Ana Paula Dan

Maybe an architect, maybe a photographer, one day a writer. For sure, though, chocolate addicted.

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Corinne Vionnet-Photo Opportunities

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Works from Corinne Vionnet

When I first saw this series of Corinne Vionnet I thought it was consisted by paintings. It was a big surprise when, checking more carefully, I found out that these incredible images are, in reality, photographs. This fact changed my whole perception of the work, bringing me ideas of how we can be affected by places. In this case, touristic places. Vionnet used the photographic technique to make us think, artistically.

Why are we fascinated by these sites? Is it because they are really enchanting…Read More »

Yijun Liao-Experimental Relationship

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“What does love look like? Anything. As long as two people match, no matter in what way, it’s love.”  (The Morning News) Why not to be a bit obvious and start the day talking about relationships? They are so simple and, paradoxically, so complicated, so unpredictable, so full of possibilities. We accept human beings as social animals but love is still a mystery in our lives, even Science trying to explain it as hormone reactions. What does make us interested in another person? What does…Read More »

Jonathan Leder-Modern Pin-ups

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In the 40´s and 50´s the American soldiers started to hang pictures of pretty girls on the wall. It was one of the ways to encourage themselves during the heavy period of being in a troop. And so, the pin-ups were born, and a standard of beauty with them: sexy, sensual, feminine, but naïve. So many years later, even with the big changes in our culture, we are still able to find these characteristics in contemporary photographs out there. Almost nothing as provoking as in…Read More »

Daniele Mattioli and Girolamo Marri-The Graft

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The immigration issue is a very common and important subject nowadays. The more we globalize, the more we move. At the same time, this new life is not always the life we dreamt about. And that´s what the photographer Daniele Mattioli, in collaboration with the artist Girolamo Marri (both Italians based in Shanghai), shows us here. His personal project “The Graft” put the discussion again on the table. In his words: “The work attempts to portray the condition of the emigrant/immigrant and the process of settling…Read More »