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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…
Have you recently been living by any life philosophy? Nothing hardcore. But I am trying to work on being more selfish. Life’s too short to not do what you want. My twenties were so difficult. I feel like I lost years…
David Billet and Ian Kline made the pictures in Rabbit / Hare on a road trip to Texas. And right away that statement is going to create a certain set of expectations among viewers of this book. Perhaps no other…
For nearly a century, the American road trip has been closely associated with the American dream. The open road is where millions of Americans freely set out to explore the country’s beauty, epic landscapes, and diversity of cultures. For a…
Have you recently been living by any life philosophy? Yes – “You are exactly where you need to be right now.” What will baffle future generations about our day and age? How much time we spend behind screens. What is it that interests…
These Dark Mountains captures the lives of people working in the Italian Alps. The project took place during the traditional pasture season, in which alpine farmers move with their livestock from their permanent settlements in the valleys to temporary settlements…
I recognise these images, or at least I think I do. The photographs in Mark Ruwedel’s Seventy-Two and One Half Miles Across Los Angeles (MACK, 2020) have the same evocatory effect as Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills – nonspecific, but…
Forests have long been entwined with myth and folklore. They have enticed and inspired us since ancient times, creating stories that have been shared across cultures and centuries in oral and written language. In such stories, the forest has many…
Drawing on a series of photographs made between 2019 and 2020 in the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street train station in Queens, New York, Roosevelt Station proves at once mundane and almost ethereal in its tenor. Here, New York photographer David…
“I’m from a small town in Northern Finland surrounded by a vast, sparsely populated wilderness. Most pass through the town on their way someplace else without ever knowing it was a hotspot for UFO sightings in the 1960s. Unaware of…
Are you aware of any conspiracy theories? I’m proud to say that I’ve started some of them. Have you recently been living by any life philosophy? Fear interviews. What is the worst thing about city life? Everything. Come move to the woods…
How to Look Natural in Photos is a book about a totalitarian system which uses photography for its purposes. It includes reflections on the mechanism and relationships connected with looking and photographing, observing and being observed, describing and being described….
