Orphic evanescences is a project that i conceived with the aim of exploring the fleeting nature of existence through the medium of photography, emphasizing the connection between the proustian concept of time and the principle of the feminine as a creative force.
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This project encapsulates the essence of a transformative journey through the medium of personal storytelling. It is an intimate reflection of the individual's life, marked by significant memories and events that have shaped their identity. By transcribing these pivotal moments and revisiting them, the person engages in a profound dialogue with their past, applying a method of listening akin to their approach to music.
I haven’t been home for more than three years. I'm not even sure if my home is Moscow anymore. Every morning since leaving Russia, I have taken a self-portrait. The rules are simple: take a photograph right after waking up. No matter where, how, or with whom. This is my documentation of impermanence, the ritual that helps me stay grounded.
Giovanni Sellari's project, "The Stressonauts," was born from his personal need for a momentary escape from daily life, from the intimate and inescapable desire to find the space and time to devote to one of the most indispensable activities for maintaining a psychophysical balance: idleness.
In Ancient Greek, the word kosmogonía means creation of the world, from kósmos (order, world, universe) + gónos (creation, begetting). The Kosmogonía series interweaves the human, the animal, and the vegetal.
Many people experience loneliness, but they may not fully understand the feelings and discomfort caused by this emotion. Lonely people often feel a lack of understanding and connection, regardless of the number of social contacts.
In this virtual table I wanted to represent a personal diary with a series of photographs taken of different subjects, in different places and in different situations. Designing this moodboard was a fun and creative way to travel back in memory, in a sort of mental map, which allowed me to calmly organize a lot of material, in order to find an original interpretation that told of me.
In the photographs there are thematic elements interrelated, mutually influencing each other that become distinct over the course of the photographic years. The dominant element of my photography is the person who is ultimately also the ....starting point of the subjects I photograph.
A city girl and skeptic to my core, I feel an overwhelming sense of awe in the face of the spread of a desert or the ocean. Within these landscapes, humanity seems small and insignificant. Geologic eras are etched into layers of rock. Our time on earth seems short in contrast.
Images are the language of the soul. Personally, I first encountered photography as a craft at school, where I was able to gradually analyze and learn about its technical nature in a red-lit darkroom. Twenty years later, my personal research urge was once again to approach photography with curiosity as an interface between a frozen still image and the flow of motion.
I love sand dunes. Maybe it is because of my background in mathematics that I like these perfect harmonious shapes and lines so much. They are almost like mathematical equations presented to us by nature. Such perfect proportions, not touched by human hand, are difficult to find anywhere else. And when a spectrum of light starts playing on the ideal shapes, a special kind of performance begins.
We open a body to be born just as a seed cracks the earth to take root. The earth dries up until it splits, the walls of the house crack before collapsing, clothes tear in the desire to reach the other, skin splits because we never fit in our body, our hearts break...
I started by looking for God at church. I found friends there, and they served delicious doughnuts in the lobby, but I didn’t find God. Then I tried looking for God alone in my room while I prayed. I thought if I scrunched my eyes really tight until my head hurt maybe he would appear.
There are many myths about the mysterious place “Curonian Spit”. The landscapes of the Curonian Spit will make your skin crawl. You get the feeling that witches and mysterious spirits are surrounding you and watching you.
My photography is not some emotional relationship or depiction of emotional turmoil or drama, but rather the simple act of seeing. Of giving myself yet another good reason to get out into the open spaces, not only to enjoy the good fortune of being able to do so, but to create interesting compositions that an appreciative audience might also enjoy.
Menopink project was selected and published in our print edition 26.This series about menopause arose from wonder. When I experienced my first hot flashes I was amazed to find that I was unwilling to talk about it. Even though I am a medical doctor, I too was vulnerable to the taboo surrounding menopause.
How scary is silence? An incessant whistle in the ears that blocks thoughts and unveals memories of the origins, when the air was still and silence prevailed. Then the noise, the metamorphosis of man on Earth, from creation to ape, from ape to man, from man to Destroyer.
This project was selected and published in our print edition 26. The Hat Heads series is comprised solely of self-portraits showcasing individuals adorned in unconventional hats crafted from upcycled objects and materials.
The plastic pollution crisis that overwhelms the oceans is also a significant and growing threat to the Earth’s climate. Greenhouse gases are emitted at each stage of the plastic lifecycle—extraction and transport, refining and manufacture, and waste management.
From the cobbled streets of Milano to rustic pathways that transcend borders, photography has been a tool that has enabled artists like Francesco Merlini to capture moments, emotions, and narratives that often go beyond what words can express. Merlini is not just any photographer.
As the summer begins, I feel the urge to plan drives to unknown locations. Through entire spring as it gets little warmer, I start with different outdoor rituals. I prepare my pots for herbs and plants to grow the kitchen and backyard. I grind a fresh batch of coffee beans to get my pour-over cup ready while listening to the birds outside the window.
My Father's Toys project was selected and published in our print edition 25. These toys represented a world of magic and imagination, and I longed to touch them and bring them to life. Years later, after my father passed away, I became the keeper of this enchanted collection.
The Other project was selected and published in our print edition 25. The Other poses questions of identity and invites us to consider the limited possibilities of expressing one’s true self. Limitations that we can feel due to society, our domestic situation, or even us.
