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Winter Surreal Fantasy by Gao Shang – Photography Inspired by Snow and Memory

Feb 17, 2026

I grew up in Harbin, a city in northeastern China, and it has shaped my earliest and deepest understanding of winter. Whenever snow arrives, I step into it. For me, snow is both a playground and a laboratory. Over the years, I have consistently used art to document my hometown and my favorite season.

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Mist as Memory by Frank Verreyken: Visual Reflections on Fascist Architecture

Feb 17, 2026

This series of thirteen photographs engages with the Valley of Cuelgamuros not as a static historical site, but as an unstable field of memory, power, and unresolved trauma. Shrouded in mist, stripped of spectacle, and rendered with sober visual restraint, the images appear at first glance almost indifferent—monumental architecture reduced to grey mass, form hovering between presence and disappearance.

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Two and a Half, Relic by Gao Yutao – From Sacred Icons to Contemporary Images

Feb 17, 2026

The original images in the photographs were sourced from old postcards purchased by Gao Yutao at second-hand markets in Germany. These postcards depict sacred relics housed in Aachen Cathedral, each bearing a long history stretching back through the ages.

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The Ruins of Lost Souls by Fion Hung-Ching Yan – Collage, AI, and Marginalized Bodies

Feb 17, 2026

The Ruins of Lost Souls is a series of black-and-white collage images that involves the use of generative AI technology to produce surreal details. It is inspired by research into traditional taboos, body discrimination, and the bullying of marginalized people explored in Hung’s previous series, The Skeletons in the Closet.

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Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary by Jean-Pierre Daunis – Between Reality and Abstraction

Feb 16, 2026

Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary… Street scenes are Jean-Pierre Daunis’s main source of inspiration, which he photographs in an instinctive way. He allows himself to be guided by his sensitivity in an attempt to render everyday life more aesthetic.

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Free Flight by Li Wei – Performance, Risk, and Freedom Beyond the Body

Feb 16, 2026

My artistic practice uses high-altitude technologies as a medium to allow the physical body to break free from the shackles of gravity and achieve free flight in the air. This is not merely a visual expression, but a concrete exploration and philosophical response to the cultural concept of transhumanist art in the intelligent age.

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Las Vegas by Michael Ruggiero – A Lifelong Photographic Portrait of a Changing City

Feb 16, 2026

Las Vegas is a lifelong project rooted in my childhood memories. In the early 1960s, my parents regularly drove seven hours from San Diego through the Mojave Desert to spend weekends in the downtown casino district off Fremont Street, long before corporate redevelopment reshaped the area.

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Columbus Drive by Pam Connolly – Reconstructing Family History Through Image and Thread

Feb 16, 2026

Columbus Drive uses photography and weaving techniques to literally reweave stories about childhood in suburban New Jersey during the 1960s and 1970s. Using her archive of family snapshots, the artist reprints the photographs digitally on canvas and slices them into strips.

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From Leica I to Leica M4: How Leica Shaped the Language of Street Photography

Feb 16, 2026

From the Leica I of 1925 to the Leica M4 of 1967, Leica cameras progressively removed technical barriers between the photographer and the street, transforming photography into a fluid, observational practice. This evolution did not simply produce new models; it helped establish the working method and visual language that still define street photography today.

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Brickmakers of Fianarantsoa by Pierrot Men: Tender Photographs of Workers in the Shadows

Feb 13, 2026

As much as he can, he tries to bring his lens closer to what makes up the essential yet often invisible pieces of the rural puzzle. On the outskirts of Fianarantsoa, at dawn, brickmakers are already at work, before the heat becomes overwhelming.

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Between Then and Now – Patricia McElroy on Aging, Memory, and the Search for Home

Feb 13, 2026

The complexities of aging—and the quiet, sustained labor of caregiving—often unfold beyond public view. These experiences are deeply human, yet they rarely linger in the spaces where we are invited to look closely.

