Says Selim: The story I am telling is about migration, assimilation and peaceful coexistence. It is a story about remaining traces of multicultural society. It is also a story about diminishing community fragmented by geo-political divisions. It is a story that defies stereotypical view of Central and Eastern European countries...
Lorenzo Valloriani: Unconscious Tuscany
Unconscious Tuscany is a documentary ongoing project about an hidden side of Tuscany: the real everyday landscape made of countryside crossroads, vernacular architectures, river banks, memorial statues, ruins of ancient walls with postwar buildings, tabernacles, country cemeteries and industrial areas. Lorenzo Valloriani - a self educated photographer, interested in documentary...
Ana Vallejo: Entre Nubes
Entre Nubes is a sensory and artistic exploration of San Germán, an illegal settlement in southeast Bogotá, and about the life and soul of its inhabitants, the majority of which have migrated from rural parts of the country fleeing violence or searching for better living conditions. This makes San Germán...
Cassandra Klos: Mars on Earth
We are inundated with information about the cosmos, whether it is the appearance of water on a different planet or landing our man-made satellite on a comet. It is clear we are awed by this celestial imagery we cannot comprehend, and yet this unknown contributes to a need for exploration...
Khashayar Javanmardi: To Leave, Or Not To Leave
Inspired by the renowned Shakespearean inquiry, this project considers immigration as a vessel that leads the subject to the possibility of building a better life. The project considers the flow of migrants from Iran, many of whom stay in Turkey pending resettlement. Iran is under severe economic duress, a situation...
Andreas Tschersich: Peripher
Says Andreas: The eponymous 'peripher' functions in my works as a structural, aesthetic and mental moment. It refers to places of transit and transition that defy unequivocal classification, standardization and demarcation. I portray cityscapes in which people, upkeep, habits and uses always remain hidden. The tenor remains the same regardless...
Evgeniy Stepanets: Green City
Says Evgeniy: The Green City is my ongoing project, in which I explore the rapid urbanization of Kiev and the ever-changing physical landscape of the city. Like any capital, Kiev lures people from all over Ukraine: here, in comparison with other cities, wages are way higher and there are more...
China Hopson: Zweier Pack
Says China: This series shows skateboarder right after they step off their board. A feeling of freedom, exhaustion, pain and love is what is running through your body. Maybe these feelings are the reason why skateboarding became part of their daily life. I decided to show each skater with their...
Arnaud Teicher: Wildfire
On August 28th 1989 the montagne Sainte-Victoire, so dear to Paul Cézanne, was consumed by flames; the fire lasting 3 days and 3 nights ravaged over 5000 hectares (12.3 thousand acres) and became one of the worst ecological disasters in southern France during the previous century. The next day, as...
Nanna Heitmann: Gone From The Window – The End Of An Era
Coal mining enabled Germany‘s participation in the industrial revolution and contributed to the German 'Wirtschaftswunder' after World War II; resulting in the development of today‘s key industries. That is all history. Prosper Haniel, the last remaining colliery, closes in 2018. Coal mining had once attracted countless people from all over...