American Vacation

Wangkai Wei

Wangkai Wei’s American Vacation reflects a life between China and the United States.

Tenancy

Tal Danan

Tal Danan observes ordinary places, focusing on the act of looking rather than geography.

Finding Aesthetics in Non-Places

Marcus Jendretzke

Marcus Jendretzke finds aesthetics in the ugly and overlooked urban Non-Places.

Some Nights I Can't Sleep

Laidric Stevenson

Laidric Stevenson captures sleepless nights and the quiet details of life after dark.

Green in the Built Landscape

Jadwiga Janowska

Jadwiga Janowska’s Green Calms addresses the disappearance of urban and suburban greenery.

The Rust Belt in Transition

Kaytlin Schmidt

Kaytlin Schmidt documents the Rust Belt’s resilience, deindustrialisation and changing landscapes.

The Mausoleum of All Hope and Desire

Jan Banning

Jan Banning documents absence, isolation and hidden tensions in the American South.

The Organised Landscape

Guillaume Gorini

Guillaume Gorini’s Vertical Pulse reveals patterns where human structures meet natural terrain.

Light of Gloom over London

Chris Dorley-Brown

Chris Dorley-Brown’s Near Dark captures London as a sombre reflection of uncertain times.

Trás-os-Montes landscape

Paulo Monteiro

Here, I've come across the morning fogs, the rivers, the birds and the trees.

Sorry for the lack of contact

Katerina Kouzmitcheva

Sorry for the Lack of Contact—this phrase has become a recurring refrain in the past few years of my life.

Motion and Emotion

Adam Docker

For me, photography is more than a visual medium—it is a profound exploration of humanity, culture, and identity.

In the evening, in the woods

Paola Tornambè

My photography is artistic and based on long exposure that allows me to melt different layers of images to create a pictorial effect.

Crisis of Faith

Viktoriia Sorochuk

What is religion and what is faith? What is the connection between the two?

DO NOT PASS

ZeWei Peng

Contemporary China resembles a runaway high-speed train, leaving my memories and language trailing behind.

Image and Identity

Issue nr. 4 2022

In Artdoc issue #4 2022, we bring photographers who worked around the concept of identity. Justin Kimball shows the American life of distress and hope. Marion Gronier made portraits of three major constitutional ethnic groups in America. Alys Tomlinson showed local pre-Christian rituals on Italian islands. Aaron Schuman created his own version of Italy. Finally, Maxime Taillez made pictures of the French borders that have lost their old function.

Voice of Nature

Issue nr. 3 2022

The artists in this Artdoc issue #3, 2022, investigated the intrinsic value of our natural environment. Featured photographers are: Albarrán Cabrera, Doug and Mike Starn, Rebecca Najdowski, Mark Ruwedel and Gino Bühler. This Artdoc issue brings photo art that echoes the whispering voice of nature.

War and Peace

Issue nr. 2 2022

Since the invasion of Russia into Ukraine, many people realize they are not acquainted with the photography of the eastern European country. Therefore, Artdoc dedicates this issue, War and Peace, to the prolific Ukrainian photographers, whose pictures are highly creative and sensitive. In this issue, we bring Maxim Dondyuk, Serhii Korovayny, Viktoria Sorochinski, Polina Polikarpova, Yelena Yemchuk, Oksana Parafeniuk and many others. They show pictures of bygone peacetimes and the present ongoing war. The art of photography, whether humanistic, staged, surrealistic or narrative, bridges people from different nations.

The Artivists

Issue nr. 1 2022

Artdoc Issue #1 2022, The Artivists, brings the views of artivist photographers about topics like justice, environment and genocide. We present two major projects of Gideon Mendel about the devastating effect of climate change. In addition, we show the work of Jan Banning, who is fighting for the release of an innocent prisoner. Barry Salzman visualises traumas of modern-day holocausts, photographing landscapes at different sites of genocide. Finally, Nicolas Boyer shows the dark side of everyday life in Japan. In the face of the recent horrific developments, the work of honest photographers remains highly relevant.

Female Visions

Issue nr. 6 2021

In this last issue of the year, Artdoc Photography Magazine presents the vision of female photographers. Female photographers have a great capacity for empathy with which they metaphorically portray the world of emotions and personal experiences. Through the camera lens, they do not record factual reality but they show their expressive and subjective vision of the turbulent world. Featured in Issue 6 Female Visions: Rania Matar, Cecilia Reynoso, Katja Liebmann, Catherine Dovellos, Daria Dar, Maura Jamieson, Lara Gilks and Paula Rae Gibson.

Lens Based Art

Issue nr. 5 2021

In this issue #5, Artdoc brings the photographer as the lens-based artist, who shows us the reality we tend to overlook. Michele Borzoni photographs the often hidden places where people work. Peter Bialobrzeski showed the chaos in the outskirts of Mumbai. Dario Mitidieri photographed Syrian families in an open-air studio. Chloe Sells constructs landscapes with layers of textures and colours to express her experience of nature. And the exhibition Lens Based Art shows the work of experimental photographers.

Mindful Photography

Learn the Art of Meditative Photography

In the Mindful Photography e-guide, the act of photographing becomes something more than visual — it becomes a form of attention. A quiet dialogue between self and subject, between presence and perception. This guide is not a manual of techniques. It is a carefully composed invitation to pause, breathe, and create from within stillness. What does it mean to look with awareness? What happens when we stop chasing images and allow the world to approach us instead? At its core lies a simple yet transformative idea: that photography can be a meditative act — one that does not rush toward outcome, but unfolds from awareness. Experience what it means to practise photography with presence.

