Born in New York in 1949, Stanley Greene, a former member of the Black Panthers, studied photography at the San Francisco Art Institute. The city, then the stronghold of the new…
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« When I photograph, I try to use my instincts as much as possible. It is when pictures are unconsidered and irrational that they come to life; that they evolve…
At the turn of the new millennium Australian photographer Paul Blackmore packed up his life in Sydney and moved to Paris with the intent of furthering his career as a…
GDR, DDR, RDA: three abbreviations—English, German and French, respectively—that refer to the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as “East Germany,” where, from 1949 to 1990, a part of Germany was…
Do paradise exist? Yes, but it is also hell. There are lost paradises and forgotten hells. The Swat Valley, in Pakistan, was at one time called a paradise by its…
The title of the exhibition describes how Civan Ozkanoglu works. Photography and personal involvement echo each other in these surprising compositions. His presence is palpable in the angles he chooses, letting the…
For the past six years, Francesca Piqueras has been working on a project about large, abandoned sea installations left to rust and ruin. Following two series, one devoted to cargo ships headed…
While flipping through fashion magazines, a surprising image oftentimes catches our attention among the overly aseptic and standardized photographic series. The photogra- pher’s gaze—his narrative, his vision of the female…
Andrew Dosunmu currently lives and works in New York. Raised and educated in Nigeria, Dosunmu began his career as a design assistant at the fashion house of Yves Saint Laurent. He…