This small town symbolized the archetype of pastoral American life. Yet this idyllic place was also held hostage by a dark past, manifesting in the racial tensions that scar much of American history.
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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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What We Found After You Left / Naeem MohaiemenSep 21, 2019 – May 10, 2020
While focusing on moments of mistake and misrecognition, Naeem Mohaiemen’s research into aspirations towards utopia during the Cold War era, manifested through decolonization, revolution, and independence.
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Submit to ARTPILYear Round / International
ARTPIL is accepting submissions of Profiles, Articles, and Announcements. With a focus on modern + contemporary arts, ARTPIL provides stories, event news, interviews featuring profiles of artists of all disciplines, museums & galleries, agencies & organizations, both curated and from the public domain. (more…)
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Towards No Earthly Pole / Julian CharrièreJan 31 – Mar 21, 2020
Filmed at night, the dazzling landscapes captured are dramatically lit by a spotlight carried on a drone; as light tracks across the dark terrain, incredible shapes and tonalities are revealed. Sean Kelly Gallery is pleased to present Towards No Earthly Pole, Julian Charrière (more…)
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On the Peripheryby Sinziana Velicescu
Sinziana Velicescu’s work is a minimalist and abstract approach, a modern chronicling of a quiet land surveyor, completely separated of sentimentality. The publication of her series is a documentation of time, bracketed in images of framed surfaces of space.
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Helene Schmitz: Thinking Like a MountainDec 14, 2019 – Mar 15, 2020
“I wanted to portray the violent transformation of nature in the European periphery. I have experienced that the concept of wilderness, and virgin land untouched by humans, has disintegrated.” –Helene Schmitz
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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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Adorned / The Fashionable ShowDec 12, 2019 – Mar 11, 2020
The exhibition Adorned – The Fashionable Show presents intriguing and challenging fashion related photography projects created by a new generation of visual artists. (more…)
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So British! Collection PinaultJun 5, 2019 – May 11, 2020
Since its creation 30 years ago, the Pinault collection has grown quickly to become a major presence in the contemporary arts. This exhibition focuses on the British artists present in the collection. Artists include Nigel Cooke, Jonathan Wateridge, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Toby Ziegler, among others.
