Innholdsfortegnelse for #5 2024 i Artdoc Photography Magazine

“ Images of ordinary settings reveal the beauty, enigma and significance within the everyday. - The Artdoc Team Nothing is more overlooked, ignored, and often left behind in the backyard of our memory than our daily lifes. Even though many of us now use to carry our smartphones and snap fleeting moments, the essence of our lives remains more than often unobserved. In Artdoc Issue #5, 2024, The Unobserved, we have collected intimate and revealing photographs of many photographers worldwide. The projects showcased focus on the often-overlooked details of daily life, capturing moments and scenes that typically escape our attention. Images of ordinary settings reveal the beauty, enigma, and significance within the everyday. By capturing these unnoticed aspects, the artists invite viewers to pause and appreciate the subtle rhythms and…

Portfolio Interview When she was 18, Alba Yruela started to take diaristic photos just for fun and shared them with her friends online. “My series started naturally. In 2009, I was a teenager and had a Flickr account. My friends had cameras, and I also shot a lot and shared them online privately without expecting any interesting feedback. At the time, I belonged to a generation that engaged in the new global trend of sharing diary photos.” Yruela never thought about making a book because her photos were a means to share the fun of life as a teenager. “I love my friends. Sharing these moments with them was my goal. The idea of making the book came almost 10 years later when I saw an exhibition of Nan Golding…

Portfolio Interview Francesco Neri, who lives in Faenza, Italy, has created an ongoing series of portraits of farmers and their families in Emilia Romagna, a region known for its agriculture. “The genesis of these photographs dates back to 2009 when I started photographing farmers during a photographic workshop on the construction of the high-speed train line. The workshop was in Linea di Confine, an Italian Institution for Photography. I ended up photographing farmers who were living right next to the train line. I took all portraits with the 8x10-inch camera. After this assignment, I kept working on the subject because I realised it was all about farmers in this area. When I was a student in photography at the Academy of Fine Art in Ravenna, I had the idea of…

Portfolio Interview What connects a picture of a nude sitting figure, an axe cutting into a tree trunk, and a reflection in a pool of water? Seemingly, there is no connection between the images, but when brought together, they invite a personal approach to understanding them. J H Engström makes images as a personal diary, but they exceed this description. He thinks a lot about his work and finds it hard to define words that could describe his intention and the scope of his work. “I don’t think my work is a diary. I think it’s more of a method of working. It’s, maybe, a diary method, which means I use the subject matter I have and things close to me, around me and in my daily life. But I’m…

The Unobserved is an online photography exhibition that focuses on everyday scenes that often pass unnoticed. This exhibition celebrates personal stories of our everyday existence. The collection of images unveils personal stories, often overlooked and quickly forgotten, capturing intimate daily moments or objects of symbolic meaning. Featured works include still life compositions of everyday objects, intimate indoor scenes, candid moments of people in the midst of everyday activities, as well as urban and rural landscapes, and abstract or symbolic representations. Each photograph preserves and reflects on fleeting experiences and daily moments, inviting viewers to explore the deeper, sometimes hidden, narratives behind unobserved moments. The Unobserved is a showcase of photographers who are inspired to uncover the extraordinary within the ordinary. Visit our online exhibition…

Slipping Through My Fingers is a photography project inspired by the ABBA song of the same title that always makes me cry. It explores the fear many parents experience as they watch their children grow up too quickly, often accompanied by the painful realisation that they may not have been present enough to fully enjoy those fleeting moments. This emotional journey is often tinged with guilt as parents question whether they genuinely appreciated the precious time they had with their children. Through my photography, I aim to capture the quiet, in-between moments that invite reflection, offering a space to pause in a fast-moving world and truly stand still in the beauty of the present. www.elisabeth-sanders.com…

We invite photographers worldwide to submit their work for “Life Today”—an online photo exhibition and magazine publication dedicated to capturing the many facets of life as we know it. Whether your lens reveals the elegance of natural landscapes, the profound depth of human connection, the subtle rhythm of daily life, or beauty in abstract form, we are eager to see your perspective. We welcome a broad spectrum of photographic styles and genres, from documentary to fine art, portrait to landscape, abstract to experimental. This open call seeks to celebrate the varied, dynamic, and original ways photographers interpret “Life Today.” Selected works will be featured in our online exhibition and showcased in our upcoming magazine publication, reaching an international audience. Submit your Work Submission Deadline: 9 December 2024 artdoc.photo/submit-your-work…

Inspiration Folk belief is widely held in people’s minds, possessing mysterious power. The spiritual narratives in folklore intrigue me enormously, not least the belief in deities that spring up throughout the years. The belief in deities originates from the thinking of enigmas of natural order and our life experiences. It delivers the mental interactions with our ancestors. It presumably indicates an affection for the curiosity of future uncertainties in mortal life. The beliefs I am exploring are related to elucidating life’s problems and creating our sense of identity. This project pertains to my experiences during my first year in London. I was always curious about the surroundings, but I got lost in the brand-new cultural background and strange things here. The deep uncertainties and seeming déjà vu interweaved in my…