Liu Yue (b. 1981 in Shanghai, China) started out as a painter, but he turned his focus to photography after graduation. His photographs, although outwardly simple, reveal surprising depth upon…
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Kicken Berlin opens the 2013 exhibition season with a presentation of works by Man Ray and Christer Strömholm. 1920s avant-garde in cameraless photography, Rayographs and object art in mixed media:…
“The White Male Complex, No.2″ is a winter show. It is fair to assume that in February it will still be dark and cold in Berlin. It is also the…
acte2rivegauche and the galerie d’en face are presenting their first exhibition of 2013: Magic Circus by fashion photographer Kristian Schuller. In this series shot in Cape Town and Los Angeles,…
This series by French photographer Thierry Cohen reminds viewers of a childhood pleasure that has grown impossible in today’s modern megacities. Who hasn’t lifted their eyes in vain to the…
You would expect photographs about corruption to involve the mafia, power games, violence and opulence. But Misha Friedman’s photographs are calm, quiet: landscapes at night, street scenes, empty rooms, bare…
A photograph taken in Gaza was given the World Press Photo award in the category Spot News, the most prestigious award in photojournalism. The picture of the year, taken by…
François Truffaut once wrote that there are no good or bad movies, only good or bad directors. That was the upshot of his “politique des auteurs”, his politics or policy…
iN-PUBLiC exhibition is curated by Andrea Hadley-Johnson (Derby Museum and Art Gallery), Mick Brown (Format International Photography Festival), Louise Clements (Format and Quad), David Gibson and Nick Turpin (iN-PUBLiC). “The…
It’s dusk on a Wednesday afternoon in Dili, East Timor – an island nation some 600 kilometres off the coast of Australia. An hour ago, rain was pouring from the…