Category: profiles

Jet Swan [mini title]

JET SWAN

BRODY


Jet Swan is a young British photographer who grew up in North Yorkshire and now lives and works in Ramsgate, Kent.


SHOPPING CENTRE


ANOTHER MAGAZINE


RAMSGATE


RAMSGATE


ARENA HOMME +


For Jet’s parents, both antique dealers, the colour ‘jet black’ loomed large in their imagination and, on seeing their newborn daughter’s hair, provide the name they’d been looking for.


PERSONAL


BUFFALO ZINE


MURA MASA


ANOTHER MAGAZINE


PERSONAL


Jet Swan’s work moves between the parameters of documentary and classical portraiture as the artist revels in a cold, moody palette of blacks, greys and blues… it’s difficult not to be drawn to its significance.


RAMSGATE


‘SEAM’, PUBLISHED BY CLAIRE DE ROUEN BOOKS, 2021


ANOTHER MAGAZINE


Jet began experimenting with photography as a teenager studying dressmaking and fashion at college in Leeds, using it chiefly as a way to document new ideas. Couture also had a lasting impact on her.
A tipping point came around 2015, “I felt like I began to hone something. I started making pictures that I felt satisfied what I wanted to say”.


ANOTHER MAGAZINE


ARENA HOMME +


DAZED, COLLABORATION WITH CLAUDIA SINCLAIR


‘MATERIAL’


ANOTHER MAGAZINE


MIDDLE PLANE


Her portraits are underexposed, purposefully crepuscular in palette and metaphor. She was drawn to influential portraitists: Helmar Lerski, William Mortensen and contemporaries Nadav Kander and Sally Mann.


MODERN WEEKLY CHINA, MISS RAMSGATE


I like touching on a primitive, almost a child’s idea of sexuality or eroticism,” Jet says. “These very basic ideas about what ‘sexy’ is… It sometimes feels like I’m playing into this male idea of women’s bodies which I enjoy doing.”


BUFFALO ZINE


PERSONAL


RAMSGATE


PERSONAL


BODY


MATERIAL collects together the last three years of Jet’s engagement with members of the public through impromptu studio spaces (such as an empty shopfront inside a commercial mall…) with a text in response by acclaimed poet Rachael Allen. «Often the most seemingly ordinary people are the most fascinating,”


‘MATERIAL’, MONOGRAPH PUBLISHED BY LOOSE JOINTS, 2021

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[mini title London]
[mini title NY]

 

Tyler Mitchell [ART PARTNER]

TYLER MITCHELL

AMERICAN VOGUE

 

Tyler Mitchell is a photographer and filmmaker working across many genres to explore and document a new aesthetic of Blackness.

 

KANYE WEST for GQ, COVER

 

i-D, MOTHERLAN

 

‘PALERMO’

 

BRITISH VOGUE

 

VIRGIL ABLOH

 

Based in New York, Tyler was born and raised in Atlanta, where he got his start making skate videos and documenting music, fashion and youth culture.

 

‘TIME FOR A NEW SKY’

 

LOEWE FRAGRANCE

 

AMERICAN VOGUE

 

i-D, UP+RISING

 

KIMBERLEY DREW for i-D

 

In 2018, he made history as the first black photographer to shoot a cover of American Vogue for Beyoncé’s appearance in the September issue. The following year, a portrait from this series was acquired by The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery for its permanent collection.

 

BEYONCE for AMERICAN VOGUE

 

KAMALA HARRIS for AMERICAN VOGUE

 

ZEIT

 

MICHAELA COEL for WSJ.

 

His work is rich in color and often playful in composition, but has a bewitching seriousness and intimacy to it, which exhibits just how in touch Tyler is with his subjects of choice, particularly in regards to his contemporaries.

 

JW ANDERSON SS20

 

JW ANDERSON FW19

 

JW ANDERSON X MONCLER

 

PRECIOUS LEE for i-D

 

HARRY STYLES for AMERICAN VOGUE, first ever solo male cover star

 

His subject matter is often tied to the youth culture around him and in particular, young black men and issues of black American masculinity.

