was too busy taking care of his guests so he came late and there was no land left for him. But God remembered the...
Katya Evdokimova: Here Was Vasya
The series is dealing with the theme of man’s relationship to nature. ’Zdesj byl Vasya’ [Здесь был Вася] – directly translating from Russian as ‘Here was Vasya’, is a phrase seen scribbled, more commonly than not, on a significant piece of architecture, a monument or another example of public or private...
Alena Grom: Hypoxia
Project "Hypoxia" is dedicated to internally displaced people in Ukraine. These people transmigrated from a military zone and people that remained in a military zone. Alena Grom - b. 1974 in the city of Donetsk. 2005-2008 Computer Academy as web designer. Studied, printing, design, graphics, 3d graphics, animation, flash video...
Brecht de Vleeschauwer: Olympic Ruins of Athens
Over a decade ago, in 2004, Athens was hosting the Olympic Summer Games. Anno 2017 however, we have to realize that the organisation of the event was nothing more than the realisation of a romantic dream that contributed to the current financial situation in the country. Greece wasn’t able to...
Marina Caneve: Are They Rocks or Clouds?
"Are They Rocks or Clouds?" is a research based on the comprehension of something which is so prominent that people can only adapt their lives. "Nature failure is inevitable, we can only face it." When a natural catastrophe happens we suddenly realise that the environment we live can be dangerous....
Chiara Dazi: The Moldovan Derby
The Republic of Moldova was part of the Soviet Union. Today, it is an independent country with a self-declared Transnistrian region in the East, an autonomous Turkish-speaking Gagauzian province in the South, a border to Ukraine to the North, one to Romania and the EU to the West. Photographing the...
Ksenia Sidorova: Simplex
Says Ksenia: My project focuses on young people in large Russian cities who are running away from their daily reality, transforming into fantastic creatures of imagination, or simply identifying themselves with someone else. My heroes are reenactors, streamers, role players, saberfighters, cosplayers, reenactors of historical dances, strikeball players. They engage in"for...
Michela Ronco: Bari, I searched the city
Says Michela: Analysing the city of Bari, I focused my attention on the city planning and how it influences the contemporary lifestyle of its inhabitants. Starting from the Libertà neighbourhood, I searched for the city in all its complexity. Nowadays, the XIXth Century origin of its structure contributes to the...
Javier Corso: MATAGI
Matagi are traditional hunters living in small villages and settlements in the highlands of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. From its origins, back in the middle of the XVI century, they have made a living by selling meat, skins and other products derived from the hunting. Its main...
Juan Giraldo: Blue & Blue
Says Juan: I have spent most of my life in the shadow of New York City, in the midst of the declining industry and long forgotten silk mills of the Riverside section of Paterson, New Jersey. My photographs explore the lives of a people; their experiences closely mirroring my own. I was...