April 16, 2012
Author:
Annie Goodner
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Nadine Stijns
Noorderlicht 2011
Beijing
The Empty Quarter Fine Art Photography
At last month’s Noorderlicht Photography Festival Nadine Stijns, (based in Den Haag) integrated the sterile environments of her latest series “After-Hours Shopping Mall”, featuring empty shopping complexes in Beijing within an equally austere exhibition s
April 08, 2012
Author:
Marie-Charlotte Pezé
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Portrait Photography
Marie-Charlotte Pezé
Grace Brown
Project Unbreakable
It takes great modesty to subtract your own creativity from your art in order to serve a higher purpose, and Brown does it splendidly.
April 02, 2012
Author:
Erik Vroons
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Remi Ochlik
World Press Photo
photojournalism
war photography
It’s that time of the year again. Around the last week of April, as the pendulum of World Press Photo reaches the point of swinging towards its annual Awards Days, the perpetuum mobile of photojournalism comes close to a halt. All winners will be there, d
March 26, 2012
Author:
Suzanne van der Lingen
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blog
Mexico
suzanne van der lingen
José Hernández Claire’s work is a meditation on the migration of Mexicans to the US. As he writes in his project statement, ’a history of unemployment, low salaries, lack of opportunities, corruption and poor policies within the government of Mexico have
February 27, 2012
Author:
Andrés Carretero
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Mexico
Portrait Photography
suzanne van der lingen
The Mexican photographer Andrés Carretero series, Phenotypes, is a collection of portraits of Mexican albino people. The photographs, though specifically depicting people with a particular skin disorder, explore the concept of identity and individuality w
February 15, 2012
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May Putman Cramer
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Oleg Dou
May Putman Cramer
Russian photographer Oleg Dou edits the portraits he takes to the point that they are surreal, untouchable and almost painful. This way of working reflects his obsession with faces and distain for beauty
February 12, 2012
Author:
Erik Vroons
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World Press Photo
photojournalism
Pictorialism
Orientalism
In the winning image by Aranda (but also this picture by Simona Ghizzoni, 3rd prize winner in the category Contemporary Issues, singles) we can recognize the picturesque style of 19th century Orientalist painting, stressing the mystique and timelessness o
February 07, 2012
Author:
Sofia Caycedo
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Stanley Greene
black passport
war photography
photojournalism
Could it be that we are becoming desensitized to images of war?
February 01, 2012
Author:
Marie-Charlotte Pezé
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B&W
Marie-Charlotte Pezé
Lizeth Arauz
Mexico
Mexican photographer Lizeth Arauz’ series on little people, “Looking Upwards”, is like a storybook for children: the darkness of the images engulfs you, speaking of realms unknown and slightly off-kilter; the costumes glitter with a strange sex-appeal, an
January 26, 2012
Author:
Shinta Lempers
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Tim Johannis
Still life
The Netherlands
Tim Johannis’ work is aesthetic and often somewhat alienating. The Dutch photographer says it arises from a certain kind of feeling rather than from a thought. Analysing his works, patterns become visible. “I came to learn that the lion’s part of my work