Jiayi Gu is a landscape and urban photographer who has exhibited in the United Kingdom and China. Recent exhibitions in London include Espacio Gallery, Youth Mobile Photography, Exhibition, Filet, University of the Arts, and Grays Wharf Gallery. Her biography described her work as “working through image, material, and the spatial experience of perception, Gu investigates how time and attention shape the way we see. Her photographic and spatial works share a contemplative sens

Ziyu Wei is a documentary photographer who has exhibited recently in Espacio Gallery and The Koppel Project in London, WPAC in Wuhan, China, and ARS ELECTRONICA CENTER in Linz, Austria. Her biography describes the work as “rather than offering straightforward representation, Wei’s images function as emotional architectures, tracing the residues of desire, anxiety, and tenderness that define modern existence. Within these shifting spaces, she reflects on how human vulnerabilit

Paige Young is an analogue photographer who has exhibited across the United States and Europe. Recent exhibitions include The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Florence Biennale, O’Hanlan Center for the Arts in Mill Valley, California, and Goddess Arts Gallery in KunstMatrix, Denmark. She has served as a juror for multiple exhibitions in Michigan and her awards include Influential Women Recognition by Influentialwomen.com , NYWeekly’s Top 30 Female Disruptors of 2025 to Watch F

Timothy Hall is a digital photographer with a background in corporate photography and videography. He describes his process as the following: “ I began using long exposures and motion…as I wanted the camera to ‘make’ the picture, not simply ‘take’ the picture…Then I apply different blending algorithms, which are just mathematical formulas, not all different from the chemistry in analogue photography. Every piece I create uses the full frame of the camera, with no other manipu

Van O (Ivan Isaev) is a conceptual photographer with a background in theatre (as an actor) and biology who has exhibited across Europe and in the United States. Recent exhibitions include Museum Kesselhaus in Berlin, MORA Museum of International Art in Jersey City, RevArt Gallery in Mountain View, California, Olympic Building in New York, Аnnenkirche and the Erarta Contemporary Art Museum in St. Petersburg, Gallery of Classic Photography in Moscow, Museum of Actual Realism in

When I was a senior in high school, I grew a specific fascination with conceptual art. One of my art teachers at the time, Mr. Murphy, corrected me when I was discussing with him about conceptual art. He stated: “All art is conceptual. There is no such thing as conceptual art”. At the time, I believed him because I was young. However, today as a critical writer with experience, I strongly disagree with such a notion. There is clearly a difference between conceptual art and no

For this particular essay, we will be discussing Star Smart’s experimental photography series referred to as The Flowers: Overcoming & Healing . These photographs were taken with a cell phone and digitally altered with an obsolete phone application which no longer exists. The series depicts sets of piles of mediation pills formed into a circle with their colors altered to appear hallucinogenic, full of bright neon tones. The other part of the series of the Healing contains sm

Jaina Cipriano is a photographer, filmmaker, actor, writer, and set designer who owns her own set design company, Finding Bright Studios, and is also the owner of the Arlington Film Festival. She has been published over 200 times in various independent and established publications such as The Boston Globe. She has exhibited mostly in the Boston metropolitan area as well as across the United States and in Europe. In Jaina's photography and films, all the props and sets are bui

Leah Oates is a fluxus analogue photographer who has exhibited extensively in the United States and Canada, particularly in the New York and Toronto metropolitan areas, as well as in Europe. Notable solo exhibitions in New York include the Brooklyn Public Library, Susan Eley Fine Art, Arsenal Gallery, Center for Book Arts, Sarah Nightingale Gallery, A Taste of Art Gallery, A4L Gallery, and AIR Gallery. Museums Leah has exhibited at include fine institutions such as the Rhode

Judita Juknelė is a figurative and portrait photographer who has exhibited in Lithuania and Rome. Recent exhibition include Jonava Cultural Center in Lithuania, and Space - Millepiani in Rome. She has been published and received award recognitions from platforms such as The Knights of Art, Annual Urban 20205 Photo Awards, and Lumen Art Gallery. She describes her process as the following: “I don’t use AI for creating my pictures. These works are created just with using Adobe L