The following portraits are based on photographs of travellers, explorers and seamen who were lost in open waters, and whose bodies were never recovered. Artist Steffi Klenz recaptured these forgotten faces from digital stills and then exposed the physical negatives to corrosive seawater bacteri…
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‘For you, an image makes sight sacrosanct. It wasn’t always like that.’
Guy Gunaratne introduces photography by Kalpesh Lathigra.
‘Postures of graceful receptivity, or surrender. How do we tell the difference?’
A.K. Blakemore introduces Suzie Howell’s photographs.
‘The people I’ve photographed made Beirut liveable.’
Sama Beydoun photographs the nightlife of Beirut.
‘Ghost stories, then, are not always characterised by fear. Sometimes, they are stories of belief, comfort, faith.’
Laura Maw on the photography of Corinne May Botz.
‘Characteristically my wife refused to be drawn into the situation while I became obsessed with it.’
