“From Russia Without Love” Makes Powerful Visual Statement Against Anti-LGBTQ Violence
From Russia Without Love is a series of photographs that make a powerful and moving statement, condemning violence against people who are LGBTQ. These…
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A Bird’s Eye View of Shop Keepers by Gabriel Linares
A vuelo de pájaro is translated as “a bird’s eye,” and these photographs give the viewer a bird’s eye view of shop owners in…
Paweł Bajew’s Comedic Self-Portraits
Yesterday, arthaus featured Paweł Bajew‘s Freaks series of photographs. Today, we examine Bajew‘s self-portraits. They share the same comedic, slightly absurd aesthetic. In these,…
Dreams and Emotions Shown in Self-Portraits by Flóra Borsi
In her highly conceptual work, Hungarian photographer Flóra Borsi attempts to “visualize the physically impossible.” Most of her works are self-portraits, though she sometimes…
Dictators with Toy Animals by Chunlong Sun
Celebrity is a series of manipulated photos by retoucher Chunlong Sun (from Beijing, China) and photographer Zhou Yulong. These are portraits of dictators and controversial…
Jon Jacobsen’s “People I Know”: Surreal, Interpretive Portraits
Many of the portraits in People I Know combine photography with other aspects of digital art. Jon Jacobsen‘s ongoing project shows his interpretation of…
Andrea Colombu’s Portraits Superimpose Food Onto People’s Faces
In this series of portraits, photographer and artist Andrea Colombu superimposes a variety of different foods onto human faces with interesting results. Interestingly, the only colour present in the images comes from the food – the faces and the background are all black and white – and it is this colour which really makes the images come alive – kind of what food does really – gives us life!