“Federal Triangle” // Mike Osborne
PHROOM HOME Projects Interviews Book Reviews Moving Images Essays TV Exhibitions Artists About Submission Newsletter MIKE OSBORNE Federal Triangle websiteInstagram Publisher: Gnomic Book text by: Bucky Miller It is maybe because this review pertains to photographs of the post-2016 Washington, D.C. scene that I feel comfortable leading off by shamelessly dropping an incredibly lofty […]
“Tori” // Yamamoto Masao
PHROOM YAMAMOTO MASAO Tori website Publisher: Radius Books text by: Matteo Cremonesi Yamamoto Masao’s photographic work transcends the apparent simplicity of the subjects portrayed by introducing a poetic language around which gather as if in contemplation. The precious, minute images tell the tension always residing between the observer and the subject.Characterized by a unique aesthetic […]
Rinko Kawauchi
PHROOM RINKO KAWAUCHI “Illuminance” & “Cui Cui” websiteInstagram text by: Matteo Cremonesi Kindness, courtesy and respect for nature and things are at the center of Japanese culture and the normal daily life of the population. This important cultural aspect is reflected in the Japanese language in words and expressions that represent concepts that in other […]
“The Park” // Kohei Yoshiyuki
PHROOM KOHEI YOSHIYUKI The Park Publisher: Radius Book text by: Matteo Cremonesi “Inevitably linked with the moment of climax, there is a minor rupture suggestive of death; and conversely the idea of death may play a part in setting sensuality in motion.” Georges Bataille During the 1970s, Kohei Yoshiyuki spent many evenings alongside the night-watchers […]
“Oyster” // Marco Marzocchi
PHROOM HOME Projects Interviews Book Reviews Moving Images Essays TV Exhibitions Artists About Submission Newsletter MARCO MARZOCCHI Oyster websiteInstagram Publisher: VOID “This work represents my experience in recovering and understanding my parents, their life and their relationship with me. I never knew them well because they split when I was 6 years old, and […]
“The Complete Papers” // Thomas Demand
PHROOM THOMAS DEMAND The Complete Papers Publisher: MACK text by: PHROOM In the constant attempt to refer to the world a form and a gaze capable of producing orientation, photography has occupied a central role since its birth.The peculiarity that most of all has led to meticulous research on the photographic medium is its possibility […]
“In Sardegna” // Guido Guidi
Collected in three volumes that retrace the stylistic evolution of the famous Italian author, “In Sardegna” by Guido Guidi is a project that, through two journeys separated by forty years, report the attention of the author, famous for having focused its gaze for a long time on the vernacular landscape, for the socio-cultural changes of […]
“The Island Position” // John Lehr
Growing up in the shopping mall sprawl of the American Southwest the sight of a sun baked abandoned storefront is not unfamiliar to me. Large chains going the way of the dinosaurs, tv showroom floors lay empty, signs leaving stains on the concrete where they were once displayed with pride. Same goes for tinier retailers, […]
Good Morning, America // Mark Power
Two train tracks diverge in a misty woods, the grey of the sky hanging downward into the tree branches. This is the opening image of Mark Power’s Good Morning, America featuring photographs made between 2014-2018 in about 20 states. In many of these images, the photographic frame is full of the built things of America’s […]
Trails // Takashi Homma
L’écriture est précisément cet acte qui unit dans le même travail ce qui ne pourrait être saisi ensemble dans le seul espace plat de la représentation. (1) Roland Barthes Through this book, Takashi Homma accompanies us along the lines of a suspended territory in which a slow to continue by signs holds us in […]