in ‘in the name of jesus’ project krzysztof has tried to capture the power of prayer and what it means to people. he visited numerous prayer camps, places where various christian denominations gather to concentrate on prayer and fasting. he met people who stay and fast up to forty days and take no food at
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antoine bruy // french
from 2010 to 2013 antoine documented the lives of people who made the radical choice to live away from cities and the demands of modern city life. the heterogeneity of places and situations he uncovers show the beautiful paradox of the pursuit of a utopia through permanent empirical attempts and errors. unstable structures, recovered materials,
yoav friedländer // israeli / austrian
yoav’s project ‘a form of view’ is a conjunction between two realities and scenic environments, israel and america. it focuses on similarities and differences between two different cultures and sets of geographical locations seen through his perspective as an ‘americanized israeli’. this project combines landscapes, still life and models of israel and america to form
omri talmor // israeli
this body of work is a critical comparison between the declining towns of greece and what seems to be the flourishing growth of modiin, a modern city in israel. omri views modiin as a mirror to the israeli society now with its unnatural growth expressed partly in its architecture. he portrays a society in which
dana stirling // israeli
dana has created a deeply personal series in ‘cache’. her family roots back to europe: a child of migratory parents, she always felt at odds with her british upbringing and israeli heritage. her family told stories of happier times at home, aided by photographs and portraits of often anonymous relatives. these have informed a collection
chad coombs // canadian
chad takes a multi-disciplinarily approach to his work; first sourcing images online from fashion and advertising shoots, then digitally retouching them, photographing them with his polaroid and finally manipulating them with pen and paintbrush.he scrapes away layers, highlighting aspects of the faces such as hair, lips and eyes. the results are photo collages reminiscent of
elise boularan // french
elise boularan works with the dreamy, saturated colours of polaroid in an attempt to catch the truth in her images. her photographs are muted and hazy, a quiet silence pervades her subjects. This quietness and stillness is essential to the narration of her photography. there is no misleading artifice here, in fact her work is
petra vlckova // slovakian
petra’s series ‘listening trees’ is an attempt to show human intervention on our natural landscape. the impact of human presence on a landscapes is often quite conscious, deliberate and ultimately negative. however at times it can also become a positive intervention, with its own unique visual value, that goes unnoticed to most. working with a
kristen hatgi sink // american
kristen hatgi sink is an visual artist, photographer working in digital, film photography, and sculpture as well as in collaboration with her husband mark sink utilizing the 19th century collodion wetplate process. pulling from two of the biggest art genres, portraits, and floral still lives, ’flower face’ series meshes the two together to create some
erin o’keefe
the series, ‘the flatness’ refers to both the material flatness of the photograph itself, as well as the perceptual flattening of the still life space. the images explore the tendency of the camera to flatten pictorial space and as a result, foster ambiguous readings. the still life arrangements are comprised of painted plywood boards, physical
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