Reading Time: 5 minutes “I would like for audiences to engage with the work, and look at how racism operates in their communities”
Tag: Portraiture
Reading Time: 9 minutes Tomanova’s work is raw and intimate. Here, she discusses her relationship to photography and the evolution of her practice so far
Reading Time: 3 minutes Westra reflects on the presence of the female body in her work, and her latest photobook and exhibition, Afternoons
Reading Time: 3 minutes Born on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, a former Dutch colony, Dustin Thierry moved to…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sitting at the intersection of typology, documentary and fine art, Jim Naughten’s winning Portrait of Humanity 2020 series explores the vibrant and politically-charged costumes of Namibia’s Herero tribe
Reading Time: 4 minutes “The haenyeo of South Korea may be the last modern heroines whose story must be told,” says Alain Schroeder, whose winning Portrait of Humanity 2020 series documents Jeju Island’s ageing free-divers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Snezhana von Buedingen’s winning Portrait of Humanity 2020 weaves a delicate tale of the transition from adolescence to adulthood
Reading Time: 4 minutes “As African creatives, we now have the tools to tell our own story, and do it in our own way.” After being shortlisted for Portrait of Humanity 2020, the Sierra Leonean artist unpacks her work on resilience and community in West Africa
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Kyoto-based photo festival celebrates its eighth edition with the opening of a new permanent space, renewing its aim of strengthening connections throughout the local community
Reading Time: 4 minutes “I like the beauty that comes from the harmony of opposites,” says Cho, one of this year’s Ones to Watch