All in Photography
I explore the reality that surrounds me, its materialization, its duality, the ambivalent and yes, the beautiful. Escaping from the Universe of the obvious is not easy, but I intensely try. The complex, the dark, the brilliant, the hidden, the unknown, the plastic, the feminine, the abstract, captivate me, and keep me, to some extent, prisoner.
Entering Vinci Weng’s recent work feels less like arriving at an image than like stepping into a constructed situation that is already underway. The first sensation is not simply visual plenitude, though plenitude is everywhere, but a peculiar certainty that what one is seeing has been staged into existence with the deliberation of cinema and the density of painting. Weng’s pictures do not present themselves as windows, nor as documents, nor as the familiar persuasion of photographic immediacy. They behave instead as tableaux with rules, as fictional worlds whose internal physics are established through scale, depth, and chromatic climate.
My practice is based on the premise that photography does not end at the final curtain, but rather begins there. By using post-production tools such as a palette and brush, I shift the focus from photographic representation to artistic creation.
Stefano Paradiso is a photographer and director of photography born in Rome in 1969. Graduated from the R. Rossellini School of Cinematography and Photography in 1988, he works as a director of photography and camera operator in cinema and advertising, boasting numerous collaborations with well-known Italian directors, French and American; for television he has made documentaries and reportages in various countries of the world.
For me, making marks is the initial objective. Finding images that speak to me in an intuitive and expressive manner remains the goal each time I work. I think of myself as a painter first with no constraints. However, I also find working in 3D to be just as satisfying as painting or drawing. After years of creating work, I still find the beginning of a piece to be as exciting as I remember my first efforts.
One image – one mission. What does my image have to do with Francis of Assisi (Francis of Assisi is considered the patron saint of animals, the environment, and ecology. In the prayer “Canticle of the Sun,” which the saint wrote in the 13th century, he described animals as brothers and sisters of humans and expressed gratitude to nature, its phenomena, and wonders.) with my picture or series of pictures? 800 years! On the 800th (this year-2026) anniversary of his death, my picture was chosen as the cover for a book entitled “Animal Worlds of Art.”
Howard Harris is a Techspressionist artist who has long been fascinated by visual perception and design. The Denver, Colorado, USA native earned a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and a MID (Masters Industrial Design) from Pratt Institute in New York, studying with internationally renowned design theorist Rowena Reed Kostellow.
Samantha Louise Emery is an interdisciplinary artist from England and Canada living in Türkiye. Emery’s exploration of humanity’s complex interconnection within the biodiversity of life has been aided by her residence in these countries. She visually maps these networks through conceptual abstract paintings and her practice of combining self portrait photography, hand and machine embroidery with hand sewn sequins and beads, and paintwork onto canvas.
Yasmina Barbet, is a French photographer trained at the IED in Rome, developed in Paris a visual approach enriched by drawing, art history, and image processing. Upon returning to Rome, she created a personal online photographic archive in 2008.
The beauty of experimental art lies in the fact that the value of an idea cannot be mathematically calculated. Digital resources operate according to the code of "either/or." However, playing with an artistic idea is not computable. Creativity and innovation follow a both/and principle. The photographic artist as constructor is a creator, not a draftsman, not a graphic artist, not a copyist. As a phantom of light, photography becomes the bearers for an artistic vision. Image skin, artificial skin, forms the blueprint for another possibility.
My engagement with photography has rekindled my relationship with both nature and my inner world. My work revolves around nature, urban settings, macro subjects, abstract forms, and fine art photography. Rather than seeking out the extraordinary, I am drawn to the hidden, quiet, and often overlooked aspects of daily life. I seek to uncover beauty, wonder, and poetry within the ordinary, shaping what I call "my little mundane world."
My photography is a depiction of how I see the natural world and all the mystery it holds. Sometimes bright and colorful in its beauty or dark and ominous, but beautiful just the same. Although I do feel that I'm more drawn to what exists in the shadows. A dreamlike entity that resides at the fringes of perception, a mystical presence that dances between reality and imagination.
Visual artist, researcher, and professor with a specialization in the History of Art and Architecture in Brazil. Her career began with a solo exhibition at the Salão Jovem of Minas Tênis Clube in Belo Horizonte, and since then, her works have traveled the world, featured in both solo and group exhibitions.
Kat Kleinman’s collages emerge at the intersection of psychology, photography, and handicraft, a confluence that makes her contribution to contemporary art both singular and necessary. In an era where cynicism masquerades as sophistication, her unabashed commitment to joy reclaims art’s most elemental function: to heal.
I feel a strong connection to all the beauty that surrounds me: the trees, plants, animals, fields, the sea, and the sky. Making photographs in these landscapes is a kind of meditation for me, and I feel the healing power. Through my art I have found my place in the world.
I want my photographs & graphic arts posters to capture and display the raw, wild beauty of the natural world. These photographs were taken on wilderness backpacking, backcountry skiing, scuba diving, and hiking trips I‘ve done or led over the past thirty years. My goal: seek & protect wilderness through sharing these images.
Yiannis Galanakis studied at the Physics Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Since 2012, his artistic focus has shifted into the realm of digital photo editing and compositing, adding a new dimension to his creative endeavors.
My creative endeavors, particularly regarding the impacts of global warming and climate change, merge photography with digital art. I hold the view that artistic insights thrive through cross-disciplinary practices, which significantly shape my exploration of various themes. The pieces in this series strike a balance between representational and abstract styles, capturing both static and dynamic qualities.
Claire’s underwater photographs capture the hidden wonders of the Indian Ocean, where shipwrecks, shifting light, and vibrant marine life come to life through the deep blue, revealing a few of the ocean’s hidden stories.
Marija was born in Belgrade / Serbia in 1976 where she graduated from the University of Fine Arts in 2001 as a Sculptor. In 2004 she moved to Chicago with her husband where she was working in her art studio with traditional painting and sculpturing materials. Two years after, she started using modern technologies for fine art, as well.
