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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.

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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!

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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.

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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and that my creative impulses – initially absolutely sincere – were running the risk of contemplating upon ideas no longer valid.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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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MAGGIE SHANNON Extreme Pain, but Also Extreme Joy

Casting an unflinching eye onto the realities of giving birth during the pandemic, LA-based photographer Maggie Shannon’s award-winning project is an important document of an often-unseen yet universal experience. Through her candid photographs, she captures the highs and lows of childbirth.

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Inspiration: John Yuji - Skin on Skin

From temporary tattoos to action figures, this inventive young artist blends fashion and art to explore the commodification of the body through a truly weird and wonderful post-Internet lens. Photographs by John Yuyi.

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Inspiration: Francesco Gioia

Recently announced as one of All About Photos Best Modern Photographers of 2021 Francesco Gioia’s street photography are rich in color; bathed in shadows, and punctuated by fragments of light, they are invariably atmospheric, permeating with a palpable sense of drama that perhaps speaks to his love of cinema; more specifically: “film noir, german expressionism, the new Hollywood era, and Asian cinema”.

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Inspiration: Christopher Russell - The Spangle Maker

Russell is based in the Pacific Northwest and has long been taken with the majesty of its landscape. His new body of work has a theme of water running through it (pun intended). Russell is captivated by the idea of water as an unreliable narrator. Reflections upon its surface mirror its surroundings, but are easily destabilized, suggesting fragility in the familiar and offering a sense that things may not be what they seem.

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