The Suri tribe in the Northern Omo valley of Ethiopia, for example, use the paints for camouflage, tribal rituals or ceremonies and also now to show travellers. The tribes in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and along the Sepik river adorn themselves with paint for ‘Sing Sings’,
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UN Senior Expert on Human Rights in Transnistrian region Thomas Hammarberg believes that the problem of domestic violence shouldn’t be hidden.Moreover, the state should actively participate in solving the problem. ‘A law on domestic violence had been drafted and is under review.
After graduating from university in my home town, I moved to St. Petersburg. Like many new arrivals, I needed to rent a place stay. Since I usually rented rooms in shared apartments, the fate of staying in a communal apartment did not pass me by.
Photo Basel – Switzerland’s first art fair dedicated to photography returns for its fourth edition to the newly renovated Volkshaus Basel on June 12 – 17, 2018 – parallel to Art Basel.
How to photograph music? That was the first question I asked myself before I started to work on this series. I never was so much of a dance enthousiast but I have always been intrigued and attracted by classic dancers.
Three years ago, I started my journey traveling through towns and cities across the state of Pennsylvania to make photographs for my project America in a Trance.
Riga - From 7 May to 7 June International Festival Riga Photomonth 2018 will take place in Riga, offering 8 exhibitions and more than 20 events on the thematic scope New Chic.
It is not a story, not a reportage with a precise plot, but a collection of shots chosen not on aesthetic bases but based on a more intimate experience related to the moments represented.
An intimate notebook of documentary work undertaken in Romania, exploring the country’s landscape and integral connections Romanians have with nature.
I already have a good opinion of Dodho Magazine for the web, but I have to say that the printed version is really really beautiful. It is a very elegant magazine and always full of good contents.
It explores the mission of orbiter “Rosetta," which set out in 2004 to investigate a comet named 67P. Rosetta reached the comet 10 years later, in 2014, and sent back detailed information about the comet before ending its mission by hitting the comet's surface in a controlled maneuver.
Air rescuers of the 15th Stormo are a special and exclusive Italian Air Force unit: just a little over 200 have been trained in the last 50 years. The department is operative 24/7, with intervention times ranging between 30 and 120 minutes.
Street photography can be fascinating. I think it's because we are naturally nosy. We want to stare, to absorb the details and imagine the facts. In real time, on the street, we only get a glimpse of passing strangers.
Nice (April 6 - June 16. 2018) The Gallery Espace A Vendre, based in Nice, is pleased to announce the first exhibition of the artist Éric Bourret. For this solo show, the artist has been invited to fill the brownfield site called Le Château, the largest wing of the Gallery.
This project narrate my search for belonging and describe my evolution as a photographer, conducted over the last three years, in which I lived as a stranger or “migrant” in a foreign land
The Neamţ monastery, which has its roots to the 12th century, is regarded as the Jerusalem of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Driven by Esteban the great in the 15th century, the monastery precinct dedicated to the Ascension of Christ
The series In Vacuo is a result of my ongoing study of mundane objects, their evocative potential and architectural affordances. In "In Vacuo" I worked with spare parts of household appliances.
What’s hidden behind appearances, behind clothes or even behind that skin? It’s the skin as an envelope, an interface that made me wonder and naturally brought me to the psychoanalytic concept of «Moi--Peau».
Berlin (26 Apr – 26 Aug 2018) When Inge Morath met the war photographer Robert Capa at the photo agency Magnum in Paris in July 1949, the life of the 26-year-old Austrian journalist took a new turn.
First of all, Tatsiana’s works in the direction of artistic portrait photography. In the author's works, there are a lot of features of magical realism, such as directions in literature and art that was born in the 1920s and developed by the 1940s.
Design is the first signal of human intention. Architectural design is a prime example of tangible and intangible connections between matter and spirit. The title of the series is a reference to Arthur Koestler’s seminal book and his concept of holons
Saskia Boelsums is a Dutch photographer and her Netherlandish heritage clearly shines through her work.
All of the photographs of landscapes or still life uncover the connection with the 17th century masters of the genre. The dark tones, baroque-like contrasts and clarity of the detail is stunning, as Boelsums’ photographs balance between the real and surreal.
Inspired by the Caravaggio's dramatic 'chiaroscuro' style of light and shadow, was based on "a whole set of techniques that are the basis of photography", I tried to recreate the feel of classic still lifes in my pictures.
How do you make sense of death? One minute they are here, living, talking and breathing, the next moment they are not. “Death,” said Emily Dickinson “is a dialogue between the spirit and the dust.”