 

i-D

 

A MAGAZINE CURATED BY WALES BONNER

 

FT-WEEKEND, Exhibition at JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY NYC

 

ADIDAS ORIGINALS X WALES BONNER

 

APERTURE

 

‘STILL FROM IDYLLIC SPACE’

 

Notable press features on Tyler Mitchell include being listed on the BOF 500, Forbes 30 under 30 and recognized on the BFA ‘New Wave Creatives’ (2018). 

 

i-D

 

BODE

 

JW ANDERSON X PERSOL

 

i-D

 

VOGUE ITALIA

 

Tyler held his first solo exhibition “I Can Make You Feel Good”, at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam in 2019.  The ICMYFG book  was published by Prestel in july 2020.

 

I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD

 

He was the recipient of a Jury Award at The Agents Club Photography Awards ’20 for his ICMYFG exhibition at FOAM Amsterdam


 

Recently, his fellowship culminated in an exhibition of the new works at the Gordon Parks Foundation Gallery in Pleasantville, NY (An Imaginative Arrangement of the Things Before Me – Sept. 24, 2021 – Jan. 2, 2022)

 

‘AN IMAGINATIVE ARRANGEMENT OF THINGS BEFORE ME’

 

KEIRNAN MONAGHAN & THEO VAMVOUNAKIS [EXPOSURE NY]

KEIRNAN MONAGHAN
& THEO VAMVOUNAKIS

T MAGAZINE


Keirnan Monaghan and Theo Vamvounakis have been collaborating for more than a decade. The photographer duo reside in Brooklyn, New York.


PLAYBOY


VOGUE


WSJ


PERSONAL


WIRED, COVER


MEN’S HEALTH


Keirnan and Theo both attended Rochester Institute of Technology and hold degrees in photography. They were immediately influenced by one another’s work. 


BON APPETIT


SAMSUNG


ESQUIRE


ELLE US


TRAVEL & LEISURE


INSTYLE


Keirnan and Theo have built a large body of work that uses color, texture, lighting, and object placement to create an experience that feels very personal. In their world nothing is happenstance.


GQ STYLE


BARNEYS


BON APPETIT


FAST COMPANY


PERSONAL


The explicit use of direct lighting lends successfully to the painterly look they often achieve while shooting. They don’t shy away from imperfection and patina as their work celebrates humanity.  They always go out of their way to try to meticulously create a “real” and “found” moment.


BARNEYS


TOWN & COUNTRY


WSJ


GATHER JOURNAL


BARNEYS


They collaborate with magazines including Allure, A Magazine Curated By, Bon Appétit, Cosmopolitan, Departures, Diner Journal, Elle, Elle Decor, Esquire, Fortune, The Gourmand, GQ Style, InStyle, Marie Claire, New York Times, Playboy, Surface, Town & Country, Travel & Leisure, Vanity Fair, Vogue, W, Wallpaper , Wired and WSJ.


A  MAGAZINE


BON APPETIT


WIRED


BARNEYS


THE GOURMAND


WALLPAPER


VOGUE


Relationship with their subject is essential, and often time includes moments of compositional tensions, humor, and tangibility.


NEW YORK MAGAZINE


ANTICAMERA


JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION


ALLURE


BLOOMBERG PURSUITS


JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION


They were published by Rizzoli in the James Beard Foundation food book WASTE NOT.


WASTE NOT, JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION, RIZZOLI


JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION


VOGUE


They are the recipient of numerous honors & awards including AP 37, 36, 35, 33 and 32 Selected Awards, winners in 2019 of the New York Rights Fair (Waste Not, Book) and Photo Annual, winners in 2021 of a Readers Award at The Agents Club Photography Awards in the « Still Life – Jewelry » category.

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EXPOSURE NY

[EXPOSURE NY]

KITO MUÑOZ [ARTLIST]

KITO MUÑOZ

VALENTINO

 

Photographer Kito Muñoz was born in Cadiz, Spain, and is now based between Paris and Madrid. He captivates the world with his approach to fashion photography combined with references to erotism, art and personal stories. 