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Abandoned Villages of Hong Kong by Stefan Irvine: The Stories Behind Hong Kong’s Abandoned Homes

Feb 13, 2026

Stefan Irvine’s photo book, Abandoned Villages of Hong Kong (瓦落叢生), published by Blue Lotus Editions, is an invitation to explore the forgotten corners of this vibrant city and to discover the haunting beauty hidden within its parks and islands.

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In the Shadow of Neon by Ties van Brussel: Exploring Japan’s Nighttime Streets

Feb 13, 2026

Moving through Japanese cities after dark reveals a landscape shaped as much by absence as by illumination. In In the Shadow of Neon, light fragments the urban environment, while darkness invites speculation about what remains unseen.

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The Koan: Alejandra Nowiczewski’s Photographic Dialogue with Zen Buddhism

Feb 12, 2026

“The koan is intended to synthesize or transcend the dualism of the senses. It is to be nourished in those unknown recesses of the mind which lie beyond the threshold of the relatively constructed consciousness, and where no logical analysis can ever reach. Its objective is the arousing of doubt and pushing it to its furthest limits.”

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Among the Thousand Colors of Naples: Francesco Mercadante’s Chromatic Vision

Feb 12, 2026

Ten years after the passing of Pino Daniele, Naples continues to vibrate on the frequencies of his “music of feeling.” From this lingering echo emerges the photographic series Among the Thousand Colors of Naples, a project that abandons the rigor of documentary realism to embrace a dreamlike, almost Impressionist dimension of the city.

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The Real Mumbaikars by Ulka Chauhan: Faces, Streets, and Everyday Life in Mumbai

Feb 12, 2026

A sprawling, chaotic city of contradictions, often defined by the height of its skyscrapers or the glamour of its film industry. Yet, for those who truly know its rhythm, the real Mumbai is not found in the air-conditioned boardrooms of Nariman Point or the redeveloped residences of its suburbs.

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Kyrylo Pecherik on Documentary Photography, Presence, and Life Shaped by War

Feb 12, 2026

Kyrylo Pecherik is one of the featured authors of Issue 35 of Dodho Magazine. Born in Odesa, Ukraine, he began photographing everyday life during his school years, later working as a photo correspondent for regional newsrooms across the country. Since 2022, his work has continued to focus on documenting people and situations shaped by the war.

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The Refuge by Cyrus Cornut: An Urban and Natural Exploration of Montpellier

Feb 11, 2026

This work is the result of an artistic residency commissioned by the Transit photography collective, with a creative grant from the city of Montpellier, France. A residency is a process of research. The aim was to focus on the city of Montpellier and its rapidly changing urban space.

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In the Beginning: Leslie Gleim and the Living Process of Volcanic Land

Feb 11, 2026

In the Beginning…After moving from Ohio to Hawaiʻi in 2007, I began rethinking the origin of land itself, imagining a time when it existed in a fluid, molten state, shaped through volcanic evolution and continual transformation.

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Retrato en Voz Alta: Allan Fis and Twenty Years of Portraits of Mexican Contemporary Art

Feb 11, 2026

Retrato en Voz Alta is a two-volume photographic project by Allan Fis that documents more than twenty years of Mexican contemporary art through intimate, long-term portraits of its most influential artists, bridging historical masters and contemporary voices in a unique visual archive.

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Three Lost Years by Yelena Zhavoronkova, A Visual Response to the Pandemic

Feb 11, 2026

Waiting—long, tiresome months and years of waiting—for the news, for the vaccines, for any break in the narrative, for good developments, for positive change, for our lives and everyone else’s, and simply looking outward.

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What Is Street Photography? History, Ethics and Contemporary Street Photography Today

Feb 11, 2026

What is street photography? Street photography is the practice of capturing spontaneous moments of everyday life in public spaces. This guide explains the definition of street photography, its history, key characteristics, ethical considerations, and contemporary techniques, along with curated street photography projects from around the world.

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10 ways of seeing Japan from within and from outside

Feb 11, 2026

10 photographers offer layered and personal readings of Japan, exploring history, ritual, modernity, memory, and spirituality to reveal a country shaped by coexistence rather than contradiction.