London (28 Mar – 11 May 2018) Hamiltons presents a selection of exceptional and rarely seen Robert Frank prints, including pictures from Frank’s seminal visit in 1953 to a coal-mining village in Wales, along with a selection of prints from his sojourns in London, Paris and America taken during the 1950s and early 60s.
Paris (8 Mar – 15 Nov 2018) We can tell from a facial expression the work someone does or does not do, if they are happy or troubled, for life leaves its trail there unavoidably. A well-known poem says that every person’s story is written plainly on their face, although not everyone can read it.
The Shakespearean character of Ophelia is immensely complex, and unlike other characters, reveals social dynamics that describe the underlying reality of an entire era. At no time does this fragile adolescent set out to follow her own will
2018 marks the 20t h anniversary of the signing of Northern Ireland’s peace accord which is referred to by some as the Belfast Agreement, and by others as the Good Friday Agreement . It also marks the commencement of Britain’s exit from the European Union,with Northern Ireland providing Britain with its only land border into the rest of Europe.
This is a country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south. It declared its independence with the same borders as the former Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova in 1991, as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
"how was your day?" collects scenes from kindergarten life of children. With this project I show parents what their kids do when they aren't around. I tried to create imaginary space for parents to observe kids and their daily life in an unmonitorred space the kindergarten is.
Stockholm (12 Apr – 15 Apr 2018) Centered around a group exhibition, Haute Photographie Stockholm presents an array of artists ranging from the grand masters of photography to the most exciting names working with the medium today – with all artworks being available for purchase.
In 2008 he spent 6 months working in a restaurant then in a library. He was saving money to buy his first Leica camera. These photos are from the following 2 years of making photography on the streets of a few French cities including Paris, Toulouse and his hometown Lille.
But the Georgia, uniquely situated on the map of world between Asia and Europe, has undergone many changes in recent years and is now in a period of strong growth, especially as regards tourism.
The kind of photography i've been dealing with is experimental black and white photography and in particular “the possibilities of deformation of the human body”.
In this stagnant space, in this gap between eras, Greek landscapes look bizarre, cut off the real world, pending for their unknown fate, as a visualization of the inner state of their inhabitants. The horizon is hidden, preventing us to see what's yet to come.
Leah and Chloe are Identical twins, born in 2005. Born 3 months premature, weighing just 2lb 4oz. The girls have grown into strong independent young ladies. They love school, with Maths, P.E and Drama being their favourite subjects.
Two decades after Nelson Mandela was elected, and after the much lauded peace and reconciliation process, racial tension in South Africa is still a major issue. Many believe that the country has become more divided as the economy
The perspective of discovering new countries and cultures was the main aspiration of this project. Drawn to capture black and white landscapes, it inspired me to communicate the dependent and integral relationship humans have with nature.
My biggest source of inspiration is nature and fantasy books. I´m a big fan of Tolkien and his stories. I like to create my world of fantasy. In my photos I show world as a beautiful and magical place.
The Berlin Ku'Damm is the most prominent shopping street in Berlin. Normally the street is filled with people looking for the newest dresses or Cellphones.But when the sun leaves the scene, another characteristic is visible. Almost like a blurry dream, the series displays another side of the street.
Jerusalem is a city of three religions, The Wailing Wall is a sacred place for all Jewish people. A pilgrimage to Mecca is the obligation of every Muslim. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is visited by Christians, while Hindus have Varanasi- known as Benares.
In the last decades, the landscapes of the Arab Gulf region have undergone a mutation driven by increased income from the oil, globalization and mass tourism.
Le Corbier is a village planned in 1938 but built in December 1967. It is is an alpine winter sports resort situated in France, in the département of the Savoy. The concept of this village is to protect the safety of pedestrians and skiers
Light Landscape presents a series of photographic works by Francesco Candeloro in which the "landscape" is the protagonist: visions which are pure and silent thanks to the lack of any human figure in them
Dodho Magazine is an excellent publication where we can be always updates in quality contemporary photography art. Life in Color 2017 is a fabulous book with high quality print with awesome images witch everyone who loves photography must have.
Horten (18 Mar – 2 Sep 2018) Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903-1993) belongs to the generation of female photographers who took advantage of a wind of artistic freedom to unfold after the revolution in 1910 to 20 in Mexico.
A few years ago I suffered from a burn-out, this made my world become smaller and smaller. Protecting myself from the many outside impulses. It became a lonely bubble, turning personally inwards.
I have no problems to say that since three years I am attending a mental health center, as patient, where every week I meet wonderful people. They are patients too. And they are teaching me to observe the world around me in different way.
