With 35 heart-breaking and riveting photographs, and his own personal account of 18 months on rescue ships, photojournalist Jason Florio provides an unforgettable up-close look at hundreds of African migrants at sea, risking everything for a chance to surviv
In the humid climate of Côte d’Ivoire, artist Cédric Kouamé embraces the natural damage done to historical photographs by repurposing them into new works of art.
Moody, cinematic, timeless — these black and white photos of New York evoke another era and a noirish sensibility, but they were all made within the past two years.
Focusing on gestures and intimate moments in varying personal contexts, András Ladocsi addresses the multiple personalities we learn to embody as individuals.
Pixy Liao started using her boyfriend as a “prop” in her photos, but that evolved into an ongoing 12-year project documenting their unconventional relationship, resulting in some eye-opening images.
The Outer Hebrides – the remote western Islands of Scotland are the settings for 36 real-life stories of everyday life, hopes, dreams and setbacks for the young adults who love the rich ancient culture that has nurtured them since childhood.
By framing inanimate scientific tools as the protagonists in her work, Kata Geibl highlights how we rely on lifeless objects to reveal secrets about human nature.
Rejecting offensive stereotypes related to piracy and terrorism, this project collaborates with the people of Somaliland to show off their vibrant visual culture, fashion and architecture.
Creating temporary collages with his family archive, photographer Jerry Takigawa confronts his family’s generational experiences with racism in America.
Tracing the footsteps of century-old survey photographers, The Mountain Legacy Project uses contemporary imagery to document critical changes in Canada’s landscape.
By creating his own archive of a fabricated space mission, artist Nicolas Polli encourages us to re-evaluate our acceptance of photography as scientific evidence.
Embracing the limitations of photography’s ability to depict the divine, Kenta Nakamura playfully reimagines what traditional stories look like when photographed.
Manipulating candid images with slices of blinding light, photographer Amy Friend explores the possibilities of parallel universes revealed through photography.
By altering the original state of his family photographs, Antonio Pulgarin creates dynamic collages that act as the visual representation of his lifelong tension with machismo in Latin American culture.
Edgar Martins uses the social context of incarceration to explore ideas of presence, absence, and loss—as well as photography’s ability to represent a subject that is missing from the frame.
Wandering an ancient Aegean island during a period of intense grief, photographer Anargyros Drolapas ponders the island’s geological composition and his own state of mind.
The founder and owner of GUP Magazine and Kahmann Gallery speaks about what he learned from working on Ed van der Elsken’s book “Amsterdam” as well as the four qualities he looks for in an emerging talent.
Our memories are fleeting by nature—many photographers (amateurs and professionals alike) make visual diaries to remind ourselves of quirky personal moments, ideas and events that capture our attention.
Yo Soy Fidel: Crossing Cuba with Michael Christopher Brown
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Following the “Freedom Caravan” that carried Fidel Castro’s remains across Cuba after his death, photographer Michael Christopher Brown offers a revealing portrait of the island nation.
Piecing together imagery from digital archives with her own photographs, artist Bianca Salvo presents new interpretations of the cosmos, challenging our acceptance of images as evidence.
Starting with wet plate collodion photos from the early 1900s, artist Peter Franck creates quirky images that twist and bend reality just enough to make you look twice.
At first glance, these artful landscapes might recall Japanese woodblock prints, yet these complex conceptual photographs offer a memorable vision of current areas of nature still affected by the Fukushima disaster.
Good Work is Good Work: Notes from the Magenta Foundation
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The founder and director of the pioneering arts publishing house, MaryAnn Camilleri, speaks about providing careers to under-represented photographers, the culture of book and monograph making, and much more.
