Naked bodies intertwined, boys and girls creating odd symmetries, humans in touch with nature and with each other; Ren Hangs photography has nothing to please the Chinese authorities. Born in 1987 in Chang Chun, in the northeast of China, Ren Hang has made a name for himself internationally and now represents a new symbol of Chinese youth; uninhibited and seeking freedom.
On a journey of introspection and self-discovery, a photographer by the name of Lalla Essaydi, based out of New York City, struggles to understand Orientalism, the complexity of the Arab female identity, as well as the confines of Islamic tradition and the spaces in which she grew up. Born and raised in Morocco, she moved to New York after living…
In light of International Womens Day, we bring you photographer Mihaela Noroc, a young Romanian photographer, who travelled to 37 countries in the past 15 months to challenge the ideal of beauty in Western culture.
Pioneer colour photographer, Sergey Prokudin-Gorskii, captures Russia as it was at the beginning of the 20th century Instagram style. A chemist by trade, Prokudin-Gorskii is interested in the science of color photography and studied with experts in Berlin and Paris. To create colour images, he had to take three consecutive photos: the first using a blue filter, the second using…