Looking behind the sprawling construction sites and skyscrapers that graze Dubai’s skyline, Polly Tootal turns her lens on the people that built them, capturing the stark contrast between the labour camps they call home and the city’s glitzy buildings.
The Curonian Spit is a peninsula bordered by two shores: the Curonian Lagoon and the Baltic sea. In his tranquil, poetic images, Tadas Kazakevičius captures the powerful bond between the inhabitants of the Spit and the unique space around them.
Photographing the abandoned spaces of Tehran, Gohar Dashti explores the scars of war, memories of displacement and the eventual triumph of nature over man in this haunting reflection on the idea of ‘home’.
Anonymous faces come in and out of the shadows as if they were part of a game of hide and seek in this series of mysterious candids, evoking Matteo Didone’s experience of public detachment in Japanese society.
Constructing “ephemeral micro-states” and occupying them for 24 hours, Rubén Martín de Lucas questions the artificiality of borders and makes stark our fraught relationship with planet earth.
Documenting the tragic bond between the plight of refugees and the environmental crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Gabriele Cecconi presents a different perspective on the biggest challenges our society faces today.
By combining poetic prose and pre-existing photographs, this artist duo expands the possibilities for visualizing our emotions and memories through storytelling.
By photographing his family in the hotel he was raised in, this photographer constructs a complex emotional landscape that raises questions about our perception of home.
Fluid Forms: Oliva María Rubio’s Take on Art Photography
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Artistic Director Oliva María Rubio offers her thoughts on the shifting landscape of photography and its different forms, where passion and hard work are the only true constants.
Experimenting with Tradition: Publishing Insights From TBW Books
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TBW’s founder Paul Shiek and Program Director Lester Rosso discuss the importance of collaboration and maintaining a “punk ethos” in photobook publishing.
The Power of Collections: Learning From San Francisco’s Pier 24
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Precious insights from Chris McCall, the director of one of America’s preeminent photographic institutions—a unique, contemplative space unlike any other.
Started in a bid to come to terms with her own experience of hearing loss, Kate Disher-Quill’s project “Earshot” gives an intimate insight into the world of Deafness through a constellation of experimental portraits and personal stories.
In the wake of dangerous decisions surrounding abortion legislation and women’s rights, documentary photographer Olivia Harris discusses the necessity of nuance in one of the world’s most polarizing debates.
Using a collection of images from World War II, this new photobook toys with the history of the wirephoto, questioning our reliance on photographs as records of hard evidence.
Arabian Transfer: Iconic Architecture and Everyday Street Life
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21st Century urban life assumes new realities — on the streets and in the view of the rest of the world — in these six cities on the Arabian peninsula.
Working with local children, photographer Clémentine Schneidermann and stylist Charlotte James took to the streets of South Wales to create a colourful series of staged tableaux, using fashion as a tool to change perceptions of the region.
Enter the mysterious world of Maja Daniels’ “Elf Dalia,” a striking photobook about the town of Älvdalen, where an ancient form of Vikings’ Old Norse is still spoken today.
After abandoning portraiture for an entire year, Alec Soth returns to the genre with a new photobook, emphasizing the importance of collaboration while photographing his subjects.
After discovering a lost box of photos made by her grandfather in the 1930s, this photographer constructed new visual composites by integrating her own contemporary images, printing everything on traditional handmade Korean paper.
A vast retrospective at the Jeu de Paume maps out constellations of photographs by pioneer of colour photography Luigi Ghirri, whose thoughtful approach to photography provides ample lessons to live by in our age of distraction.
Berlin: The Venezuelan Exodus Through Colombia’s Highlands
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Fleeing the consequences of violence, poverty and persecution, millions of Venezuelans are taking on a treacherous mass exodus out of their home country in hopes of finding better jobs and freedom.
Drawing the curtain back on the spectacle of the hyper-masculine world of professional wrestling, Diego Saldiva follows the attempted comeback of the Brazilian ‘Gigantes do Ringue’.
Setting out to document the centuries-old tradition of bird-keeping in Turkey, this photography duo walked away with so much more. The resulting project is an intricate photobook that visualizes the relationship between love and possession.
Though only amounting to a small percentage of the Australia’s population, the Outback is an important and diverse segment that defines the character of the country. These portraits attempt to build a contemporary picture of Australian identity.
The memory of fireflies whirring around a tree at his old family house sparked the beginning of Anupam Diwan’s nighttime odyssey around his new hometown of Dhaka, in search of fragments of his childhood.
With a series of “dance hall” portraits, this photographer tells the stories of Russians in Berlin who still feel a strong connection to their native roots.
Troubled by the persistent gun debate in contemporary American culture, this photographer creates tintype portraits of gun enthusiasts who then use their own portraits for target practice.
By combining photographs of frantic gestures and disparaged landscapes, Mimi Plumb’s “Landfall” is a timely investigation into the persistent discomfort of our self-destructive society.
An ancient fishing tradition on the island of Jeju endures today, continued by the Haenyeo women or the ‘women of the sea’—a group of free-divers all over the age of 50.
In the Republic of the Congo, stylish individuals piece together vibrant and sophisticated outfits that function as a form of colonial resistance, social activism and peaceful protest.
The Sound of the Seen: Morgan Aschom’s “What the Living Carry”
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Through exhibitions and an accompanying photobook, this artist tells the story of Hoys Fork, an imagined American town full of rich and memorable characters.
As our society continues to misrepresent and underestimate individuals with Down syndrome, this photographer brings light to their individuality and frustration through portraiture.
Curious about the man behind the myth, Daria Garnik set off in search of her childhood hero Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, journeying to Gagarin—the town that keeps his memory burning brightly.
Redefining Street Photography with Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb
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Photography duo Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb offer insight into the evolution of their practice, and why the genre of street photography isn’t so easy to define.
In this photobook, the stories of two solitary women effortlessly blend together to form a visual commentary on the relationship between capitalism, the environment and misogyny.
Drawn to the promise of iron ore hidden deep in the jungle, corrupt government officials and international investors are adversely affecting the lives of fishermen in South Cameroon.
