Selected Work: 'Boogie'

Photographer 'Boogie' was born in Belgrade and later emigrated to the United States after winning a green card which enabled him to live in New York City. Having experienced the horrific situation of war back in his country, this shaped his way of seeing the World.

His work has shifted from the use of a more traditional documentary style, such is the case in his book 'It's all Good' to the use of a more contemporary approach as seen in his most recent photographs, particularly in his colour work, nevertheless he still uses both B&W and colour to photograph and maintains an honest and intimate approach.

The main source of inspiration to him is 'Life', and explains that -Inspiration is in the mind, although other things inspire him too. From photographing gang members and drug addicts in the poor neighborhoods in New York through to photographing Nazi's in Serbia, life in Sao Paulo, Mexico, Istanbul, Tokyo, etc., Boogie has produced a whole photographic archive that describes life at different levels.

He has produced an extensive list of books such as, 'Its All Good' (Power House Books,2006), a retrospective on his work called 'Boogie' (Power House Book, 2007), 'Sao Paulo' (Upper Playground, 2008), Istanbul (Upper Playground, 2008), 'Belgrade Belongs to Me' (Power House Books, 2009).

He has exhibited his work at Paris Photo, L'Eclaireur Tokyo, London, Italy etc., has shot campaigns for Nike, Lee Jeans, etc. His work has also been featured in magazines and newspapers such as 'Ojo de Pez', British Journal of Photography, Time Magazine, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, among many others. He also collaborated with HBO on a series called 'How to Make it' with the use of still images that are featured through each episode.

All images featured are © 'Boogie'

Boogie currently lives and works between Serbia and the United States. For more on his work It is worth while visiting www.artcoup.com and also boogiephoto.blogspot.com. Special thanks to Boogie for his kindness and for allowing us to feature his work.

Posted by Pablo Allison

Selected Work : Juan Antonio Sanchez Rull

The Beach

The tragic dimension of boredom within the beach’s theatrical illusion. A trip to familiar situations, rescued anecdotes and revisited places within the internal memory. The beach is a favorable place that lends itself to the observation of the human behavior, the absence of clothes enables this observation, people become more alike among each other and the fact of being naked exposes their defenseless attitude and vulnerabilities, there is less tools to pretend that one is something. It could give the impression that the beach is a more democratic space. The use of black and white film projects a timeless feeling within the images of this project.

Profile

Photographing to transform and not merely to document or register a moment. I use the camera as a tool for contemplation. With the use of this tool it becomes less complicated for me to uncover codes or clues that can transform into a photographic project. Given the characteristics of this apparatus, it would give the impression that the images that one captures are a reflection of reality but in truth, they are the result of a mirror that always distorts, invents and results ingenious. One photographs reality to transform it into something more personal, it is an attempt to explore ones interior world and to release ideas in the form of images that try to construct and explain what one has in mind.

As a photographer, I personally have never been interested in documentary photography, this idea of trying to stay as faithful as possible to “reality” what ever this might be. The total opposite in fact, I always try to transform, (although this is inevitable)

“ Once you enter the labyrinth that is outside yourself conversely, you enter in the labyrinth that is within you", Freud, The Sinister.

All images © Juan Antonio Sanchez Rull

Posted by Roxana Allison

Up and Coming : Ana Escobar

Ana Escobar was born in Huelva (Spain). She studied Interior Design in Madrid and later moved to London, were she completed a Diploma and has just finished a BA in Photography at the University of the Arts London. She has exhibited at the National Royal Theatre, The Roxy and 100 sqft Gallery among many others. Her work has been published at ‘The Guardian Weekend Magazine’ and ‘Arterial Magazine’.

'Free Fall' is based on three iconic documentary photographs: Eisenstaedt's 'V-J day in Times Square', Lange’s 'Migrant Mother and Capa’s 'Death of a Loyalist Soldier'.

There is still an open debate on how much directed or staged these photographs were. I re-visited and fully staged them to create an interpretative translation. How much directed are individuals in nowadays-free western society would be the debate this work aims to open. I reconstruct three stages of a party in order to represent different stages junctures of the human drama.

La Place de L'Etre, Our Normandy Show.

That show was a first time out of England and our third exhibition as a collective. It was a lot of work (trying to translate all the material- especially the title- into something that would make sense, getting all the prints fitting into suitcases and ready to travel, making sure it was all fine and then turning a Hospital's restaurant into a gallery). Thankfully I had some on-site help and it all went well. We had a constant stream of people come to the private view, even some of the members of the hospital direction. We had the prints on the wall the day before and it must have made people talk at lunch already, because I spent the whole evening explaining about the collective and answering questions about the work. We also had an article in the local newspaper 'OuestFrance' (which I'll post as soon as I have a copy) and a proposition to take the show to a college gallery next month and another one next year. We are also invited to go there in order to give a talk about our venture in a couple of art classes.
In any case, many many thanks to Mari-Pierre Hebert and Catherine Travers for all the help and sponsoring.

The show is up until the end of May.

POSTED BY GENIE