Carlo Lombardi (b. 1988), based between Milan (Italy) and Vilnius (Lithuania), works on long-term projects and commissions using a multidisciplinary approach that involves photography, archive and text. His praxis reflects on how photography can open the space for questioning our motives and desires – bringing out the paradoxes that clash with our beliefs and values, revealing how much they are influenced by the cultural and political context in which the observation takes place. In his projects, he often delves into identification of collective symbols and biases behind singular narratives of exclusion.
Miriam Stanke is a German documentary photographer born near Heidelberg in 1983. In her long-term projects she often focuses on the notion of ethnic and cultural identity, migration and displacement as well as the aftermath of conflicts. Her travels to the Middle and farer East as well as the Balkan region brought an ever growing fascination for these regions which is reflected in her photography combining socio-political issues and an artistic vision.
