“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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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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Aesthetica Art Prize 2022Deadline August 31, 2021
The Aesthetica Art Prize was launched in 2007, five years after the launch of Aesthetica Magazine, as a way to support the next generation of talent across new visual media. (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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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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International Women’s Day / 2021March 8, 2021
Founded over a hundred years ago evolving through various names and dates, this fulcrum of women’s rights, International Women’s Day, was adopted by the United Nations only in 1975 (more…)
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Lise SarfatiPhotographer
Born in 1958 in Oran, Algeria Lise Sarfati lives and works between Paris and Los Angeles and is represented by Yossi Milo Gallery, NY, Rose Gallery, LA, La Galerie Particulière, Paris.
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Jalan & Jibril DurimelPhotographers
Twin brothers Jalan & Jibril Durimel draw inspiration through their diversified upbringing between the French Antilles and the US. Born in Paris to parents from the island of Guadeloupe (more…)
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Between These Folded Walls, UtopiaCooper & Gorfer
What do you hold close? Where is your secret place of belonging? If you had to leave everything behind and begin again – who would you be? As the world around us is unravelling, have we stopped dreaming of another?
