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Stephanie Syjuco

'Cargo Cults'

Youqine Lefevre

‘Far from home’

Andreass Smaaland

‘See you in Church’

“Ranging from ethereal landscapes to altar-like still lifes, Portland-based photographer Delaney Allen’s carefully sequenced images navigate the internal landscapes of grief, longing, and the search for clarity.“

Delaney Allen speaks with Tessa Bolsover on SMBHmag Supernova

INÉS DÜMIG

‘Apart Together’

A Single Photo From Baton Rouge That's Hard to Forget

"It is a remarkable picture. A single woman stands in the roadway, feet firmly planted. She poses no obvious threat. She is there to protest the excessive force which Baton Rouge police allegedly deploy against the city’s black citizens. She stands in front of police headquarters, on Saturday. And she is being arrested by officers who look better prepared for a war than a peaceful protest."

"The digital age reshapes our notion of photography. Not everyone is happy ..."

Sean O'Hagan in The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jul/02/photography-no-longer-just-prints-on-the-wall?CMP=twt_gu

Kristine Potter

‘The Gray Line’

SEBA KURTIS: THE LURKING SYMMETRY OF KIF

"When we talked about existing imagery surrounding the subject, Kurtis pointed out that by telling the story the same way over and over, people eventually tune out. This is no doubt a real and persistent problem with documentary photography, that in some cases it actually has the adverse affect to the initial intention when the audience becomes desensitized to the plight depicted."

Paolo Cirio

‘Obscurity’

“This artwork is composed of over fifteen million mug-shots of people arrested in the U.S. It obfuscated the criminal records of mug-shot websites by cloning them and shuffling their data. A participatory feature lets people judge the individual arrested by deciding to keep or remove their data from the mug-shot websites. Obscurity explores the emotional underpinning of unflattering personal information and reputation exposed on the Internet. Beyond the use of criminal records for the social experiment and the performative hack, the project promotes a legal Right to Remove personal information from search engines in U.S. The Obscurity artwork deployed strategies that are oriented to problem-solving as a form of Internet social art practice. “

Esther Teichmann is a finalist for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2016.

Ryoichi Kurokawa

'Unfold'

In 2012, Ai Weiwei designated her one of the “rising stars of Chinese photography” (New Statesman). Yang’s film photography is direct and depicts subjects that appear confident, yet her portraits of her female peers simultaneously show a vulnerable sensitivity. Dorrell Merritt sat down with Yang to discuss her progress and the background for her latest body of workGIRLS.

Katrin Koenning

‘Indefinitely’

ALEXANDER BINDER: LOVE’S DAMNATION

"The visions, nightmares, dreams and conversions that take place in this book are welcome and powerful. The phantasmagoria twists and folds drifting between light’s spectrum of colour and the tonality of gathering storm clouds."