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What a wonderful opening on Friday for the “Reassembling Nuclear Family” show that I curated at the coolest @nideaquinidealla.artspace ☀️ The artists in this show explore how the nuclear industry has impacted the possibility of Family for New Mexicans and what it looks like to reinvent these relations. I’m so grateful to everyone who made it and for the opportunity to gather around an idea that has been brewing for years. 🪴 Thank you to our readers for sharing such intimate, personal, beautiful stories and especially for bringing this show to life!
I couldn’t have done it without many people, especially these artists/writers, @chequetzal , @hazelbatrezchavez , the Downwinders Consortium, and all my sweet friends ❤️‍🔥

Still time to see the show during open hours or by DM’ing me:
‼️Sat Sept 27 1-4 {at @i.suarezflint workshop on trans archives}
✨Tues Sept 29 1-4
⛓️Mon Oct 12 4-6
🎟️Fri Oct 30 4-6
🫟Sun Nov 1 3-5

photos by bestie @beeeehan 🙏🏻

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At the heart of SIPF lies the Open Call Portfolio Showcase, a defining pillar of the festival that, across every edition, has surfaced new voices and illuminated the evolving landscape of photographic practice.

For this milestone 10th edition, 20 portfolios from 16 countries have been selected, each one offering a fresh perspective on artists who are exploring our changing world.

Featured artists include Abbey Hepner (@abbeyhepner), Andong Zheng (@andongzheng), Ariana Zukowski (@arianazukowski), Jennifer Cabral (@jennifercabral), Joel Jimenez Jara (@joelr.jj), Priyadarshini Ravichandran (@priyadarshini.ravichandran), Ying Ang (@yingang), Zsofia Daniel (@zsofiadaniel_ch), Ore Huiying (@orehuiying), and Umberto Diecinove (@instadiecinove), each bringing bold, imaginative approaches that stretch photography beyond its limits.

Moving between intimate stories and pressing social concerns, these projects explore memory, identity, ecology, and belonging.
Expect works that move fluidly across documentary and archival intervention to experimental mixed‑media. Together, these portfolios form a constellation of perspectives that invite us to look closer, feel deeper, and see the world anew.

🗓️16 October — 6 December
🎟️Free entry
📍Esplanade Tunnel
1 Esplanade Drive
Singapore 038981

Venue Partner:
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore

More at sipf.sg

#SIPF2026 #OpenCallShowcase #SingaporeInternationalPhotographyFestival

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come see this show with so many cool artists @nideaquinidealla.artspace !!! Opening night reading features @moto_adesbah @halcyondais @atalayathedoll and @paullopezpino ☀️☀️ Spread the word!

This show considers how the nuclear industry interrupts, reassembles, and complicates family structures, especially those that fall outside of the traditional version of a “nuclear family.” How do artists and community members create alternative iterations of family amidst lineages of nuclear contamination? What does healing, resistance, and kinship look like within these nuclear legacies?

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At the heart of SIPF lies the Portfolio Open Call, a cornerstone that, across every edition, has sought to surface new voices and illuminate the ever-evolving landscape of photographic practice. Free from thematic constraint, the International Portfolio Showcase is shaped entirely by the artists themselves: the works they are compelled to make, the questions they carry, and the perspectives they bring to a world in constant flux.

This year, we received 416 submissions from 56 countries, a remarkable testament to the reach and vitality of contemporary image-making. For this milestone 10th edition, 20 portfolios from 16 countries have been selected, each a distinct vantage point into the preoccupations and imaginative reach of photographers today.

