It is a dark lecture hall at the back of the bottom floor of the National Gallery of Canada, next to the gift shop and an atrium lit by the koi pond, which serves as its skylight. The hall is full of murmurs and silhouettes. They move with a light anticipation, and the conversations I […]
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In the 21st century, two major interrelated technological factors have greatly changed how we take photos and how we engage with photography. The first major change was the advent of increasingly affordable digital technology allowing more photos to be taken more often by more people, and cheaper than ever before. I should also mention digital editing technology, which changed the level of control a photographer could exercise over a photo once it is taken. However, this improvement is overstated by those unfamiliar with analog editing technology. It is more an improvement in access than in capacity.
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Ethereal clouds of corpse-gray with violent reds, and puke yellow smiles strained with greed, these are Luca Baioni’s Demons. These are not the angels who god did not spare, imprisoning them in chains of darkness, held for justice. They are free, and human-esk. Though, perhaps, too are sinning angels. Where these scenes are is another great […]
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Ole Marius Joergensen practices a different type of conceptual photography from what we normally feature on Vulgaris. Like most of our other features, his work centres around and explores a central concept or theme. However, what makes Joergensen special, is that his work is not only conceptual, but narrative. When asked what he enjoys about photography […]
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In early April 2016 I arrived in Vienna Austria and planned to stay until the end of August. I was there for personal reasons; personal reasons that would plague me throughout my trip, and eventually resulted in an early departure at the end of June for Venice where I would recuperate. Except for a short […]
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Horace said that a poem should be dulce et utile, sweet and useful. I can think of little better to describe Daniel Kovalovszky’s new series, “Scenes of Infernal Play”. Without a doubt the key term to describe this new body is conceptual, yet such a broad stroke of a term may underemphasize its duality. There […]
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With a natural eye for capturing thought-provoking images and a formal education in photography, Karl Hoedl has created an exceptional collection of photographic works. From his eye-catching and serene “Thirty-four parking lots”, to works that capture intimate content like “The Anniversary Year”, Hoedl has worked on a variety of projects and been featured in numerous exhibitions. […]
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In the last two decades we have witnessed an incredible progress in gay rights. The most important of these is gay marriage, and the normalization of LGTBQA people. Of course there is much work left to be done. But one interesting facet of this progress tends to be an underlying claim of respectability. It places […]
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Romantic. That’s the first word that jumps to mind when you scroll through the photography of Emily Hawkins. Although whether or not to call it photography could be debated. Is it mixed media, or a form of nonphotography instead? Perhaps, in this brazen digital age such questions are mute. Whatever else it may be, it […]
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When you first glance through Joseph Cucciniello’s work you can’t help but wonder, “are these objects subjects, or some sort of physical obstacle that the revelation of his work hides slightly behind?” Undoubtedly he is a photographer, but his goal feels less to capture than to search. These images are taken in Indiana, Philadelphia, Buffalo, New […]
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