Moments of Reprieve: Representing Loss in Contemporary Photography

Justin Coombes, Hokkaido Postcard, Artist’s book, 2011, The exhibition Moments of Reprieve: Representing Loss in Contemporary Photography is, in collaboration with Paradise Row, currently on display at the David Roberts Foundation on Great Titchfield Street in London. By connecting photography with the manifold meanings of loss, the curators Louisa Adams and David Birkin dig into…

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…