Photography | Actual Colors May Vary {ACMV}

Toru Ukai | From the drifting islands

“From the drifting islands“ represents the situation of Tokyo after the earthquake in Japan.
Since that day, surprising disperse from the authorities and the center is silently going on in the depths of this big city. We no longer believe in any official authorities.
On the other side, it seems that people now feel that things after ’3.11′ are different from what they were before, although we are leading as quiet a life as before. We, perhaps, have a bad premonition that full-scale calamities will start to fall on us in no distant future. Continue Reading →

José Luis Abalo | Luchadores

“A world of revenge, honor and glory. Enter the vision of José Luis Abalo. A native of Venezuela, he devoted his photographic efforts to the documentation of Lucha Libre – Mexican and South American wrestling. His photography manages to be humorous, dark, and startling in the same moment.
His photo-book, Luchadores, will be a ticket to the front row of a wrestling match that will surprise you in its ferocity.”
—Donovan Ortega

By pre-ordering the “Luchadores“ photo book, you can support the publishing process of José Luis Abalo. Continue Reading →

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Flotsam and Jetsam

Opening: Wednesday 23rd May 7pm
Exhibition: 24th May – June 2nd 2012
TACTIC, Cork, Ireland

Flotsam and Jetsam, curated by Kirstie North, focuses on the found object, scrap and ephemera and the use of everyday objects and materials.

Featuring work by
Paul Chisholm // Simon English // Swaantje Güntzel // James L Hayes // Barry W. Hughes // Joanna Hopkins // Fiona Reily // Anne Marie Taggart // Sam Walkerdine Continue Reading →

Callum Ross

“Callum Ross’s untitled images give nothing away whilst telling us everything we need to know.
The places that feature in the West series evoke our curious desire to know where the places are:
west… west of where? The answer is not important in that these are less about places and more about the events occurring within the landscape. What is most apparent about these images is their transience of their sense of this is really one moment in an ongoing succession moments. Continue Reading →

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C/O Berlin Book Days 2012

On May 25th + 26th 2012, C/O Berlin, International Forum For Visual Dialogues, will be presenting the C/O Berlin Book Days publishing event for the second time.

The program includes book presentations, screenings, discussions, seminars and book signings. In the courtyard of the historic Postfuhramt, more than 20 publishers will be introducing their latest publications on the subject of photography.

The C/O Berlin Book Days will take place by the occasion of the opening of the Larry Clark Retrospective and the Rafał Milach exhibition “7 Rooms“ on May 25th at 7 pm.

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Self Publish, Be Happy School | Workshops

Self Publish, Be Happy is an organisation founded by Bruno Ceschel in 2010 with the aim of celebrating, studying and promoting self-published photo books through events (such as exhibitions, displays and talks), publications and online exposure.

Self Publish, Be Happy also organises workshops that help artists and photographers make and publish their own books. Continue Reading →

Michela Palermo | My Broken World

“On November 23rd 1980 at 7.34 P.M. the earth shook for ninety seconds in the Irpinia valley, an area of the Campania region in Italy. Ninety seconds to kill 2.998 people, tear the house away to 280.000, change the geography of the lands and produce illusions that where rapidly deluded: the area, among the poorest in southern Italy, saw suddenly interrupted the already difficult process of development. More than thirty years after the event that marked a “before” and “after” in the south of Italy’s history, Michela Palermo chose to weave her personal story with that of this land.

My Broken World (2011) is a tale told through images of a world that has crushed into pieces, of a land crossed by deep cracks and unsewn tears, of the suspended lives of who was stuck in a motionless time.
My Broken World is a view on the unexpected results of an earthquake that shook the earth like a revolution: broadening horizons, liberating energies, creating new networks, discussing certainties. Continue Reading →

Alex Rose | I didn’t sign up for this

I didn’t sign up for this is a project based around recovering from an illness. I developed blood clots on the left hand side of my body and many were close to my vital organs. I fell ill while I was on holiday in Berlin and the language barrier meant at times, it was impossible to ask for help. Whenever I would hear footsteps approaching my room, I would always think that it was someone coming to tell me bad news. Being away from home, I grew fearful of my surroundings in the hospital and this project is a result of me returning home to Ireland with a fresh outlook on things and rediscovering my environs and also my personal relationships with my partner, family and friends. Continue Reading →

Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin | Exhibition .zwei

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. zwei | Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin

Tonight at 6 pm the second part of the graduates exhibition (classes of Eva Bertram and Marc Volk) at the Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin is opening:

. zwei
Vernissage: Friday May 11 2012, 6 pm
Exhibition: May 12 – June 17, 2012

The exhibition . zwei shows work by Judith B-Kluge, Babett Köhler, Maria Jauregui Ponte, Laurie Schmiedt and Kirill Semkow. Continue Reading →

Stephan Laackman | citybirches | Tortoise

Stephan Laackman | citybirches | Tortoise (John McEntire)

Stephan Laackman | citybirches | Beachhouse

Stephan Laackman | citybirches | Pavement (Stephen Malkmus)

Stephan Laackman | citybirches | R.E.M (Michael Stipe)

Stephan Laackman | citybirches | Sonic Youth

Stephan Laackman | citybirches | Les Savy Fav (Tim Harrington)

Stephan Laackman | citybirches | Times New Viking

Stephan Laackman | citybirches photography works (2006-2011)

citybirches is a photographic portrait series by photographer and musician Stephan Laackman, focusing on “Alternative Rock Bands” on tour. Continue Reading →