The Independent Photographer - 2022 BLACK & WHITE AWARD Winners
Regardless of genres, we wanted to celebrate the beauty and wealth of black & white photography. Be it in street, fashion, portrait, landscape, documentary, or any other form of photography: we want to be moved and inspired.
Philippe Halsman and Salvador Dalí’s Enduring Partnership
One of the longest and most celebrated creative partnerships in art history was the one between portrait photographer Philippe Halsman and Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. Having first met in 1941, Halsman and Dalí embarked on a creative partnership that lasted for thirty-seven years and resulted in thousands of pictures, including 1948’s Dalí Atomicus. A few years after this technical feat, they produced Dalí’s Mustache (1954), a humorous book exploring myriad depictions of Dalí’s mustache.
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A Collage Collaboration - Anna Ostoya and Chantal Mouffe
In images and words, Anna Ostoya and Chantal Mouffe create a passionate manifesto about global politics.
Inspiration: Philip Montgomery
Philip Montgomery’s Up-Close Portrait of an America in Crisis
For nearly a decade, the photographer has been chronicling the country’s historic struggles, with an intimacy that can be achieved only by getting uncomfortably close.
Exhibition Opening: The Clothing Store -Finn Mellor
A big congratulation to Finn Mellor for their exhibition opening Friday and a bug thank-you to everyone who came along. It was a great night.
The artpiece is inspired by the current anti-consumerist movement occurring within the fashion industry.
Is ethical consumption in our modern society at all possible? Find out for yourself!
Inspiration - Simon Paul Needham
LA-based photographer Simon Needham
Simon Needham has worked in pretty much every photographic genre and discipline you can think of. From conservation to advertising, the artists has almost done it all. His work is diverse, colourful, vibrant and always unmistakably with his signature style.
Inspiration - ALEXEY TITARENKO
"The idea of the City of Shadows emerged quite unexpectedly and quite naturally during the collapse [of the Soviet Union] in the fall of 1991. I mean that the concept itself stemmed from my impressions nourished by the everyday reality. At that period, I continued to work on my series Nomenklatura of Signs. Suddenly, at some point I realized that I was struggling with emptiness and that my creative impulses – initially absolutely sincere – were running the risk of contemplating upon ideas no longer valid. This happened because the Soviet people, all these human beings deprived of their individuality and turned into “signs” by a criminal regime, began transforming from smiling and happy-looking “signs” into wandering shadows, even though rejecting the role of a “sign” could result in the loss of life. The year of 1992 was approaching…
MARIE TOMANOVA: NEW YORK NEW YORK
After the success of her first book Young American (Paradigm Publishing 2019), Marie Tomanova (b. 1984, Czechia) now presents her second monograph NEW YORK NEW YORK published by Hatje Cantz. This time, her book can be considered as a fresh extension of Young American, reflecting on New York’s new generation through portraiture in the post-pandemic era. Eccentric characters with their own stories and backgrounds start to form a unique portrait of the city and a captivating vision of the future…
Inspiration - PLATON
Platon is a communicator and storyteller. Shooting portraits for a range of international publications including Rolling Stone, the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ and the Sunday Times Magazine.
Inspiration - Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe became infamous for his transgressive black-and-white photographs, which often celebrated the artist’s queer community. During the 1970s and ’80s, he photographed himself and his New York City coterie, which included musicians such as Patti Smith (his one-time Chelsea Hotel roommate), artists, socialites, porn stars, and members of the gay S&M underground. While his content could be shocking, Mapplethorpe was also highly attuned to his medium’s formal, more traditional elements; his pictures are deeply concerned with composition, color, texture, balance, and beauty.
2021 Graduation and GHOTI XXIV student showcase
GHOTI XXIV student show and 2021 Graduation ceremony
Blak Lens: emerging Aboriginal photographers join forces
Blak Lens: emerging Aboriginal photographers join forces – in pictures
The Black Photographers Rethinking What History Is All About
The Black Photographers Rethinking What History Is All About
In these 11 photobooks from Kwame Brathwaite to Deana Lawson, artists envision beauty and poetry, fashion and resistance.
Empire: Impressions from China, Sous Les Etoiles
In this exhibition, Empire: Impressions from China, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery offers a look back through the work of three photographs, James Whilow Delano, Marc Riboud (1923-2016) and Fan Ho (1931-2016). The whole exhibition brings together forty photographs that retrace this vast country from the end of the 1940s to the beginning of the 2000s. As a multifaceted and ancient civilization, China becoming, the world power of the 21st Century, continues to intrigue and fascinate.
Hottest Photography Trends to be Aware of in 2022
Knowing what the top photography trends are in the industry is incredibly useful. Whether for wedding shots, stock images, or product photography knowing what to shoot puts you at the top of the curve.
Phantom Clouds Descend from the Sky in Vorja Sánchez’s Illustrated Photos
In Vorja Sánchez’s ghostly dreamworld, spectral creatures plunge from the sky with long, wispy appendages that grasp onto the landscape.
WANDA TUERLINCKX: ANDROIDS
In the work of Flemish photographer Wanda Tuerlinckx (b.1969, Belgium) the world of science and art collide
Inspiration: Glenn Homann
2021 Apple iPhone Photography Awards abstract winner Glenn Homann