Nick Brandt’s Echo of Our Voices: Climate Impact and Syrian Refugees

Nick Brandt’s exhibition, The Echo of Our Voices, focuses on displaced Syrian families in Jordan, capturing their resilience amidst climate change and war. Showcasing globally, it highlights the disproportionate effects of environmental crises on marginalized communities. The series continues Brandt’s ongoing project, The Day May Break, emphasizing human and animal vulnerability. Continue reading Nick Brandt’s Echo of Our Voices: Climate Impact and Syrian Refugees

Stories & Dreams: Portraits of Childhood by Steve McCurry

A striking collection of images of children from around the world taken over the past four decades of Steve McCurry’s successful photography career. Steve McCurry is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist. Without knowing his name, people around the world know his work – one of the most famous photos of the 20th Century: His photo Afghan Girl, of a girl with piercing green eyes, … Continue reading Stories & Dreams: Portraits of Childhood by Steve McCurry

The Island by Robert Darch

Conceived as a response to the Brexit vote, but also drawing on formative memories and past emotions to realise a sense of place that reflects the times we are living in. The Island is a new book published by British artist-photographer Robert Darch. Originally conceived as a response to Brexit, the poetic black and white photographs convey the heaviness that he felt and reflect Robert’s anxieties and fears about … Continue reading The Island by Robert Darch

All of Us: Portraits of an American Bicentennial by Richard Beaven

In All of Us: Portraits of an American Bicentennial there are only two portraits which don’t show us the entire person being photographed. The approach Richard Beaven takes to include the whole person in his his project photographing the community of Ghent, New York allows the viewer to get a feel for who each person is, how they hold their hands, how they stand alone … Continue reading All of Us: Portraits of an American Bicentennial by Richard Beaven

The Universal Becomes Personal: Hair Stories by Rohina Hoffman

Hair is so ubiquitous, it’s a common thread not unlike the weather. Seemingly everyone has a comment or observation about the subject. ‘How does my hair look?’, ‘I cried when my hair was cut,’ or ‘I’m having a ‘bad hair day’. Hair Stories is centered around the experience of women and their hair, yet the experience is still universal to some degree. Who among us … Continue reading The Universal Becomes Personal: Hair Stories by Rohina Hoffman

Featured photographer Rachael Banks

Rachael Banks is a photographer from Louisville, Kentucky, and is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Northern Kentucky University. In a recent issue of F-Stop Magazine, I was fortunate to interview her and feature her work in the thematic context of animals  – while acknowledging her work focuses primarily on family dynamics, relationships, and nostalgia. She is also especially interested in social subcultures and identity … Continue reading Featured photographer Rachael Banks

Featured photographer – Sandrine Hermand-Grisel

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel grew up in Paris, France and in London, UK. She studied in Paris International Law before deciding to dedicate her life to photography in 1997. Hermand-Grisel has exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at the Carroussel du Louvre (Paris, France), Rayko Photo Center (San Francisco, USA), Maison de la Culture (Luxemburg), City Hall, SFAC Galleries (San Francisco, USA), Europ’art’, (Geneva, Switzerland) Espace Bontemps … Continue reading Featured photographer – Sandrine Hermand-Grisel