Maria Mavropoulou

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PHROOM MARIA MAVROPOULOU Image Eaters   websiteinstagram      You feed me with images so I can compose your feed You update me so I can update you You flood me with content and I put it into context You teach me to see so I can show you what you want to see I […]

North Line // Fyodor Telkov and Sergey Poteryaev

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FYODOR TELKOV and SERGEY POTERYAEV  North Line   Fyodor TelkovwebsiteInstagram Sergey PoteryaevwebsiteInstagram published by: Snowfox Works   North Line presents a collection of images through which Fyodor Telkov and Sergey Poteryaev document their travels in the regions of northern Russia to chronicle the lives of the native Mansi, Selkup, Nenets and Hanty people. Recounting the […]

Padanistan // Tomaso Clavarino

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TOMASO CLAVARINO Padanistan   websiteinstagram published by: studiofaganeltext by: Giacomo Infantino Padanistan is the latest book by Tomaso Clavarino, a photographer born in 1986 and the author of other books and zines that I have had the pleasure of browsing through, such as, for example, the earlier Ballads of Woods and Wounds from 2020, and […]

Julie Poly

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JULIE POLY Ukrzaliznytsia   websiteInstagram Selected from PhMuseum Days→ info Thanks to the experience of working as a train conductor, Julie Poly captures the very essence of travelling in Ukrainian trains in her project Ukrzaliznytsia, which is also the name of the state railway company. Employing both photographs of train decorations and staged images of […]

Munirah Almehri

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MUNIRAH ALMEHRI Umbai   websiteInstagram Selected from PhMuseum Days→ info In Kuwaiti slang the word Umbai expresses a statement of surprise at the absurd and unexpected. It is reserved only for the tongues of Kuwaiti women so much that if a man simply utters the word, they are accused of being gay. The word represents […]

Ana Vallejo

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ANA VALLEJO Neuromantic websiteInstagram Selected from PhMuseum Days→ info “My name is Ana and I am a love addict” – says artist Ana Vallejo while trapped in her apartment with anxieties when COVID-19 hit New York City in 2020. This started a personal investigation to dissect and find the source of her addiction. She merged […]

Agathe Kalfas & Mathias Benguigui

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AGATHE KALFAS & MATHIAS BENGUIGUI  Asphodel Songs   Agathe Kalfas websiteInstagram Mathias Benguigui websiteInstagram Selected from PhMuseum Days→ info In 2015, Lesbos became the centre of Europe’s largest population movement since World War II. Situated only 12 kilometres from the Turkish coast, the Greek island still bears the traces of the Great Catastrophe of 1922 […]

Arvida Byström

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ARVIDA BYSTRÖM Mythic Humanoids   websiteInstagram Selected from PhMuseum Days→ info In the early 20th century, before photography’s truth value had been stabilised, two young girls conned a whole world of scientists with their Cottingley Fairies photos. The images were believed to be true, probably because people aimed to keep a part of the past […]

Nikita Teryoshin

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NIKITA TERYOSHIN Nothing Personal   websiteInstagram Selected from PhMuseum Days→ info Nothing Personal shows the back office of war, which is the complete opposite of a battlefield: an oversized playground for adults with wine, finger food, and shiny weapons.Every day on the news we are watching pictures of war and destruction, and the expenditure on […]

Piero Martinello & Piero Casentini

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PIERO MARTINELLO & PIERO CASENTINI The Weight Of The Word Piero Martinello website Instagram Selected from PhMuseum Days → info Most people who contract Reiter’s syndrome, a form of reactive arthritis, experience fever, weight loss, and pain in the lower limbs. Yet only a few of them are aware that the disease they suffer from […]

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