 

REVUE

 

HERCULES UNIVERSAL

 

 

HERCULES UNIVERSAL

 

HERCULES UNIVERSAL

 

MAISON MARGIELA

 

Self-taught and reluctant to limit his creativity within the boundaries of technique, Kito started working from a very simple but effective point of view: imagining, envisioning, creating and crafting the images he dreamed of.

 

PALOMO

 

PALOMO

 

SANSANONASNAS

 

PALOMO

 

Kito belongs to the Madrid neo-movida that is shaking the country, generating a new visual, artistic and transgressive impact in the last years of ultradigital life. 

 

DUST

 

DUST

 

DUST

 

His visual language is built through collaboration and mutual influence. For Kito, community comes in the first place, and political, sexual and social commitment play a relevant role in his practice.

 

ANSINTH

 

ANSINTH

 

VOGUE ITALIA

 

HERO

 

(LA) HORDE

 

RAIN

 

Kito collaborates with magazines such as Dust, Hercules Magazine, Revue Magazine, Hero, Icon, T Spain and Vogue Italia.

 

DOLCE & GABBANA

 

DOLCE & GABBANA

 

MANS SS21

 

REVUE

 

MAISON MARGIELA

 

His Clients include Axel Arigato, Dolce & Gabanna, Emporio Armani, Maison Margiela, MSGM, Palomo Spain, Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent Beauté.

 

PALOMO

 

(LA) HORDE

 

MSGM

 

MANS

 

EMPORIO ARMANI

 

DUST

 

Now that Kito has found a way to translate his wildest dreams into high-impact, vivid photographs, his visual work nourishes the fantasies of a global audience.

 

“ANIMALS ATTACKING BOYS” SERIES

 

“ANIMALS ATTACKING BOYS” SERIES

 

ICON

 

MAISON MARGIELA

 

“OBJETO SEXUAL” SERIES

 

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ARTLIST

KERTIN VASSER [WM ARTIST MANAGEMENT]

KERTIN VASSER

TOMMY CASH FOR GLAMCULT


Kertin Vasser is an artist and photographer living between Tallinn -Estonia- and Paris. His creative vision represents an intertwining of the elements of pop culture and social photography.


VIUU


PLAY MARC


TOILET GLAM


TOMMY CASH WORLD


BODY PAINT BIKINI SS2022


Kertin has an experimental, relentless and nihilistic aesthetic, living in a world of endless simulacrums and illusions.


AMELIE PICHARD


DIETRO DE LA PORTA


KINGS AND QUEENS


FLORENCE, ITALY


The essence of his photography can be realism, but in terms of content, he likes to walk the border. Something is very ordinary in his visual language, but the viewer is more likely to sense a dreamlike quality.


DRAGZINA


WHEN U DON’T HAVE MONEY FOR A STYLIST


CONTRIBUTOR


TOMMY CASH WORLD


TOMMY CASH WORLD


A contemporary fashion photographer, he’s worked with magazines such as Fucking Young!, Glamcult and Kaltblut. He is the founder of RAW STUDIO in Tallinn.


CHRISTMAS THING


80’S EROTICA


FLU SEASON


AMELIE PICHARD


SPORTYSPICE


When he’s not shooting commercially, he’s working on his personal projects where he mixes conceptual ideas with the aesthetics of fashion photography.


SYNERGI


VIUU


TOMMY CASH WORLD


FALLING


Kertin Vasser’s debut NFT collection is based on his 4th solo exhibit showcasing his work from 2020 at Tallinn City Museum.


TRIPING IN THE VOID


NIGHT CALL


DARJA POPOLITOVA


The keywords for this exhibition are outer space, fall, decline.


ANNA HIMMA


FALLING


 

Quentin de Briey [Cadence Image]

QUENTIN DE BRIEY

SELF-SERVICE


Belgian-born photographer Quentin de Briey lives between Barcelona and Paris, where the notably different creative energies of the two cities blur together to form his aesthetic.


LUCAS EL BALI


TYSHAWN JONES for SUPREME NY


WSJ MAGAZINE


HOLIDAY MAGAZINE


A career as a professional skateboarder took a turn for the worst when injury struck and he had to give it up – instead, taking up a job as a photographer’s assistant, paving the way for his next endeavour.


