The Forest Finns, an officially recognised minority culture in Norway, arrived in the Finnskogen area in the early 17th century, bringing their traditions to the remote forests.Terje Abusdal’s series, Slash and Burn, which has now been named the winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2017, reveals their customs and questions identity and migration in the region.
Lianzhou has developed a reputation as an important international location for Chinese photography, having hosted an annual photography festival since 2005. Now it is hoped that the opening of a brand new museum of photography this December will cement Lianzhou as a destination for national and international photographic excellence.
Born in Denmark in 1976, Jacob Aue Sobol studied at the Fatamorgana Danish School of…
Catherine Hyland’s fascination with landscape is the inspiration behind her otherworldly large format images depicting humanity’s attempts – some more effective than others – to tame the environment. It’s an observation that has led to both artistic and commercial commissions, with residencies at venues such as the Focal Point Gallery in Southend for the Radical Essex programme, the Cultural Association Su Palatu Fotografia in Sardinia and the Design Museum in London. She has also made a short documentary for the Sri Lanka Design Festival on the country’s eco-factories.
Liverpool – home of The Beatles, a passion for football and the unforgettable Scouse accent;…
Yan Wang Preston’s Mother River is both a physical odyssey through China and a metaphor for its…
British Journal of Photography caught up with Nadav Kander ahead of his appearance at The…
That world exists, if you know where to look. Berlin-based photographer Karolin Klüppel’s pictures of…
Cedric Van Turtlebloom’s contemporary documentary style centres around everyday life – but not as we know it. Currently editing his second photobook, in which he takes a quizzical look at China’s burgeoning middle class and its penchant for artificial ski slopes, his visual stories are anything but conventional.
Ameena Rojee’s collection, Hard Work, documents life at the School of Shaolin Kung Fu in…
