«A lot of people think that for a good picture is enough to buy an expensive camera and success will be guaranteed. But without careful studying and many years of practice a good picture is possible to make only by accident. Once you decide to photograph, think carefully what you want to picture, do not…
Each Spring, Foam organises an Open Call – among the most coveted of the photographic field – to identify international talents under the age of 35. From a total of 1208 submissions from 67 different countries in 2015, 21 photographers were selected to be featured in the annual Foam Magazine Talent Issue, launched in September contextually to Unseen Photo Fair…
As featured on Fantom 05 / Winter 2012 There are many ways this series could elicit reactions from its viewers: perplexing, in the form of a cocked brow or furrowed forehead; confusion, as necks crane closer and closer to the images, clearly looking for something; or perhaps boredom. The subjects of her photos, after all, could…
As featured on Fantom 03 / Spring 2011 Her work is a mix of performance, sculpture, photography, Pop and Surrealism. Her process usually starts when she finds beautiful bugs in her garden or things like vegetables, flowers and other organic materials at the market. These are the basic subjects for the installations she prepares and…
As featured on Fantom 02 / Winter 2010 As a child, Alexi-Meskhishvili would dismantle every toy that was given to her. Nowadays, she is still doing the same thing – but images have replaced the toys. “The tension between what is revealed and what is obstructed is an inherent puzzle of photography which I…
As featured on Fantom 01 / Autumn 2009 “One of the things I look for in the women I work with is a unique, sometimes unexpected interpretation of what it means to be a woman. I love photographing powerful women who possess their own particular strength and charisma and I like to think that…