VOGUE PARIS


PORTER MAGAZINE


LACOSTE SS21


VIGGO MORTENSEN for  L’OFFICIEL HOMMES ITALIA


Since then he has mainly worked in fashion and advertising for brands such as Calvin Klein, Saint Laurent, Isabel Marant, Lacoste, Paco Rabanne Parfums, Polo Ralph Lauren or Zara.


FREJA for PUSS PUSS


ZARA KIDS


KEITH, NYC


KAYO for ADIDAS SKATEBOARDING


CALVIN KLEIN


He has shot editorials for multiple Vogue editions across the world, Porter, 10 Men, Puss Puss, Le Monde, Holiday, Interview, i-D, Muse, Self-service & WSJ.


SAINT LAURENT


ISABEL MARANT


HOLIDAY MAGAZINE


PRINCE WALLY for NIKE – i-D


10 MEN


Quentin’s images are  honest, unvarnished, intimate, off-the-cuff, gritt, playful with a heightened level of relatability that resonates.


BREAT EASTON ELLIS  for INTERVIEW


ABBY CHAMPION for PORTER


UNDER THE INFLUENCE MAGAZINE


RIKA MAGAZINE


He is also a day-to-day life photographer who has published several books. His book “Ladakh” is a selection of photographs shot in the Himalayas for the Wall Street Journal Magazine.


“LADAKH”, PUBLISHED BY YVON LAMBERT


His book “The Other Day” is a collection and curation of the images posted on the Tumblr of the same name.


“THE OTHER DAY”, PUBLISHED BY YVON LAMBERT


“Thank you for your business” is a yearly journal in which the photographer showcases a selection of photographs shot during the year. “Thank you for your business” IV, published in 2021 by Yvon Lambert in a limited edition of 1000 copies, is a mix of personal and editorial photographs shot in Paris.


THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS III


THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS IV


Quentin de Briey’s shot of Joey Badass for Paco Rabanne Parfums was the recipient of a Reader’s Award in the “Celebrity Campaign Men” 

category at THE AGENTS CLUB AWARDS in 2021.


 

Hugh Lippe [Print & Contact]

hugh lippe

NUMERO NL, MANIFEST, COVER


Born and raised in Texas, Hugh Lippe is an artist and photographer who currently lives and works in New York City. 


PERSONAL WORK


NUMERO


NUMERO


PERSONAL WORK


PERSONAL WORK


Hugh moved to the East Coast to pursue a degree in Liberal Arts at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he developed a strong foundation in the arts.


PERSONAL WORK


FASHION


VOGUE GREECE


EXIT


Upon graduation, Hugh’s work began exhibiting in numerous galleries and was acquired by collections Worldwide.


NUMERO NL


NUMERO NL


NUMERO NL


NUMERO


Hugh possess an intuitive eye, devoted to documenting the World around him with a cinematographic approach across both personally and commercially inspired work.


VOGUE GREECE


LAPOINTE


SALON 1884 FW20


PERSONAL WORK


ANSINTH


His quick ability to connect to the character allows Hugh to achieve intimacy with models and celebrities alike, capturing genuine moments within many settings.


ALEXANDER WANG FW20


NUMERO


PERSONAL WORK


PERSONAL WORK


CATHERINE MCNEIL for NUMERO


Hugh attributes his honest, humanistic and at times ‘raw’ approach to the many colorful memories he has experienced.


PERSONAL WORK


PERSONAL WORK


BEAUTY & THE BEAST


NUMERO


ADAM LEVINE, MISCHIEVIOUS DEEDS


Some of his editorial features can be found in Numero, Numero Netherlands, Marie Claire, L’Uomo Vogue, Vogue, Hero, Dazed and Confused, W, and Interview.


SACRIFICE


PERSONAL WORK


PERSONAL WORK


PERSONAL WORK


PARALYMBIC


Through Hugh’s passion for narrative, his talent naturally extended into film where he enjoys exploring deeper themes. Notably, his film ‘Angel Heart’ was featured at the Madrid Film festival and ‘American Blonde’ was officially selected for the Milano Film Festival.


