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WHETHER EVERY TREE’S BIRTHDAY FALLS IN THE SPRING – Geyujing Shen

” This visual research project explores how poetic narratives, through indeterminate images, images of trees and portraits, can break away…
BONES – Fanny Maillard

“I met Alex during my stay in New York in November 2023. I initially spotted her on social media and…
EMBRACE YOUR YOUTH – Sebastian Huber

“Embrace your youth is a photographic approach about personal growth captured in poetry.” Artist: Sebastian HuberProject: Embrace Your Youth Instagram / Website Models:@claraa_le@linamendozza@emmiboehm…
HOMEWARD BOUND – Nina Maria Allmoslechner

“As a female artist, I feel responsible for using my story to open up wider conversations around womanhood. Often I…
WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS – Claire Ducresson-Boët

Curated and written by Claire Ducresson-Boët Straddling both art and science, photography is rooted in two domains whose institutions…
BARE BEAUTY – Shiori Akiba

“In Japan, nudity has a negative connotation and is often associated with pornography. Shiori Akiba has been questioning this, challenging…
WE NEED A FACE [?] – Cristina Rizzi Guelfi

“Selfies have become a storytelling tool, simple and immediate, but full of meaning. In an increasingly frenetic and immersive communication…
MASKS AND MYTHS – Emma Hartvig

“Masks and Myths explores identity and disguise, particularly the masquerade of femininity made up of multiple selves.” Artist: Emma HartvigProject:…
THE RUINS OF LOST SOULS – Fion Hung Ching-Yan

“The two main visual elements in this series, pigeon and spider, represent Marfan Syndrome patients, who are also called ‘Pigeon Men’ or…
DISTANCE – Li Hui

“What is after death? Contemplating the afterlife, a topic often evaded, evokes a profound sense of wonder. It’s as…
PARIS – Kamila Rustambekova

“The Uzbek dream is Paris. There are many replicas of the Eiffel Towers in various parts of Uzbekistan, it’s an…
CLOSENESS – Alexandre Delamadeleine

“Is it about bringing to the world the sweetness that I encounter in my daily life as a traveller. I…
WOMENS DAY TAKEOVER – group action

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th, we are participating in an action to support women photographers, who…
E3 2JH – Sayuri Ichida

“In this series, Sayuri Ichida studies constructive materiality within a limited domestic space. It explores the capacity to control lines…
SNOWBED – Georgia Ponirakou

“I’ve been battling with depression for so many years now. At some point, I was misdiagnosed and my situation deteriorated,…
WE LIVE INSIDE A DREAM – Danae Panagiotidi

“In the heart of human experience lies a complex mosaic of emotions, stories, and interconnectedness. We Live Inside a Dream…
MOTHER HOODS – Anaïs Kugel

« Nobody told me you might need a secret place where you can scream. » – Hollie McNish, Nobody Told Me …
LES YEUX FERMÉS – Eliot Nasrallah

“Faced with absence, how can the human body engage in a process of therapeutic repair? What is the role of…
DISRUPTIONS – Taysir Batniji

© Taysir Batniji 2024 courtesy Loose Joints ” Disruptions oscillates between the casual domestic language of the family phonecall and warped,…
BORN FROM SALT – Viviana Bonura

“The reunion with the moment of birth is a fundamental symbolic event to stage because it means retracing the beginning of one’s…
in conversation with NIA DELFAU

“It has been a very introspective and interesting process for me. I have written a lot and reflected on the…
CHILLUNS’ CROON – Mateo Ruiz Gonzalez

“Chilluns’ Croon investigates themes of the past such as absence, remembrance, spirituality, and mortality of formerly enslaved people of Wilson…
in conversation with ELOÏSE LABARBE-LAFON

” Time plays a large part in my work, in the register of both fascination and fear. I’m so scared of not having…
DORMANT SEASON – Erinn Springer

“Created with her family and strangers, the resulting series depicts the contrasts of the modern midwest where everyday occurrences get…
PAN – Patrice Dion

” The very essence of the book PAN is to create a harmonious beauty by revealing the relationship between the thin tree…
NEW MOONS – Ada Marino

“How do girls and women constitute their experienced world through their movement and orientation in places? What are some of…
FORAYS, FRONTIERS & FLAGS – Joseph Cochran II

“From the United States to China, Africa to Europe, and more, Cochran’s work allows the viewer to place themselves in…
YES TO ALL book review – Mattia Micheli & Nicolò Panzeri

