The area where dreams are generated in our brain is called the ‘hot zone’. When photographer Claudia Fuggetti suffered from insomnia, she became obsessed with the idea of recreating what she saw in her dreams, trying to capture images which are usually lost after you wake up. Her images are transporting us back into her lucid dreams, mixing vision, dreams and reality.

For photographer Sebastian Ferruzo, the Western understanding of spirituality is a fascinating topic. In American society, where capitalism has generated enormous wealth disparities and social inequalities, his work connects with the people at the edge of that society. What keeps people going to look for meaning in life even when it’s dark and bleak around them?

Shane Lim’s ongoing series The future is hyperreal is a response to hyperreality. He creates tension by blurring the lines between natural and unnatural, to arrive somewhere neither real nor unreal through the juxtaposition of nature as subject and its distortion through digital process.

We invited singer-songwriter Fe to share with us her process and passion for photography. Her work gives voice to her inner self, reflecting mystery and wonder throughout her practice. Fe creates lumen and cyanotype prints using sunlight and full moonlight, developed directly onto photographic paper.

Photographer Laura San Segundo combines images she took over the last few years with old photographs she found in antique shop to create The circular enclosure – a series of images suspended in time, with no apparent connection or belonging. She achieves to create an uneasiness which is hard to ignore and enables a dialogue on how the editing process and our unconsciousness can disrupt and change how we perceive an image.

In his upcoming photo book Hackney Scars, photographer Eddie Plex sends a love letter to the accidental bizarre moments he has found during the last three years between Hackney (London) and Northern Italy. The series follows some strict rules: all shot on iPhone, no staging and no retouching, only documenting.

In this visual essay, photographer Duna Vallès Mestre explores her personal universe of intimacy and identity, trying to uncover what lies deep inside of her. Her images depict elements from the micro and macro universe, combining fundamentally polarising worlds.

A phase of insomnia made photographer Dzesika Devic explore her surroundings during the night and she was surprised what she discovered. The busy places she knew from daytime appeared completely transformed. Fascinated by the uneasiness and awkward feelings, she started to document this ‘new world’ she uncovered.

Back in 1993, photographer Kip Harris decided to go with his wife on a trip across the Midwest of America in search of ‘the Heart of the Country’. His images allow us a glimpse of what America looked like 30 years ago, during the first year of the Clinton administration, and his accompanying essay tells us what it felt like.

In her book The two headed horse. Reenactment in ten acts, photographer Mariela Sancari explores the transformation of a fixed image into a performed image. The 104-page book guides the reader through the play, complete with visual descriptions of the set, notes for the actors and the script.

In every city, there’s a tension between the urban environment and nature. But can we even talk about ‘nature’ in big cities? For photographer Itsaso Arizkuren, the combination of city and nature represents a battlefield. Through her photographs she explores how we portray and experience nature in metropolitan environments, and who has the upper hand.

Maria Munzi loves working with mystery and ambiguity in her photographs. She documents surreal moments, leaving the viewer questioning what is real and what is just an illusion. Her ongoing project Je ne regrette rien creates a playful mix of dreams, reality and humour. 

Combining retrofuturism with hyperreal aesthetics, pop-art style colours and bejewelled womxns bodies, Jasmine De Silva playfully satirises the desire for physical perfection, holding up a mirror to our own dehumanising obsession with appearances, with ambitious aims to expose society’s unrealistic standards of beauty. For her new series and ongoing project, De Silva creates a scintillating narrative of human addiction to body modification and the search for unattainable perfection.

Living in a large metropolitan city can be exciting and invigorating. Unfortunately, the fast-paced lifestyle and constant pressure of working and making enough money to survive can have adverse effects on your mental and psychical health. Photographer Yuqi Wang responds with humorous photography, exploring how our behaviour and consciousness will eventually conform to this invisible prison.