Artdoc Photography Magazine

Artdoc is an international digital magazine dedicated to the world of photography. The name Artdoc refers to our vision of art photography and documentary photography. The two fields have merged, and contemporary photography is a blend of both. Artdoc brings photography as the visual storytelling medium of our time. Artdoc Photography Magazine publishes engaging and high-quality portfolios of established and emerging photographers. Moreover, Artdoc publishes critical essays about the theory of photography.

Voice of nature

Ambient Pressure • In this epoch of the Anthropocene, many photographers have realized our imperialistic approach to nature, as we appropriate and objectify nature by our default photographic practice. Artists develop alternative approaches to visualize nature and its inner energy. Rebecca Najdowski, an American-Australian artist and academic researcher in photography, is investigating the inner voice of nature by inviting physical interactions on photographic materials. Her series, Ambient Pressure, is a response to our way of framing nature through photography. Her work was shown at the Belfast Photo Festival 2022.

Into the Mist • Wendi Schneider • Denver, United States

Analogue Photography as an Analogy for Earth Processes • Historically, photography has been used as a tool to understand the world, shaping cultural perception of all that it captures. It is landscape photography that frames and constructs our view – or our projection — of nature. Human positionality is often about separation and the primacy of human culture, despite the fact that humans are part of nature. Our perception of non-human nature is filtered through photographic representations that reinforce this primacy of human agency. Could a new vision of “landscape” emerge from photography if it is thought of as a material — as matter — rather than a representational medium and a discipline?

Art Photography • Highlights of Artdoc Exhibition

Chrysalis

Photo Books

Mosaics about the transience of life • The analogue and digital prints of the New York twin brothers Doug and Mike Starn are all unique artworks with the transience of life and our subjective perception incorporated in them as the themes. The Starn speak as one individual because they see their artworks as an inseparable cooperation. “Together, we are like an individual artist, only that the internal monologue becomes an externalised dialogue between the two of us.” Doug & Mike Starn were exhibiting in HackelBury Fine Art Gallery in London.

Now it’s day, but I am dreaming

The golden leaves • The intimate prints of the Spanish artist-couple Albarrán Cabrera have a magical gloss, emanating miraculously from beneath the fragile upper surface. The optical magic comes from their fine craftmanship, using very ancient techniques like gold leafing. But the spiritual magic arises from the meditative approach of their subjects, provoking the spectator to delve into his own memories and experiences. “By manipulation, we interrogate the real.”

Shades of blue

Minimalist landscapes • The landscapes of American photographer Mark Ruwedel have the austere qualities of minimalistic art and design. The photographs, often in black and white and subtly toned with different hues, show landscapes in the American West in a documentary style, but being mentioned as a documentary photographer is the last thing Ruwedel aspires to. His work is art, with the author hidden behind a curtain of objectivity. “I am not a documentary photographer; I am a realist photographer.”

The personality of plants • Do we notice and recognize the many plants in our daily environment, along the streets and in the park of our cities? And if so, what do they tell us? Swiss photographer Gino Bühler meticulously photographed the leaves of urban plants, seeing them as...