#iyl2016

Have you recently been living by any life philosophy?

The last few years I’ve been trying to right many of the wrongs of my younger days. I drink a gallon of water everyday, don’t eat meat, exercise regularly, pursue my passions and generally just make a conscious effort towards being healthy. What’s funny is that the sense of purpose I found in photography guided me to make such positive changes. Like, I literally want to live as long as I can because I want to make art for as long as I can. There is always something new to discover and through making art that involves societal issues I’ve become much more humble as a person and concerned with the differences of realities experienced in our severely polarized culture. So I guess I would consider practicing photography to be the life philosophy I have been living by the past few years. That, and just trying to stay as mindful as possible.

2016/17 If You Leave Showcase Finalist 

Following an amazing launch on Wednesday night at Red Gallery, here are the final 20 images and their respective co-curators!

Angeles Peña by Andrea Belmont of ERRR Magazine • Anika Maaß by Sophie Wright of So It Goes • Nils Starkmeth by Annette Booth of Aperture • Cristina Coral by Carson Saunders of Ain’t Bad • Ding Ren by Amy Heaton of Impossible Project • Natasha Masharova by Jack Harries of The Heavy Collective • Esben Bøg Jensen by Oliver Whitehead of The Photographers Gallery • Toby Harvard by Paul Bridgewater of The Line Of Best Fit • Stanley Bloom by the team of Stolen Ground Publishing • Esthaem by Emma Bowkett of FT Weekend • Rafael M Milano by Laurence Von Thomas of If You Leave • Monica Forss by Alex King of Huck Magazine • Yo Vo by Joanna L Cresswell of Unseen • Thomas Line by Stanley Bloom of Velvet Eyes • Zarianka by Simon Karlsetter of Der Greif • Ao Kim Ngân (Yatender) by Ashleigh Kane of Dazed & Confused • Maria Lax by Salvatore Vitale of Yet Magazine • Alyz Tale by Kim Knoppers of Foam • Federico Ortega Sanchez by Jérôme Montagne of Phases Magazine • Brigita Ercegovic by Steven Watson of Stack Magazines.

#1/20 - RAFAEL M. MILANI - 2016/17 IYL Showcase Finalist

Rafael Milani hails from São Paulo, Brazil, and has been taking photos since 2008. Milani’s work has been exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad; he has been published in dienacht, Nova Fotografia No Mis, Landscape Zine and If You Leave. Milani has also won awards from PhotoEspaña and Poy Latam.

And the 5 final co-curators for this years showcase are... 

Jérôme Montagne, editor - Phases Magazine

The team - Stolen Ground Publishing

Emma Bowkett, director of photography - FT Weekend

Steven Watson, founder - Stack Magazines

Kim Knoppers, curator - Foam

And, the next 5 co-curators taking part if this year’s Showcase:

Salvatore Vitale, editor in chief - Yet Magazine

Jack Harries,  - The Heavy Collective

Oliver Whitehead, talks assistant - The Photographers Gallery

Annette Booth, director of exhibitions management - Aperture

Stanley Bloom, editor curator - Velvet Eyes