Kushti is a traditional form of Indian wrestling. Practiced in an Akhara, the wrestlers, under the supervision of a guru, dedicate their bodies and minds to Kushti on average for 6 to 36 months. Wearing only a well-adjusted loincloth (langot), wrestlers or Pelwhans enter a pit made of clay, often...
Julian Master: In the Red
Julian Master’s In The Red refreshes the overcooked label of “New York Street Photography” by asking us to break down all barriers of cynical pretension and simply ask what it generally means to exist in a city. It means, today, an unprecedented degree of chaos and diversity, in both appearance...
Nick Brandt: Inherit the Dust
Best known for his intimate depictions of the animals and sweeping landscapes of East Africa, Nick Brandt has spent his career photographing and responding to the fragile ecosystem and increasing urbanization of Africa's national parks and the surrounding areas. Disturbed by his observations of the disappearing natural world in these...
Giacomo Sini: The Forgotten People of Kurdistan
About his project The Forgotten People of Kurdistan says Giacomo Sini: I usually travel in Middle East and year by year by wandering around photographing the conflictual situation, I’ve started to share more strong stories with the Kurdish community. I’ve always had a great interest and passion on Kurds since I...
Kasia Widmanska: The Icon
About her project "The Icon" Kasia Widmanska says: In Poland cult of Virgin Mary is very strong. It inspired me to create series of photos showing her in many incarnations she is depicted in. Katarzyna Widmanska, born in Krakow, Poland Fine art, fashion, portrait and beauty photographer. Graduated artistic education in fine arts...
Yigal Pardo: Beachscape
Says Yigal: In the series of works "Beachscape" I try to distill the experience I took in the camera with a minimum of images in the frame, and with attention to accuracy in brightness level and color level. With all available technical tools at my disposal, I can distill the experience and...
Daniel Cheek: Where We Go
“Where We Go” is a body of work that contemplates and addresses the act of engagement between people and the natural world. I believe that through interpretation of the ways we experience places that are considered natural, we learn more about how we want to live in our own environment....
Denis Buchel: Behind the Stage
Tortured bodies, empty looks, people at the end of their power, expecting the end of the hardship they have chosen themselves – this is how the atmosphere behind the stage of the consecutive bodybuilding show could be described. This is not a story for the successful sportsmen, taking advantage over...
Jordi Huisman: Rear Window
The view from the rear of a residential building in an old city exhibits the ways in which people influence their surroundings. When a new building block is designed and built as a single structure and concept it acquires a uniformity and alignment; in older cities a much more fragmented...
Robin Hinsch: Kowitsch
In the series Kowitsch, compiled over the past two years as a work in progress, Robin Hinsch arranges large-format color photographs — portraits and landscapes — in an uneven rhythm to compose an extraordinary series about the conflict in Ukraine. Born in 1987 in Winsen/Luhe (North-Germany), Robin Hinsch spent a...