Portfolio Finalists [Part 1/2]
I N S C T S – Umberto Diecinove (@instadiecinove)
We Were Farmers – Ore Huiying (@orehuiying)
When Spring Never Comes – Min Ma Naing (@minn_m_naing)
Ma'Nene – Yoese Mariam (@yoese_mariam)
Cusp – Priyadarshini Ravichandran (@priyadarshini.ravichandran)
Bunga dan Tembok – Byron Mohammad Hamzah (@byronhamzah)
Bed Checks – Pratya Jankong (@pratya_photographer)
Glimmers, Feathers and Staring Skies – Joel Jimenez Jara (@joelr.jj)
DEPRESSION. POSSESSION. REPRESSION. – Jennifer Cabral (@jennifercabral)
Dairy for the Downwinders – Abbey Hepner (@abbeyhepner)

Portfolio Jury
Goh Sze Ying (@szeygoh) – Curator, National Gallery Singapore
Gwen Lee (@gwenleegimlay) – Co-Founder & Director, Singapore International Photography Festival
He Yining (@yining_he_) – Independent Researcher & Curator
Miyuki Endo – Senior Curator, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Monica Allende (@monica.allende) – Independent Creative Director & Curator

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The SIPF (@sipfsg) is a biennial gathering of minds from around the world with the common pursuit of advancing the art and appreciation of photography. It aims to be a much-needed arena for critical thought and academic discussion on photography in Southeast Asia. The festival is organised by DECK (@deck_sg).

#SIPF2026 #10thSIPF #SingaporeInternationalPhotographyFestival #InMyEndIsMyBeginning #SGPhotography

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Every day is #WorldPhotographyDay inside RPS International Photography Exhibition 167 🎞️

On August 19th 1839, the announcement of the Daguerreotype - the first practical photographic process - was declared a free gift to the world by the French government, sparking a global revolution in visual storytelling.

We’re celebrating that legacy with a closer look at the extraordinary works on display in Ground Floor Galleries 1 & 2.

📍 Admission is free - plan your visit via the link in our bio!

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🖐️ The Hand Magazine Weekly High Five! Submissions to Issue 54 are due August 31! Find out how to submit here: https://www.thehandmagazine.space/current-call-for-entries/

We can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on in your studio! All types of printed media are welcome, including alternative processes, darkroom, mixed processes, experimental, book-arts, installation, performance, and idiosyncratic techniques. There is never a theme! We want variety! Any artwork that incorporates printed or photographic media is welcome.

@raybidegain @abbeyhepner @lauraferraguto @sophie_romitti

#printmaking #alternativeprocess #callforart #callforentries #thehandmagazine

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The Hand Magazine Issue 53 contributing artist, Abbey Hepner, “Dairy For The Downwinders”, Liquid Light (silver gelatin) on 34 milk jars at 8.6” x 3.4” x 3.4” ea.

Visit Abbey’s website: https://www.abbeyhepner.com/ and on Instagram @abbeyhepner

Visit The Hand Magazine: https://www.thehandmagazine.space/

#silvergelatin #liquidlight #experimentalphotography #installationart #thehandmagazine

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Our concept-based collaboration project, Alchemy of the Unknowns @alchemy.of.the.unknowns,was awarded a solo exhibition spot at Texas Tech School of Art’s SRO Photo Gallery for the 2026-27 season, among some amazing artists on the list—including Vaune Trachtman @vaune.art, Abbey Hepner @abbeyhepner, and Eric Kunsman @eric_kunsman .

The Alchemy of the Unknowns show (Nov 18 to Dec 13) will feature 24 images, some presented in diptychs. Our largest panorama image will be 24x48 inches.

This is the very first solo show for our project, which started in 2023. We are beyond excited. Thank you so much to the SRO Photo Gallery and to the jurors who selected us. It is such an immense opportunity and honor.

#soloexhibition #fineartphotography

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thank you for your patience! We’re in the final stages of the jurying process for the 2026 Film Photo Award. Results will be announced shortly.

In the meantime, we’re excited to share some of the stellar work of our 2025 finalists!

Here we have some very exciting work by Visionary Project Award 2025 finalist @abbeyhepner ✨

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Archives Of Trauma

Fourteen artistic practices, fourteen distinct narratives, one shared question: how can the image function as a carrier of memory, testimony, and the working-through of trauma?
The exhibition Archives of Trauma brings together works by women photographers from diverse geographical and
cultural backgrounds, who explore trauma both as a personal experience and as a collective historical imprint.
Through photographic archives, family images, hybrid narratives, and visual interventions, the artists approach
photography as a field in which memory is reactivated and transformed.Trauma emerges here as an
ongoing process that continues to shape the present, influencing both personal histories and collective narratives.

