Bangladeshi photographer, journalist and activist Shahidul Alam was in Sydney for the opening of his exhibition, Crossfire and took time out to talk with me about how the project came…
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American photographer Tracie William’s exhibition Beauty explores themes around self-perception, societal expectations and innocence. In this series Williams documents her younger sister’s involvement in the American beauty pageants where parents…
When Ben Lowy first began shooting with his iPhone in 2010 it was all about having fun, using the iPhone camera instead of his professional camera gear as a way…
Timor-Leste: Moving Forward, Looking Back features works from Australian photographer Conor Ashleigh shot in Timor-Leste between 2009 and 2013. Exploring social issues and personal narratives, Ashleigh captures a young, independent…
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…
Australian photojournalist Michael Coyne is probably best known for his photographs of the Iran Iraq War in the 1980s, a period in which he was incredibly prolific and a time…
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…