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.

Colours of Life

Forgotten Colours • In the photo Queen Mary, we see an African American woman wearing a crown of big colourful flowers. In one hand, she holds red raisins, and in the other hand, she shows a key. This enigmatic photo is a part of the series The Golden Age, in which Tuscon, Arizona-based photographer-artist Alanna Airitam explores the omission of the identity of people of colour in the official art narrative. “In the museums, I didn't see anyone like me. It felt like a lack of belonging.”

Colours and shapes

Resins

Colours of life Highlights of Artdoc Exhibition

Body of light • Living in the UK of Ghanaian heritage, Melanie Issaka challenges the stereotypes of representation, especially in portraiture. Instead of photographing with a camera, she produces life-size photograms with her body as the primary material. The cyanotypes and other photograms work like photographic negatives and reverse her black body into white forms and surfaces, creating a graphic answer to the historic hidden visibility of her ancestry. She explores her body as a physical and cultural identity through her experimental photo work and tackles the idea of colour in a white world.

Colours of Ethiopia • The series is about the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley of Ethiopia, a place where humanity (and fashion) might have started. The children and young people appear innocent and beautiful, with their elaborate body paint and exotic headdress of flowers. The place appears peaceful and unspoiled, but daily life here is harsh, as tribe members frequently face wars with neighbouring tribes over grazing rights for their cattle or simply for water.

Photo Books

Identity & The Nigerian Woman

Learning Mandarin and the Language of Lumens

Still life reborn

Colours of nature • The work Blue Violet has a wide palette of colours, from bright red, deep purple, stark blue, lush green and soft rose to springtime yellow. These colours are not just simple hues; they signify fundamental energies of life and beyond. British-American visual artist Cig Harvey uses not only colours but also the subject matter as metaphors to express her inner feelings. She intuitively makes images that tell hidden stories of reality. Colours are at the heart of her work. “You need to listen to your images in order to better understand them and yourself. Humans have a deep relationship with colour; and that is what I want to investigate in my work.”

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