THE SONIC BLOG Fotografie ist Kunst | Photography is Art

Klaus Pichler takes an ironic look at the non-public areas of the Natural History Museum in Vienna with his series “Skeletons in the Closet“.

Pauline Magnenat, born in 1988, lives in Paris and London.

“Monday reflects the routine and frustration of people who, as time goes by and without really being conscious about it, have made decisions and assumed manners and responsibilities that hardly succeed in fulfilling their expectations.” – Päivi Koskinen about ‘Monday’

The recent work of the Ukrainian-born photographer Boris Savelev shows some interesting street views.

Michael Frahm’s series “The Exercise Of Look And Fail To See” provides some striking portraits.

“Can something as superficial as clothing embody as much depth as personality holds? I seeked in thirteen countries of two continents for the possibility of identity and individuality, travelled every week anew alone to place unknown to me an searched for the ‘ones’ that utilize clothing as an expressive means of their personality.”

Michael Frahm, born 1984 in Eutin / Germany, studied communication design at the University of Mannheim. He lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

Judith van IJken’s current book project “Mimicry“, which explores questions of ‘retro’ trends in contemporary fashion, looks quite interesting.

Alessandra Tecla Gerevini’s series “Before I Go” oscillates between intensity and simplicity, but is always serious in the concerns of self-inquiry.

“These images are an attempt to document the house where I spent most of my boyhood, my grandparents’ farm. The farm is located in the village of Montagne only four kilometers away from the well-known city of Saint Emilion. Most of the photos have been taken during grape picking time.” – Pascal Fellonneau about ‘The Farm’

The work is composed of a panoramic and two triptychs. Together they perform a multi-layered analysis of how bodies inhabit urban spaces. Beginning from what Jean-Francois Lyotard called our obsession to control time within a history of rationalist hegemony, these images explore the regimentation of movement within political, public and financial landscapes.” – Lorenzo Durantini about ‘Nobody Watches, Everybody Performs’

Lorenzo Durantini was born in Florence and lives currently in London.