What is Art Photography

E-Guide on understanding photography as an art medium

Art photography is a compelling blend of creativity and visual storytelling, transcending traditional photography to stir the imagination and evoke emotions. It goes beyond capturing moments, using images to communicate ideas, provoke thought, and establish a deep connection with viewers. This guide explores the essence of art photography, revealing its role as a window into human experience and a reflection of societal issues. You’ll discover its power as a communication tool and its ability to merge art with documentary photography. Dive in to understand this expressive art form and unleash your creative potential through the lens.

How to read images

Learn how to read photographs as a visual language

We have to understand photography as a language. A photograph is an image in which various signs are embedded, just like texts have words. Words form a sentence, and the sentences together tell a story. We can read pictures the way we can read a book. We can search in the photograph and look for the meaning. But in a picture, there are no words and sentences. We have to grasp meaning from the totality of the image, in which every detail plays a part. In this guide, you will learn how to read images and the way the photographer produces meaning in photographs.

How to create a photo project

Create a meaningful story as a photo project

A photo project is more than just a collection of images—it's a unique narrative told through a harmonious blend of style, emotion, message, subject, and technique. Each photograph within the series works together to convey a compelling story. By approaching your photo series with the same care and intention as you would a written story, you can create a powerful visual narrative. Unlock the secrets to creating captivating photo projects with our comprehensive guide. Start creating your unique photo project today. In this guide, you will learn to develop a distinctive and personal visual language that sets your work apart. Learn how to select and refine subjects that form the foundation of your photo projects, and you will master the art of constructing a cohesive and compelling photo series that tells a powerful story.

How to get into a gallery

Essential tips for photographers: How to Get Your Work into a Gallery

Securing a spot in a gallery is a highly sought-after accomplishment for many photographers in the ever-evolving art world. The significance of such an achievement is not limited to the mere display of artwork but extends to the attainment of recognition. Recognition in the art world is crucial as it validates an artist's work, increases their reputation, and opens doors to new opportunities. This guide delves into the nuanced art of gallery representation, offering practical and actionable advice to art photographers on gaining their audience's attention and admiration, thereby increasing their chances of recognition.

Altered Climate

Artdoc Group Exhibition

Explore Altered Climate, an international online exhibition examining climate change and environmental disruption through altered images, experimental art and documentary photography.

Living Space

Artdoc Group Exhibition

Living Space is a global online exhibition exploring the environments we inhabit and the spaces that shape everyday experience.

People and Place

Artdoc Group Exhibition

People and Place is an online exhibition exploring cultural equality through documentary photography.

The Abstracted Earth

Artdoc Group Exhibition

The natural world abstracted — a photography exhibition exploring atmosphere, surface, and form.

The Abstracted World

Artdoc Group Exhibition

The Abstracted World is an online photography exhibition bringing together works that engage with abstraction as a way of seeing, sensing, and surviving in politically uncertain times.

The Inner Lens — Inner Landscapes

Artdoc Group Exhibition

The Inner Lens — Inner Landscapes presents photographic work that explores the natural world as a space of reflection and emotional resonance.

Elsebound: Photographs from the Quiet Hours

Nicolas Rachline

Rachline’s photography captures fleeting moments with film noir-style intensity.

We Eat the Earth

Crystal Bennes

We Eat the Earth explores the ways in which our collective appetite reshapes the Earth and how the production of nutrients required for industrial agriculture impacts our political and physical environments.

Péi Brilé-Burnt Land

Maxime Brygo

éi Brilé reconsiders the myths of Réunion Island through the figure of Robinson, a symbol of survival, humility and self-reliance. Through personal encounters on the island, Maxime Brygo (FR) reflects both on the island’s colonial history and on people currently living in the margins in the hard-to-reach mountains of the center and in the wild south.

Coirón

Pie Aerts

Coirón is a long-form documentary project, photographed over six years in the Chilean region of Magallanes, following aging gauchos known as puesteros, who live and work alone for months at a time across vast private ranches.

America’s Girls, On the Edge of a Dream

Eva Verbeeck

America’s Girls, On the Edge of a Dream is a striking new monograph by acclaimed Belgian photographer and filmmaker Eva Verbeeck.

View from the Precipice

David Maisel

Known for his aerial photographs chronicling the complex relationships between natural systems and human intervention, David Maisel's images often initially appear abstract and painterly, offering detailed but open-ended visual information that operates as both documentary and metaphor. Their strange beauty has been referred to as “the apocalyptic sublime.”

Hemeria

France

We created Hemeria to highlight the work of photographers through books. Because the book remains a timeless and universal space of expression since the creation of the medium, because it is a tangible object, which can be touched, preserved, shared, and offered, it seemed relevant to us to continue to believe in its permanence despite the supremacy of digital spaces, screens and social networks, where the presence and circulation of the photographic image are exponential.

XPOSURE

United Arab Emirates

Xposure International Photography & Film Festival is where the magic of visual storytelling comes alive.

le Pavillon Populaire

France

The Pavillon Populaire, Montpellier's photographic art space open to the public free of charge.

Shift Books

Germany

SHIFT BOOKS is a Berlin-based publishing house specialising in the publication of art and photography books. With a diverse publishing programme, SHIFT BOOKS creates space for discussions on gender, political and cultural issues and thus offers an important contribution to social debate.

Fo­to­stif­tung Schweiz

Switzerland

Founded in 1971, Fotostiftung Schweiz is a private non-profit foundation, devoted to preserving, researching and conveying photographic works.

Foto Colectania

Spain