Imagine a life lived under the glow of artificial daylight, where reality is not experienced directly, but mediated through screens. Imagine a world so densely networked that all of the distinctions by which we have learned to make sense of…
From the first photo in this series – Sam Stephenson’s parents in bed with framed portraits of their children on the wall above them – the scene for ‘Fake Nostalgia’ is set. Love, isolation, beauty, coincidence, tricks and…
The experience of youth is momentous and fleeting. The things and people that tie us to a place can feel weightless, or they can feel like anchors. Rochelle Marie Adam’s first book Before this comes to pass balances these feelings…
The cassette tape warbles a bit as a folk song plays while riding along the ridges of South Western Pennsylvania in my friend’s used Toyota pick-up. Slightly hungover from the night before; caffeinated, and a little stoned from this morning….
Sing me a song for photography. With notes and voice strung up in warm light. Shane Rocheleau’s Lakeside is something thoughtful and robust. Morning sun filters through the trees. Eggs in palms and fossilized teeth. Inside a neighborhood monsters can…
‘Sandcastles And Rubbish’ is the fourth publication by Sybren Vanoverberghe with APE and is a continuation of his visual research on artefacts and non ordinary sites. ‘Sandcastles And Rubbish’ puts its focus on the site of the port and the…
This book is a result of a physical journey Lawrence undertook back home, to an area he once ravaged through in his younger years. It is an attempt to demonstrate the destruction he encountered as a boy, and his loss…
Wilderness of Mirrors is a photographic survey of an emergent cybernetic landscape. Shot in a variety of locations– ranging from the political spectacle of Washington D.C. to the National Radio Quiet Zone in rural West Virginia– the project visualizes contemporary…
“The Weight of Slumber is an exploration of grief as it unfolded during the unprecedented events of 2020. From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown, my grief and loneliness were immeasurably compounded by the abrupt end of…
Nearest Truth is offering a few student scholarships for their upcoming (and confirmed) workshop with Adrianna Ault, Tim Carpenter, Gregory Halpern, and Raymond Meeks Nov 1-6 in Athens, Greece. The student scholarships are at a 50% reduction of their normal…
Q. Have you recently been living by any life philosophy? A. I think because of the last year and a half we have been having, one philosophy I have been living life by recently is respecting people’s space, listening, and…
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Q. Have you recently been living by any life philosophy? A. I don’t know if it’s a philosophy, necessarily, but I’m working to be more aware of my intuition. Q. What will baffle future generations about our day and age?…
Janus is another iteration of Birthe Piontek’s ongoing inquiry into the topics of memory and change. The photographs in Janus were made in the same corner of Piontek’s studio as she explores how an artist can find inspiration in the…
Q. Have you recently been living by any life philosophy? A. Generally, I’m very optimistic so I mostly have been living the “We’ll see what happens” kind of philosophy. Also being appreciative of all moments, good and bad. Q. What is…
In 2010, I started to document the old city of Kashgar, trying to recreate this city on paper with photography. Kashgar has been an important trading center since the time of the Silk Road, linking Central Asia and China. 10…
Roaming Near The Fire place entwines images found inside a single stack of publications on the shelf of a home library whilst on residency in upstate New York with photographs from James Whiting’s archive, as well as images created in…
Virginia Wilcox’s debut monograph – consisting of photographs made in the large Los Angeles parks that are equally hardscrabble and breathtaking – is quite aptly titled Arboreal. Because they have so many irreconcilable demands placed on them by both civilization…
This is how we spend time together. This is how we bring our ghosts and demons to life. By taking photographs, drawing funny creatures and cooking pancakes that look like scary monsters before eating them with sugar or Nutella. This…
Luke Le’s What Are You Looking For? feels like a book that comes from repeatedly asking the titular question. Avoiding singular narratives, obvious answers or simplicity, the book seems to revel in a form of continually unanswered reflections and existential…
What is it that interests you about photography? What continues to interest me most about photography is the particular way the medium allows me to interact with the passing of time and unfolding of events beyond my control. I feel that…
