Warsaw invites all to Photo Days!
Warsaw Photo Days was launched in 2013 by the OW ZPAF's initiative. The first edition of the festival took place in Warsaw, Poland in October 2013. The main mission behind the festival is to create a room that will enable the broad exposure of various forms of photography medium, from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
Last year we were thrilled to participate in a partnership with Warsaw Photo Days resulting in a large section of our issue #14 being dedicated to the initiative. This year is no different and we are discovering Warsaw again for more.
The second edition of the festival will kick off this Friday, October 24th ( facebook event )and will run under a theme of 'IDENTIFICATION', as understood broadly.The Main Program will consist of three collective exhibitions displaying Polish artists.
'RECOGNITION', the first one, will focus on the subject of typological photography - in which the author records repetitive motifs via portraits. 'SIGNATURE' exhibition will look into the subjective matters of paper, print and negative, in relation to an artist and as a result of which an unique output is being created. What defines a signature? What truly the mark of an artist is? The theme of the third exhibition, 'MARKED PLACES', construes the subject of presence and relativity to various events in time and space. As such, this relation may not always be obvious or visible, and as a matter of fact will not be easily defined. What defines this photographic relevancy? Would it be a case of aesthetics, a matter of composition or a colour or form used... or is it all just a mere packaging and what's important is somewhat concealed and has to be revealed for us to experience.
Hereby, we are thrilled to invite you to experience Warsaw Photo Days one more time.
For a list of all events please read more and remember to visit WPD's page for all upcoming news and full programme.
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| Joanna Chudy, from the series 'Fragmentaryczność wspomnień, czyli pocztówki z podróży' |
Last year we were thrilled to participate in a partnership with Warsaw Photo Days resulting in a large section of our issue #14 being dedicated to the initiative. This year is no different and we are discovering Warsaw again for more.
The second edition of the festival will kick off this Friday, October 24th ( facebook event )and will run under a theme of 'IDENTIFICATION', as understood broadly.The Main Program will consist of three collective exhibitions displaying Polish artists.
'RECOGNITION', the first one, will focus on the subject of typological photography - in which the author records repetitive motifs via portraits. 'SIGNATURE' exhibition will look into the subjective matters of paper, print and negative, in relation to an artist and as a result of which an unique output is being created. What defines a signature? What truly the mark of an artist is? The theme of the third exhibition, 'MARKED PLACES', construes the subject of presence and relativity to various events in time and space. As such, this relation may not always be obvious or visible, and as a matter of fact will not be easily defined. What defines this photographic relevancy? Would it be a case of aesthetics, a matter of composition or a colour or form used... or is it all just a mere packaging and what's important is somewhat concealed and has to be revealed for us to experience.
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Rafał Milach, from the series 'The
Winners'
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Hereby, we are thrilled to invite you to experience Warsaw Photo Days one more time.
For a list of all events please read more and remember to visit WPD's page for all upcoming news and full programme.
Sumimasen by IPG Project
The debut volume from IPG Project, the New York based art duo Tamara and Yoshi Kametani, presented in a limited edition hardback book.
The word Sumimasen ("I am sorry") is used in Japanese society to express both apology and gratitude. It anchors a formal code of behaviour which is mainly used in public interactions and uncommon within intimate relationships. This reflects a unification of social behaviour that can be seen as a mask, thus further alienating the private from the public. This plurality of attitudes in Japanese society is recognised by the terms “tatemae" (behaviour in public) and “honne” (true feelings); also known as putting on and off a “mask”.
The word Sumimasen ("I am sorry") is used in Japanese society to express both apology and gratitude. It anchors a formal code of behaviour which is mainly used in public interactions and uncommon within intimate relationships. This reflects a unification of social behaviour that can be seen as a mask, thus further alienating the private from the public. This plurality of attitudes in Japanese society is recognised by the terms “tatemae" (behaviour in public) and “honne” (true feelings); also known as putting on and off a “mask”.
prism #17 is here!
prism #17 is here featuring 9 photographers: Antoine Bruy, Michael J Keane, Dominic Hawgood, Nikolas Ventourakis, Marianne Bjornmyr, Anna Kieblesz, Fabrizio Albertini, India Lawton, Edyta Dufaj and an article on the Photo Album of Ireland by Darren Campion.
