photographic essays

photographic essays

manjari sharma – the shower series

[slidepress gallery=’manjarisharma_theshowerseries’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls   Manjari Sharma The Shower Series play this essay   For the last few months I have been inviting people to visit my apartment and allow me to photograph them in a very intimate space; my bathroom. I have also been inviting them …

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ryan gauvin – deep roots/fresh cut

[slidepress gallery=’ryangauvin_deeproots’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls   Ryan Gauvin Deep Roots/Fresh Cut PLAY THIS ESSAY   I passed my thesis defense on Thursday afternoon and by Sunday I was out of Toronto, driving back across Canada to Vancouver. A week later I was at the golf course where I’d …

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closing time…

my imaginary title for this two picture essay is “Closing Time”….taken in Austin, Texas last week…both without me getting out of my seat….some of you probably imagine me running all over the place, but when i am shooting i usually do not move much…i do a lot of photography while sitting down…used the car window …

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rijasolo – miverina

[slidepress gallery=’rijasolo_miverina’] Hover over the image for full screen and navigation controls Rijasolo Miverina, back to Madagascar play multimedia   “If you don’t know where you are going, then look at where you come from”, goes the African proverb. “Miverina” means “to come back”. These images speak of my return to the country of my …

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marco bottelli – angels

[slidepress gallery=’marcobottelli_angels’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Marco Bottelli Angels play this essay   The project “Angels” was born on the day i saw that dead bird. It lay in the middle of the street, its wings stuck to the ground, white feathers covering what remained …

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lassal – foreshadow

  Foreshadow by Lassal I remember I was totally curious about Romania before getting there … The workshop with Antonin Kratochvil was called “The Lost Villages of Transylvania” and during the first days of orientation and introduction by our guides we could see what that meant: a disappearing world. People between anguish and hope – …

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ellie brown – capsule relationship

[slidepress gallery=’elliebrown-capsulerelationship’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls   Ellie Brown Capsule Relationship play this essay   The story started with a Craigslist advertisement. The story ends with a true collaboration on the project. This resulted in a narrative of a truncated relationship based on social norms that both Zach Webber …

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vicky slater – colourblind

[slidepress gallery=’vickyslater_colourblind’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Vicky Slater Colourblind play this essay   Alain de Botton wrote…..”Portraits can reveal sides of yourself that you are unused to seeing, over which you haven’t extended ownership….they can pick up on features that you don’t identify with and …

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