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Anna Collete’s series Urban is worth having a look at.

http://annacollette.com/portfolio/urban/

TJ Proechel’s project “Baltimore” photographs murder sites, each telling a different story of how the victim died. Reminds me of a TV show “The Wire“, a must watch.

Wish you all a great 2010!

Click here to see more work from series Slums in Europe.

http://www.julianroeder.com

Retail spaces in eastern Germany. More great work can be found here.

http://thomas-meyer.com

I came across Edgar Martins project The Rehearsal of Space at Passage De Retz Gallery in Paris, and was completely stunned by the beautiful prints. These images were produced during the 2005-2008 fires in Portugal, Edgar working in conjunction with firefighters over his residency at Fire Protection Unit. Some of the photographs are smoked due to the negatives exposed to heat from the fires, resulting in technical accidents which added to the atmosphere of the photographs, later using the same technique purposefully in his later series.

Last year I received Dustin Shum’s book Themeless Parks, which came accompanied with an essay by Mary G. Padua, describing his work as “whimsical”, or somewhere between Documentary and Zeitgeist. The book explores contemporary China, touching on the issues of redevelopment and rapid modernization of the country, and how Parks are used as symbols of power by city officials. The work captures the strangeness and surreal nature of these new constructions, and questions its true purpose.

More of his work can be found here

Stuart Whipps has a brilliant portfolio of work, and last year has done some teaching at my university. His website can be found here

http://www.stuartwhipps.com

More videos can be found here

Last year Lydia has paid a visit to my university as a visiting lecturer, showing  a beautiful portfolio of work, as well as talking about fine-art and editorial markets. Visit her website to see more work.

http://www.lydiagoldblatt.com/