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First Photobook Award Winner: Hidden Islam

France –  The entry to this years’s Award were rifle with gatefolds and Hidden Islam uses this device on every spread. This hardcover book is a clever survey of the inconspicuous locations where Muslims in Northeast  Italy have been forced to gather to pray, its pages opening to reveal worshippers behind non-descript facades.  “Touching upon […]

Gomma Photography Grant 2014: Final Call

Italy – The Gomma Photography Grant deadline is approaching on October 31st and they want photographers from anywhere, of any background, and of all ages to apply. ‘No fees to apply; open to everyone; deadline 31st October. No questions asked.’  One thousand Euros grant will be awarded to a photographer for an ongoing work. Any medium, black & […]

Manik Katyal on Nicolo Degiorgis “Hidden Islam”

Italy – Winner of Author Book Award 2014 at the Rencontres d’Arles, self-published book ‘Hidden Islam’ by Fabrica graduate, Photography feature – Nicolo Degiorgis, is a strong anthropological documentation of Islam in Italy. Touching upon the sensitive issue of Islamophobia in Western Europe, ‘Hidden Islam’ is a five year long project, made between 2009-13, which decodes the […]

Seba Kurtis: Four Nights and A Thousand Lives

United Kingdom – British photographer Seba Kurtis shows his most recent project at the Galleria di Corso Vendemini at the 23rd edition of the SiFest (Savignano sul Rubicone). The ancient towns of Cesena and Rimini in Italy provide the setting for Kurtis’ latest commission Four Nights and a Thousand Lives.  The photographs in this series have a directness and beauty to them, and […]

Lorenzo Vitturi’s Dalston Anatomy at The Photographers’ Gallery

United Kingdom – The Photographers’ Gallery presents the first major UK solo exhibition of Italian artist Lorenzo Vitturi’s acclaimed body of work Dalston Anatomy. First published as a book in 2013, this multi-faceted project centres around East London’s Ridley Road Market. As a local resident Vitturi witnessed the community, economy and the very make-up of this […]

Tomasz Lazar: Theater of Life

Poland – In Ancient Greece people were believed to be only actors, playing roles written by powerful gods. Nowadays, mass media took the place of gods. As a result of fast changing technological development that are shaping our lives and the invading presence of the mass media, many people seem to feel disconnected from the world. […]

Samar Singh Jodha: OUTPOST

India –  OUTPOST is a visual disquisition on spontaneous individual expression in a rapidly homogenising global culture. Samar Singh Jodha deploys a pictorial trope of discarded containers fashioned into habitat by miners in India’s pristine northeast. Artist Samar Singh Jodha’s latest enterprise is a visual disquisition on a global culture where individual aesthetic notions are […]

Cortona On The Move – Photography in Travel 2013

Italy – Cortona, 18th July – 29th September 2013 As every year from July to September, Cortona will be the beating heart of contemporary photography with the 2013 edition of the festival Cortona On The Move: the first festival that develops the theme of travel in all its forms and shades revealing all the experiences of contemporary man […]

Fotografia Europea Festival 2013 – HOST VII Photo Agency

Italy- As part of Fotografia Europea 2013 the Municipality of Reggio Emilia and aBcM are organising HOST, with the VII Photo Agency. HOST has launched a series of initiatives aimed at the public of Fotografia Europea, with a direct exchange with the 23 photographers of VII. This is an exclusive opportunity to encounter and discover an […]