PHOTOTALK WITH WOUTER VAN DE VOORDE
BY TALIA SMITH1. I have been following your practice for a while now and have admired your approach to photography but as I read you actually originally studied painting. Tell me about your journey to...
View ArticlePHOTOTALK WITH STEFANO MARCHIONINI
BY FRANCESCA ORSI1. The title ‘I see around me tombstones grey’ is a literary quotation. How has the Victorian literature of Emily Brontë influenced the whole project? I became interested in the work...
View ArticlePHOTOTALK WITH HELEEN PEETERS
BY SANNE KABALT1. Tell us about your approach to photography. How did it all start? What made you become a photographer? In high school I participated in the school’s photo club. Every Wednesday...
View ArticlePTP #2: NG SAI KIT tags LAI LON HIN
BY SHEUNG YIUTo Ng Sai Kit (吳世傑), ‘city’ is a museum of never ending images. He carefully selects the scenes, captures them on negatives and gives the images a new meaning and a new home. In his...
View ArticleA WAY OF LIFE
SWEDISH PHOTOGRAPHY FROM CHRISTER STRÖMHOLM UNTIL TODAYby Anna Tellgren“… for me, working with photographic images is A WAY OF LIFE. When I think of it, and when I look carefully at my images, ALL of...
View ArticlePHOTOTALK WITH MICHAEL BACH
BY STEVE BISSON1. Tell us about your approach to photography. How it all started? What are your memories of your first shots? How did your research evolve with respect to those early days? 1. My...
View ArticleJOHN STEZAKER: COLLAGE!
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam24.01.2015 - 24.05.2015Following the presentations of Christian Boltanski, Alfredo Jaar and David Claerbout, the Nederlands Fotomuseum will again open the new year with...
View ArticleEDMUND CLARK IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MAJEED
Flowers Gallery, London27.02.2015 - 04.04.2015The Mountains of Majeed is a reflection on the end of ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ in Afghanistan through photography, found imagery and Taliban poetry....
View ArticlePHOTOTALK WITH GERT VERBELEN
BY SYLVIE DE WEZE1. Do you remember your first photograph? Describe that picture?My older brother usually took the family and holiday pictures. I hated it when it was my turn to tell everybody ‘say...
View ArticleWIKTORIA WOJCIECHOWSKA 'Own Place'Text by Krzysztof...
WIKTORIA WOJCIECHOWSKA 'Own Place'Text by Krzysztof Sienkiewicz«Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.»– writes Robert Frost in his famous poem “The Death of the...
View ArticlePHOTOTALK WITH PAUL BOGAERS
BY SANNE KABALT1. On your website I found the following words: ‘To Bogaers, a photo is not an end, only a means. It is not an endpoint either.’ For what reason do you work with photography?Ah, Sanne,...
View ArticleHEIDI ROMANO AND PHOTOBOOK MELBOURNE
BY STEVE BISSON 1. Heidi, I learned about your passion and talent for photography through our chats and ‘Unless You Will’, your much appreciatedonline magazine. I never expected to see you also...
View ArticlePHOTOTALKS: REN HANG & LI LANG
BY SHEUNG YIU© Visitors looking at the work of Li Lang at Blindspot Gallery‘Don’t expect a long answer from Ren Hang’ the Gallery Manager told me. This came as no surprise to me. I have read his...
View ArticleLIEVEN HERREMAN: ‘DÉESSES FRAGILES’A book review by Dieter...
LIEVEN HERREMAN: ‘DÉESSES FRAGILES’A book review by Dieter Debruyne ‘Déesses Fragiles’ is the second book by photographer Lieven Herreman. It is a luxurious edition, with a cover that has a peach-like...
View ArticleINTRODUCING 15 PORN STATIONS BY PIETRO MILLENOTTI
BY STEVE BISSONI would quickly skip the more foregone reflections on the series ‘15 Porn Stations’ by Pietro Millenotti. Starting from the etymology of the word pornography, from the greek ‘drawing...
View ArticlePHOTOTALK WITH DAVID POLLOCK
BY STEVE BISSON1. Dear David, we know each other for some time. Your contribution to the activity of Urbanautica has been precious over these years. I was lucky enough to see you working as a...
View ArticleA REVIEW OF 'LATE SPRING' BY DEBBY HUYSMANS
BY PETER WATERSCHOOTA relevant project is always a good basis for photo book making. In ‘Late Spring’ Debby Huysmans documents a reclusive region while looking for the stories this region might have to...
View ArticlePHOTOTALK WITH ŁUKASZ BIEDERMAN
BY KRZYSZTOF SIENKIEWICZ1. Tell us about your approach to photography. How it all started? What are your memories of your first shots? My interest in photography started when I was at the university....
View ArticleREVIEW OF THE BOOK 'SECRETS' BY NATALYA REZNIK
BY STEVE BISSONI have been in a dialogue with photographer and art historian Natalya Reznik for some years now. I am grateful for her editorial contributions that have increased my interest in the...
View ArticleA REVIEW OF THE BOOK 'IN STILL AIR' BY DANA STÖLZGEN
BY PETER WATERSCHOOT«Dear Dana,There’s no such thing as coincidence. During the period I was pondering on what precisely to write about this little jewel (your book ‘in still Air’) I was reading...
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