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  • Chrysalis – Georgiana Feidi

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    “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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 – 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

    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 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 – 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    PASSENGERS – Marc Volk

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

  • WANDER LINES – Teva Cosic

    WANDER LINES – Teva Cosic

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

  • KOROWAI – Pie Aerts

    KOROWAI – Pie Aerts

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

  • WARAWAR WAWA – River Claure

    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

    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 – 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 – 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

    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

    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

    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 – 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

    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

    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 – 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 – 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

    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

    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

    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

    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…

  • C/O Berlin presents VALIE EXPORT, Laia Abril and Aladin Borioli

    C/O Berlin presents VALIE EXPORT, Laia Abril and Aladin Borioli

    C/O Berlin presents VALIE EXPORT . Retrospective, Laia Abril . On Rape – And Institutional Failure and Aladin Borioli . Bannkörbe . C/O Berlin…

  • TUMBLE – Osamu Yokonami

    TUMBLE – Osamu Yokonami

    “A few tenths of a second one spends rolling is a moment beyond our control.” Artist: Osamu YokonamiProject: Tumble Instagram / Website   …

  • LES FEUILLES MORTES – Naoual Peleau

    LES FEUILLES MORTES – Naoual Peleau

    “The space between the leaves symbolizes the shyness gap, also called crown shyness. It is an interstice between the foliage…

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

    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…

  • BARE BEAUTY – Shiori Akiba

    BARE BEAUTY – Shiori Akiba

    “In Japan, nudity has a negative connotation and is often associated with pornography. Shiori Akiba has been questioning this, challenging…

  • DISTANCE – Li Hui

    DISTANCE – Li Hui

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

  • in conversation with NIA DELFAU

    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…

  • PAN – Patrice Dion

    PAN – Patrice Dion

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

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