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The New World [Matjaz Rust]

The New World [Matjaz Rust]

About the recent series of photographs of photographer Matjaž Rušt, entitled The New World exploring the visual iconography of Slovenian immigrant communities in the lands overseas. Migration has existed in the world for as long as civilisations, i.e. connected communities of people with collective identity and consciousness. In the last…

Why So Serious? [Jaka Babnik]

Why So Serious? [Jaka Babnik]

A short essay about the series of photographs by Jaka Babnik entitled Why So Serious? which was released as a photobook, published for Rostfrei Publishing, and displayed as an exhibition at Miklova hiša Gallery, Ribnica, Slovenia. The photobook can be ordered here. Although created consciously and intentionally, as a result…

The Bright Side of Stratification [Mihailo Vasiljevic]

The Bright Side of Stratification [Mihailo Vasiljevic]

On Mihailo Vasiljević‘s New Money series of photographs. Premiered at U10 Art Space, Belgrade (30 March – 16 April 2017). The world is unjust; face it! People (including the poor and the underprivileged) tend to look down at the rising problems of unequal distribution of wealth and income with just…

On the Road Across Yugoslavia [Bojan Radovic]

On the Road Across Yugoslavia [Bojan Radovic]

About Bojan Radovič‘s YU and ME series of photographs (1986-1990 / 2014), available as a limited edition photobook at the ArtZine Editions As soon as it collapsed, the (former) state of Yugoslavia became a myth: the myth of an extravagant, liberal socialist state forever lost. After realising that the romantic period…

The Future of Investigative Photo-Journalism… Almost There [Sochi Project]

The Future of Investigative Photo-Journalism… Almost There [Sochi Project]

The Sochi Project is one of the most notorious, successful and omnipresent photographic initiatives in the past couple of years that connect classic photojournalism and conceptual photography, journalism and storytelling. In a way this is due to a highly innovative approach of their creators, photographer Rob Hornstra and journalist Arnold van Bruggen who have created a press of their own.