Sam Lewitt retools the economic transition of the demolition of the Ford Genk. This dispersed presentation at Z33 raises the question of where we locate the ‘work’ as an activity and as a product. (more…)
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doc!
Magazine
doc! photo magazine and contra doc! are online publications devoted to documentary and fine art photography, respectively. The first issue of doc! photo magazine appeared on July 9, 2012, and since then all its next editions are published on the 9th day of each month. contra doc! is a quarterly which debuted on April 15, 2013.
Both magazines share the same approach to the photography which they perceive as an universal communication platform between people despite their backgrounds, gender, political views, or religions.
doc! photo magazine and contra doc! are created for all lovers of photography. Our pages are filled with materials by both, the well known and commonly respected photographers as well as debutants or those who are just at the beginning of their photographic adventure. We are open to your submissions and mode details about the terms for publishing the story you may find here.
doc! photo magazine and contra doc! actively promote photographic events. We support exhibitions, books, festivals. We organize periodical doc! talks meetings, during which together with invited guests we discuss challenges of the contemporary documentary photography. We also run exhibitions and publishing projects. Our first publishing project is a guidebook through Polish young contemporary photography – DEBUTS, where we present portfolios of 36 most talented Polish photographers worthy of attention.
We are also active on the collector’s photography trade market. In our store, you may find works of photographers you may know from the pages of doc! photo magazine and contra doc!
Our activities are complemented by doc! academy, a series of exclusive author’s photo workshops to which we invite the world’s best photographers.
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Nan GoldinPhotographer
Nan Goldin is an American photographer known for her deeply personal and candid portraiture. Goldin’s images act as a visual autobiography documenting herself and those closest to her. (more…)
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Interview with Saul LeiterBy David Gibson
“History of art is a history of great things neglected and ignored and mediocre things being admired. At different times things are different. The history of photography is a history of changes.” –Saul Leiter (more…)
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Alec SothPhotographer
Alec Soth’s work is rooted in the distinctly American tradition of ‘on-the-road photography’ developed by Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Stephen Shore. From Huckleberry Finn to Easy Rider there seems to be a uniquely American desire to travel and chronicle the adventures that consequently ensue. (more…)
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William EgglestonPhotographer
William Eggleston is one of the most influential photographers of the latter half of the 20th century, credited with pioneering fine art color photography in his iconic depictions of the American South. (more…)
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The American Document / Part IIFractured States / Peter van Agtmael
After returning from years of war coverage, Peter van Agtmael tries to piece together the memory, identity, race, class, and family, in a landscape which has become as surreal as the war he left behind.
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Dario MaglionicoArtist / Painter
Dario Maglionico was born in Naples in 1986. After graduating in Biomedical Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan, from 2014 he lived and worked in Milan, devoting himself exclusively to painting. (more…)
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The Treachery of MemorySally Mann
There are aspects of memories that we choose to remember, imagining small details that weren’t actually there, or bits that never really occurred, and perhaps now we rely too much on photography to help us make these moments more clear. (more…)
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Chantal JoffeArtist
Chantal Joffe brings a combination of insight and integrity, as well as psychological and emotional force, to the genre of figurative art. Hers is a deceptively casual brushstroke. (more…)
