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The Need for Creative Development

The Need for Creative Development

Jan 8, 2021

In many ways, constructed photography works in a similar way to film production, in that scenes are crafted, sets are built, and actors play a specific role to help tell a given story, as opposed to a more photojournalistic approach which aims to capture what lies before us in as truthful a way as possible.

Swimmers by Nadide Goksun

Swimmers by Nadide Goksun

Jan 7, 2021

Swimmers are a series of black and white photographs that explore feelings of relaxation and pleasure experienced by people in the water. The project stems from the artist’s own childhood memories of Summer holidays on the Aegean seaside.

Ancestral customs; Tradiciones by Damaso Avila

Ancestral customs; Tradiciones by Damaso Avila

Jan 7, 2021

In the southern part of the small island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), there is a town with very few inhabitants that each July celebrate, with the participation of their neighbors, a representation of the ancestral customs of the region.

Bull Jump Ceremony by Tommaso Vecchi

Bull Jump Ceremony by Tommaso Vecchi

Jan 5, 2021

The Bull Jump is a ritual which represents the rite of passage in the life of a young boy (Ukuli), who, from a child develops into a man (Maza).

Photography and poetry; Wig heavier than a boot by David Johnson

Photography and poetry; Wig heavier than a boot by David Johnson

Dec 21, 2020

Wig Heavier Than a Boot brings together photography and video by David Johnson and poetry by Philip Matthews. As we reveal Petal—a persona as whom Philip writes, and whom David photographs—the project crosses art-making rituals with isolated performances in domestic spaces and pastoral landscapes.

The women of Rebibbia. Walls of stories by Francesca Pompei

The women of Rebibbia. Walls of stories by Francesca Pompei

Dec 16, 2020

The common imagery of the prison life is fed by the photographic and cinematic depiction that nearly always represents the male population.

Urban landscapes; Footnote by Barbara van Schaik

Urban landscapes; Footnote by Barbara van Schaik

Dec 16, 2020

The Netherlands is the third most populous country in Europe (after Monaco and Vatican City). There is no escaping the literal and figurative footprint of mankind in the Dutch landscape.

The dance of the floating bodies; Dive by Camila Berrio

The dance of the floating bodies; Dive by Camila Berrio

Dec 14, 2020

Dive begins with the fascination of water. I have embarked on several trips in which looking for rivers, seas, and waterfalls becomes part of the routine.

The culture in socialist countries; Red Illuminates by Jialin Long

The culture in socialist countries; Red Illuminates by Jialin Long

Dec 14, 2020

Red Illuminates, is a multimedia work comprising still and moving images that explores the concept of culture in socialist countries and how loyalty to the state is cultivated.

What You Need to Know About Avant-Garde Photography

What You Need to Know About Avant-Garde Photography

Dec 11, 2020

Photography is slowly returning to the mainstream. The power of still images has been higher than ever before. Cameras are getting cheaper on one end of the spectrum, which makes them affordable and easily attainable.

Subway New York City 1975-1985 by Gerard Exupery

Subway New York City 1975-1985 by Gerard Exupery

Dec 11, 2020

There is probably no other shared experience that defines life in New York City like riding the subway. Over one-third of the city’s population commutes to work in the tubes every day

It is always light under the ground by Valentin Sidorenko

It is always light under the ground by Valentin Sidorenko

Dec 11, 2020

I close my eyes and I see how my mother would tuck me in bed when father had come back from work. He froze in the doorway and his face was red from blood.

As history repeats by Cassidy Best

As history repeats by Cassidy Best

Dec 10, 2020

This series is from my first official photo day-trip taken on June 22nd, 2020. It was a fragile summer that began with the deaths of unarmed African Americans at the hand of law enforcement, a scenario our country seems to be all too familiar with.

Himalayan Landslides – Nature’s Fury or Man-made Calamity by Sirsendu Gayen

Himalayan Landslides – Nature’s Fury or Man-made Calamity by Sirsendu Gayen

Dec 10, 2020

The Himalayas are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan plateau. This is also, by definition, the name of the vast mountain chain, which comprises the Himalayas, the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, and a number of small ranges ranging from the Pamir Knot.

Travel Photography; Parang La Trial by Kaushik Dolui

Travel Photography; Parang La Trial by Kaushik Dolui

Dec 9, 2020

Parang La Trial, famous for mountain features, colors, patterns and unique fossils. Participated in Sept’2005, almost fifteen years back.

Drawn into isolation – Lockdown diaries by Jai Thakur

Drawn into isolation – Lockdown diaries by Jai Thakur

Dec 9, 2020

As a part of my job responsibilities as an Analyst, I have been working on a few research white papers on "Risks and Impact of Coronavirus Globally in coming times".

