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Florida Boys – Josh Aronson

Florida Boys is a five-year photographic project by Florida-based artist Josh Aronson that reimagines coming-of-age in the American South. Artist…
Härmä / Hoar – Utu-Tuuli Jussila

She had early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, which is why she occasionally imagined that strangers visited the yard or the basement. Artist…
Trust Me – Jinyong Lian

Lian’s work explores the psychological tensions that emerge from personal realms and fictional worlds, using evocative imagery to examine their…
Assembly Teshikaga – Osamu YOKONAMI

In gentle, distinctive images, Assembly Teshikaga contrasts the seeming lightheartedness of the girls with the sublime, raw power of nature…
Fissure of a Sweetdream – Jialin Yan

This project follows a group of young romantics who have chosen to escape the intensity of city life for Wanning,…
33 Sketchbook – László Gábor Belicza

The search for order between humanity and nature has perhaps never been so contradictory and tragic. The pursuit of artificial…
Inspiration – Matilde Søes Rasmussen

Inspiration explores tensions and contradictions: between artist and muse, photographer and model, the body and her representation, fascination and ambiguity,…
Girl’s Town – Lean Lui

In Girl’s Town, Lean constructs a serene yet storm-laden visual fable set in a city where time has paused— overcast skies…
Chrysalis – Georgiana Feidi

This series invites reflection on the delicate cycles of renewal that govern both nature and ourselves. Artist : Georgiana Feidi…
TOUCH ME – Alina Cherubin

“In touch me, Alina Cherubin turns her lens on people’s homes, and captures the expression of femininity in its multifaceted forms…
BRIDGING THE PHYSICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL – Morrison Gong

“I have a love-hate relationship with non-conformity. I’m naturally drawn to it because, growing up, I wasn’t allowed to express…
WET – Polly Brown

“Sitting somewhere between ambiguity and innuendo WET looks for the sexy in the subtly strange.” Artist: Polly Brown Project: Wet Produced by…
CONSTELLATIONS – Claire Legrand Loyola

“What were these albums hiding from me? What do they reveal about my relationship with family?” Artist: Claire Legrand Loyola Project:…
FROM ONE INNOCENT LOOK – Lydia Toivanen

“My nuclear family consists of fourteen people, parents and twelve children. Our extended family has a total of 182 one-on-one…
“HAUSE” SPIELE – Natali Agrzykova

“The aim of this project is to express through photography the adaptation to new conditions and to a foreign home.”…
INVISIBLE THREADS – Ekaterina Pavlova

“I always felt that there was more to my life than just my story. It’s as if invisible threads connect…
A PERFECT SENTENCE – Oliver Frank Chanarin

© Oliver Frank Chanarin 2023 courtesy Loose Joints “In a country fragmented by political polarisation, pandemic isolation and the weaponisation…
WHY NOT – Otto Snoek

” The commercialization of leisure often exposes humanity at its least flattering moments. Public spaces set the stage for tableaus…
BIG SKY – Adam Ferguson

Swollen Warrego River, Kunja Country, Cunnamulla, Queensland, 2022 © Adam Ferguson “The country’s occupation and colonial legacy has meant a…
A TEAR FOR SOMEONE UNDESERVING – Sunniva Hestenes

“An emotional terrain shaped by grief, complexity, and family tensions is visualised in a story marked by loss, substance abuse,…
in conversation with CELINE PARADIS

“By changing my perspectives from rather being in the role of the observer, to acting through my own body, I…
REN HANG – AT WORK – Peter Coeln

© Peter Coeln Peter Coeln: “Ren Hang, like his photographs, was unique – tall in stature and endowed with a…
JULIAN & JONATHAN – Sarah Mei Herman

“Jonathan is 21-years younger than me, and my childhood memories of my relationship with my father have since found echoes…
KHARTOUM – A TALE OF THREE CITIES – André Lützen

“These are still pictures of the peace that no longer exists. The humanitarian situation in Khartoum is now catastrophic.” Artist:…
READY – Vincent Wechselberger

“READY is an honest portrait of contemporary queer sex work emerging out of my own relationship to it.” Artist: Vincent…
DANCING OFF BEAT – Emily Dodd-Noble

“This photographic work acts as a visual insight into safer spaces within Berlin’s queer underground communities where ‘otherness’ is celebrated.”…
THE SUNS BURNS – Chochana Rosso

“The inconsistency of an entity and fantasy of a myth.” Artist: Chochana Rosso Project: The Suns Burns Instagram / Website “The Sun gives…
LAYERS – Freya Gerz and Naomi Lurel

“Layers explores the intricate relationship between identity, memory, and perception through a poetic-photographic lens.” Artist: Freya Gerz and Naomi LurelProject: Layers…
PASSING TIME – Sage Sohier

