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PIERFRANCESCO CELADA / The Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka Megalopolis, also called the Taiheiyo Belt, is a unique example of urban agglomeration, with an estimated 80 million people living within the area. During a brief visit to Japan in 2009, Celada was fascinated by the isolation and loneliness he felt in the streets. As a foreigner traveling in an alien environment, language and cultural differences augmented the temporal distance between himself and the locals. While observing people, it was clear to Celada that even the indigenous inhabitants were not able to interact successfully with each other. “It is only possible to imagine the number of interactions that a person can have with other individuals in a single day. Despite this incredibly high number of chances to interact with people, it seems that society is moving in the opposite direction,” he says. Celada returned to Japan in 2010 to better visualize his concept. “The purpose of this investigation was to create awareness and highlight the problems that modernization and the rapid changes in the environment create in our lives. Is it still important to be, or feel, part of a group? Do we feel part of the environment? Are we alone in the crowd?” As part of his Ideastap award—in conjunction with Magnum Photos—Celada was flown to New York to work with Magnum in Motion to realize his project as a multimedia piece. Providing feedback each day, producers at Magnum worked with Celada to fine tune his vision. Lightbox presents the final result of that working process here.
KIRK CRIPPENS / «I’ve just posted a gallery of images from a new project, a work in progress titled ROOM. My adventure with this series began in 2010 with an email from Michael Jang that read, “I know you shoot change…” Michael asked if I’d continue a body of work he’d begun ten years before in Hunters Point. He started describing the growing pains San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood has been experiencing. For decades the community remained largely undisturbed by the developer’s transforming touch. Today a vast wave of construction just north of Bayview churns closer each month. The Third Street Light Rail Project, or T Line, began full operation in 2007 and now MUNI trains run up and down the heart of the neighborhood. The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, which was the economic engine of the community before being decommissioned in the 1970s, is now a major redevelopment site; the project promises to convert over 700 acres of waterfront property into residential and commercial real estate. Spanning a decade, ROOM observes a neighborhood poised for dramatic shift. It explores the acres of open space slated for development and the rooms of the people who have lived their lives in Bayview-Hunters Point.»
NEWSPACE / Newspace Center for Photography is an educational and cultural nonprofit that is dedicated to promoting photographic education and appreciation to the public as well as providing a space and building a community where photo enthusiasts can learn, create, discuss and show their work.Through a full roster of course offerings, gallery exhibits, digital lab, darkroom and lighting studio access, artists’ lectures, portfolio reviews, and more, Newspace makes a wide spectrum of enriching photographic opportunities available to the Portland/Vancouver community.
SIMONE BARBIERI / Italian photographer suggested us his portfolio. On his website and flickr find a wide range of landscape and vernacular shots as much as daily visual notes from his surronding.