The Alba region is known for its natural deposits of gold, silver, and copper and is one of the oldest mining areas in Europe. The village of Geamăna lies in a valley about seven kilometers from Roșia Poieni, Romania's largest copper mine. The geological structure of the site made it ideal for use as a reservoir for chemical waste from the open-pit mine. In 1977, Romanian dictator Nicolae ...

Look all over. Extract and alter the natural elements that surround you in the constructed reality. Eat some Magma. Nature (primal / modern / post nature) is always imbued with mystery. Nature mutates herself and is being mutated. She is the Queen and the Underdog. It is about basal instincts and existence. Some animals of the now exist already for millions of years. Ancient is alive. ...

Hummingbirds are the only birds capable of flying backwards; their suspended motion mirrors the process of grief, moving into the past while still held in the present. A few years ago, I left my home country, Costa Rica, finding my own migratory route across the ocean. During that time, my father passed away from a neurodegenerative disease that slowly took his movement and his voice. When he was ...

The earth is a satellite of the moon is a decolonial photographic project about the Argentine satellites and our ability to dream. The title refers to the poem by the Nicaraguan poet Leonel Rugama. Historically, the continents that send the most satellites into space year after year are from the north: United States and Europe, where some of them offer great internet services at a very high cost ...

"Bloom" is a single-channel video installation and a series of photographic objects that explore the ecological tensions between industrial agriculture and aquatic ecosystems. Set in the Maumee River Watershed, one of the largest in the Great Lakes region spanning the U.S. and Canada, the project views this landscape as a local manifestation of global conditions. The unchecked use of nitrates and ...

A fossil, a nineteenth-century panorama, archives, souvenirs, a vanished land: the sea encompasses everything and nothing. Sometimes, things need to disappear completely before they can reappear. In this project, I depict the sea disappearing through images that blur the line between reality and imagination, emphasising the absurdity of human perception. Using photography and editing techniques, ...

"Second Earth" is a long-term research and experimentation project encompassing photography, video, and spatial installations. It is a DIY research project that spans both the ground and the stratosphere. Various objects were sent to an altitude of around thirty kilometers using helium-filled weather balloons. The balloons burst at this altitude, causing the objects to fall back to Earth. The ...

Water is more than just a resource; it is a living entity that feels, thinks, and connects us to the cosmos. According to the Andean cosmovision, water unites the Hanan Pacha (celestial world), the Kay Pacha (earthly world), and the Uku Pacha (subterranean world). Rather than being exploited, it is a spirit with which we engage in reciprocity. For the Uru Murato, water is identity and life. Known ...

At first glance, the collection seems like a forensic catalog of a catastrophe. Consisting of around one thousand eight hundred images, the work documents the haunting discovery of countless crustacean fragments salvaged from a pond near Toulouse. The sheer quantity of discarded limbs and shattered shells immediately raises the question: "Who or what is responsible? Is this visceral evidence of a ...

The "Serlachius Project" is an artistic exploration of the environment and history of Mänttä, a small town in Finland closely linked to the Serlachius family and its woodworking company. This photographic work attempts to connect different actors and time periods in an artistic and playful way. It combines fragments of archival materials from the Serlachius Museum's collection with current ...

"Forest Ruins" offers an environmental critique by questioning the historical role of photography in framing land as an object of control, ownership, and extraction. Rather than reinforcing these perspectives, the work approaches territory as a living system in which human and nonhuman presences are deeply interconnected. Working within a Guarani indigenous territory embedded in a megacity, the ...

For the past fifteen years, I have been working on countries that gained independence after the implosion of the Soviet Union. My work examines the enduring aftermath of the USSR, its unaddressed colonial legacy and how political, military, and ideological structures continue to shape and destroy territories, communities, and memory. These are places where history is not resolved, where frozen ...

Building speculative altars and reimagining Vietnamese identity through a sci-fi lens Images that circulate widely on social media play a decisive role in shaping how social and political realities are produced, perceived, and contested. Far from being neutral, these images contribute to the formation of cultural and territorial identities, reinforcing dominant narratives while also holding ...

“Like we would almost live forever” is a profound exploration that traces ten years of my life through the intersection of photography and writing. This comprehensive body of work meticulously weaves together over one-hundred images, collected across six dedicated years, with handwritten fragments pulled from a decade of personal journals. Through this synthesis of medium and memory, the project ...

“Clay Feet” explores contradictory themes as growing and aging simultaneously, stasis and transformation. I use raw, unfinished clay as a metaphor for the shaping of a new self. Covered in clay, I pose as Gaia, casually eating the leg of her captor. The clay self asks: What is the weight of history? Can I bend the arc of art history to channel my power, my rage? Who and what have I created of my ...

What does photography say about belonging? What can photography say about belonging, too? – this is the reflection at the core of “Community: Photography and Belonging” at Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, curated by Linda Conze and Miriam Homer. Running until May 25, the show brings together around two-hundred-seventy works across nine thematic chapters about belonging. Its most urgent proposition ...

Hairstyling is such a tender practice. It is the first art form I learnt from my mum, grandmother, and sisters. “Nwanne M Nwaanyị,” the title of this series, means ‘sister’ in my mother tongue, the Igbo language. The hair salon is a sanctuary where, in the in-between and the undone, we finally get to be soft when we are expected to be so much more everywhere else. Through this lens, the series ...

The latest photobooks picks by Der Greif “In Focus” is Der Greif’s photobook review series, spotlights our picks from the current open call for submissions and our community artists' most recent publications. This month, we bring out of our shelf Serhii Melnychenko’s book “Frontline Rolls: Photos, Letters & Artifacts from Ukrainian Soldiers,” a collaborative project extending from reportage to ...

On the outskirts of Frankfurt, within an ordinary industrial district, a quiet threshold opens once a week. For a brief span of time, a hidden world emerges between repair shops, office buildings, and a large meat-processing factory. What remains unnoticed during workdays becomes a place of gathering on Sundays, as people from many backgrounds arrive and the area begins to shift in rhythm and ...

The open call “Sisterhood in Practice,” launched for International Women’s Day, inviting artists to reflect on solidarity, process, and collective growth. While the online exhibition is running through April 8, we are extending this initiative and continuing our “Spread the Dialogue” series by bringing selected artists into conversation, creating a space where practices can meet, challenge one ...

Being born on Earth is, in itself, a big yet small event. The question, “Why does the moon follow us everywhere we go?”, which I first heard from my grandmother, has stayed with me. In fact, scientifically speaking, the moon does not follow us; its apparent stillness is an illusion. I began to see a similar parallax between human presence and land. Although land appears immovable, human ...

The material traces of liminal sites and the unpredictable hybrids of state power Images that circulate widely on social media play a decisive role in shaping how social and political realities are produced, perceived, and contested. Far from being neutral, these images contribute to the formation of cultural and territorial identities, reinforcing dominant narratives while also holding the ...

Harriet Beecher Stowe captured Florida perfectly in her 1873 sketches, “Palmetto Leaves”: “Florida, like a piece of embroidery, has two sides to it—one side all tag-rag and thrums, without order or position; and the other side showing flowers and arabesques and brilliant coloring.” As “Florida Boys” unfolds, I return to a question that remains at the heart of my work: how do you belong to a ...