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Assia Starke Austria experimental photography light painting photo art

CHRISTMAS ABSTRACTIONS

ASSIA STARKE // Assia is Russian-born, but now living in Austria. Having grown up with a father who had his own improvised darkroom at home, she developed a fascination for photography from a young age. Assia kindly shared some of her abstract photo art of Christmas motifs in her current home town, Mödling, near Vienna.

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Anwar Sadat dance Kenya performing arts street performance

A BILLION DREAMS

ANWAR SADAT // Anwar is a Kenyan photographer whose images of life in his home town Kibera, Nairobi reflect the vibrance as well as challenges in his environment. Anwar shared a set of photos of a special dance performance by a local ballet programme for children run by Project Elimu in Kibera, Nairobi.

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Bolivia contemporary art cultural heritage masks and costumes street art Ulli Claure Ibarra

ART FOR THE DEAD

ULLI CLAURE IBARRA // Ulli is from Vienna, Austria, but has lived in several countries and has family ties to Bolivia. She has loved photography since she was little. Ulli shares a set of photos from what is perhaps the most colourful cemetery in the world, the Cementerio General de La Paz in Bolivia.

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Australia contemporary art modern art photo art Suzanne Phoenix

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

SUZANNE PHOENIX // Suzanne is a Melbourne-based photographer whose photographs, in her own words, punctuate her life. Suzanne often focuses on a topic where she would like to see more representation or an interpretation by a female gaze. We share a set of ten photos from her latest project ‘Artists in Residence’, created with 52 […]

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contemporary art cultural heritage fine art India Monojit Mondal painting sculpture

MAKING A GODDESS

MONOJIT MONDAL // Monojit is a research engineer based in West Bengal, India. He considers photography his oxygen in his daily life. He enjoys capturing candid moments in the streets and surrounding areas, which are very lively and spontaneous. Monojit shared with us a set that shows the making of statues depicting the Hindu goddess […]

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contemporary art fine art Japan Melanie Meggs modern art sculpture

GARDEN OF ART DELIGHTS

MELANIE MEGGS // Melanie is from Newcastle, Australia. Art has always been a big part of her life, having studied Fine Arts and majored in printmaking and painting. During a trip to Japan in 2018 she visited the Hakone Open-Air Museum, a vast outdoor gallery of modern sculptures and installations. She shared some of her […]