‘AMERICAN BLONDE’ featuring ANNA EWERS


‘ANGEL HEART’ for NOWNESS

 

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PRINT & CONTACT

[PRINT & CONTACT New York]

 

HEJI SHIN [CONCRETE]

HEJI SHIN

SUPREME


Heji Shin was born in Seoul, Korea and now lives and works between New York and Berlin. The New York Times named her one of the “biggest breakout stars of 2019”.


HIGH SNOBIETY


POP


BERLIN PORTRAITS


VOGUE CHINA


GIVENCHY SS21


Between art and fashion photography, what has made Heji Shin’s work striking and distinctive over the last decade is her provocative points of view eschewing morality.


VOGUE ITALIA


NUMERO BERLIN


MATTOX for DAZED


ANOTHER MAN


KANYE WEST


NEW YORK TIMES, BIG COCKS SERIES


Apparently attracted to what polarizes extreme opinions, contempt as well as cravings for celebrity, power, exposure, sex or motherhood, her position within art today is rare. It is in this world ruled by taste and class divisions, with its encoded and delineated spaces that Heji moves with insolent freedom.


POP


NUMERO BERLIN


PURPLE


INTERVIEW GERMANY


MARTINE ROSE FW20


Heji creates cinematic portraits that explore desire, style, and violence. Ranging from fashion models to zoo animals, her subjects are highly staged, and details are often manipulated using analog and digital production, such as double exposure.


INTERVIEW GERMANY


POP


ARENA HOMME +


ARENA HOMME +, MARTINE ROSE X NAPA SPECIAL


BERLIN PORTRAITS


Her clients include Purple, POP, Vogue Italia, Interview Germany, Another Man, Numero Berlin, 032c, Modern Matter, Supreme, Eckhaus Latta, Martine Rose and Givenchy among others.


HIGH STYLE, COVER


032C


MARTINE ROSE SS20


POP


The caliber and provocative potential of her work can be defined by its calm exposure of what is deeply stirring.


INTERVIEW GERMANY


CR, THE KARDASHIAN-JENNER WOMEN


NUMERO BERLIN


HIGH SNOBIETY


INTERVIEW GERMANY, GARBAGIO


Though her work is provocative and boundary-crossing, she says “Doing something simply out of a desire to be transgressive is very stupid, you know, just to break certain taboos. It has to have more substance than that”.


DIESEL SS22  INTIMATES


ECKHAUS LATTA


NOON SS19


INTERVIEW GERMANY, GARBAGIO


Heji’s photography raises—from a variety of perspectives and with great audacity— the question of intimacy. At the center of intimacy sits always trust, something that is today called into question on all sorts of levels.


MEN PHOTOGRAPHING MEN


BABY 10, BABY SERIES (INFANTS SHOT RIGHT AFTER BIRTH)


BABY 6, , BABY SERIES (INFANTS SHOT RIGHT AFTER BIRTH)


CURSED SOLDIERS, “BLOOD BATH” Show at LE CONSORTIUM


MILE OF DEATH,  “BLOOD BATH” Show at LE CONSORTIUM

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CONCRETE

[CONCRETE London]

 

MITCHELL FEINBERG [APOSTROPHE]

MITCHELL FEINBERG

REAL SIMPLE, PERILS OF HOME IMPROVEMENT


Mitchell Feinberg is an American photographer who divides his time between Paris and New York. He has been shooting for over twenty years, distinguishing himself as one of the world’s premier still life photographers.


BOSTON MAGAZINE, COVER


ELLE


ELLE, PUFFY


OP


ELLE, ADOPT & SHOP


His compositions stand out for their nuanced touches of humanity in an otherwise perfect scene, this is what often makes his photographs intriguing.


MARIE-CLAIRE, SWEET DREAMS


NUMERO


FASHION FOR MEN


MARTHA STEWART, CARBON DATING


MAC


“Great still life stories are more monologue than conversation” Michell describes the difference between shooting still life compared to fashion or lifestyle photography. ”There is no flamboyant personality to help move the shoot along, no pushy publicist to get your blood boiling. It’s just you and the object.


MEN’S HEALTH


MARIE-CLAIRE


INSTYLE, SHELL GAME


NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC


MUSE


Mitchell shoots luxury still lifes, doing commercial work for fashion houses, cosmetics,  jewelry brands, and editorial assignments for Numero,The New York Times Style Magazine, Vogue, Muse, GQ, National Geographic, WSJ, Elle and Marie Claire.