Erin O’Keefe: Surface and Depth
Erin O’Keefe: Surface and Depth
by Darren Campion
Given that we are surrounded by pictures and make constant use of them, it might seem inevitable that we should understand how they work, how the space within them operates to produce a certain kind of meaning – the cultural and practical saturation of images that we experience should ideally result in an equally pervasive measure of fluency when it comes to visual media, especially with regard to “reading” photographs, which obviously make up the vast majority of images that we both consume and produce. There are any number of reasons why this is actually not the case, of course, most of them related to the general qualities of photography as a medium and our assumptions about it.
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| The Flatness #1 / Erin O'Keefe |
Apart from its self-consciously aesthetic uses, photography also has a range of other applications where the conditions of the medium tend to disappear, so when it comes to reading those images we see through the photograph itself in the belief that we are actually dealing (more or less directly) with its subject. In certain contexts this does make sense, but at the same time we are always confronting a subject that is seen photographically, that is to say, a picture specifically and not whatever reality that might have preceded it. In her work Erin O’Keefe is explicitly concerned with exploring the mechanics of photographic space, its material as well as conceptual terms, at a time when such questions are more pressing than ever. Hers is most obviously a studio-based practice, taking the still life tradition into a newly fragmented – one might almost say post-digital – direction.
The Lyrical Subject - Interview with Kuba Dąbrowski
The Lyrical Subject
Kuba Dąbrowski talks to Joanna Kinowska
All Images are presented are part of “Film obyczajowy produkcji polskiej” Exhibition / Zachęta Warsaw Gallery / Images © 2013 Kuba Dabrowski / Courtesy of the artist
Joanna Kinowska: The basic question — are you a photographer?
Kuba Dąbrowski: I work as a professional photographer. I pay taxes as a photographer, have a degree in photography, and use professional equipment. So from this point of view, I am a photographer. And as far as my artistic practice is concerned, I prefer to think of myself as ‘someone who takes pictures’ rather than a photographer. On the one hand, I earn my living from photography, but on the other hand, I do my own thing and the two don’t necessarily overlap. I’m a different person for different people: an advertising agency executive perceives me differently than a magazine photo editor, and the photo editor differently than a photography curator or historian. Each of them needs me for different purposes, and the different people or communities are often actually unaware of the other spheres of my work. As for ‘my own work’, I usually put it like this: you can play the guitar, you can write poems, and you can take pictures — the basic point is to manifest your sensitivity and share a story, not to create attractive images. I like to think that the pictures I take are not made for photography buffs but for people who share my kind of sensitivity.
prism #16: Happy B-Day!
This May, we celebrate the 3rd anniversary of prism Photography Magazine!
Over the past three years we have done our best to provide our audience with eighteen amazing issues, each one completed with a great selection of contemporary photography. Each year, prism has provided us with new challenges and new experiences, which have been very rewarding for us. We were always thrilled to celebrate established names and happy to promote emerging artists and numerous photographic initiatives. We were delighted to have partnered with photographic festivals and have always been looking forward to setting up new goals and meeting new friends!
We have created a stable and growing platform for international audience to be exposed to 'what's hot' in the contemporary photography. We have launched a blog platform to provide you with articles, previews, reviews and interviews. We have organised a few very exciting exhibitions, both as our own initiative and also as part of PhotoIreland Festival: a very successful International Instant Photography Exhibition, numerous group shows and collective exhibitions in the past or the exhibition of Marian Schmidt, founder and director of Warsaw School of Photography, a photographer known for his humanistic approach to photography and his masterful composition skills.
We are also proud to be actively supporting photographic prizes and events introducing their winners to our audience. Last year we have actively promoted winners of The Grand Prix Fotofestiwal Lodz (Poland) and POPCAP - piclet.org's Prize for Contemporary African Photography. This issue is no different and we bring you the profiles of four shortlisted artist for the prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014: Alberto Garcia-Alix, Jochen Lempert, Lorna Simpson and Richard Mosse.
prism has always been committed to be partnered with festivals and photographic organisations: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, PhotoIreland.org, Belfast Photo Festival, piclet.org (Germany), Neu Now, Slideluck Potshow Dublin, Actual Colors May Vary, PhotoMonth Krakow, Fotofestiwal Lodz and Warsaw Photo Days, to name few of our good old and new friends.
