Featured Photographer: Matthew Finley - “An Impossibly Normal Life”
Imagine a world where it doesn’t matter who you love, just that you love. An Impossibly Normal Life is an artifact from another world, a more loving, inclusive one where who you love is of little societal importance. This fictional story, centered on artist Matthew Finley’s imagined uncle’s idealized life, is created from collected vintage snapshots from around the world. This project shows anyone struggling with identity today, and those around them, the joy of what could have been and can still be.
Interview: Andy Mattern - “Ghost”
Discover the intriguing journey of Andy Mattern as he uncovers a unique phenomenon in vintage platinum prints. In this captivating interview, Mattern reveals how images transferred onto neighboring prints over decades, creating faint yet fascinating ghost images. Learn about his meticulous process of reviving these images and transforming them into new platinum prints. This discussion, spanning over a year, delves deep into the art and science behind Mattern's extraordinary project.
Featured Photographer: Liz Albert - "Family Fictions”
Liz Albert’s series, Family Fictions, take us on a journey back in time to explore family and social dynamics in the 50s and 60s through photographic slides that she has found, purchased, and combined into diptychs.