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The Projektraum Fotografie in Dortmund presents under the title “Nach der Natur” (After Nature) from 26th April to 24th June 2012 work by Christian Diehl and Albert Palowski.

Opening is on 26th April 2012 at 7 pm.

The Brotfabrik Berlin displays from until 22nd April 2012 the exhibition “Bodenlos” (Groundless) by the photographers collective Proof9.

The photographers collective Proof9 aims to make social changes visible. The current Proof9 members are Peter Feldhaus, Anke Großklaß, Susanne Leibold, Mark van der Maarel, Bigi Moehrle, Dirk Opitz, Irina Tübbecke and David Wieck.

In their first collective exhibition Proof9 presents evidences of the growing alienation between man and our nourishing ground. Topics such as GM maize, Berliner Tafel, farmers’ protests and Intercultural gardens shows how “groundless” we all already act.

The closing event is on Saturday 21th April 2012 at 7 pm. Pictures from the opening can be seen here.

The new issue of SeeSaw is now online – featuring international photo-portfolios, found photography, photo-related essays, articles, interviews, and much more!

SeeSaw Magazine : ISSUE #15

Featuring:

JASON EVANS: NYLTP
AMY TOUCHETTE: Us
EMILY SHUR: Wild Wild Life
RICHARD LLOYD LEWIS: David
TERESA COS: Through the Spaces
INTERVIEW: Self-Interview with/by Eric Stephanian
FOUND: Hidden Mothers
CONVERSATION: ‘The Daily Nice’ – In Conversation with Jason Evans

Klaus Pichler uses classic still lifes to illustrate in brilliant images a serious problem of our western society: wastage of food. A wonderful example that concerned photography can be disturbing, beautiful and thoughtful at the same time.

“The series ‘One Third’ describes the connection between individual wastage of food and globalized food production. Rotting food, arranged into elaborate still lifes, portrays an abstract picture of the wastage of food whilst the accompanying texts take a more in-depth look at the roots of the issue.” – Klaus Pichler

Christine Steiner’s portfolio shows some nice photography. Her diploma “Über Schulen” (About Schools) is unfortunately presented with just a few samples.

“When I shoot, I am photographing because what is in front of me is really happening and I want people to know about it. I fall in love with the beauty of an expression, or turn of a collar, a poignant gesture, the light. I don’t know these people except suddenly with a camera we have an intense relationship… The picture is proof. It’s about paying attention.” – Judith Joy Ross

Jan Ladwig’s series “Flecktarn” deals with the village Wollseifen, an Eifel ghost town that was acquired after the Second World War by British forces as a military training area.

“In my work ‘Die Zeit dazwischen – 2621 Kilometer Erinnerung’ (The time in between – 2621 km memory) I put personal memories and images together to form a collective memory stream. The starting point is the life history of my grandfather.” – Helena Schätzle

“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”

Banksy