SALARYMAN PROJECT

Posted by Fabio 16 May 2012

The “Salaryman Project” by Tokyo based French photographer Bruno Quinquet is an attempt to build mystery and poetry around the archetypal figure of the Japanese male office worker, aka salaryman. With the cycle of the seasons as a backdrop, the series explores images of masculinity, normality and anonymity in the Japanese capital. read more

Mark Regester

Posted by Fabio 15 May 2012

Photography by american artist Mark Regester. Regester currently Lives and Works in St. Louis, Missouri. read more

Hiroshi Sugimoto – Portraits

Posted by Fabio 14 May 2012

In the sixteenth century, Flemish court painter to the British Crown Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) gave us the imposingly regal portrait of Henry VIII now kept in London’s Royal Portrait Gallery. Based on this Holbein portrait, the wax figure artisans of Madame Tussaud’s in their consummate skill recreated an absolutely faithful likeness of the king. read more

Lieko Shiga

Posted by Fabio 27 April 2012

Lieko Shiga was born in 1980 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She studied Fine Art at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, graduating in 2005. During that time she produced a series of images of her neighbors living in a block of East London council flats, drawing inspiration from paranormal photographs popular in the early days of photography. read more

Lorna Simpson

Posted by Fabio 25 April 2012

Lorna Simpson was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, and received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and her MFA from the University of California, San Diego. When Simpson emerged from the graduate program at San Diego in 1985, she was already considered a pioneer of conceptual photography. read more

Raphaël Dallaporta

Posted by Fabio 24 April 2012

Documentary photographer Raphaël Dallaporta, born in France in 1980, has garnered international acclaim for his thoughtful and engaging projects. He is concerned with public issues addressing human rights as well as more symbolic subjects such as the fragility of life. read more

Sarah Mei Herman

Posted by Thorbjorn 24 April 2012

Sarah Mei Herman was born in Amsterdam in 1980. After studying Philosophy for one year, she studied Photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in The Hague, from which she received her BA in 2005. In June 2010 she completed her MA in Fine Art Photography at The Royal College of Art in London.

www.sarahmeiherman.nl

Peter van Agtmael – American Interiors

Posted by Fabio 23 April 2012

Peter van Agtmael (b. 1981) graduated from Yale University in 2003 with a degree in History. Following graduation, he spent a year in China on the Charles P. Howland fellowship photographing the effects of the Three Gorges Dam. He became a freelance photographer at the end of 2004. read more

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