August 31, 2021 Artists Yo! It’s back to school, fool! We got this! We’ve been through this before, right? – throngs of new excited students marching and plodding back to classrooms as fall approaches full of expectations. And yet, the adults in the room are scrambling to figure out how. With 90% of families desperate for in-school learning and most […]
A selection of images from “The Ugly Duckling,” by Italian photographer Giulia Vanelli. Currently based in Florence, Italy, her work blends documentary narratives with intimate approaches. “The Ugly Duckling,” an ongoing project, explores the human condition through the difficult process of stepping outside of one’s comfort zone. “The human mind does not always get along with changes and what follows […]
Photographer Andrew McGill grew up on his family’s farm outside Glencoe, Ontario. Though he lived in New York and worked in the photo industry for a number of years after graduating from art school, McGill often felt called back to the small town where his family has been farming for four generations, and it wasn’t until he began photographing his […]
Some say that the best things to collect are memories. But ask any serious collector, and you’ll hear something else entirely. Unless, of course, they happen to collect photographs. From hardcore philatelists to vinyl lovers to comic book superfans, every collector community is an arcane universe peopled by individuals obsessed with whatever it is they are pursuing. Take stamps, for […]
Paul-Sebastian Japaz is a New York, New York-based painter. Exploring the influence of interior landscapes on human behavior, his “Spaces” work considers Queer identity in the context of scenes from everyday life. “The work is approached under the idea that ‘Spaces’ can hold a distinct level of power and develop influence,” he explains. “Considering humanistic elements to drive narrative-based situations […]
Ed Gorwell is a photographer based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. Drawn to the objects, landscapes, and people of his daily life, Gorwell finds beauty in the mundane. He is interested in the imprints people leave behind on the spaces they occupy—an unmade bed, a sweatshirt draped over a chair, cosmetics left on a bathroom basin—this quiet evidence of human presence […]
A selection of images by Hong Kong-based photographer Christopher Lim. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Lim works as a freelance photographer in fields ranging from fashion to automotive, though street, still life, and documentary photography are at the heart of his practice. Drawn to moments with a sense of ambiguity, he strives to capture feelings of curiosity and serenity in his […]
“We are committed to improving our town centre and art and culture has a big part to play in its future,” says Leader of Basildon Council Councillor Andrew Baggott. “We are also committed to climate change and are working towards a carbon net-zero borough by 2050.” With a new street art initiative called Our Towns, curators Doug Gillen and Charlotte […]
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! A new hurricane, a new school year, a new variant, a new governor, a new fall of Saigon, and a new anti-vaccination song from rock guitar god Eric Clapton, who doesn’t want you to put suspect chemicals into your body. Presumably, cocaine is still okay, however, if you want to get down, down […]
August 28, 2021 Artists Staring at clouds and seeing images is Mother Nature’s Rorschach test about how one sees life’s possibilities; revealing winged angels and horned devils, a ship on the high seas, a milk maiden’s profile, a fire-breathing dragon. Saype. “Un Nouveau Souffle” (A New Breath). Moleson-sur-Gruyeres, Switzerland. August 2021. (photo © Valentin Flauraud for Saype) French-Swiss land artist […]