Abstract Visions

Issue nr. 2 2026

Abstract photography operates where form, colour, rhythm, and composition carry meaning that direct representation cannot reach. This issue brings together artists who use abstraction as a way of engaging with the world — emotionally, politically, and intuitively. In uncertain times, the visible surface of things can conceal as much as it reveals. By fragmenting, blurring, or reducing the subject to light and texture, these photographers find a coded language for what lies beneath — the tensions, fears, and inner states that resist straightforward depiction. The Photo Culture section presents a visual essay on aerial photography, exploring a perspective that transforms the familiar world into pure abstraction — shape, pattern, and tone detached from recognisable form. Issue #2 2026 features work by Sarah Ketelaars, Jan Beesley, Daniel Rose, Lori Pond, Michael Naify, Linda Jarrett, Rene Wissink, Marie Sueur, Francesco Pace Rizzi, Anna-Maria Becher, Kirsten Smith, and Jeff Larason. Read the issue and explore the many ways abstraction expands what photography can say.