Eugene von Bruenchenhein (1910-1983), a simple baker from Milwaukee, believed that his birth during the year of the passage of Halley’s Comet was irrefutable proof that the gods had bestowed…
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Yijun Liao – aka Pixy – is a female artist born and raised in Shanghai, who now resides in New York. Her series Experimental Relationship (2007-now) challenges the Chinese customs,…
Friend, hero, inspiration, national treasure, its difficult to chose one portrayal as Don is all of these things to me. Like most aspiring photojournalists of my generation, Don represented…
I started "Anatomy of Desire" in 2008 after a traumatic personal event triggered a long period of insomnia, during which I explored and photographed the New York gay night scene…
Prix Pictet Commission choose to the UK photographer Simon Norfolk, who undertake a field trip to Afghanistan where Pictet & Cie are supporting the work of Medair, the Swiss-based humanitarian…
In June 2012 on her 17th birthday, Cristobalina wished to have another birthday. She was celebrating with her family in their home in Caserio Panuca, a small village in Guatemala.…
Gala Squarci has chosen to explore a subject that corresponds to the essence of photography: light and the shapes that it makes, ubiquitous to the point that it makes our…
Christa Blackwood is a photo, text and installation artist working on themes relating to identity, history, and popular culture. Her series, Naked Lady: A Dot Red is currently on exhibition…
No other country in the world than China produces as many kilometers of propaganda banners. In the countryside, in cities, along highways up to the most unexpected places, they are…
I was born in 1968 in Paris, France. Growing up with parents whom were rock critics in the 70’s, I was in contact with both the world of music and movies…