ELLE


NEW YORK MAGAZINE


MARIE-CLAIRE


‘MARIE-CLAIRE


ELLE


I read a lot, I look at design blogs,  magazines, many non-photographic sources. My ideas just pop in unexpectedly. On a long walk, in the shower, at an exhibition, anywhere, really.” 


PARADIS


PARADIS


FASHION FOR MEN, FETISH STORY


MARIE-CLAIRE, POWER TRIP


GQ STYLE


ELLE INTERNATIONAL,CINEMA STARS


His rigorous staging and organization exits in his daily life. “The more ordered the image, the more chaotic the environment.”


L.A. MAGAZINE


DIOR, J’ADORE


NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE


ESQUIRE


GQ


He was the recipient of a Reader’s Award in the “Still Life Food” category at THE AGENTS CLUB AWARDS in 2020 and a Reader’s Award in the “Still Life Watches” category in 2021.



REAL SIMPLE, WASTE – READERS’ AWARD “STILL LIFE FOOD”


WHITEWALL, BURNING DESIRE


MARIE-CLAIRE


MARIE-CLAIRE, PERISHABLES


MARIE-CLAIRE, NATURAL HISTORY


WSJ, SEA URCHIN


“From Gucci to Daft Punk”. This fall, an exhibition featuring Mitchell Feinberg’s work is being held in Lausanne, Switzerland.





 

TESS AYANO [EAST]

TESS AYANO

 [EAST]

‘MIGUSHI’


Tess Ayano is a Japanese-American photographer and director. Now based between New York and Tokyo, Tess spent her childhood in Japan before moving to the United States in her teens.


‘MIGUSHI’


GIGI HADID for VOGUE


JAPANESE NEW YORKERS


JAPANESE NEW YORKERS


After attending NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a focus on photography, darkroom printing, and the philosophy of aesthetics, Tess worked as an archivist for the LIGHT Gallery in New York. “I still very much draw inspiration from the work of photographers such as Andre Kertesz, Paul Strand, Emmet Gowin, and Alfred Stieglitz.”


JAPANESE NEW YORKERS


JAPANESE NEW YORKERS


THE NEW YORK TIMES, UP NEXT


M+J


Inspired by the transitory nature of life, which she describes as deeply rooted in Japanese culture and philosophy, Tess aims to create intimate vignettes from quiet ordinary moments. 


JAPAN, GION


JAPANESE NEW YORKERS


JAPAN, SUBTLY TRANSPARENT


JAPANESE NEW YORKERS


JAPAN, SAKYOJI


“I find impermanence beautifully melancholic, and photographs let me notice and revisit those moments and stories that pass through our lives. I also find people fascinating and endearing, and I know I’ll never run out of interesting people to photograph.


JAPANESE NEW YORKERS


LISTENING TO THE SOUND OF THE WAVES


THE NEW YORK TIMES, SENSES


THE NEW YORK TIMES, SENSES


Her subjects appear completely at ease in-front of her lens, a firm nod to Tess’s strength in building trust with those she photographs, and a sentiment celebrated throughout her personal project, Japanese New Yorkers, an ongoing portrait and film series of Japanese and Japanese-Americans living in New York.


THE NEW YORK TIMES, HOW WE GATHER NOW


THE NEW YORK TIMES, HOW WE GATHER NOW


THE NEW YORK TIMES, HOW WE GATHER NOW


THE NEW YORK TIMES, SENSES


THE NEW YORK TIMES, UP NEXT


Tess’s thoughtful and organic approach to image-making has led to collaborations with American Vogue, Vogue Italia , Puss Puss, The New York Time, The Cut, Max Mara and Vespa. 


MAX MARA


JAPAN, HIROSHIMA


THE NEW YORK TIMES,KEEPING LOVE CLOSE



She has held an exhibition “Art in isolation” at Trunk Room 101 Gallery in Tokyo and more recently “Palm* Photo Prize”, 10 14 Gallery in London


 

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EAST

[EAST New York]  [EAST London]