Books
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The Ball
ingvar kenneJune 13th, 2019Bachelor and Spinsters Balls, or B&S's, are traditional Australian celebrations organised for young unmarried people looking for a romantic partner. Well, at least it used to be like this years...
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Somewhere Along the Line
joshua dudley greerJune 6th, 2019Fascinated by the genre of the road trip in American photography, Joshua Dudley Greer (b. 1980, United States) travelled over 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometres) by car through the US, photographing...
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Congregation
sophie greenMay 29th, 2019Sophie Green (b.1991, United Kingdom) has been documenting the Aladura Spiritualist African congregations of Southwark in South-East London over the course of two years. Driven by her curiosity to discover the Yoruba Nigerian Christian community, Green asked a friend and member of the...
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L’Appél du Vide
sandder lanenMay 24th, 2019Sandder Lanen's professional background in film adds to the strong cinematographic feel in his still images. With L’Appél du Vide, his self-published book, it almost seems that you are watching someone's life on an old VHS tape. It is a sequence of mysterious female portraits, bird's eye views of...
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Funland
rob ballMay 17th, 2019In Funland, Rob Ball (b. 1977, United Kingdom) captures the nostalgia and vulnerability of British seaside resorts. We see old school cafés with classic paper Coca-Cola cups in the windows, lollipop pink funfairs, hotels equally cozy and hostile, and dreamy looking pier pavilions that disappear...
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Trails
takashi hommaMay 3rd, 2019Like the Postmodern stories by the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami (b. 1949), that give the reader a chance to interpret them in many different ways, the surreal and mysterious photobook of Takashi Homma (b. 1962, Japan) can also can be perceived according to one's background, experiences or view...
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The Komi Diary
filippo zambonApril 30th, 2019For his Komi Diary project, Filippo Zambon (b. 1981, Italy) visited Syktyvkar, the capital of the Komi Republic in North Russia. Located far from any major Russian cities and from the fast life and economic development of the West, it is an area that still lives in the red shades of communism....
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Reveries
April 16th, 2019While turning the pages of Reveries, the first publication of the photographer David Zheng (b.1985, United States), we stumble upon a question: what city are we looking at? The dreamy analogue vibe of the black-and-white photographs creates a story that resembles New York in the 50s. However,...
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Te Ahi Kā: The fires of occupation
martin toftApril 11th, 2019The experience of living with the indigenous people of New Zealand for six months in 1996, triggered photographer Martin Toft (b. 1970, Denmark) to explore the deep physical and metaphysical relationship between the tribes and the Whanganui River (their source of material and spiritual...
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Scene
alex majoliApril 9th, 2019Photojournalist and Magnum member Alex Majoli (b. 1971, Italy) has always been aware of the curious dynamics between the photographer and his subjects. He compares the performance of photographing to the theatre: preparing a shot by setting up his camera and lights gives it the staged nature of a...
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Busy Living
coco capitánApril 8th, 2019Young Spanish artist Coco Capitán (b. 1992) is best known for her witty photographs of her brothers and her handwritten, childlike notes. Right after finishing her studies at the London Royal college, she was already blessed with the opportunity to work closely with Maison Margiela, Paco Rabanne,...
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Garden Of Delight
nick hannesApril 4th, 2019When Nick Hannes (b. 1974, Belgium) set out to document the exclusive, proudly decadent epitome of consumerism that is Dubai, access was denied in many places. The reputation of the party capital must always be preserved. Fortunately, in Garden of Delight, Hannes still manages to make the...
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Arcadia
ian howorthMarch 18th, 2019Born to an English father and a Peruvian mother, Ian Howorth (b. Peru) inherited a fascinating and culturally rich background. Such an upbringing can be very liberal and mind-expanding, but a downside might be the lost sense of belonging. No wonder Howorth’s first book Arcadia is spiced with...
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Jasper
matthew genitempoMarch 6th, 2019The Ozark mountains in the American states of Arkansas and Missouri are home to a number of solitary individuals who have chosen to escape society. Matthew Genitempo (b. 1983, United States) documented these voluntary outcasts amid the isolation of dark woods. Lacking luxury and modern...
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Night of The Hunted
matt henryMarch 1st, 2019The dark romanticism in the photos of Matt Henry (b. 1978, United Kingdom), filled with poverty and violence, reminds us of a gothic fairy tale from the 1960s, like in an HBO or Netflix tv-show. Although all works in his project Night of The Hunted are staged, many of the fictional situations are...
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Radici
February 27th, 2019Radici is Italian for roots. These can empower you, but they can also hold you back. No matter how hard you try to escape from your past, your roots will always restrain your movements. At least that’s what happens in the series Radici, created by Fabrizio Albertini (b. 1984, Italy). The...
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Taken From Memory
sheron ruppFebruary 25th, 2019Growing up in rural Ohio shaped the photography of Sheron Rupp (b. 1943, United States), whose long-term project Taken From Memory looks at often neglected small American towns not unlike her own. By documenting locals in their front yards – strangers to her – Rupp has nonetheless created a very...
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Malagrotta
gian marco sannaFebruary 22nd, 2019A whole new world emerges at Malagrotta when the sun goes down. In the photographs of Gian Marco Sanna (b. 1993, Italy), fiery flashes coalesce with thick fumes and rise out of man-made mountains directly into the sky. This may sound to you like a music festival, but the fancy name and the milky...
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Investigation of Love
lilia luganskaiaFebruary 14th, 2019What says ‘I love you’ better than a photography book? Only a book that was made under the pressure of proving your feelings towards another person to the authorities. If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, do not panic. Better, follow the advise of Russian-born artist Lilia Luganskaia...
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Do Not Feed Alligators
david shamaFebruary 13th, 2019Devil-may-care attitude, mismatched underwear and cigarettes after sex. Those are the characteristics of the young protagonists in David Shama’s (b. 1977, Switzerland) photo book Do Not Feed Alligators (2018). By mixing elements of existentialism with a "live fast die young" philosophy, the New...
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