Luna and The Smithfield
If New York has its gentrified Meat Packing District, London has The Smithfield Market. The 140 years old market has been on site for over a thousand years. The slowly…
PALABRAS
The translation of the word palabra from Spanish to English is word but the Turkish word palavra means a lie or bogus. Words have power and although the saying goes…
Moving Life
Every photographer has a specific genre or a few which they stay away from. The idea of a still-life and especially the cliche of photographing beautiful flowers were as tasty…
Doll House
Often the lives in dollhouses were more magnificent than the homes of wealthy Victorians. The currency of wealth was symbolised by the glory of the dollhouses contained in a household. This…
Mosse's Landscapes
THE DEUTSCHE BORSE PRIZE 2014
The Photographer’s Gallery is amongst my favourite galleries in London and this isn’t just because of their amazing coffee in the café at the entrance. The 4 shortlisted exhibitors this…
“All photos are accurate, none of them is the truth.”- Richard Avedon
What is the “truth”? Doesn’t the viewer of the photograph decide what it is based on their experiences and hence that judgment is accurate for them as the only thing…
Pairidaeza
“Senescence” of Chloe Sells
The first time I came across the work of Sells was in Paris Photo Fair 2013, represented by the Michael Hoppen Gallery based in Chelsea. It gives me a great…
Balat House
I had memories. S/He had memories. We had memories. They had memories. Those were just fleeting moments that are imprinted on our minds and etched onto the landscape where it…
Digital Identities
Whilst I was deciding which profile picture to use in a social networking site, I realised that we have never been this open about our own identity or how we…
Untitled, 1979, From "Sonora Desert"
“Sonora Desert” by Graciela Iturbide
On a leisurely stroll in the Tate Modern, my attention was caught by a gelatin silver print belonging to Graciela Iturbide as part of a series of 5 portraits taken in…