In the early 1970s Sydney photographer Leon Gregory was an aspiring actor who made ends meet by shooting portfolios for his fellow thespians. In his spare time he used his…
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Iconic photojournalist Don McCullin once said that it wasn’t necessary for photographers to travel far from home to find worthwhile documentary stories citing his series of the homeless in the…
The Mnemonics is an Australian photography ensemble with members based in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Drawing their name from the Titan Goddess of Memory, Mnemosyne, this ensemble uses mobile photography…
In October 1946 several thousand German specialists working in aeronautical engineering were forcibly relocated, along with their families, to the Soviet Union, where they were obliged to work for the…
We are in Norilsk, a mining town situated in Siberia, 400 km north of the Polar Circle. With its 170,000 inhabitants, it is the biggest town in the Far North.…
The story of Nan Goldin and New York goes back to 1977 when, diploma in hand, she landed in the vibrant, cosmopolitan atmosphere of the American megacity. Drugs, rock n’ roll, punks,…
The 22nd annual Photobiennale in Greece opened in Thessaloniki on May 9th. The theme of this year’s festival is Logos (“Speech”), the conclusion of a thematic trilogy with Topos (2008) and Chronos (2011). Throughout…
You’ve definitely seen her somewhere, at an opening or a portfolio review, in France or abroad. Sure you have—she’s the tall blond with a big cat in her bag! An…
Aditya Khosla, a computer science student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has just published an article explaining how he developed an algorithm to predict the popularity of an…
“What if Latin America was nothing more than a European invention?” asks Olivier Compagnon in the introductory text to América Latina 1960-2013 (Thames & Hudson). Perhaps then it would be a matter…