Yvonne Venegas: Construction of Appearance

Yvonne Venegas, From the series El Tiempo Que Pasamos, Inédito, 2006 and Maria Elvia de Hank, 2006-2010 Over the years, Yvonne Venegas has a developed a specific visual language through her photographs which thrive on moments of fleeting imperfection. She captures her subjects in flux, scenes that reveal artifice, and various states of becoming.  Venegas balances beauty and… Continue reading Yvonne Venegas: Construction of Appearance

Talia Chetrit, I Wanted to Expose the Vulnerability in the Private Moments Between Takes

  Talia Chetrit, Heat, 2015, Parents/Trees, 2014 and Jeans, 2016 Talia Chetrit’s work focuses on the human body—often her own—as a starting point to examine how images are constructed to support different agendas and interpretations of reality. After beginning her practice with an exploration of the manipulative nature of photography, Chetrit is increasingly interested in… Continue reading Talia Chetrit, I Wanted to Expose the Vulnerability in the Private Moments Between Takes

Ivar Kvaal, Dvale

Ivar Kvaal, Dvale, 2016 The series contained within Dvale (hibernation in Norwegian) was created during the lead-up to the opening of the Norwegian hospital Ahus in 2008. Ivar Kvaal has captured the building in a slumbering state, in the weeks and months before it was brought to life. The images in the book encompass a… Continue reading Ivar Kvaal, Dvale

This is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees, 2015

Mani Yassir Benchelah, This is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees, Film stills, 2015 Over the course of a year, Emmy-award-winning director Mani Yassir Benchelah made this intimate portrait of Syrian refugee children forced to flee from the violence of civil war to neighboring Lebanon. The documentary allows the children to tell their stories in their… Continue reading This is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees, 2015

Performance Artist: Tris Vonna-Michell

The Trades of Others, 2008, and Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014 Through live performance and audio recordings of spoken texts, Vonna-Michell relays circuitous and multilayered narratives that combine personal anecdotes and historical research. Vonna-Michell’s narrative structures are characterized by repeated detours, dead ends, and streams of association. Dense conglomeration of photographic material, from film and slide… Continue reading Performance Artist: Tris Vonna-Michell

Photography: Chris Steele-Perkins

Chris Steele-Perkins, Virtual reality display by Subaru, Japan, 1999, Street Children in Luanda, Angola, 1999, Taliban fighters move against Masood’s forces, Afghanistan, 1996 and Trying out artificial limbs at ICRC clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1994 Christopher Horace Steele-Perkins (born 28 July 1947) is a British photographer and member of Magnum Photos, best known for his… Continue reading Photography: Chris Steele-Perkins

Documentary: Diana Vreeland, The eye has to travel

Still from the Documentary, Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has To Travel, 2012 Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has To Travel, Documentary, 2012 Directed By: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng and Lisa Immordino Vreeland 86 min. Biography, Documentary. “There’s only one very good life, and that’s the life you know you want and you make it yourself”. During Diana… Continue reading Documentary: Diana Vreeland, The eye has to travel