Celebrating International Women’s Day

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2019, photokunst is honoring four photographers, all women who have passionately dedicated themselves to long-term projects addressing important far-reaching issues. Marissa Roth’s “One Person Crying: Women and War”, a 34 year journey of documentation, … Continue reading

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International Women’s Day: Profile

Reflections on Her Career as a Photographer and Current Work by  MARISSA ROTH When I reflect on the arc of my career as a photographer, it is with a great amount of gratitude as it’s been a remarkable journey so … Continue reading

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John Rowe: Ballet Nacional de Cuba

John Rowe, award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker, has been collaborating with the world-renowned ballet company Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Rowe was drawn to Cuba as the focus of his next project because he finds it socially compelling and visually stunning.  … Continue reading

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Marissa Roth – Close-up

Marissa Roth, a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, documentary photographer and curator was born and raised in Los Angeles. Lauded internationally, Roth has been designated a Leica Ambassador, sponsored by Leica London and was recently appointed a Fellow of the Royal … Continue reading

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Exciting Book Project News

Congratulations to photokunst photographer Jamey Stillings and his monograph The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar (Steidl, 2015) on winning IPA’s 2016 “Book Photographer of the Year” and becoming a Finalist for Lucie’s Grandprize “Photographer of the Year” Award (winner to be … Continue reading

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Announcing one of TIME’s “Best Photobooks of 2015”

Jamey Stillings: “The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar”     Congratulations to photographer Jamey Stillings on his newly released monograph, The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar, published by Steidl. The book reproduces 60 of Stillings’ black-and-white images, along with contributions from Bruce … Continue reading

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“De Las Sombras / Out of the Shadows” traveling exhibition

De Las Sombras / Out of the Shadows  provides a probing portrait from within the world of undocumented immigrants, a bilingual exhibition of photography and commentary that tells one family’s story in their own words and puts a compelling face … Continue reading

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Yousef Khanfar’s Invisible Eve traveling exhibition

photokunst is proud to present Invisible Eve: Crime & Wisdom, a pioneering traveling exhibition, with a book by the same name (Rizzoli 2013), which touches on prescient social issues, exploring the stark reality of female prisoners in the US today. … Continue reading

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Modern Cuba and ancient Yoruba religion

Continuing their lifework of documenting traditional African culture, Carol and Angela traveled to Cuba in 2014 for a fieldwork study of modern Voodoo, a diaspora of a Yoruban religion originally brought from West Africa during the slave trade.   “We … Continue reading

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