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From Nowhere: An Agent’s Walk Through Amsterdam - Unstated in conversations with Ahnjili ZhuParris
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And then comes art - Bobby Yu Shuk Pui in Conversation with Merel Bem
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Fossils of the Future: Art, Science, and Air Bubbles - Laure Winants in Conversation with Daria Tuminas
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Moving Towards Representation - Julius Thissen in Conversation with Ieva Raudsepa
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The Fragile Act Of Coming Home - Thana Faroq in Conversation with Savi Kuruppu
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EXPOSED Torino Foto Festival - Beneath the Surface
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Between Seed and Tree - Hiền Hoàng in Conversation with Taco Hidde Bakker
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In All Their Vulnerability - Valeria Cherchi in Conversation with Hester van Hasselt
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Branding the future of photography
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Clémence Elman: I use photography to build narratives in which I question the medium itself and the position of the photographer
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Maximilian Mann: The climate crisis is a big problem for my generation and photography can be a way to draw attention to it
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George Stamenov: An image could mean a thousand words, a film shot consists of infinite meanings
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Mar Sáez: I enjoy discovering new realities and telling stories through photography
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Ela Polkowska: My work has been dominated by topics connected with the human body
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Sina Niemeyer: I am obsessed with intimate imagery, exploring the body and hands
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Bernardita Morello: I'm interested in the preconceived idea of happiness and how insatiably we look for it
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Hanna Jarzabek: When I photograph, it helps me to cope with situations I deeply disagree about
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A Derailing Beauty, On Léonard Pongo’s Primordial Earth Series
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David Arribas: I look for what is close to me and I project it into an idea and that idea in an essay
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Michael Swann: My work is mostly inspired by themes of mysticism, faith and phenomenology
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Shia Conlon: I am usually thinking about the different power structures that have affected me growing up
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Ana Zibelnik: Photography serves me as a research tool, even more than as an expressive one
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Vassilis Triantis: I draw ideas from everything I see around me
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Masha Svyatogor: I create multi-layered narratives through photography
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Meet the new members: Copenhagen Photo Festival
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Andrii Dostliev: I’m looking for inspiration in browsing through archives and in stories people tell me
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Alin Barbir: The process of all my personal work always starts with an emotion
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Arne Piepke: I want to visualise my experiences and provide an opportunity for deeper exploration
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Brave Boy Studio: We are inspired by stories taken from the world
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Marta Bogdanska: I would call myself both a photographer and a visual artist; my approach to photography is hybrid
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Jon Gorospe: The way photographs are produced, shared and read are in the core of every project I do
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Marco Schiavone: My practice always changes, or rather, it evolves
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Dorottya Vékony: Autonomy over our body and community practices occupy my thoughts and artistic practice
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András Ladocsi: I use photography to create a closer link with people and myself
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Ire Lenes: Photography is the key that opens new worlds and connects me with new people and their stories
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Camillo Pasquarelli: By looking at recent projects, I deal very much with social and cultural issues
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Vera Ryklova: My practice is about the concept of the self and its social construction
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Ruth Montiel Arias: I use photography as another tool in the militancy to which I am attached
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Balázs Máté: I’m primarily focused on the relationship between the spectator and the spectacle
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Camilla Ferrari: My inspiration comes from the observation of the rhythm of everyday life
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Giovanna Petrocchi: my research revolves around archaeology, fictional narratives and primordial nature
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Istvan Bielik: As a photographer, I consider my duty to show the lives of minorities and to point out injustice in the world
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Garry Loughlin: "My interests lie in the use of power, and the control of narratives and territories"
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Marina Caneve: "I find inspiration in things that I don’t understand"
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The Assembly #11: Sandrine Colard in conversation with Léonard Pongo
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The Assembly #10: Resetting photography: Can photography be a tool of changes?
