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.

Image and Identity

Costumes of isolated identities • In these modern ‘always-online’ times, we can hardly imagine how vital local rituals were in pre-industrial and even pre-Christian times. People worldwide who depended on the land have developed a range of rituals to appease the spirits of nature. In developed European countries, most of these rituals and the accompanying costumes and masks have perished or have long been forgotten. On the Italian islands, Sicily and Sardinia, British photographer Alys Tomlinson found a treasure of local outfits. She photographed the proud villagers who dressed up for the rituals and festivities and found a gem of mysterious beauty, almost forgotten meanings and eerie apparitions.

The Art of Disappearing

The American life of distress and hope • Netflix mainly represents the USA and its citizens in the Hollywood style, with glamorous families living in wealthy areas and driving oversized cars. This stereotype is depicted the best in the Kardashian Show. However, these TV broadcasts of the upper-class lifestyle seem to be a cover-up of the grim reality many inhabitants of the country live in. The Massachussets based photographer Justin Kimball shows us the other side of the polished carpet in his new book, Who By Fire. We get a glimpse of the ordinary people and the un-majestic landscapes. Even though we might feel social and personal distress, the book reveals signs of hope.

Mother Series

Image and identity • Are we defined by our ancestry, DNA, heritage, history, religion, or perhaps by the environment, family or friends, our fashion, our behaviour or perhaps even more than all these influences, by the images we make of ourselves? In our visual culture, images are, more than ever, the creators of our identity. Through photography, we are constantly reinventing ourselves, not only through the countless number of selfies but more deeply through questioning ourselves in critical and inquisitive images. In the Image and Identity exhibition, we collected photographic artworks that show, with humour and depth, with abundant creativity and investigative honesty, the many different identities we have that are all ultimately connected as the global human identity.

Breathe

Without a Map

Borders as relics of the past • Countries in Europe used to have strict borders with customs passport control and long queues in summer times. Now the international traveller hardly notices any kind of border, only a difference in the language on billboards, road signage, and sometimes, a transition in the landscape. French photographer Maxime Tailler made a grand photographic survey of the invisible frontiers of France. In a landscape style, he photographed mountains, rivers and the many tourists visiting the scenic sites. His project Border shows, with humour and wit, that borders are like playgrounds, without the notions of any trespassing.

Photo Books

This is my Country

Personal impressions of Italy • The German romantic poet, novelist, and philosopher Johann Wolfgang Goethe wrote his famous book Italian Journey in the 18th century, based on his diaristic notes. Aaron Schuman, inspired by the poet's writings, made a visual diary based on his frequent visits to his beloved Italy He named his book Sonata in reference to music and is also divided into three parts. Even though...