“A lot of time has passed since these wanderings, and though much is still vivid in my mind, I wish…
BENEATH THE PAVEMENT THE BEACH – Aristidis Schnelzer

“Ikaria is a remote Greek island with around 8,500 inhabitants. Due to the longevity of its inhabitants, it has been…
PROJECT PARADISE – Anne Gabriel-Jürgens

“…Or how do you want to live? About communes, life plans, ideologies, utopians and visionaries.” Artist: Anne Gabriel-JürgensProject: Project Paradise Instagram / Website…
RED JOURNEY – Nick Hannes

“Communism and its fall had a worldwide impact, but none felt the changes more than the previously Soviet states.” Artist:…
SARTAROSHXONA – Zumrad Mirzalieva

“Historically there has been a sharp gendered division in the access to public spaces in Uzbekistan.” Artist: Zumrad MirzalievaProject: Sartaroshxona Instagram / Website …
LIES IN STOPPING – Yuehan Hao

“Taking the stopped life of the photographer’s mother as a starting point, it raises questions about the stopped time and…
YVY-MARA EY – Mauricio Holc

” When the Spanish colonizers—500 years ago—came into contact with the native Guaraní inhabitants of South America, they inferred that…
CORPUS – Daria Lazo

“Rooted in my own struggles with body dysmorphic disorder, the project explores the nuanced connection between body and mind, aiming…
PASSENGERS – Marc Volk

” The people in this city, the Berliners from East and West, were much more similar than imagined.” Artist: Marc…
KOROWAI – Pie Aerts

“This is a tribute to him, to the Korowai, a tribute to a world before now.” Artist: Pie AertsProject: Korowai…
WANDER LINES – Teva Cosic

“Here, in the town my mother grew up and my grandmother grows old, the everyday is transmogrified through the strange…
WARAWAR WAWA – River Claure

“The Warawar Wawa project, Son of the Stars in the Aymara language, proposes an alternative Bolivian identity that, without denying…
TYLER MITCHELL & STUDIO REX – C/O Berlin

C/O Berlin presents the exhibition Tyler Mitchell – Wish This Was Real and Studio Rex – Jean-Marie Donat Collection from Jun 1 to Sep…
YOU DON’T NEED SOIL TO GROW – Benedetta Ristori

“You Don’t Need Soil To Grow explores the dynamics of nomadism and rootedness in modernity.” Artist: Benedetta RistoriProject: You Don’t…
MADRE – Marisol Mendez

“Madre interrogates the whitewashed, phallocentric, and colonial representation of womxn in my native Bolivia.” Artist: Marisol MendezProject: Madre Instagram / Website “The project…
LA VOLPE E IL SIPARIO – Matilde Gusmeroli

“So who am I? The fragile victim or the cruel executioner? And who are you? My unfortunate victim or my…
THEY SING A SONG ONLY YOU CAN HEAR – Klavdia Balampanidou

“Lost in empty and wild places, in rooms or nature, they are able to communicate and express their emotions. Having…
STATIC DREAMS – Cyprien Clément-Delmas

“There is something universal and timeless in Daleside. It’s hard to date and locate the photographs. This is what fascinates…
PERPETUAL CARE – Clay Maxwell Jordan

“Perpetual care refers to a service offered by cemeteries providing long-term upkeep of one’s gravestone and plot.” Artist: Clay Maxwell…
MEMORIES OF DUST – Alex Bex

“The cowboy has long been a symbol of North America. The role model I grew up with, glamourized by popular…
PORT TALBOT INVESTIGATION CLUB – Roo Lewis

Seacadet © Roo Lewis “Port Talbot UFO Investigation Club is not a study of UFO sightings but instead uses the phenomena…
STREET PORTRAITS – Ruan van Jaarsveldt

“Street Portraits set me on a path of self-discovery.” Artist: Ruan van JaarsveldtProject: Street Portraits Instagram “Over a decade working…
SILENT RHYTHM – Kamila Solarz

“Silent Rhythm is a visual story reflecting on the essence of presence, on nourishing soul, and coming back to our…
THE ETHEREAL NATURE OF WOMANHOOD – Lana Prins

“Photography is a way for me to experience my body, to be in the now, to connect with my emotional…
KINTSUGI – Olha Lobazova

“Immigration feels like a complete unraveling of the self. Once you close the door of your home in the seek…
in conversation with ISA RUS

“As I embarked on this journey of motherhood, I found myself increasingly disillusioned with the portrayal of motherhood in mainstream…
L’AMOUR SEUL BRISERA NOS CŒURS – Bérangère Fromont

“The project was born out of a desire to fill the gaps in the representations of sexual minorities and queer…