Anastasia Taylor-Lind (1981, England/Sweden) is a photojournalist and documentary photographer. She is part of the VII Photo Agency mentor program, based in the Middle East. In a conversation with Maria Teresa Salvati from the London Slideluck Potshow, Anastasia elaborates on her report of Egyptian Bloggers – a commissioned project by GEO Germany a year before the rise of the Spring Revolution.
Eric Kala catches the soul of buildings. The 44 year old photographer, son of a geometrist, roams his region of South-Eastern France looking for lines, shapes and colours (and, according to him, listening to them too.) He talks to us a month before his new exhibit “Kromatic Cité”, sponsored by Nikon, opens in Paris.
Dutchmen Marc Prüst is the creative director of the Lagos Photo festival. Together with the African Artists’ foundation he selects the photographers and puts the final image selection together. The construction of the exhibition is his responsibility. “Photography as an art form has an enormous potential in Africa.”
Our correspondent Simone Gork arranged an interview with Michael Najjar (1966, Germany), a pioneer in digital postproduction and manipulation in photography. By linking up realistic with fictive elements, he creates utopian (near) future scenarios that reflect upon contemporary technological developments. Michael Najjar is also featured in GUP #30, the Metropolitan Issue, with his series ‘Netropolis’. His work ‘Liquid City’ is currently exhibited at Noorderlicht Photofestival’.
Jon Rafman (1981, Montreal), an artist-cum-netronaut always on the frontline of our virtual expansion, is fascinated by Google’s panoramic views that support our insatiable need for navigation.
Never having visited the Americas, I was curious to discover the thoughts behind Richard Rothman’s bundle of work ‘Redwood Saw’: a monumental portrayal of northern California. Rothman told me he thinks artists need to cultivate and trust in their experience of wonder. He prefers to begin there rather than with whatever the perceived required dialogue of the moment might be in the art world.
Bertil Nilsson has just released his first photography book, Undisclosed, a work on contemporary circus performers. GUP had the chance to sit down with Nilsson to discuss the inspiration behind the project, bookmaking, and why he chose to self-publish.
The creative force behind the project Most Beautiful People in the World (www.themostbeautifulpeople.org), Dutch-Polish photographer Michel Szulc-Krzyzanowski, has another innovative project: What The World Has Never Seen, (www.whattheworldhasneverseen.com).
An interview with photographer Irina Rozovsky (1981 in Moscow) who traveled through Israel with three cousins in a rental car.
The PBN competition is open for submissions until July 14. On August 29 the winners will be announced during the award ceremony in New York City. Before this is a fact Blurb interviewed the only Dutch jury-member, Claudia Hinterseer from NOOR images.