These landmarks are such a part of their regional culture we almost forget they had to be built. We view them like a natural mountain or a requirement of a skyline. It’s interesting seeing these iconic landmarks mid creation. Humanizing the towering objects we’ve become so accustomed to.
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Chad Wright – Master Plan
“For the first part of this series, Wright created a mould in the form of an L-shaped suburban dwelling, and set out a series of sand castles on his local beach. This scale-model suburbia was washed away by the tide, which perhaps urges us to consider the relative transience of so solid a symbol of the American dream, particularly since the 2007 subprime mortgage collapse. “ Artist’s statement: “In Master Plan, I am conflating a child’s sandcastle with architecture typifying postwar American suburbia. This three-part series culls artifacts from my childhood, investigating suburbia in its vision and legacy.Phase One focuses on the mass-produced tract house, re-examining it as symbol for the model American…
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Ben Alper – Background Noise
Ben Alper’s Background Noise is a photographic series rooted in nostalgia, memory, and subtle unease. Drawing from what appear to be family archives and childhood moments, Alper revisits familiar scenes and places that feel deeply personal yet universally recognizable. These images suggest backyard gatherings, domestic interiors, and quiet pauses from earlier years, moments that might otherwise remain untouched in personal albums
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Music Video Review: Lana Del Rey – West Coast (Official Audio)
(We’ve already gone how we feel about the song, see that here.) The official music video was released. It’s not much of a step away from the lyric video previously released. It just displays a few more scenes with her and an older rich looking man. Showing how she’s seduced by the glamor of the West coast and how she has to choose between her current lover and the coast.
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Chiara Goia – Sculptors’ Village
Chiara Goia’s photographic series Sculptors’ Village offers an intimate look into a Mongolian village dedicated to the creation and replication of popular statues. Through her lens, Goia captures both the scale of production and the quiet dedication of the artisans who inhabit the space, highlighting a craft that is meticulous, labor intensive, and rooted in tradition.
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Paintings by Guy Denning
French based artist Guy Denning creates artworks that dwell in the tension between despair and beauty. His figures are often captured in states of mourning or desperation, rendered with pastels that lend both softness and intensity to their forms. The works are immediately emotional, yet layered with ambiguity, inviting viewers to linger and interpret.
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Ekaterina Bazhenova Photography Series
Ekaterina Bazhenova’s latest photography series captures solitude and abandonment with a quiet, haunting intensity. Each image explores moments of desolation and human fragility, creating a visual meditation on the tension between vulnerability and resilience. The work feels intimate and unflinching, as if the camera is bearing witness to the spaces and states we often ignore.
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Alexey Kovalev – Humble Days (2009-12)
Alexey Kovalev’s series Humble Days, created between 2009 and 2012, is a quiet exploration of everyday life and overlooked spaces. The photographs focus on humble locations and ordinary people, capturing moments of simplicity, stillness, and understated presence. There is a patience in Kovalev’s approach, a sense that the work unfolds over time, allowing small gestures and subtle details to emerge with clarity.
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Mystic Worlds: Photos by Marcus Moller Bitsch
Marcus Moller Bitsch’s Mystic Worlds is a photographic exploration that transforms curiosity into visual storytelling. The series emerged from a desire to experiment and learn, to take ordinary days and turn them into images that resonate beyond the moment. Bitsch approaches photography not simply as documentation, but as a way to explore perspective, mood, and the unseen details that give life depth.
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A Mermaid Love
Anton Konashuck’s A Mermaid Love tells a story both magical and haunting. The series captures a love that is unconventional, set against a world that is both fantastical and unsettling. At its center is a mermaid rescued from pollution by a man, a narrative that immediately draws the viewer into a space where wonder and realism collide. Yet the series is careful to remind us that not all stories conclude with happily ever after.
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Concrete Love – A Fashion Film by Joseph Ghaleb
JOSEPH GHALEB – Joseph Ghaleb’s “Concrete Love” watches a woman dreaming under the pillars and shapes of a romance that she misses, but perhaps never had. Director & Cinematographer: Joseph Ghaleb www.josephghaleb.com Editor & Colorist: Joseph Ghaleb Models: Sophie-Anne, Thomas, Annie & Milly at Dulcedo Modeling Management (dulcedo.ca) Styling: Sasha Wells Hair & Make-up: Alexandra Apple Fashion Consultant: Andrew Lindy Production Assistance: Paul Raphaël & Francesco Shank Special thanks to: Post-Moderne Cinepool L’ÉLOI – Production Talent Image
