When people talk about depression and stressful events in their lives, there should be someone listening. Sometimes the burden of such feelings is so intense and unbearable that some people just can’t move on. They lie still in a snow bed they made for themselves, ready to disappear and vanish in darkness, in a lifeless […]
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‘Canyon Diary’ by Ekaterina Vasilyeva
Ekaterina Vasilyeva is a Russian photographer from St. Petersburg, working at the intersection of the genre, documentary and art photography. In most of her projects she explores the theme of a particular place (space, territory), it changes in the context of time and historical landmarks, environmental problems, interaction with human activity, personal relationships and myths of the place. How did you get to […]
‘Szevasz Lujzi’ by Adrienn Józan
Adrienn Józan is a photographer born and based in Hungury. Szevasz is a Hungarian informal, slightly old-fashioned greeting to express “hello” and “goodbye.” Lujzi is Adrienn’s childhood nickname, sometimes her mom still calls her that. In the opening words of our conversation, she mentions something that really reflects her project : “I did not want to […]
‘Lea Valley’ by Felipe Restrepo
Felipe Restrepo is a photographer based in United Kingdom. Stretching down through east London to the River Thames, the River Lea and its valley compass a vast area with rich history of development and exploitation. In the following series, the photographer’s aim was to build an open-ended set of images to explore and interrogate the […]
‘Floodzone’ by Anastasia Samoylova
Anastasia Samoylova is a Russian-American artist who moves between observational photography, studio practice and installation. Floodzone points out the consequences of climate change in the southern United States, without the intention of making a visualization of disaster. Keeping her style, Anastasia made a book that is as effective as a good political speech which is […]
‘The Blindest Man’ by Emily Graham
Emily Graham lives in London, she works primarily with color photography and her practice often deals with elusive subject matters; a search for the unknown, a psychological state, the act of communication and interpretation. At first sight, Emily’s latest work The Blindest Man seems to be a documentary project, but gradually adds puzzling conceptual elements which […]
‘Amour’ by Claudine Doury
Claudine Doury is based in Paris and shot the images of her latest photobook Amour during three visits to the Amur River, Russia, spanning almost 30 years: as a young photographer in 1991, six years later in 1997, and once more in 2018. Amur (translated to ‘Amour’ in French) means love. Amour is a multidimensional […]
‘Abendlied’ by Birthe Piontek
Born and raised in Germany, Birthe Piontek moved to Canada in 2005 after receiving her MFA from the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. Birthe’s art practice explores the relationship between memory and identity, with a special interest in the topic of female identity and its representation in our society. Abendlied, her recent […]