“Micheli and Panzeri meticulously analyze the deceptive charm of the evolving visual identity of the Alps, a landscape hanging in…
METAMORPHOSIS – Elizabeth Heyert

“Working with a trained hypnotherapist, Heyert takes us on a fascinating journey into the transcendent worlds of her subjects who…
NON FICTION – Henri Kisielewski

“In the current context, where the boundary between what is real and what isn’t is increasingly ambiguous (e.g. fake…
in conversation with LIGIA POPLAWSKA

“Losing one’s sight or hearing is one of the greatest human fears, but is also describes something unimaginable and uncontrollable,…
THE MEASURE – Monty Kaplan

“The Measure is a project that adapts Robert Creeley’s poem of the same name into a science fiction tale about…
THE ATTACHMENT THEORY – Jacopo Papucci

“The Attachment Theory seeks to unravel the multifaceted connections between, childhood traumas, alienation, mental health struggles, and isolation in adult…
SHE IS WARM – Iringó Demeter

“Shot monochromatically, the body is used as a tool to reflect on themes ranging from beauty, discovery, intimacy, connection (physical…
DREAM ABOUT NOTHING – Bobby Doherty

© Bobby Doherty 2023 courtesy Loose Joints “In front of you, a flower, a drinks can, a courgette, next an…
DIALECT – Felipe Romero Beltrán

© Felipe Romero Beltrán 2023 courtesy Loose Joints “The poetics of documentary, performance, and choreography combine to politically interrogate the…
DE(LANDSCAPING) THE FEMININE FORM – Danae Charalabidou

“Through this project I want to initiate a conversation, which is often taking place among my friends, about the experience of…
HEIMA/T – Marzena Skubatz

“Heima/t is the last look at a time full of deprivation, of loss in both senses, of home in Germany…
‘April 2020’ – Isobel Rae

I made these breakfast stories and my hair portraits in the very beginning days of the pandemic. It was a…
‘Teenage dreams’ – Thalia Gochez

Teenage Daydreams aimed to highlight the perspective and life of 17-year-old Ava artist: Thalia Gochez instagram It speaks to a transitional…
‘The Vulgarity of Being Three-Dimensional’ – Tine Bek

“Vulgarity, from the Latin term vulgus, was the term for common people, an insinuation of the ordinary. We consider the…
’18 h, le soir en été.’ – Faustine Martin

She captures, with a soft and solar light, the story of the comforting warmth found in holiday memories. «18 h,…
‘Dyal Thak’ – Kin Chan Coedel

DYAL THAK, in Tibetan means mutual ties, connection or “a common thread”. This series was created in 2021 on the…
BIG FISH – Laurence Kubski

I have always been intrigued by aquariums: man-made fictional marine worlds contained in complex staging machines, like living dioramas or…
THE UNCANNY BLISS – Elena Costa

“It’s almost four years by now that everyday I start my day taking meds and since then I’ve started thinking…
DEADFALL – Max Ferguson

“It is a photographic novel that weaves together literature and photography, inviting the reader to free-fall through the life, dreams,…
MONOTONY – Ania Vouloudi

“Animals line up, TVs coordinate, one leg gets injured and firecrackers blow up in the sky.” Artist: Ania VouloudiProject: Monotony Instagram / Website…
ICH DENKE AUCH FAMILIENBILDER – Linn Schröder

“Family pictures are photographs that help us remember and often even create memories. They can also be images that only…
L’ÉTÉ, LES RIVIÈRES DISPARAISSENT – Annabelle Fadat

“Our bodies sometimes take on animal morphologies, they immerse themselves in waters and forests, they seize and transform materials and…
THE CODE FOR FLOWERS. THE LAST STAR TO SHINE – Al Brydon

“Walking to nowhere. The Island within the Island.” Artist: Al BrydonProject: The Code for Flowers. The Last Star to ShineBook…
SOLILOQUY – William Zou

“Exploring family archives, self-portraits, and still life photography, William Zou’s series “soliloquy” interweaves and oscillates between personal past and present.”…
NOMADISM – Guillaume Holzer

“In the meanders of sparkling waters and infinite horizons I found myself face to face with this rebellious people who…
KWICHON – Dion Bierdrager & Kim Jisoo

“South Korea, with one of the world’s lowest fertility rates, has seen a decline in young people in the countryside…
ASKING FOR THE SUN – Steven Natusch

“I remember the warm shafts of light, brushing my skin and dipping the city into a tone of golden red…
ABANDONED BATTLEGROUND – Gülsen Namıduru

“Abandoned battleground is a photography project that focuses on urban peripheries and the objects that were thrown away or not…