Photography 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 lives of strangers. We are granted access into (fragments of) unknown worlds from the safety of our own home.
We present the latest project by Pieter Hugo, La Cucaracha, which brings to the fore the travelling artist’s openness towards generic yet unexpected situations. Hajar Benjida went to the famous Atlanta strip club Magic City to photograph the group of people that usually remain in the background, even though they are arguably the most influential of all: the strippers.
In an article by Daniel Boetker-Smith based on an interview, Richard Learoyd talks about making photographs with his camera obscura. GUP #63 furthermore presents the work of exciting new and classic photographers such as Federico Estol, Loïc Seguin, Isabella Convertino, Alba Zari and Peter Hujar.
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Federico Estol: Héroes del Brillo
federico estolEach day in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, a group of 3000 masked shoe shiners flood the streets. They disguise themselves in order to avoid recognition and discrimination, as their job is looked...
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On Inclusion and Diversity
Two recently published titles - The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization (SPBH, 2019) and The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion (Aperture, 2019) both...
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Getting Across: Collaborative Illustrations of Life in The Waiting Room
maroussia prignotvalerio alvarezPhotography can help raise awareness and elicit empathy for the matters at stake – even it might sometimes be necessary to bend the message towards a more subjective and conceptualised direction....
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Federico Estol: Héroes del Brillo
federico estolEach day in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, a group of 3000 masked shoe shiners flood the streets. They disguise themselves in order to avoid recognition and discrimination, as their job is looked...
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Loïc Seguin: Half-Light
loïc seguinFor Loïc Seguin (b. 1970, France), the way to deal with mourning was to establish direct connections with people around him. He finds these people in Belleville, a multi-ethnic and vibrant...
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Isabella Convertino: To Shoot the Sun
isabella convertinoTraditional understandings tell us that when you’re born part of your identity is already set, especially in relationship to gender. In western heteronormative traditions, generally, boys are made...
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José Luis Cuevas: On the Resistance of Bodies
jose luis cuevasThe project On the Resistance of Bodies by José Luis Cuevas (b. 1973, Mexico) collects material that signifies violence and the vulnerability of the human body, such as photographs of crime scenes,...
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Alba Zari: The Y
alba zariAt the age of twenty-five, Alba Zari (b.1987) found out that she and her brother don’t share the genes of their Thai father. This sparked a search for her biological roots, the only clue being a...
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Reducción: Felipe Romero Beltrán
felipe romero beltránFelipe Romero Beltrán (b. 1992) is a Columbian visual artist residing and studying in Madrid. Due to bureaucratic procedures, he had to await official documents that allowed him to continue his...
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