a state of active and intentional witnessing a careful and deliberate watching of someone or something. an assumption of looking to see an implication of being watched a world building act ebbing into our inner eye’s workings Axel Morin is a photographer and filmmaker based in Paris, France. The visual cultural worker and artist has…
A fashion enthusiast at heart, David Blaq Motsomotso has managed to merge his love for fashion and photography to create enchanting high-end editorial photography. With an incredible ability to swiftly and subtly transport one into a future world where cultural and social influences of the past and the present are re-imagined to empower and bring…
“Oftentimes the background to a photograph, and the story that informs it, are more important than the photograph itself.” – Jesse Navarre Vos Very often the outcome of a photo series is considered to be more important, and gets more attention, than the process that was undertaken to get to the outcome. I would often…
Angel’s Number – a captivating and thought provoking project that explores the idea of the antagonist being in three different stages. Photographed and directed by Giancarlo LaGuerta and assisted by Eva Maria Fernanda LaGuerta – these creatives chose not to speak on what the photo story is about so as to allow the person viewing…
This morning, on my way to the coffee shop I passed via Buitenkant street near the District Six Museum. In the cold light of day- men, women and children were sleeping, waking and brushing their teeth on the street. These, of course, are men, women and children who have been marked and named as refugees….
The gang – the cool kids whose only ‘crime’ against a uniform and standardised world is to be themselves unapologetically – to be different. The kids who squarely fit the definition of a cool kid – trendsetters who are worthy of emulation – is what I see when I look at the three faces staring…
I often think a lot about the idea of secondary violence. When we go through a traumatic experience, we come head-on with violence. Then later on, either through recollection or an attempt at healing, we might again face secondary violence that traumatises us even further. But of course, there are all sorts of adages about…
[H]ere is my oath as Editor: I swear to give artists an arena to express their stories and share their photography by providing them a home in print. To all those bold beings painting with light, I hope this finds you… Extract from Editor’s note of the first issue by founder (and Editor), Stephanie Blomkamp…
Moroccan based Israeli designer Artsi Ifrach and Moroccan-Belgian photographer Mous Lamrabat are the creative minds behind Artsimous; the collective with a knack for probing at stereotyped constructs surrounding beauty and fashion. With an air of the avant-garde hanging over their often almost Afro-futurist depictions of a modern and progressive Morocco the creative duo’s projects can…
“The idea of the project was to record the moments when [this] generation behaves absolutely freely and liberated. This is a very short and specific period of time when a person can be what they feel like and behave absolutely liberated without fear of being condemned. Such moments of independence and frankness became the object…
Hailing from the south side of Chicago, creative director and photographer Ibrahem Hasan currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. He only stepped in behind the lens 2-3 years ago, and most recently worked as a senior creative director for Nike. He describes his images as “a blend of fantasy and documentary” and further elaborates that it…
The space where water meets land or water becomes land is an interesting area —a linear abyss for contemplation. For some, this is the point where their relationship to the land is severed while that relationship is reinforced for others. For photographer Andile Bhala, that area is a point of anchorage, a point from which…
