© Anya Jasbär, Untitled, from the series Heimat © Anya Jasbär, Untitled, from the series Heimat To see more of Anya’s work click here
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© Javier Marquerie Thomas, Beltrán, from the series Flight of Fancy, 2007 © Javier Marquerie Thomas, Vivian, from the series Flight of Fancy, 2007 “Flight of Fancy; to daydream. Between the impetus of infancy and the inertia of maturity. “The best years of our lives”. Years envied, idealized, over rated. An extensive cloud of anecdotes.…
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© Wilma Hurskainen, Untitled, from the series No Name, 2007 – © Wilma Hurskainen, Untitled, from the series No Name, 2007 – © Wilma Hurskainen, Untitled, from the series No Name, 2007 – “In my new series No Name I go further with the themes of childhood and memory. This time childhood and adulthood, like…
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© Vardi Kahana, Yael, Safed, from the series One Family 2007 © Vardi Kahana, Tal R, Copenhagen Denmark, from the series One Family 2004 © Vardi Kahana, Cousin Rina, Groningen, Netherlands, from the series One Family 2004 To see more of Verdi’s work click here
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© Clark & Pougnaud, Virginie, from the series Tribute to Edward Hopper, 2000 “We were fascinated by the composition, the lighting and the settings of Edward Hopper’s paintings. We were not aiming to reproduce his paintings by rather to let ourselves be inspired by them. We approached this reverently to avoid disturbing the apparent order.…
Read More║ Paula Muhr ║
© Paula Muhr, Untitled #8, from the series MM, 2005 © Paula Muhr, Untitled #11, from the series MM, 2005 “The series explores issues relating to childhood memories, intimacy, and anxiety about the imminent future loss. Stark, often almost abstract images of my grandmother’s body, naked or in underwear, are combined with texts in which…
Read More║ Kumi Oguro ║
© Kumi Oguro, Sky, from the series Noise I, 2007 © Kumi Oguro, Noise, from the series Noise II, 2005 © Kumi Oguro, Far, from the series Noise III, 2004 “Perhaps unwittingly or even in spite of itself, Kumi Oguro’s photographic work has from the outset been drawn towards cinema. This influence has led the…
Read More║ Esther Teichmann ║
© Esther Teichmann, Diptych, from the series Viscosity, 2005 © Esther Teichmann, Untitled, from the series Inward Bound, 2006 © Esther Teichmann, Untitled, from the series Inward Bound, 2006 “In her large-scale photographic works and video pieces Esther Teichmann examines the relationship of the self to the maternal body and to the body of the…
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║ Jana C. Perez ║
© Jana C. Perez, Getting Ready, from the series Her Stories © Jana C. Perez, Crossroads, from the series Her Stories “This series of photographs and video containes one central female character, the anti-heroine, who appeares in every “scene”. The viewer watches as she journeys through self-destruction, sexuality, identity, and relationships along with the…
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║ Joy Christiansen ║
© Joy Christiansen, Sunday School, from the series Remembered, 2006 © Joy Christiansen, The Unexpected Departure, from the series Remembered, 2008 “The inspiration for this series came from the interviews I conducted during another project, titled Family Gathering. While collecting information for Family Gathering, I interviewed adults who recalled their experiences with eating disorders. In…
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║ E-J Major ║
© E-J Major, Postcard, from the series Love is… © E-J Major, Postcard, from the series Love is… © E-J Major, Postcard, from the series Love is… “Love is… Three years ago, London-based artist E-J Major began asking strangers to divulge their thoughts on this most profound, yet indefinable subject. The answers, sent…
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║ KayLynn Deveney ║
© KayLynn Deveney, Untitled, from the series Edith and Len, 2000 © KayLynn Deveney, Cat on Bed, from the series Edith and Len, 2000 “I began photographing Edith and Leonard Crawshaw shortly after they moved from their flat into a Welsh nursing home. Following a broken hip and an extended hospital stay, Len required…
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║ Jocelyn Lee ║
© Jocelyn Lee, Untitled (Kara standing), 2005, from the series Portraits © Jocelyn Lee, Untitled (Michelle and Lisa), 2006, from the series Portraits “I photograph portraits because I am curious about people, and our tenacious attempts to find meaning and direction in the world. I am particularly interested in how we reveal our vulnerability,…
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║ Katie Shapiro ║
© Katie Shapiro, Watching the Big Screen, from the series 35 Years © Katie Shapiro, Embrace, from the series 35 Years More of her work can be seen here
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║ Jaret Belliveau ║
© Jaret Belliveau, Untitled, from the series Familial Endurance © Jaret Belliveau, Chicken Soup and Crackers, from the series Familial Endurance © Jaret Belliveau, Place of Rest, from the series Expect Delays “This body of work began as an attempt to clarify and understand the internal workings of family. I began by photographing my…
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║ Jessica Dimmock ║
© Jessica Dimmock, from the series The Ninth Floor © Jessica Dimmock, from the series The Ninth Floor © Jessica Dimmock, from the series The Ninth Floor © Jessica Dimmock, from the series The Ninth Floor “Teetering between photojournalism and personal document (or Eugene Richards and Larry Clark), Dimmock’s color photographs…
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║ Tracey Baran ║
© Tracey Baran, Run, 2006 © Tracey Baran, Suck and Blow, 2002 “For the last ten years Tracey Baran has focused her camera on herself and her close circle of family and friends who live in Bath, a small town in upstate New York. The result is a visual journal of intimate portraits…
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║ Nick and Sheila Pye ║
© Nick and Sheila Pye, Heavy Bodies, 2005 © Nick and Sheila Pye, Standing Lovers, 2004 “Nick and Sheila Pye’s marriage is hell—if their art is anything to go by, that is. The Toronto-based couple’s photographs and films, in which they are the sole performers, portray a series of elemental, absurdist tugs-of-war. Often…
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║ Maarit Hohteri ║
© Maarit Hohteri, Roosa and Jussi in the kitchen, Helsinki 1999 © Maarit Hohteri, Mikko, sleep markings, 2001 “I document moments in my life by photographing people who are close to me. By means of photography, I seek to store my own and my friends’ feelings and observations about life and about being a…
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║ Jari Silomäki ║
© Jari Silomäki, from the Series My Unopened Letters © Jari Silomäki, from the Series My Unopened Letters “In “My Unopened Letters”, Silomäki creates a kind of fictive reality: the tales of a fictive self and network concerning the self’s relationships with other people in the past, present and future. Over the years,…
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