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65 MPH by Marsha Guggenheim, A Photographic Journey Through Memory

Feb 10, 2026

Using Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)—a photographic approach that combines a slow shutter speed with deliberate camera motion—65 MPH is a body of work created while traveling as a passenger through California’s San Joaquin Valley.

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Michael Rababy Documents American Gambling Culture in Casinoland : Tired of Winning

Feb 10, 2026

CASINOLAND – Tired of Winning is the result of a thirty-year-long photography project in which Michael Rababy documents American gambling culture. Rows of shrill slot machines, glowing billboards, and gaudy splendor appear alongside exhausted faces, weary expressions, and lost games.

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Silent Farewells: Suicide Among the Elderly by Oded Wagenstein

Feb 10, 2026

In many countries, suicide rates among the elderly are disproportionately high, yet older adults are often excluded from discussions on mental health and suicide prevention. However, for the families and loved ones left behind, each suicide leaves broken hearts and unanswered questions.

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Normandy Then and Now: D-Day Landscapes Through the Lens of Paolo Ameli

Feb 10, 2026

In the annals of history, there are moments that define not just a generation but an entire era. June 6, 1944, forever etched into the collective memory as D-Day, was one such moment. The beaches of Normandy bore witness to a pivotal chapter in the history of humanity.

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10 photographers and 10 ways of photographing New York

Feb 10, 2026

10 photographers present ten different ways of photographing New York, moving beyond its iconic imagery to explore the city through lived experience, method, and long-term visual engagement.

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Kseniia Melanina on Capturing Strength and Vulnerability Through the Body

Feb 9, 2026

Kseniia Melanina is one of the featured artists in Issue 35 of Dodho Magazine. Her work develops through a progressive and conscious relationship with photography, understood not only as a technique but as a way of seeing and thinking about the world.

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Epiphany by Giannis Angelakis: Capturing Theophania in Chania’s Old Harbor

Feb 9, 2026

The term epiphany originally referred to a moment of divine insight—a sudden, luminous break in the ordinary fabric of existence through which something transcendent becomes visible. Over time, its secular usage gained prominence, particularly through the works of Irish novelist James Joyce.

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Through the Ice by Laurie Swope: A Photographic Study of Cold Water Plunging

Feb 9, 2026

The small swimming hole varies in size from about six to ten feet wide throughout the winter, depending on the enthusiasm of the cold-water plungers chipping away at the ice each day. Yet the range of human experience within this small area is remarkable.

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Florida Boys by Josh Aronson: Reimagining Masculinity Through Landscape

Feb 9, 2026

Florida Boys, an ongoing photographic project by Josh Aronson, examines how the American landscape participates in the formation of identity, particularly masculinity, belonging, and coming of age in the contemporary South.

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Midlife: Elinor Carucci on Aging, Identity, and Womanhood

Feb 6, 2026

In Midlife, Carucci confronts the realities of aging and transition. Over seven years, she turned the camera on herself and her family to explore common themes of physical change, identity, and mortality, particularly from the perspective of womanhood in midlife.

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Central Park – Zeckendorf Project by Cynthia Karalla: When Landscape Becomes Perception

Feb 6, 2026

For more than three decades, my photographic practice has been shaped by a persistent desire to test the limits of the medium. In the late 1990s, I engaged deeply with emerging digital technologies, pushing and exhausting all the possibilities the digital world could offer.

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Clark James Mishler Interview: Life, Work, and Long-Term Documentary Stories

Feb 6, 2026

Clark James is one of the featured authors of Issue 35 of Dodho Magazine. His work is rooted in a documentary tradition based on time, proximity, and sustained observation, where photography becomes a tool for understanding people through their environment, their work, and their shared rituals.

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Plan 75: Aging, Ethics, and the Fear of Becoming Useless by Giuseppe Satriani

Feb 6, 2026

A few months ago, on a lonely night in Madrid, after spending the entire day patiently and persistently trying to convince a group of executives at a multinational tech company of the need to link process improvement to business goals, I locked myself inside a movie theater.

