The idea of nostalgia implies loss, memory, things or events seen from the blurry distance of time, old-fashioned ways. Young Russian photographer Denis Yakovlev is exploring the notions of nostalgia and identity in his native homeland by combining modern methods with much older ways to produce multi-layered platinum palladium contact prints on richly textured paper. The effects are both complex and simple. The ideas reverberate with melancholy, confusion and the discomfort of pulling away from old ways and breaking into the new. He seems like a young photographer to watch.
— Jim Casper
Editor's note: We met Denis Yakovlev, and discovered his work, at the excellent Photovisa Festival in Krasnodar, Russia in 2013.
A self-published conceptual partial-erasure of Robert Frank’s seminal photobook draws attention to minute details in each photo, and has created some controversy throughout the photographic community.
Listen to the artist talk about making his 7" x 17" platinum contact prints for the 21st century.
The Japanese government has labelled the unchanging emergency situation “Normal” because it is in a stable (though stagnant) state. This photo report suggests that the "new normal" is a nightmare with a very long half-life.
Eastern European men from all social classes migrate long distances to harvest the crops in Germany. captures individual portraits after a long day of manual labor.
