ben krewinkel
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Beyond the cliché of dignity
jan hoekAugust 7th, 2013columnIn the streets of Addis Abeba, the photographer Jan Hoek met some mentally ill people (endearingly called 'sweet crazies' by the Ethiopians) and invited them into his studio to be photographed....
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Displacement
June 27th, 2013New York/Milan based photographer Giada Ripa travels through different regions of the world in order to understand ongoing changes as well as her own role in these changes. In her latest...
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On the unexpected success of Cristina de Middel's 'The Afronauts'
January 25th, 2013The Afronauts became one of the most talked about photo books of 2012, reaching the shortlist of the renowned Deutsche Börse Prize and showing up in almost every list of last year’s best photo books. Yet how did it come to be that this self-published book from Cristina de Middel, full of...
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SoHo
anders petersenAugust 14th, 2012For his ongoing diaristic series 'City Diaries' renowed Swedish photographer Anders Petersen embedded himself in Soho, London, documenting the streets, pubs, cafes and private homes of its residents. The result is a stark, uncompromising and coarse series of high contrast black and white images...
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Sicarios
by javier arcenillasJune 27th, 2012Humanist Javier Arcenillas (Spain) has been the first photographer to win the annual FotoEvidence Book Award with his harrowing story Sicarios, about the hired assassins of Guatamala. This annual award is given ‘to a photographer whose work demonstrates courage and commitment in documenting...
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‘My best pictures are the ones I don’t understand’
roger ballenJune 4th, 2011interviewBoarding HouseOn his way by train to Amsterdam from Sittard, where museum Het Domein recently opened its new exhibition ‘Skadukant’, the highly acclaimed and influentual American photographer Roger Ballen spoke on the phone with Ben Krewinkel. The conversation turned to his early and recent...
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