"Analogy is the relationship of resemblance between different things," and this concept serves as the foundation that supports his creativity. He always plays with the senses, offering the viewer new and different sensations from what they perceive.
In this series, Gavin Libotte delves into our existence in and around water on a more spiritual plane. He acknowledges that our human lives form part of something larger. He visualizes individuals as unique drops of water belonging to the life's ocean.
Outer Dark project was selected and published in our print edition 25. This project is an intimate journey, a journey that requires a certain courage because looking inside is never easy. The search for a balance between light and dark, between tension and peace in a silence that is noise deafening.
This work is about memory and the stories we tell ourselves. I use photography, collage, and thread to create a visual memoir of growing up in the South in the 60s to re-examine the culture and assumptions of segregation, female identity, and place that I grew up with.
Jacob Gils’ photography often features the natural world, with trees being a prominent subject in many of his images. Through his lens, Gils captures the unique beauty and character of these ancient beings, revealing the intricate details and textures of their bark, leaves, and branches.
Fine-art photographer, Julia Fullerton-Batten, has just completed a charity project, the profits of the sale of fourteen images are being donated UCIM.org.tr - a charity supporting survivors of the earthquake disaster.
We live in an information-rich time-poor culture. Takigawa sees a society that is becoming more disconnected from nature—from natural rhythms, cycles, and seasons. Fascinated with the concept of time, he seeks to understand the feeling that time is “speeding up.”
In today’s world, to slow down and appreciate is rare. To truly appreciate the reality in which we live, even more so. That reality though, for each of us, is created by the one thing that remains constant throughout our lives: our bodies.
The key to finding these gaps, where reality is punctured and the other dimension emerges, lies in one's state of mind. Unfortunately, there is no formula or secret to learning how to reach that parallel universe.
The series is about experiencing scenes or objects from daily life in a transcendental way and juxtaposing them in tableaus that rise above their literal context to communicate the mystery and magic I see in the world, with its discord, harmony or the confluence of both.
It was a Wednesday at the beginning of March when it happened. The day was a cloudless one and the sky was an unreal, harsh blue. There was a light dusting of snow on the ground which reflected the sun brilliantly. I remember blinking. And then I remember us terminating our baby.
Big cities, special light installations of festivities and buildings, objective light, conceptional paintings with handmade lightpainting tools and spectacular light shows in nature are the basic tools Angelica works with to visualize AngelsView light paintings.
This is a visual diary of myself, using others to represent the sensuality I remember and still feel. Longing and wanting are companions that do not diminish with age. My exterior may not represent my inner beauty or the evocative experiences I carry forward.
Norma Córdova, aka, shesaidred, is a Mexican-American photographer, filmmaker, and artist. Her image-based work creates illusions that conjure imagination without presenting a factual reality. They invoke femininity, self identity, and wonder. She is based in Oakland, California shooting traditionally - film, polaroids
"Parts of Life and morning flowers", still-life photography study, celebrates the presence of body organs, which are essential for vitality! Frequently these scenes are accompanied by beautiful altered mourning and grieving flowers. Flowers are frequently part of a grave scene; burial locations are surrounded by flowers!
At the onset of the Pandemic, I lost my mother; I had just flown back from being with her and I would not be able to return to pay my last respects. Simultaneously, my eldest son was preparing to leave for college, and the comfort of our daily routines, established for years were about to end abruptly.
What does the issue of flight and equal rights have to do with a tomato crate? How do you reconcile drops of water with exclusion? Can the ease of children playing on the beach be a call for the future? Can not every moment influence or change our lives.
Curious Devices project was selected and published in our print edition 23. Jeanette May’s still lifes reveal our complicated relationship with obsolete technology by juxtaposing the seductive designs and the inner workings of Curious Devices. Her photographs display a reverence for finely crafted merchandise, industrial design, and scientific wonders.
After discovering that she had Parkinson’s disease, Torrance York focused her camera on the challenge to integrate this life-altering information into her sense of self. In Semaphore York’s photographs speak metaphorically about her shift in perspective post-diagnosis.
Growing up I always had an affinity with the night. It was when I did my most productive work, alone in my bedroom free from noise and distractions. I would find comfort in the subdued light and quiet stillness, losing a sense of time and being absorbed in the moment of creating art.
With the innovation of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence in the 21st century, the world of metaverse is being witnessed around our lives such as games and movies. The age of mixing virtual with reality. In the metaverse world, the cyberspace where virtual and reality are harmonized is called mixed reality MR.
A heavy life crushes. A light life is unbearable. This body of work reflects the dark side of desire in relation to the search for lightness. Without desire and overcoming obstacles, life becomes meaningless.
The distinction between grief and depression might seem insignificant to some, but the chasm between the two is big enough for guilt and confusion to bounce around in the turbulence, gaining velocity until it’s almost hard to tell the difference. One mocks the other, as if it’s a competition to determine which is more painful.
Garden of Eden 2525, is a photo series for a post-apocalyptic dystopian space, where, a “meta” sapiens humanity, faces the debris and the deserted landscapes, as a result of its past decisions and actions.
A Space Odyssey-style evolution, is Alchemy (2021), a collection of 14 vibrant chromogenic prints. Each one reiterates the same basic composition and design, with Ilana’s avatar recurring indomitably across two orderly rows.
