Clothing was first used to protect the body... from the burning sun, from rain, from cold. It was also used to cover the body’s private parts. Then it became something…
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In the past, public telephones in Phnom Penh were simple affairs with landlines either in front of or in a store. There were all kinds of telephone booths or imitations.…
This photographer wants photography to take us beyond what the eye can see. He wants to expand our field of vision so that we can see the world, the real…
In 2008, JR, who was not yet the artist with the worldwide reputation that he has today, participated in spectacular fashion in the first edition of PPP. On the occasion…
Imagining Flood is a photographic study of the recent floods in Bangkok. The collection of photos aims to capture the foreboding and surreal nature of the event by presenting…
If the photographer himself was not Indian, chances are that we would have been criticized for presenting a caricature image of India, a type of kitsch, of laughable practices. However,…
The colorful seductive nature of cosmetics act to mask, conceal and deceive while drawing attention to the surface and the superficial. By emphasizing both the facade of glamour and the…
In a region of Belgium situated between two rivers (the Sambre and the Meuse), a tradition that has disappeared in other parts of the country has been strangely preserved over…
I am a 27 year old photographer; I grew up in France and moved to New York about 5 years ago. As I didn't have a natural aptitude for painting…
"To inhabit is to be at home everywhere" (Situationist slogan) The photos and videos composing the work in progress series “Ludic Art Exercises”, commenced in 2005, intend to capture the power…