Facing Mortality
April 24, 2013
Author:
Erik Vroons
Sometimes disturbing, occasionally macabre and often moving, World Press Photo annually presents images that address the question of how we might actively contemplate mortality.
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War means this!
April 10, 2013
Author:
Katherine Oktober Matthews
We in modern times know what war looks like without needing to see it first hand, or at least, we think we do. Through static imagery and movies, fiction and documentary, we’ve been presented with uncomfortably close encounters.
Russia In Colour
March 21, 2013
Author:
Jorre Both
“Russia is not just a different country; it’s a different universe.” The Primrose exhibition at Foam captures the mythical essence of the nation in both natural and not-so-natural colours.
On Image Fatigue
March 07, 2013
Author:
Katharina Barthel
As the deluge of imagery grows ever greater, the challenge of understanding them all will similarly become greater and more complicated.
Private Parts, Public Walls
February 07, 2013
Author:
Jim Reed
Privacy was once precious, or so the recent exhibit at the Shirn Museum in Frankfurt would have you believe.
Celebrities on Celebrities
February 05, 2013
Author:
Katherine Oktober Matthews
Even as a photographer, Bryan Adams is headlining. Kicking off the Düsseldorf Photo Weekend, the musician-cum-photographer opens a major exhibition at the NRW Forum, featuring around 150 works.
Reworking Memory
January 29, 2013
Author:
Jim Reed
Photographing someone with the intent of putting the material out into the world is complicated even under normal circumstances. Working with someone with a memory disorder can be a minefield.
On the unexpected success of Cristina de Middel's 'The Afronauts'
January 25, 2013
Author:
Ben Krewinkel
How did The Afronauts, a self-published book from Cristina de Middel, full of constructed surreal pictures of the 1964 Zambian space program manage to garner such attention and acclaim?
Digital in Hindsight
January 21, 2013
Author:
Katherine Oktober Matthews
When were your first digital images? What do you see in them, when you look back?
LOOK - Olya Oleinic and Majda Vidakovic
January 15, 2013
Author:
Lynne Brouwer and Merijn Koelink
The name ‘LOOK’ covers 43 third-year photography students from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. They are working towards a group exhibition on the theme ‘beauty’. This article features: Olya Oleinic and Majda Vidakovic.