SKREI – IL Viaggio by Valentina Tamborra

SKREI – IL Viaggio by Valentina Tamborra

Dec 8, 2020

Valentina Tamborra works and lives in Milan. Since the beginning attracted by the concept of borders: “maybe because my origins had to deal with a border, a limit a frontier.

Photographic portrait; Pet Project by Kathryn Mussallem

Photographic portrait; Pet Project by Kathryn Mussallem

Dec 8, 2020

Pet Project, is an ongoing photographic portrait project of strangers, taken in the tradition of Arbus, I enter into peoples lives and homes.

World Was in the Face of the Beloved by Eric Weeks

World Was in the Face of the Beloved by Eric Weeks

Dec 7, 2020

My photographs from the series World Was in the Face of the Beloved are about a character who is becoming one within the landscape.

A ti vuelvo by Johis Alarcón

A ti vuelvo by Johis Alarcón

Dec 7, 2020

The fear of losing them made me return: my land, my mother. we are a land that feels, land that cries, land that thinks, that suffers and regenerates

Covid era; We are building a new story by Diego Bardone

Covid era; We are building a new story by Diego Bardone

Dec 4, 2020

Diego Bardone, here, managed to tell us the sense of a historical moment characterized by an invisible enemy and the expected victory over it.

Chasing spirits in Old Mexico by Alec Jacobson

Chasing spirits in Old Mexico by Alec Jacobson

Dec 4, 2020

Four generations of his ancestors have distilled the smoky spirit from ripe maguey, or agave, toiling under the Oaxacan sun in southern Mexico to provide the fuel for festivals and family celebrations in the village of San Juan del Rio.

Unperspon; The new book by photographer Tim Franco

Unperspon; The new book by photographer Tim Franco

Dec 3, 2020

In George Orwell’s 1984, an unperson is someone who has been vaporized, whose record has been erased. Similarly, the North Korean defectors that Tim Franco chose to portray have decided to disappear, fleeing sometimes for ideological reasons and often out of despair.

Beautiful Creatures by Seigar

Beautiful Creatures by Seigar

Dec 2, 2020

This series shows eight ladies as beautiful creatures in a natural pool. This set belongs to the third part of the project entitled "1 2 3 No Hashtags" which fights against any type of discrimination and prejudice and aims for equality.

Aerial photos ; Collectives by Cássio Vasconcellos

Aerial photos ; Collectives by Cássio Vasconcellos

Dec 2, 2020

The observer is faced with large panels of aerial photos if seen from afar appear to be textures or geometric forms that if inspected closely, surprise the viewer with a richness of details that compose a daily urban lifestyle in consumption patterns.

Haenyeo; Grandma divers by Alain Schroeder

Haenyeo; Grandma divers by Alain Schroeder

Nov 27, 2020

South Korea, Jeju island, known for its characteristic basalt volcanic rock, sits off South Korea. It is the home of the renowned Haenyeo or women of the sea who free dive off the black shores of Jeju harvesting delicacies from the sea.

China; The great wall by Chiara Felmini

China; The great wall by Chiara Felmini

Nov 27, 2020

China is almost a continent and as such can offer extremes and opposites at the same time; the ancient and very distant culture can still be observed in remote villages, increasingly surrounded by the advancing and swallowing civilization.

Street photography; Stolen Portraits by Michele Punturieri

Street photography; Stolen Portraits by Michele Punturieri

Nov 26, 2020

Fleeting moments in life captured in the most classic street-photography style over a decade ranging from 2008 to 2018. All around Europe. From Lisbon to Edinburgh, passing through Dublin, Vienna, Amsterdam, Madrid and the London Soho.

River life along the banks of the Buriganga by Elena Molina

River life along the banks of the Buriganga by Elena Molina

Nov 26, 2020

No doubt that it was there, at Dhaka, when the spell began. My fascination kept growing and growing when roaming around the network of narrow winding streets in downtown.

South Sudan; Smoker women by Ana Maria Robles

South Sudan; Smoker women by Ana Maria Robles

Nov 25, 2020

These women smoke tobacco, an ancient custom that marks their ancestry, identity and tribal pride. Their attitude was strong. Fierce. They were active participants of every ceremony and the Leaders of the communities.

Palm oil production in the Central African Republic Gibi Peluffo

Palm oil production in the Central African Republic Gibi Peluffo

Nov 25, 2020

Today palm oil is seen as a substance to be avoided in food uses due to its high percentage of saturated fats, but in Africa this condiment is instead widely used and appreciated.