All our efforts have been met with very positive feedback, which has reassured us that our work is noticed and appreciated. We couldn't have expected a better reward.
With this exalted moment of celebration we are thrilled to have discovered and to present, in addition to Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014 shortlisted artists, the work of talented photographers: ‘Woods The Walls and Wells’, a black and white tale by Goseong Choi, ‘The Insvisible’ by Jacek Ura - series of portraits of pupils of the School for Blind Children in Cracow, ‘The Flatness’ by Erin O’Keefe, ‘Logbook’ by Yanina Boldyreva, Interview with Kuba Dabrowski on his work and his recent show in Warsaw’s Zacheta Gallery, sensual work of Rachael Banks, ‘The Stationary Travellers’ by Karol Szymkowiak, ‘DOM (Document. Object. Model)’ series by Julia Borissova and ‘Human Visibility‘ short editorial seies by Ákos Rajnai.
We would like to thank all photographers, curators and editors who contributed to this and all previous issues, our friends from galleries, institutions and organizations for their support and positive energy, and finally, most of all, we’d like to thank you, Dear Readers for building such a strong, supportive community of photo enthusiasts that keeps us motivated to deliver more amazing material in the future.
Let the light in.
Karol Liver
prism Editor
Over the past three years we have done our best to provide our audience with eighteen amazing issues, each one completed with a great selection of contemporary photography. Each year, prism has provided us with new challenges and new experiences, which have been very rewarding for us. We were always thrilled to celebrate established names and happy to promote emerging artists and numerous photographic initiatives. We were delighted to have partnered with photographic festivals and have always been looking forward to setting up new goals and meeting new friends!
We have created a stable and growing platform for international audience to be exposed to 'what's hot' in the contemporary photography. We have launched a blog platform to provide you with articles, previews, reviews and interviews. We have organised a few very exciting exhibitions, both as our own initiative and also as part of PhotoIreland Festival: a very successful International Instant Photography Exhibition, numerous group shows and collective exhibitions in the past or the exhibition of Marian Schmidt, founder and director of Warsaw School of Photography, a photographer known for his humanistic approach to photography and his masterful composition skills.
We are also proud to be actively supporting photographic prizes and events introducing their winners to our audience. Last year we have actively promoted winners of The Grand Prix Fotofestiwal Lodz (Poland) and POPCAP - piclet.org's Prize for Contemporary African Photography. This issue is no different and we bring you the profiles of four shortlisted artist for the prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014: Alberto Garcia-Alix, Jochen Lempert, Lorna Simpson and Richard Mosse.
prism has always been committed to be partnered with festivals and photographic organisations: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, PhotoIreland.org, Belfast Photo Festival, piclet.org (Germany), Neu Now, Slideluck Potshow Dublin, Actual Colors May Vary, PhotoMonth Krakow, Fotofestiwal Lodz and Warsaw Photo Days, to name few of our good old and new friends.
All our efforts have been met with very positive feedback, which has reassured us that our work is noticed and appreciated. We couldn't have expected a better reward.
With this exalted moment of celebration we are thrilled to have discovered and to present, in addition to Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014 shortlisted artists, the work of talented photographers: ‘Woods The Walls and Wells’, a black and white tale by Goseong Choi, ‘The Insvisible’ by Jacek Ura - series of portraits of pupils of the School for Blind Children in Cracow, ‘The Flatness’ by Erin O’Keefe, ‘Logbook’ by Yanina Boldyreva, Interview with Kuba Dabrowski on his work and his recent show in Warsaw’s Zacheta Gallery, sensual work of Rachael Banks, ‘The Stationary Travellers’ by Karol Szymkowiak, ‘DOM (Document. Object. Model)’ series by Julia Borissova and ‘Human Visibility‘ short editorial seies by Ákos Rajnai.
We would like to thank all photographers, curators and editors who contributed to this and all previous issues, our friends from galleries, institutions and organizations for their support and positive energy, and finally, most of all, we’d like to thank you, Dear Readers for building such a strong, supportive community of photo enthusiasts that keeps us motivated to deliver more amazing material in the future.
Let the light in.
Karol Liver
prism Editor
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014 - Who and why?
