The Voice of the Grain

Basil Al-Rawi, Untitled No. 5 from the series Façade, 2012 Foreword to the exhibition catalogue of the Masters in Photography Studies degree show, University of Westminster: The degree show of this Masters in Photography Studies represents a unique moment in which photographers from different cultural, social, even political backgrounds come together to exhibit their work.…

Collapsing the Private and Public in Cruising by Chad States

Chad States, from the series Cruising, 2011 Chad States’s recently published book Cruising is a collection of photographs that depict gay men looking for a sexual encounter with other men. Photographed in parks, wooden roadside groves or public restrooms across America, the photographs represent a hidden yet equally visible act of sexual transgression that operates…

The Present by Paul Graham

Paul Graham, 23rd Street, 2nd June 2011, 4.25.14 pm, Diptych from The Present The Present is the third in Paul Graham’s trilogy of projects on America beginning with American Night in 2003 and followed by A Shimmer of Possibility in 2007. While the previous projects focused on people who are socially and economically on the…