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AUGUSTO DE LUCA // For more than five decades, Italian photographer and performer Augusto De Luca has moved freely between photographic genres, from portraiture and architecture to cityscapes and experimental fine art. Born in Naples in 1955, he completed classical studies and graduated in law before choosing an entirely different path and becoming a professional […]
AULIAK // For AULIAK, the artistic identity of Barcelona-based artist Matías Martínez Casais, photography begins with the body. The Argentinean artist, now based in Barcelona, came to photography through an international practice in dance, and that background remains fundamental to the way he constructs an image. His series Entegonia develops these ideas through a sequence […]
EMMA VARGA // Hungarian artist Emma Varga, currently based in London, works at the intersection of photography, science, and conceptual image-making. Her images move between attraction and repulsion, beauty and violence, vulnerability and control. Rather than offering clarity or resolution, her practice confronts viewers with systems of power that are often normalized to the point […]
MARIIA CHUCHELITE-MAJCHENKO // Mariia Chuchelite-Majchenko doesn’t come from the usual “picked up a camera and fell in love with light” narrative. Her entry point is psychology, which already tells you this isn’t going to be about pretty surfaces or heroic sharpness. Based in Warsaw, she approaches photography less as a tool for description and more […]
DAISY PELUSO // Born and based in Italy, Daisy Peluso works at the intersection of folklore, anthropology, and visual experimentation. A graduate with honours from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lecce, her practice is rooted in a deep fascination with the past and in the cultural memory of her homeland. Through photography and material […]
SOFIA ZAKHARCHUK // Born in Russia and now based in Calabria, Italy, Sofia Zakharchuk works at the intersection of psychology, symbolism, and visual intuition. Her photographic practice is rooted in a long-standing fascination with what lies beneath the visible surface — the subtle, often uneasy dialogue between inner states and external landscapes.
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