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  • Archives – Bailey McDermott

    Archives – Bailey McDermott

    PREPARING GAME Fine papers, fragile halftones and subtle impressions that prompt the viewer to look more closely. Artist : Bailey…

  • LUOGHI – Nicola Buonomo

    LUOGHI – Nicola Buonomo

    The photographs display a subtly dissonant relationship between man-made infrastructure and the natural world. Artist : Nicola Buonomo Series :…

  • OCEANIC – Alexis Vasilikos

    OCEANIC – Alexis Vasilikos

    A visual journey into the oceanic feeling—a deep sense of unity with the universe, Vasilikos’ photographs capture the vastness and…

  • Trust Me – Jinyong Lian

    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…

  • Of all the wild paths – Claire Amaouche

    Of all the wild paths – Claire Amaouche

    Of All the Wild Paths is a journey through silence and distance, where the solitude of untamed places becomes a…

  • Home Away From Home – Hiba Dahibi

    Home Away From Home – Hiba Dahibi

    Home Away From Home is a photographic journey around the question of mourning. How does one go on living with…

  • Where it is still warm – Efstathia Flokatoula

    Where it is still warm – Efstathia Flokatoula

    At lunchtime, it was forbidden to leave the houses. One day, we quietly took the big plastic table and carried…

  • Tunnels of Time – Artur Leão

    Tunnels of Time – Artur Leão

    While focusing on analogies between the human psyche and geological matter, I find solace in understanding the chimeras that appear…

  • in this skin we call a body – Maya Sharpe

    in this skin we call a body – Maya Sharpe

    in this skin we call a body is my way of seeing, understanding, navigating and ultimately accepting an eating disorder. …

  • Presence – Alessandro Silverj

    Presence – Alessandro Silverj

    Between the 15th and 18th centuries, fear and superstition took root across Europe, fueling the systematic persecution we now call…

  • Angels – J.A. Young

    Angels – J.A. Young

    In Angels (2024-present), I explore a dimension of political power that often goes ignored in contemporary, materialist Western culture: the world of…

  • Dobromir Commune – Florin Ghebosu

    Dobromir Commune – Florin Ghebosu

    They are a quite welcoming community once they get to know you, their way of socializing is more family-like, they…

  • The Great Room – Katherine Hubbard

    The Great Room – Katherine Hubbard

    Hubbard uses performance and domestic architecture to explore grief, motherhood, queerness and the labour of caregiving. Artist : Katherine Hubbard…

  • Recognizing life flowing – Ecaterina Rusu

    Recognizing life flowing – Ecaterina Rusu

    It suggests that within the darkness, there is room for reflection,  growth,  and eventual transformation Artist : Ecaterina Rusu Series…

  • BLURRED – Francesco Topino

    BLURRED – Francesco Topino

    Blurred is the result of a self-healing process: an intimate look at what appears real while we are awake but…

  • The Swan’s Journey – Hui Choi

    The Swan’s Journey – Hui Choi

    My work is centered around the primal forces and sensory experiences deep within human nature, exploring the eternal tension between…

  • ALTERED – Roos Peltenburg

    ALTERED – Roos Peltenburg

    ” By hiding the faces and not revealing a clear identity, the focus shifts to the shapes of the human…

  • 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…

  • BILE – Giorgia De Bortoli

    BILE – Giorgia De Bortoli

    “Bile depicts an emotional curve between escaping reality and attempting to reconnect with it.”  Artist: Giorgia De Bortoli Project: Bile  Instagram …

  • THERE ROUND THE CORNER IN THE DEEP – Katya Selezneva

    THERE ROUND THE CORNER IN THE DEEP – Katya Selezneva

    “Drawing from archival photographs, facts, and personal memories, the project investigates the roots of uncertainty and the landscapes of collective…

  • RETURNING BODY – Eli Apezteguia

    RETURNING BODY – Eli Apezteguia

    “I make my mother’s body and my own body disappear in order to build myself a new one.”  Artist: Eli…