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014
text by Grażyna Siedlecka
The four shortlisted artists for Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014 have been announced. This year's finalists are Alberto Garcia-Alix, Jochen Lempert, Lorna Simpson and Richard Mosse.
The Deutsche Börse photography prize is one of the most prestigious art awards in Europe, founded in 1996 by The Photographers' Gallery in London, supported and sponsored by Deutsche Börse Group since 2005. The list of previous winners includes such notable individuals as Paul Graham, Juergen Teller, John Stezaker, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. The annual prize of £30,000 goes to an artist of any nationality, who has exhibited or published an outstanding body of work that has significantly contributed to photography in Europe (quoting the information provided by The Photographers’ Gallery).
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| Press Image l DBPP14 l Jochen Lempert, Untitled (girl in telephone booth), 1993-2011 |
The Deutsche Börse Photography prize 2014 jury includes Kate Bush, Jitka Hanzlova, Thomas Seelig, Anne-Marie Beckmann and Brett Rogers (the non-voting Chair). The winner will be announced on the 12th of May 2014 during a special ceremony at The Photographers' Gallery Before that happens, four nominated projects will be available for public viewing between 11 April and 11 June 2014 at The Photographers' Gallery.
The nominated works cover a diverse range of subjects and techniques, ranging from black and white self-portraits to experimental war documentary photos. The innovative thinking, groundbreaking ideas and broad-minded approaches is what makes these various pieces stand out.
RICHARD MOSSE
Richard Mosse (born in Kilkenny, 1980) is nominated for his exhibition “The Enclave”, which represented Ireland in the Venice Biennale 2013. This photographer has been getting more and more international attention since publishing his most recent work about the violent ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but what makes Mosse's photographs special? The photographer decided to use the virtually-obsolete Kodak Aerochrome film, which captures a spectrum of infrared light which is invisible to a human eye. This technology was developed by the U.S. military to be used for aerial surveillance. The project resulted in an eye-catching, psychedelic six-channel video installation and large format photographs, full of succulent reds and pinks, forcing a viewer to look at them again and again in attempt to understand what exactly is depicted in these beautiful pictures and the story behind them.
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| Richard Mosse, Safe From Harm, 2012 / Press Image / Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014 |
prism #15 preview
Welcome to 2014!
2013 saw prism release six regular issues coinciding with PhotoIreland Festival, Belfast Photo Festival and Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal. We also reached the finals of The Irish Web Awards 2013, being nominated for Best Online Magazine. 2013 was a brilliant year for us! However, it would not have been possible without the continuous support of our friends, contributors, editors and each and every one of you! So thank you!
Our mission here at prism has always been to provide a platform for emerging contemporary photographers, a place where discussions begin and a place for contemplation and reflection. In 2014 we have made our resolutions and we aim to become even bigger, better and brighter.
Our plan for 2014 is to continue to deliver the “crème de la crème” of contemporary photography and to stimulate the photographic communities in Ireland and abroad. We have ambitions to grow bigger and more beautiful, we want to surprise you. We have been working hard on new plans for 2014 to host a series of talks and events that will advance the visual art scene and culture.
We hope you can join us on this new adventure...
Whilst we were reflecting over the past year during the Holidays, we decided to include a retrospective our best picks from 2013, the ones that had the biggest impact on us! Check our new issue to see our picks!
Enjoy!
prism Team
2013 saw prism release six regular issues coinciding with PhotoIreland Festival, Belfast Photo Festival and Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal. We also reached the finals of The Irish Web Awards 2013, being nominated for Best Online Magazine. 2013 was a brilliant year for us! However, it would not have been possible without the continuous support of our friends, contributors, editors and each and every one of you! So thank you!
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| #14 cover: © Chad Coombs |
Our plan for 2014 is to continue to deliver the “crème de la crème” of contemporary photography and to stimulate the photographic communities in Ireland and abroad. We have ambitions to grow bigger and more beautiful, we want to surprise you. We have been working hard on new plans for 2014 to host a series of talks and events that will advance the visual art scene and culture.
We hope you can join us on this new adventure...
Whilst we were reflecting over the past year during the Holidays, we decided to include a retrospective our best picks from 2013, the ones that had the biggest impact on us! Check our new issue to see our picks!
Enjoy!
prism Team
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