Month: February 2010

marco simola – metro

[slidepress gallery=’marcosimola_metro’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Marco Simola Metro play this essay   Metropolitan (Subway): “means of transportation, urban, on rails, characteristic of big cities; it joins the urban center with the suburbs and lies on a site that is proper to it, generally underground, on the ground or …

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jacopo quaranta – naomi

[slidepress gallery=’jacopoquaranta-naomi’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Jacopo Quaranta Naomi play this essay   Naomi was my neighbor, and the first person in London to say ‘hello’ to me. A strange woman, I thought… Yellow eyes, violent mood swings, desperate cries, and a lot of anger. She allowed me to …

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noah addis – sempre jardim edite

[slidepress gallery=’noahaddis-semprejardim’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Noah Addis Sempre Jardim Edite play this essay   The Jardim Edite favela, located at the foot of the landmark Estaiada bridge in an affluent section of Sao Paulo, Brazil, was once home to more than  550 families.  Most are gone now, as …

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david bowen – derry

Marty getting the drinks in, 2005   Sandinos Bar during the ‘Celtronic’ festival, 2004   “Derry” by David Bowen Over the past 12 years, since the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast, Northern Ireland by British and Irish governments, a thriving electronic music scene has flourished in the city of Derry, due to the …

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roger ballen – boarding house

[slidepress gallery=’rogerballen_boardingroom’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Roger Ballen Boarding House play this essay   “It is difficult to explain this place except that I think it exists in some way or another in most people’s mind.” –Roger Ballen These photographs are like images from a waking dream: compelling and …

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