  • 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…

  • TACTILE ECHOES – Narges Aqamiri

    TACTILE ECHOES – Narges Aqamiri

    “Based on the context in which I grew up, I am unconsciously obsessed with having the legitimacy of veiling and…

  • FILL LINE – Katya Yanova

    FILL LINE – Katya Yanova

    “I was born in the year when my country ceased to exist and became another country.” Artist: Katya YanovaProject: Fill…

  • BENEATH THE BLACK SAND OF TIME, I RESIST – Auriane Kolodziej

    BENEATH THE BLACK SAND OF TIME, I RESIST – Auriane Kolodziej

    ” Does the mirror mourn the ghosts it holds, or does it remain indifferent to the countless faces that have…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • THE NAME WE HOLD – Luca Iovino

    THE NAME WE HOLD – Luca Iovino

    “Before leaving my old home, I took the time to look at my surroundings with fresh eyes. I began to…

  • WALL – Alper Goldenberg

    WALL – Alper Goldenberg

    ” Unable to overcome the physical barriers, I ended up crossing ‘the border’ by taking an alternative route. I decided…

  • 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…

  • OF FIRE, FAR SHINING – J.A. Young

    OF FIRE, FAR SHINING – J.A. Young

    ” The culmination of meticulous research and intuitive experimentation, American multimedia artist and photographer J.A. Young’s first monograph, Of Fire,…

  • LAYERS – Konrad Dobrucki

    LAYERS – Konrad Dobrucki

    “The “Layers” project consists of photos taken between March and July 2022 in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnitsa, Odessa, Kiev and Brodzianka. It…

  • NATURA – Daria Nazarova

    NATURA – Daria Nazarova

    “I could still feel that optimism vibrating through the decades: that our bodies are full of power, and furthermore that…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • LIKE A KNIFE IN THE SUN – Chiara Benzi

    LIKE A KNIFE IN THE SUN – Chiara Benzi

    “Like a Knife in the Sun is a radical experimentation that focuses on the point of contact between Eros and…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • REVERTING – Francisco Gonzalez Camacho

    REVERTING – Francisco Gonzalez Camacho

    ” This exploration mirrors the transformative process of manifesting something from the void.” Artist: Francisco Gonzalez CamachoProject: Reverting Instagram / Website    “Work…

  • RE-PRESERVING MEMORIES OF SURINAME – Lucas Steinbusch

    RE-PRESERVING MEMORIES OF SURINAME – Lucas Steinbusch

    “This series has not been an attempt to provide an objective portrayal of the place, but rather something that comes…

  • MADE FOR LOVING – Elisa Azevedo

    MADE FOR LOVING – Elisa Azevedo

    “Made for loving comes from the expectation of what we are made for and how it can be reconstructed, allowing…

  • DOVE PIOVONO CRISTALLI – Alice Muratore

    DOVE PIOVONO CRISTALLI – Alice Muratore

    ” In constant change, earthly things prove fleeting, like sand slipping through the fingers. This transitory nature of the world…

  • IN A CONDITION OF NO LIGHT – Alana Perino

    IN A CONDITION OF NO LIGHT – Alana Perino

    “There are some instances in the work when I look at an image and see my mother. There are others…

  • WORKS 2014-2023 – Oliver Tooke

    WORKS 2014-2023 – Oliver Tooke

    “What follows is a nine year project, set in the Middle East and Europe, that dwells on the idea of…

  • I-NOISE – Lee-Marie Sadek

    I-NOISE – Lee-Marie Sadek

    “Worst of it when i discovered that i was deeply affected by these disturbances even while being in a quiet…

  • STACCATO – Maëva Benaiche

    STACCATO – Maëva Benaiche

    “Staccato is a cry from the heart, a suspended testimony about to implode.” Artist: Maëva BenaicheProject: Staccato Book published by Editions Light…

  • 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…

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