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Photography

Iconic paintings and photographs

Role models: In public Latin America, the addiction heroes Bolívar and San Martin or Che Guevara and Evita are either idolized or satanized through paintings and photographs. This book takes a closer look at why.
Rune V. Harritshøj -

Weird Norwegian history: 29 thought-provoking interviews

BOOK: Queer icons deals with a generation that lived with the fear of AIDS, exclusion and criminalization – and not least with the pain from the lack of role models.
Ellen Lande -

Photography in a climate time

Copenhagen Photo Festival: Photography can capture nature, document it, but also process nature. Showcase the being, the exotic, the disappearing in a special way.
Steffen Moestrup -

Absorbed by the exterior

PHOTO: Photographer Helmut Newton's controversial cult status persists long after his death.
Melita Zajc -

Japanese women's views on life, gender roles and society

PHOTO: Japanese women struggle between traditional gender roles, an expectation of work effort and reproduction while maintaining the role of "good wife, wise mother".
Patricia Sequeira Brás -

South African identity

PHOTO: South African photographer Santu Mofokeng recently died at the age of 63. His image essays from the time during and after apartheid, however, live on.
Nina Beach -

A desire for materiality

PHOTOGRAPH: Can a photo hit us? Or can it show limitations imposed on the individual by familial and societal expectations?
Nina Beach -

To tell something important about others

PHOTOGRAPHY : World renowned photographer Fred Baldwin has published his memoirs at the age of 90. Is this a peculiar insight into a person who, through everything and everyone he meets, first and foremost sees himself?
Nina Trige Andersen -

Skinless exposure

Anorexia: shameless uses Lene Marie Fossen's own tortured body as a canvas for grief, pain and longing in her series of self portraits – relevant both in the documentary self Portrait and in the exhibition Gatekeeper.
Ellen Lande -

The photo model that would not be filmed

SKY LENSELUS: The camera-dependent photo model is now shredding the son's worn-out documentary, while criticizing the image-driven model industry she has had as a livelihood.
Astra Soldiers -

Blind doña Maria sees a borderless landscape

BOOK: The book Doña Maria und Ihre Träume offers an exceptional journey through Venezuela's rugged and mysterious desert landscape with a touch of magical realism.
João Vilela Geraldo -

The explosive power of the snapshot

ABOUT THE PHOTO BOOK: An intense and multifaceted conversation in several layers about the photo book, which with its contextual premise heightens the snapshot.
Ellen Lande -

A woman in the boys club

PHOTO: Inge Morath was one of the few female photographers of the 1950 who gained membership in the male-dominated Magnum Photos. In this illustrated biography we get to take part in her adventurous and unconventional life.
Pinar Ciftci -

Moments into the suffering of others

DOCUMENTARY PHOTO: The opportunity is there now to see what professional documentary photographers are doing.
Truls Lie -

Beauty in the ruins

War correspondents: Jan Grarup's work as a photographer has brought him to conflict zones and disasters around the world – from Darfur to Haiti. He juggles life in the front lines with family life.
Francesca Borri -

Genocide in seductive colors

GENOCIDE: Exceptional photo book provides a shocking insight into the genocide of the Rohingya.
Ellen Lande -
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Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

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