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The Assembly #9: Resetting The Cow: Artists reflecting on mankind tailoring nature to its own needs
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The Assembly #8: RESET your mindset and adapt in the world of photography
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The Assembly #7: Resistances in solidarity: Talk with Pía Ogea, Sandra Maunac and Nicolás Combarro
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Meet the curator of the digital exhibition RESET: Salvatore Vitale
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The Assembly #6: Survival Artists! How artists are dealing with Coronavirus
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The Assembly #5 - On Protest and Activism: a talk with Tanya Kapitonova, Rafal Milach and Yulia Krivich
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The Assembly #4 - Decolonization, representation and power in the contemporary cultural scenario
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The Assembly #3 - Reset Modernity: talk with Sylvain Gouraud
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The Assembly #2 - On Adaptation and Production (with Lewis Bush and Aisling Murray)
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The Assembly #1 - Watch the launch of the exhibition RESET
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Becks Butler: "Photography is a tool to approach and reveal the ephemeral nature of humanity"
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Daniel Szalai: "When used consciously, photography allows questioning the status quo in a guerilla style"
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Mark McGuinness: "Photography has been used in relation to landscape and place since its inception"
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Futures talent Máté Bartha launches music video in collaboration with his brother
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Giaime Meloni: "When I take a photo, I’m taking a sample from the reality"
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Ann Vincent: "I search for ways to use artificial materials to create the illusion of something natural"
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Dorje de Burgh: "My relationship to photography is centred around time and memory"
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Iacopo Pasqui: "I didn't choose photography; it came to me"
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Christian Lagata: "I am interested in the image and its imbrication with other media"
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Erola Arcalís: "My practice combines academic research with chance encounters"
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Tereza Červeňová: “The idea of a blank canvas petrifies me"
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Katarzyna Wąsowska: “I use photography to investigate and tell the stories at the same time”
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Vincent Levrat: “I play with photographs and with perception, often trying to fool or at least to question the viewer"
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Introducing: Dávid Bíró
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Alexander Kadow: "There are different types of photography and each one has its own context"
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Adél Koleszár: "My main inspiration comes from observing human behaviors and cultures"
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Bertrand Cavalier: "I see photography as a medium of curiosity"
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Javier Corso: “10 years ago, I understood that the camera could be my round-trip ticket"
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Irene Fenara: "What interests me is to investigate the act of vision in its complexity"
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Francesca Catastini: "Imagination is one of the key words to talk about my relationship with photography"
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Elena Aya Bundurakis: "I just love images and their power of activating all of our senses"
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Ulla Deventer: “Becoming a documentary photographer never felt like an actual option for me”
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Maria Babikova: "What photography gives me in a way is a sense of freedom"
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Jeroen De Wandel: "For me, photography is a free jazz"
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Domenico Camarda: "I have always been fascinated by the concept of identity"
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Lionel Jusseret: "In cinema, the unpredictable is an important ingredient, but in photography, it’s the raw material"
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Maroussia & Valerio: "The author of the image is not just the one behind the lens"
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ING Unseen Talent Award 2019: Meet Kevin Osepa
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Meet the coach of the ING Unseen Talent Award 2019: Adam Broomberg
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ING Unseen Talent Award 2019: Meet Karolina Wojtas
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ING Unseen Talent Award 2019: Meet Ulla Deventer
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ING Unseen Talent Award 2019: Meet Elena Aya Bundurakis
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ING Unseen Talent Award 2019: Meet Irene Fenara
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Futures Talent Máté Bartha Wins the Louis Roederer Discovery Award in Arles
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Introducing: Vassilis Pantelidis
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Introducing: Yana Wernicke
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Introducing: Vittorio Mortarotti
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Introducing: Valeria Cherchi
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Introducing: Sanna Lehto
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From Nowhere: An Agent’s Walk Through Amsterdam - Unstated in conversations with Ahnjili ZhuParris

UNSTATED speaks with Ahnjili ZhuParris on the exploration of an AI agent’s daily walk as both record and performance, echoing On Kawara’s insistence that data itself can be art.

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Ulla Deventer: “Becoming a documentary photographer never felt like an actual option for me”
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Face to Face with Ángel Luis González
August 22, 2018
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Alexander Kadow: "There are different types of photography and each one has its own context"
January 7, 2020
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Adél Koleszár: "My main inspiration comes from observing human behaviors and cultures"
January 2, 2020
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