NEWS EDITORIAL
Introducing GUP n°72 / The Other Side Magazine 01
Individualized as each of us may be, don't we sometimes crave to be part of a larger whole? A collective that shares common characteristics, attitudes, and interests as those of our own? In this (post-)covid limbo, we felt the need to reflect on this idea of an imagined community across continents, woven together through empathy.
Shortlist Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize & Talent 2022: Laura Chen reflecting on her nominated series ‘Words From Dad’
The Dutch National Portrait Gallery and Rabobank collaborate to award the broad tradition of Dutch portraiture in photography. For the twelfth edition of the Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize, the jury came to evaluate a total of nearly 900 entries, resulting in a shortlist having five photographers selected for the main prize and three emerging artists…
NIMAR AND “RENCONTRES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE MARRAKECH”: PROJECTING THREE VISUAL ARTISTS RESIDING IN THE NETHERLANDS
NIMAR (Dutch Institute in Rabat) invited Suzette Bousema, Marwan Bassiouni, and Ahmet Polat – all visual artists located in Holland – to participate in this year’s edition of ‘Les Rencontres de la Photographie’ in Marrakesh, Morocco. On Friday, October 21, a selection of their work was screened at the impressive ruins of El Badii, the…
NEWS GUIDES
Benjamin Hampson: Nobody Home
British photographer Benjamin Hampson (b. 1988, North London) shares a poignant description of what it is like losing a person that is close to you in his self-published book ‘Nobody Home’, which documents the stages both during and after the passing of his father, who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and Parkinson’s Disease.
Clement Chapillon: Les Rochers Fauves
Les Rochers Fauves is the title of a photography book by Clement Chapillon which can be literally translated into "wild rocks". The book is a collection of Chapillon’s multiple visits to the Greek island of Amorgos in the past 20 years. Belonging to the group of Cyclades, Amorgos is considered to have a “brutal beauty”…
Laurence Philomène: Puberty
From the personal website of Laurence Philomène, I found out that Puberty is an ongoing autobiographical project which follows the “process of caring for oneself as a non-binary transgender person.” Through a vibrant journey of four seasons of 2020, the book follows a visual narrative of mental and physical changes undergone by a body in the…