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The House of Dreams: Exploring Val Telberg

Val Telberg (born Vladimir Telberg-von-Teleheim) was a Russian-born American artist best known for his surrealist photomontages. His interest in experimental photography and film led him to study in New York and he had his first exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in 1948…

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HEJDA / MOIRA / LUCIA

Nin wears black lace, a swishing taffeta and is ‘sparkling’. When her husband joins her later, he is breathless and eager to take her home and make love to her. Lucia is dressed in white satin that she has bought on Grand Street for a few dollars. She says “The only romantic style left to us is the wedding dress.”…

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From Her to Eternity: Musings on the Wings of Desire

Textually and visually brilliant - the film has the unique ability to reach into the darkness only to pull out love and hope.  It is a sensory plunge into emotional waters. It opens up the idea of how we take certain things for granted like falling in love, drinking a good cup of coffee, and seeing the beautiful colours around us…

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Julia Vinograd: Between Spirit and Stone

Julia Vinograd: Between Spirit and Stone is an in-progress feature documentary about iconic Berkeley street poet Julia Vinograd, who emerged from the 1960’s Free Speech Movement fighting state oppression with bubbles instead of bricks…

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The Magical World of Lotta Glybotskaia

Born in the mystical city of St. Petersburg, Lotta is a creator whose life has been an exploration of the uncharted realms of contemporary art. With over 15 years of experience as a designer and art director, Lotta's journey is enriched by her fascination with mysticism, symbolism, poetry, and psychoanalysis…

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Liminal Spaces: The Art of Annabella Pritchard

Annabella Pritchard, from Southern California, started taking photos fifteen years ago to cope with depression and loneliness. Often, her daughter was the subject of her styled images, influenced by the works of Julia Margaret Cameron, Sarah Moon, and Francesca Woodman…

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Blood, Breath and Bone: The Photography of Katie Metcalfe

Katie Metcalfe is a writer, poet and self-taught photographer from the North of England. Blood, breath, and bone bind her life and work to the Northernmost reaches of our planet. Katie's photographic journey began through self-portraiture, the practice of which incidentally saved her life in 2020…

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The Making of a Modern Magician: Embracing the Weirdo Within

Two days before All Hallows' Eve and a few days before the Day of the Dead in 1980, a little Scorpio was born in a small local hospital in the countryside of southern Sealand, Denmark. My parents didn’t know or care much about these “occult” dates, as they weren't particularly spiritual…

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