Like Everyday Series by Shadi Ghadirian
Challenging the international preconceptions of women’s roles within an Islamic state, Tehran-based artist Shadi Ghadirian’s photographs draw from her own experiences as a modern woman living within the ancient codes of Shariah law. Her images describe a positive and holistic female identity, humorously taking issue with the traditional roles by [...]
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Corregan won the prestigious photography prize at the Hyères Festival de International de Mode & Photographie with this series of photos. The exhibition features seven portraits of stuffed birds shown from behind, transforming them into sculptural objects of shape and colour.
This series clearly shows Corregan’s fascination with the medium of photography - in particular the [...]
The Dark Side
In its broadest sense, culture is the sum total of our beliefs, our fears, our behavior patterns, our institutions, our common values, as well as our art, music, and literature. But the arts often neglect or omit reference to the Cold War. In fact, most of us who lived through those times have [...]
Tree
photographs by Myoung Ho Lee
Myoung Ho Lee, a young artist from South Korea, has produced an elaborate series of photographs that pose some unusual questions about representation, reality, art, environment and seeing.
Simple in concept, complex in execution, he makes us look at a tree in its natural surroundings, but separates the tree artificially from nature [...]
Beyond Coca-Cola.
The starting point of this project was in the mid of 2006, while I was preparing my first solo exhibition at Ruang MES 56. I was deeply interested in the villagers who were passing by the well-established icon and typography. I obtained a photographic experience at that moment; an interesting and superb situation and [...]
Paris based photographer Denis Darzacq recently completed a new series of photographs entitled ‘hyper’.
The series explores ‘the place of the individual in society’ a common theme in his work. the series may seem surreal and clearly a product of photoshop, however none of the works have been digitally manipulated.
Instead, darzacq recruited [...]
Jakarta tidak berpenghuni! semuanya kosongg.
Tak seorangpun berada di sana, ini seperti mimpi saja. kemanakah mereka semuanya pergi??
oo…ternyata mereka pergi ke depok nonton konser 12 x.
ber sing along…disana rumahku, dalam kabut biru….ke jakarta ku-kan kembali uuuu..
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A while ago, I found an old Viewmaster I used to play with as a kid. I was totally mesmerized by this piece of shiny red plastic. It brought back memories instantly. So I started collecting them. Different colours and shapes. Thousands of images. The combinations were endless. My family and friends also started offering [...]
Safari Yang Memanipulasi Imajinasi.
Oleh Brigitta Isabella
Apa yang akan anda lakukan jika tiba-tiba, saat sedang sembunyi-sembuyi membuka situs facebook di kantor, ada seekor komodo yang sedang mencari mangsa, tepat di belakang punggung anda? Atau bagaimana reaksi anda jika saat sedang asik menyantap Big Mac di McDonald, anda melihat seekor dinosaurus yang sedang membuka mulutnya lebar-lebar? Apa [...]
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The world of music industry has recorded: The Beatles is well-known as the most successful music group that ever existed. Back in that time, every single thing about The Beatles would definitely become something huge. Besides the music, their success had effected every aspects. Their albums, single albums, and concerts always gained big profit. Their [...]
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