A silhouette is a form of abstraction: a deduced entity, of which we can recognise only the most basic shape. But does its contours mask or reveal the true nature of something?In this issue of GUP Magazine, we acknowledge the wide variety of conceptual approaches to abstract photography. Whether...
View IssuePhotography has the ability to satiate our curiosity for situations completely different from what we’re familiar with. The photographers featured in this issue, either by completely exposing their own environment or immersing themselves in that of their subject, provide a unique peek into the...
View IssueAttention is often concentrated on the centre of things, but what happens further away from the limelight? Whether arriving from a curiosity for the expanded possibilities of photography, or from an interest in the underexposed aspects of daily life, the contributors to this issue of GUP all show...
View IssueSummer is on its way! For many, this season delivers a chance to escape the daily routine. People seek all kinds of refuge: they pack their bags and leave, or they remain and withdraw into the plethora of loopholes available nearby or online. Escaping can certainly be fun, but it’s not always...
View IssueGUP Magazine is celebrating! What’s more, we’re doing so in great company. This is our 60th issue and to commemorate the occasion we pay tribute to a number of esteemed photographers who have reached or will soon arrive at the remarkable age of 60.We are delighted to present an exclusive and...
View IssueWe have come to accept this hard fact: photography wasn’t guileless from the very start.It might have been a bit naive to trust in the age-old concepts of objectivity and transparency, or the idea that photography always tells the absolute and unquestionable truth. Yet the ‘post-truths’ that we...
View IssueA photograph is always a delicate object. Paper can tear, ink can fade, and even a digital image isn’t safe: hard drives can crash.Instead of fearing this inherent delicacy, some photographers featured in this issue embrace it and at times even use it to their advantage. As Tiane Doan na...
View IssueOurs is a peculiar time, when the line between the news and soap operas is blurring; when the differences between fact and fiction, and artifice and reality, are being called into question. But with the festival season about to kick off and many gorgeous new photo books soon to arrive, for us...
View IssueLet’s not get too curled up and cosy with the status quo. Things change. And while it may be comfortable to romanticise the past, or live in the now, or look forward to the future, each of these perspectives takes for granted that points in time are fixed. A photo likewise gives us this...
View IssueLife is full of little mysteries. While we often approach photography as something descriptive or explanatory, the truth is that it doesn’t need to be either. Photos can also present to us a scene inexplicable. And isn’t it wonderful, to interact with something that doesn’t reveal itself...
View IssueWe of the photo world often find ourselves existing simultaneously at different points on the spectrum between work and play. Whether speaking of the practice of photo making, or about photos themselves, we can find ourselves asking: Is this playfully serious or seriously playful? GUP#54 has the...
View IssueWhere do we begin, when we talk about infinity? Where do we end? Or, is that looking at it the wrong way entirely, because we’ve already been doing it, and will always continue, forever?GUP#53 looks towards the infinite, the concept of the immeasurable and the unending. We've got a full-length...
View IssuePhotography tends to take one of two forms: a mirror of the interior self, or a window to the external world. And through the looking glass, photographers present to us some version of themselves, hoping we will see what they see. Or, at least, what they want us to see. GUP#52 looks at the...
View IssueEach morning we wake up, with countless possibilities of how to spend our conscious hours. And yet, there are some actions which we feel compelled to repeat, intentionally, rather than seeking out the new. Why? What is it that we generate in ourselves, in our existence and in our society that is...
View IssueYou never know when you'll stumble upon a gem, and these days, photographic gems might not have the space and the visibility they deserve, now that we find ourselves in a constant state of image overflow. We don't want to take images for granted and we don't want images to become invisible just...
View IssueAs living creatures, each of us has a different threshold for experiencing intimacy, the pressure point where we start to feel a connection with such clarity and intensity that the sudden exposure of ourselves almost burns. Like sensitivity to the sun, for some of us, even a grazing of the skin...
View IssueLet’s not play this too safe. It’s easy to talk about photography like it’s just one thing, but that’s not really an accurate picture. Not anymore. There’s lens-less photography, there’s camera-less photography, there are photographs manipulated far beyond the ‘moment’ they were captured, there...
View IssueThis issue of GUP marks ten years of our print publication. Ten years of publishing photo projects from established and emerging artists, ten years of promoting photobooks and events, ten years of articles and interviews about photo-focused artistry and industry. Ten years of love for the medium...
View IssueWe’re in this together, you and I. And what a wonderful word: we. Suddenly we’re connected, we’re part of something bigger. But before we get swept away with ourselves, here’s some salt with that sugar. As soon as there’s a we, there’s a them, too.GUP#46 takes a look at community, featuring an...
View Issue“Change alone is unchanging,” spoke the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. And so it goes. Nearly 2500 years after his death, our world is incomprehensibly changed but the truth of his statement holds steady. In GUP#45, we look at the way things change over time: evolution. Whether the...
View IssueIn GUP#44, we open our own investigation into the meaning of "raw" photography, one of those words that we all throw around assuming the meaning is clear, until we realise we've been talking about different things. Seemingly one of the highest compliments to be bestowed on a photographic series,...
View IssueIn GUP#43, we explore the (bitter) sweet thing that we tend to call life. What comes immediately to mind when we talk about (bitter) sweetness? That's right, Ed van der Elsken's famous book Sweet Life. We follow his odyssey as lead, selecting images that exude the essence of a Sweet Life. This...
View IssueThroughout the history of photography, whether in the name of science or art, people have been travelling far and wide in order to take pictures of remote places. In this issue of GUP Magazine, we pay tribute to the human tendency – or should we say 'attitude' – to size up all of space.The issue...
View IssueGUP #41 features miners, firemen, farmers, boxers and dockworkers. We focus, in other words, on people that enable our society to function, through their expertise and hard labour. However odd their jobs might be.This issue features an interview with American photographer and writer Will Steacy,...
View IssueAs we slowly pull ourselves out of the darkness of another European winter, one country is already dominating the first half of 2014: all eyes are on Brazil, for obvious reasons…GUP #40 looks beyond the pitch, towards another view on the country. This issue showcases the breadth and depth of...
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