The human side of photography; Promenade by Carlo Traini

The human side of photography; Promenade by Carlo Traini

Nov 24, 2020

Promenade’s pictures are without a doubt part of the human side of photography. In Promenade, people are not merely treated as objects in a scene; conversely

Photographic research; Landscape Pieces by Silvia De Giorgi

Photographic research; Landscape Pieces by Silvia De Giorgi

Nov 24, 2020

These works are part of a wider photographic research that explores the impermanence of the natural surrounding and the fragility of our own presence in the land.

Metalworking; Eight hours by Enzo Crispino

Metalworking; Eight hours by Enzo Crispino

Nov 23, 2020

hese fifteen photos are part of a project with the same name composed of 85 images, which I realized in the small metalworking company where I have been working for 22 years as a turner on machine tools.

Descendants of Samurai Ryotaro Horiuchi

Descendants of Samurai Ryotaro Horiuchi

Nov 19, 2020

In the Soma region of Fukushima prefecture, there is a traditional Samurai festival called “Soma Nomaoi”, which is said to have continued for more than 1000 years.

Inside camera bag of Bruce Haswell

Inside camera bag of Bruce Haswell

Nov 19, 2020

My interest in photography began after leaving school and finding employment in a commercial photographic studio in Sydney and where I nurtured a growing interest in black and white imagery while relishing the work of such greats as Andre Kertesz,Walker Evans, Robert Frank and Lee Friedlander

An Effortless Way to Make the Most out of Your Photographs with Adobe Lightroom

An Effortless Way to Make the Most out of Your Photographs with Adobe Lightroom

Nov 19, 2020

Adobe Lightroom is now the golden standard of editing. Millions of photographers trust this program when it comes to post-processing photos. Amateurs and professionals equally.

Blurred by Anne-Claire Vimal du Monteil

Blurred by Anne-Claire Vimal du Monteil

Nov 18, 2020

Blur has a great importance in my photographic work. When a reflection appears, when distorting or transparent material interferes between me and my subject, I deeply enjoy seeing my subject's new appearance.

François Mitterrand by Diego Goldberg

François Mitterrand by Diego Goldberg

Nov 17, 2020

I lived in France from 1976 to 1980. While there I had been covering the Socialist Party and when François Mitterrand decided to be a candidate again for the presidential elections I wrote him a letter with a project to document his campaign from the inside, with total access to his private and political activities.

Theravada buddhist monastery by Steff Gruber

Theravada buddhist monastery by Steff Gruber

Nov 16, 2020

Theravada Buddhism has been the Cambodian state religion since the 13th century (except during the Khmer Rouge period).

Festivals of India ; Durga Puja amid Pandemic by Pritam Dutta

Festivals of India ; Durga Puja amid Pandemic by Pritam Dutta

Nov 10, 2020

Durga puja in West Bengal is one of the famous festivals of India which witness large public gathering every year. The year 2020 will be remembered for the curse of Corona Virus pandemic. More than 1.2 lakh people have already lost their life in this pandemic. India is among the worst impacted countries.

Photography and the space for male mental health

Photography and the space for male mental health

Nov 9, 2020

In the U.K., as in other countries around the world, society was very abruptly forced into a period of lockdown where all public buildings, businesses, offices, universities and schools were forced to close.

Har Ki Pauri, A holy place by Kaushik Dolui

Har Ki Pauri, A holy place by Kaushik Dolui

Nov 9, 2020

Har Ki Pauri, A holy place - Har Ki Pauri is situated on both sides of the Ganga river, at the foothills of the Shivalik ranges.

Golden Gate; The Bridge, Reconstructed by Michael Yuan

Golden Gate; The Bridge, Reconstructed by Michael Yuan

Nov 6, 2020

I wanted to challenge the perceptions of the Golden Gate Bridge. In solid red-orange and spanning 1.7 miles long, the Golden Gate Bridge is an icon of San Francisco.

The element of freedom by Alessio Giansante

The element of freedom by Alessio Giansante

Nov 5, 2020

The element of freedom is a series born from two thoughts that end up mixing with each other. Starting from the ideal of freedom that was denied us during the lockdown period.

Urban vegetation by Anne-Claire Vimal du Monteil

Urban vegetation by Anne-Claire Vimal du Monteil

Nov 5, 2020

Plastic experimentation pictures of Anne-Claire Vimal du Monteil explore the transformation of reality, its reinvention. Feeling and emotion take precedence over the precise representation of the subject.

Arctic village; Siorapaluk by Michel Camille

Arctic village; Siorapaluk by Michel Camille

Nov 4, 2020

Siorapaluk is the inhabited arctic village at the most northern part of Greenland, and of the planet. It is located on 78” lat. north and 1362km south from the North Pole.

With the burden of memory  by Artem Utrov

With the burden of memory  by Artem Utrov

Nov 4, 2020

It’s like the Second World War never ended in Russia – we all stuck in the past, with our scars and hunger, with our glory and with our fury.