TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Taiwan Workers“) © Garret M Clarke Focusing on manual laborers in Southern Taiwan, American-born photographer Garret Clarke has produced a body of work that looks at fishermen, ice factory workers, meat workers and farmers. From the salt of the earth cometh our daily sustenance. A rare look behind the rough and [...]
Back for another year, the Angkor Photo Festival will be held from Nov 20 to 27 at its namesake, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Expect days of exhibitions, talks, workshops and lots of drunken fun. The Asian Women Photographers’ showcase and the New Blood show curated by Antoine D’Agata look set to blow your mind. A number [...]
Jennifer Thomson, Property Manager, Factotum, Edinburgh, 2010 Mairi Nicholson, Veterinarian, Provost Vet, St. Andrews, 2010 Lesley Garland, Senior Animal Keeper, Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh, 2009 from (“Women in Modern Societies“) Sejin Moon moved to Scotland from Korea in 2003 to pursue her passion for photography. Influenced by her experiences, she began shooting her series Women in [...]
TOP, from (“Artificial Contraceptives“) © Buck Pago Aninag is to see. To be visible. It is also an online documentary photography magazine by 3 Filipino photographers – Estan Cabigas, Gigie Cruz and Buck Pago. The first issue is jam-packed with work from the founders and a guest. Buck Pago investigates the issue of overpopulation (and [...]
Tetsuomi Sukeda, born 1985, works and lives in Tokyo. We see an overriding sentimentalism throughout his pictures. TOP TO BOTTOM, © Tetsuomi Sukeda, 2005 Portfolio here, images here and here. What a better way of saying, “Hi, I’m back. I think.” I miss the blog and all you strangers out there.
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Interior, Exterior“) © Zeinab Salarvand, 2007 Dide Magazine is back with issue 2 and this time round Iranian photographer, Zeinab Salarvand, is featured with a series that leaves me rather unsettled. There is a saying that the very root of photography is surveying, observing life on behalf God’s eyes; a look [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM © Xiao Not much information on the photographer, Xiao, but he tells me that he was originally from Tian Jin, China. Spent a year in Japan halfway through his studies to “experience life” and he’s in the States now completing a economics degree. Sometimes, the less you say, the more evocative the [...]
Singapore’s newest addition to the art/photography gallery scene, Vue Privée, opens its doors this coming Thursday, May 13. Founded by photographer, Oliver Henry, the gallery hopes to redefine and democratize the world of fine art photography through exhibitions, educational platforms and art consultancy services. The inaugural exhibition – Technicolor Japan, places Japanese photography from the [...]
One moment, one second, one push of the button…and one amazing prize – a medium format digital back! © Joyce Choo ONE is a pioneer convention uniting established professionals and aspiring photographers towards a singular goal : The perfection of the craft in medium and large sensor photography. ONE aims to be a powerful platform [...]
Japanese photographer, Kanako Sasaki, sees the world in a childlike manner…yet she also views it as a world of contrast – innocence/violence, loneliness/playfulness. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Drifted“) © Kanako Sasaki, 2008 Inspired by astronomy, Drifted is a series that questions our whereabouts, our existence and the relationship between the moon and the Earth. If [...]