Curated by Eleni Mouzakiti and Penelope Petsini

Ostuni Foto Festival
18-21 June 2026
Ostuni, Italy

Exhibition Date:
18 June - 26 July

📍V.LE Francesco Cispi 14
Ostuni, Italy

Participating Photographers:
@rosiebarnesphoto
@angelo_katerina
@karoline.schneider.berlin
@helenemutter
@maroellini
@abbeyhepner
@doralionstoned
@_katesch
@blaga_with_camera
@tutuguo
@Blooonndy
@nnefjodov
@veroborsani
@lilazotou

For more Information visit our website:
www.ostunifotofestival.com

#Ostunifotofestival #VOLUNTEERS #photography #ostuni #festival

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Finissage on Saturday 2 May for Archives of Trauma” group show
Don’t miss it!!

Works in this post from the project “Dairy for the Downwinders” by @abbeyhepner
“My ancestors lived downwind of the Nevada Test Site, where over 1,000 nuclear tests were detonated. They consumed milk from the cows that grazed on the land
contaminated by nuclear fallout. Two of my great-uncles died of myeloid leukemia, a cancer with ties to nuclear testing. The impacts of nuclear harm echo for generations, affecting our health, contaminating the environment, and causing psychological trauma.
Using family photographs, I create portraits on milk jars by applying a silver-gelatin emulsion to their surfaces and developing them in the darkroom. The image emerges through contact with archival images, chemistry, and time.
I work with 19th-century photographic processes, reflecting on how histories persist and resurface, embedding the past materially within the present

Participating artists:
Rosie Barnes, @rosiebarnesphoto
Katerina Angelopoulou @angelo_katerina
Karoline Schneider @karoline.schneider.berlin
Helene Mutter @helenemutter
Maro Ellinitaki @maroellini
Abbey Hepner @abbeyhepner
DoraLionstone @doralionstoned
Kate Schulze @_katesch
Tutu Guo @tutuguo
Blagovesta Semkova @blaga_with_camera
Hannah Grendel @blooonndy
Nastassja Nefjodov @nnefjodov
Veronica Borsani @veroborsani

Archives of Trauma is Curated by @mouzakiti_eleni and Penelope Petsini

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The exhibition “Archives of Trauma” is on view at House of Lucie Athens until Saturday, 2 May.

From a total of 429 submitted projects to the @womensphotofestival open call “Archives of Trauma” curators Penelope Petsini and Eleni Mouzakiti @mouzakiti_eleni selected 13 to present. The quality and depth of the submissions were truly remarkable — with more than 100 particularly compelling projects.

Participating artists:
Rosie Barnes, @rosiebarnesphoto
Katerina Angelopoulou @angelo_katerina
Karoline Schneider @karoline.schneider.berlin
Helene Mutter @helenemutter
Maro Ellinitaki @maroellini
Abbey Hepner @abbeyhepner
DoraLionstone @doralionstoned
Kate Schulze @_katesch
Tutu Guo @tutuguo
Blagovesta Semkova @blaga_with_camera
Hannah Grendel @blooonndy
Nastassja Nefjodov @nnefjodov
Veronica Borsani @veroborsani

Thirteen artistic practices, thirteen different narratives, one common question:
how can the image function as a vehicle for memory, testimony, and the processing of trauma? The exhibition brings together works by female photographers from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds, who explore trauma as both a personal experience and a collective historical footprint. Through photographic archives, family images, hybrid narratives, and visual interventions, the artists approach photography as a field where memory is reactivated and transformed. The traumatic experience thus appears as a process that continues to shape the present, affecting both personal stories and collective narratives.

#trauma #archivesoftrauma #personalstories #photographyandthearchive #processoftrauma

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