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Vladimir Antaki’s The Guardians: Artisans, Memory, and Urban Identity

Feb 5, 2026

In his photographic series The Guardians, Antaki presents profound and intimate portraits of artisans and shopkeepers, whom he sees as custodians of unique “urban temples.” These modest spaces—shops, market stalls, and workshops—exist far from conventional landmarks, yet they embody the authentic cultural fabric of their communities.

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Eclectic by Alexandro Pelaez: Film Photography Between Reality and Abstraction

Feb 5, 2026

Eclectic is a ten-year series of double-exposure photographs depicting street environments from different cities, as well as countryside and beaches around the world. Each location reveals its own personality, whether marked by liveliness or calm, through its colors and the elements that make it unique.

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Bombay Beach: Bram Coppens Documents a Ghost Town Turned Bohemian Refuge

Feb 5, 2026

Bombay Beach was once a popular getaway for beachgoers until the 1980s, when the draining of the Salton Sea and rising salinity destroyed the lake’s ecosystem and drove businesses and private landowners out of the area, rendering Bombay Beach a ghost town. Despite this, by 2018 it was experiencing a kind of rebirth, with an influx of artists, intellectuals, and hipsters who transformed it into a bohemian playground.

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Drought in Daraa by Amadeusz Świerk: How War and Climate Change Devastated Southern Syria

Feb 5, 2026

Drought in Daraa. After years of war, climate change threatens southern Syria’s breadbasket. The Daraa region was once among the most fertile and greenest areas in Syria. For centuries, its fields and orchards supplied vegetables, fruit, and meat to the country’s markets and for export.

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Five photographers offering a personal reading of Russia

Feb 5, 2026

Five photographers present personal and intimate readings of Russia, exploring power, memory, everyday life, landscape, and history to reveal a country shaped by contradiction, vulnerability, and lived experience.

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PhotoVogue Festival Returns with “Women by Women” for its 10th Edition

Feb 5, 2026

The 10th edition of the PhotoVogue Festival, titled Women by Women, brings together exhibitions and conversations in Milan that foreground women’s perspectives in contemporary photography, exploring self-representation, identity, and the power of the gaze through images created by women themselves.

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The Outside of the Inside by Martina Holmberg: Portraits of Presence and Vulnerability

Feb 4, 2026

The Outside of the Inside is an ongoing portrait project that explores how inner experience becomes visible on the surface of the face and body. Through a series of carefully composed portraits, the work examines presence, vulnerability, and the complexity of being seen.

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Qingjun Huang’s The Stuffs of Live Streamers

Feb 4, 2026

My work series, The Stuffs of Live Streamers, features nine live streamers in China from the post-pandemic period of 2021, a time when outdoor travel and activities were still heavily restricted. The pandemic dramatically changed people’s lifestyles over the previous two years.

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American Bodegónes by Liz Obert: The Modern Western Diet Through Still Life

Feb 4, 2026

This body of work reflects on mortality, the human condition, and our culture’s obsession with materialism. Through imagery inspired by Dutch and Spanish painting, it expresses the transience of our existence by exploring our shared relationship with food.

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Silences by MG Vander Elst: Tracing Generational Trauma Through Images

Feb 4, 2026

It began with a name I did not recognize, scribbled inside a book that once belonged to my grandfather. The book had traveled with me for over thirty years, unopened and untouched.

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Five photographers expanding the limits of street photography

Feb 4, 2026

Five photographers rethink street photography through patience, light, personal history, and sustained engagement, expanding the genre beyond the decisive moment into a broader, more reflective practice.

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How Photographers Learned to Look: Ethics, Power and Myth in the History of Photography

Feb 4, 2026

Photography has never been a neutral window onto reality. This article explores how key photographers learned to look, revealing how ethics, power, and myth shaped the history of photography through decisions about framing, distance, truth, and responsibility.

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