Author Alison Stieven Taylor

Vlad Sokhin is a Russian/Portuguese documentary photographer who is based in Sydney. His exhibition, Crying Meri – Violence Against Women in Papua New Guinea documents the violence against women that…

In this series of portraits American photographer Melissa Cacciola has captured US Armed Forces women and men in uniform and civilian clothes. Comprising 48 tintype double portraits Cacciola’s series…

Russian photographer Alexandra Demenkova grew up in the rural town of Kingisepp, a 100km from St-Petersburg. Discovering photography in her late teens Demenkova graduated from the Faculty of Photojournalism in…

There’s something very seductive about Cyclops Press’ latest book, Slightly Dangerous, by writer and photographer John Ogden, which comes with a warning on the cover: “this book contains explicit reference…

South African-born Sharon Zwi presents 60 black and white life portraits in composite grid format reminiscent of a film contact sheet. Each composite portrait is made of 25 images spanning…

Four times winner of the Australian Science, Environment and Nature Photographer of the Year Award (Canon/AIPP), Darren Jew is one of Australia’s most respected environmental and underwater photographers. His exhibition…

Belgium photographer Anton Kusters spent two years documenting a Yakuza family in Japan, an experience he describes as "walking on eggshells". Convincing the Yakuza to allow him to take…

Moroccan born photographer Gilbert Bel-Bachir’s exhibition Looking Through Glass features photographs shot by Bel-Bachir from the windows of Sydney’s buses. Taken over four years, Bel-Bachir “uses the graffiti, scratches and…

Marnya Rothe is a Sydney-based photographer who uses her camera to explore themes of feminism, sexuality and voyeurism. In her exhibition Women in Uniform, which is part of Head On…

The China Project features photographs taken by Sydney photographers, Meg Hewitt and Paul McDonald. The pair, who have just launched their own gallery in Sydney, 10x8, made solo trips to…