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An Interview with Seif Kousmate
seif kousmateNovember 8th, 2019interviewSeif Kousmate (b. 1989, Morocco) dedicated himself professionally to photography in 2016. Since then, he has been working on different projects concerned with social issues: slavery in Mauritania,...
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Dark Waters
daniel tchetchikNovember 1st, 2019Since the beginning of the 1990s, countless refugees have tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to leave North Africa and to reach the safe havens of Europe. Some were successful in...
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Red Orange: An interview with Delaney Allen
delaney allenOctober 31st, 2019interviewIn the project Red Orange, Delaney Allen (United States) takes on the genre of American road trip photography, following the likes of great names such as William Eggleston and Walker Evans. GUP asked him about this project and his two years on the roads of California.The title of your latest book...
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Fictions Based on Truth: An interview with Evelyn Bencicova
evelyn bencicovaOctober 29th, 2019interviewEvelyn Bencicova (b. Bratislava, 1992) is a visual creative specialising in photography and art direction. Informed by her background in fine art and new media studies (University for Applied Arts, Vienna), Bencicova’s practice combines her interest in contemporary culture with academic research...
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Paranoid Sleep Psychosis: An Interview With Liza Ambrossio
liza ambrossioOctober 23rd, 2019interviewLiza Ambrossio (b. 1993, Mexico) lives and works between Madrid and Paris. She began her artistic practice in Mexico City at the age of sixteen, when she asked a housekeeper to steal photographs from family albums. Ambrossio portrayed her passage from adolescence to adulthood, with a strong...
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Ganga Ma: An Interview with Giulio di Sturco
giulio di sturcoOctober 14th, 2019interviewOver the course of ten years, Giulio Di Sturco (b.1979, Italy) travelled more than 4,000 km following the Ganges from its source in the Himalayas in India to its delta in the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. The trip resulted in the book Ganga Ma (published by GOST Books), consisting of a series of...
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The Anarchist Citizenship: An interview with Nadine Stijns
nadine stijnsamal alhaagOctober 4th, 2019interviewPhotographer Nadine Stijns (b. 1977, The Netherlands) and researcher Amal Alhaag (b. 1983, Egypt) have been collaborating closely with Somali artists such as photographer Mustafa Saeed (b. 1989, Somaliland) for some years. Together they are investigating the Republic of Somaliland: a...
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FRESH EYES: Panos Charalampidis & Mary Chairetaki
panos charalampidismary chairetakiOctober 1st, 2019backstoryGreek artist duo Panos Charalampidis and Mary Chairetaki (b. 1974) are included in the first edition of FRESH EYES: a catalogue initiated by GUP featuring 100 of the most talented European photographers currently in the first stage of their career. We asked them about their work in progress, but...
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Gregory Halpern: Omaha Sketchbook
gregory halpernSeptember 24th, 2019[...] There might not be too many reasons to visit Omaha, Nebraska. Although situated in the very heart of the United States geographically - in the Heartland, the Bible Belt, the Corn Belt, the American Midwest - it is at its periphery culturally. It has few landmarks or defining...
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Guillaume Tomasi: Chrysalises
guillaume tomasiSeptember 20th, 2019French-Canadian photographer Guillaume Tomasi (b. 1984) worked in IT before making a career switch. He went back to school at 32 to dedicate his life to photography. His work revolves around visual storytelling, focusing on people, places and memories. For example, in his project Ce qu'il restera...
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Bas Losekoot: Out Of Place
bas losekootSeptember 16th, 2019backstoryDutch photographer Bas Losekoot is highly fascinated by the subject matter of urban navigation and how it relates to the ways in which we cope with situations; how we apparently are both individuals and part of an imagined community when commuting between the A’s and B’s that mark the directions...
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Nothing Personal: What Is Really Happening Before War Happens?
nikita teryoshinSeptember 12th, 2019backstoryApplying a bold aesthetic strategy, resulting in images that are both humorous and sinister, Nikita Teryoshin (1986, Russia) provides a distinct peek behind the curtains of the global weapon industry. His cheeky photographic documentation of highly exclusive defence trade fairs aptly reflects...
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Introduction to GUP #62: Periphery
anastasia samoylovaAugust 22nd, 2019Attention is often concentrated on the centre of things, but what happens further away from the limelight? Whether arriving from a curiosity for the expanded possibilities of photography, or from an interest in the underexposed aspects of daily life, the contributors to this issue of GUP all show...
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Doug's Cabin: An Interview with Karianne Bueno
karianne buenoJune 20th, 2019Karianne Bueno (1979, the Netherlands) isn't simply a photographer. She is a storyteller, using both visual and written language to conduct her projects. One of the recurring themes in her work is life outside of society. Her latest photobook Doug's Cabin, featured in GUP #61, tells a story of a...
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PHotoESPAÑA 2019
anais lopezalbarran cabreraJune 18th, 2019eventsFor this year’s edition (2019) of PHotoESPAÑA, Susan Bright has been invited as Guest Curator. Her proposal Déjà Vu? includes five exhibitions that together center around the themes of art history and painting (e.g. Sharon Core / Laura Litinsky at the National Museum of Romanticism), but also...
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Éphémère: An interview with Paul Cupido
paul cupidoJune 4th, 2019interviewPhotographer Paul Cupido (1972, The Netherlands), who was on the cover of New Dutch Photography Talent 2018, has just launched two photobooks: Continuum and Éphémère. Apart from creating an overview of his highlights, he underlines the concept of the impermanence of life - Cupido's main source of...
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Krakow Photomonth 2019: Food For Thought
various artistsMay 31st, 2019Photography, in the context of this annual festival, is considered a form of art while it is also seen as an opportunity to trigger socially engaged dialogue. ‘Krakow’ provides a framework of ideas and what it requires, in return, is critical spectatorship. In line with many photo books being...
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The Island of Dragonflies
julien mauveMay 20th, 2019In L'île aux Libellules (The Island of Dragonflies), Julien Mauve (b. 1984, France) combines his love for nature with his fascination for discovering mysteries, solving riddles and living an eternal adventure. As a boy, Mauve was hooked on books like Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and...
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Introduction to GUP #61: Escape
esther teichmannMay 16th, 2019Summer is on its way! For many, this season delivers a chance to escape the daily routine. People seek all kinds of refuge: they pack their bags and leave, or they remain and withdraw into the plethora of loopholes available nearby or online. The need to escape can come from different things: to...
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All American Girls
remsen wolffMay 13th, 2019In 2019, many people are still fighting for self-expression and self-acceptance while being oppressed by their peers and by governments. We still have a long way to go, and this is why queer photography is such a relevant theme.It is experiencing something of a comeback. A perfect contemporary...
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