Hidden Gems By Jolene Sedgwick Defunded Focal Length: 24mm. Shutter Speed: 1/160. ISO: 160 Jolene Sedgwick © All rights reserved. “My initial curiosity about what these abandoned houses looked like inside led me to explore the property and share my discoveries with coworkers.” – Jolene Sedgwick Jolene Sedgwick © All rights reserved. I am a self-taught photographer driven by an insatiable curiosity for abandoned places and a profound appreciation for their architecture and the untold stories they hold. My photography journey was purely coincidental, sparked by a chance encounter with an aband ..read more

“We can be a prism and not just a reflection of society. This is the true meaning of being an artist. We can also enlighten people through our work and put more attention on the return to nature. We are in the dark ages and need enlightenment, a new Renaissance.” – David LaChapelle ‘Lorenzo il Magnifico’ Lifetime Achievement Award Fortezza da Basso, Florence | 17 October, 2023 LaChapelle is honored as the recipient of the ‘Lorenzo il Magnifico’ Lifetime Achievement Award at the “XIV Florence Biennale. International Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Design,” for his unparalleled influence, i ..read more

WOODLANDS OF MADRID By Louis Iruela Woodlands of Madrid. Rain Louis Iruela © All rights reserved. “My creative process is very chaotic. It’s hard to meet rainy conditions in Spain for days at a time, so when I am blessed with the opportunity to take out my camera, I do so quickly and always use a handheld camera to take advantage of the chance.” -Louis Iruela LOUIS IRUELA Woodlands of Madrid. A Haunted Song Louis Iruela © All rights reserved. “Rain is my favorite color” Right: Woodlands of Madrid. Insomnia Left: Louis Iruela. Portrait © All rights reserved. I grew up on the outskirts of Ma ..read more

167 By Brice Gelot Brice Gelot © All rights reserved. 167 is a long-term documentary look at a tower complex built as a result of Law 167, which was passed in 1962. It is located in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy, the most dangerous neighborhood in Europe, which has become famous for its high crime rate and general state of disrepair. “I was born for this shit. I live for photography, which will flow in my bloodstream until the very end.” – Brice Gelot Brice Gelot © All rights reserved. Brice Gelot © All rights reserved. Through my photos, I want to raise awareness about the difficult ..read more

Special article by Dafna Navarro, CEO & Editor-in-Chief | Lens Magazine: MASTER CLASS: Sandro Miller & Mark Edward Harris If there were a photographic mutual admiration society, Chicago and Mallorca-based Sandro Miller and Los Angeles and Tokyo-based Mark Edward Harris would be charter members for all the kind words they have to say about each other’s imagery and work ethics. And those who have been fortunate enough to attend one of their master classes not only extol those virtues in the award-winning photographers but add their appreciation for the skill in which the two are able to ..read more

Kristina Makeeva © All rights reserved. Kristina Makeeva Simple Magical Things Kristina Makeeva © All rights reserved. “Everyone is surrounded by the amount of magic that he is able to see.” In photography, as in life, nothing can be perfect. Kristina Makeeva sees the ideal as dull. Novice photographers learn combination and color from previous generations’ experiences to step back from this when they begin their journey as a creator. As with artists, few initially painted with dots or brushstrokes, fingers, and dashes; at first, almost everyone learns how to draw a realistic image. Kris ..read more

ARK | By Can Shengli “They don’t have the pet status of cats and dogs; they are just food in the human mouth. On their final journey, they are as numb or suffering as refugees, like the cages of Salvador City under the lens of photographer Giles Clarke.” – Can Shengli Can Shengli © All rights reserved. What does a delicious fried chicken grilled pork chop on the table have to do with a big truck on the highway? Through the transport of livestock and poultry vehicles, we make a journey about life. They don’t have the pet status of cats and dogs; they are just food in the human mouth. On their ..read more

SAHARA GIANTS By Alice de Kruijs Alice de Kruijs © All rights reserved. When in 2000, paleontologist Paul Sereno went to look for new dinosaur bones in the Sahara Desert, he did not expect to return from there as an archaeologist. But, arriving in the northeast of Niger, Sereno and his colleagues day after day sifting through the sand of Tenere desert, one of the most inhospitable deserts in the world, which even the nomadic inhabitants of the Sahara called “desert in the desert.” There were practically no finds. In the evening on the last day of the excavation, the scientists were about to le ..read more

Cherries. Tobias Meier © All rights reserved. Enlightened Fashion Photography By Tobias Meier Cherries. Tobias Meier © All rights reserved. “I want to make photos the viewer can get lost in, with details that draw them in and make them stare.” -Tobias Meier Tobias Meier © All rights reserved. Tobias Meier (2b+photo) specializes in storytelling photography for fashion and advertising. His photographs are concerned and referenced to a surrealist and pop-art feel. The work is noted for its vibrant, saturated color, precise composition, and elaborately styled set design. Meier’s goal is that ..read more

Metropolis Abstracted By ANDREW PROKOS Andrew Prokos © All rights reserved. “Despite the series being based on architecture, it ended up being about a more personal and introspective vision as an artist than anything else I have produced. It is an inward-looking series.” – ANDREW PROKOS Metropolis Abstracted is an ongoing series of architectural abstractions which incorporate elements of contemporary architecture such as building facades, close-up details, and reflections on glass. Each abstraction is composed of one unique image, which through the process of mirroring reveals more complex vis ..read more