Artist and hairstylist, Birte Klintworth take up the implied challenge of creating camera-less images, offering an alternative, experimental, radical and revelatory form of vision. Abandoning the camera at the outset in favour of a more direct and readily metaphorical rendering of the photographic phenomena.

Swiss artist and photographer Olivia Wünsche had a long interests in indigenous worldviews, environmental and humanitarian crisis. She decided to travel to Peru to work with a local NGO. She witnessed first hand what she only new from research: indigenous people are still being subjected to colonial exploitation, but now camouflaged as corporate policies. But she also found forceful resistance and a spirit to fight back by the local community which inspired her to create this series of images, collages and digital paintings.

In her series ‘The Last Few’, photographer Sarah Louise Ramsay documents the lives of Havana’s last remaining Balseros float tube fishing community. With nothing more than the inner tubes from truck tires, they head out to the open sea early in the morning to provide for their families.

Opening July 20th until September 24th, Somerset House is proud to present BLACK VENUS, an exhibition which examines the historical representation and shifting legacy of Black women in visual culture. Curated by Aindrea Emelife, BLACK VENUS brings together the work of over 18 Black women and non-binary artists to explore the othering, fetishisation and reclamation of narratives around Black femininity.

With his project Bear Meat, photographer Carlo Lombardi provides a point of view on the fragile relationship between human beings and nature. Using a combination of contemporary photographs and historical images, he investigates the conservation efforts to protect the Marsican brown bear in the Apennine mountains.

With a background in painting and drawing, visual artist Jorg Karg creates stunning digital photographic collages and objects. His unique approach and mesmerising style has gained him a lot of recognition over the years. His photo book Manifest is available now.

We immersed ourselves once again in the world of Primavera Sound! On this occasion, the prestigious music festival has arrived in Madrid with great enthusiasm, inaugurating its musical extravaganza in all its splendour.

Michael Najjar is arguably one of the most important photo artists of his generation when it comes to defining how technology will define humanity in the 21st century. We spoke exclusively to him about his ongoing project outer space, his fascination with technology and what AI will mean for his work.

According to legend, a creature half-human and half-water life was stranded in the Netherlands in the 15th century – this creature embodied both the sea and humans. With her work Waterland, Dutch artist Sophie Allerding adopts the position of this mermaid. What would she think of climate change and rising sea levels – a problem which has become very serious in recent years in the Netherlands. 

What is beauty and how do we define it? For visual artist Alina Gross, the perception and idea of beauty is completely distorted and unrealistic. With her series ‘Les fleurs’, she combines body painting with flowers and close-ups of naked female bodies to create a sensual expression of what beauty means to her.

Photographer Flávio Edreira uses photography as therapy to deal with his ADHD and to better understand his internal conflicts. Tormenta (English: Storm) represents the lack of control he feels, the nightmares he is submerged in and his paralysing fear of everything tumbling into utter chaos.

Photographer Gregg Segal combines abstract images of textures found in the streets with old family photos to create multi-layered images trying to understand his complex family history. What initially started as a way to understand his brother’s mental health issues quickly developed into something much deeper and more meaningful.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) was officially criminalised in Egypt back in 2008 – nonetheless it is still considered one of the most important religious rituals to this day. With Permanent Wound, photographer Somaya Abdelrahman documents her own personal journey and the violence and pain thousands of women experience every year.