The Long River
   Nadav was born in Israel in 1961 and moved to Johannesburg, South Africa, when he was three. He began photographing at an early age and moved to London in 1982. His work appears in publications including The Sunday Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Time, Another Magazine.
  Inspirations.  
    
       
           This City        
 
        
          
    
        
           This City is an audio-visual piece performed as musical alter-ego Mark Eats. It explores what happen...        
 
       
    
       
           Obsolete Distinction        
 
        
          
    
        
           In contemporary society, the digital world pervades the physical to such an extent that any distinct...        
 
       
    
       
           L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA        
 
        
          
    
        
           On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...        
 
       
    
       
           Design & Politics        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photo series "design and politics" by Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, born in 1982 i...        
 
       
    
       
           Porcelain Monobloc        
 
        
          
    
        
           This work consists of nine unique, porcelain reproductions of different styles of mono-block resin c...        
 
       
    
       
           Julius Shulman: Visual Drama        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Julius had an eye for visual drama. With modernist buildings, he loved capturing the strong lines s...        
 
       
    
       
           Robert Slezak        
 
        
          
    
        
           A trained locksmith from Bystrice pod Hostýnem, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Robert Sl...        
 
       
    
       
           Memories of Ruins: Rebecca Bathory        
 
        
          
    
        
           Finding beauty in darkness, poetry and meaning in the forgotten and surreal, imaginary worlds amongs...        
 
       
    
       
           Toshio Onda        
 
        
          
    
        
           Japanese Fashion photographer Toshio Onda studied at the University of West England. He lives in Par...        
 
       
    
       
           Charles Guo        
 
        
          
    
       
           Rayan Ayash        
 
        
          
    
        
           Rayan Ayash is a Fashion Photographer based in New York & Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Palmyra, End of March, 2016        
 
        
          
    
        
           Palmyra. City of Mesopotamia, city of the Phoenicians, of the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Persians, a...        
 
       
    
       
           The end of history - La fin de l´histoire        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Belief in progress is irresistible. In flattering the eye it blinds us. Standing in the middle of t...        
 
       
    
       
           Blast        
 
        
          
    
        
           Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Hatakeyama, a student of Kiyoji Otsuji...        
 
       
    
       
           Man. Kiki. Lee.        
 
        
          
    
        
           The muses of Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)
"All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of ...        
 
       
    
       
           Air Luxe        
 
        
          
    
        
           Lavish food offerings and smiling stewardesses in fashionable outfits in economy class, upper deck p...        
 
       
    
       
           Conformity        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Modern man has become a cog in a very complex society. We live in a society that praises individu...        
 
       
    
       
           Uncanny Bodies        
 
        
          
    
        
           There is a space of imagination stretching between brain, lens and body: Photography by Ariana Molly...        
 
       
    
       
           Trees in Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           A series utilizing random patterns in nature to reveal mathematical beauty, by Ansen Seale.        
 
       
    
       
           Manufactured Landscapes        
 
        
          
    
        
           We've created landscapes dense with human history, layered with the traces of our experience and cri...        
 
       
    
       
           Observatoires        
 
        
          
    
        
           Noémie Goudal is a French artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010 with an MA in ...        
 
       
    
       
           Nauru        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nauru was first inhabited at least 3,000 years ago. Inhabitants caught ibija fish, acclimatised them...        
 
       
    
       
           SCHNAPPVIECHER        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Krampus in Salzburg, Austria was the first beast Charles Fréger  encountered during his two-yea...        
 
       
    
       
           Carlo Mollino: Tables and Chairs        
 
        
          
    
        
           Carlo Mollino (1905 - 1973) studied art history at the University of Ghent and architecture at the U...        
 
       
    
       
           The contemporary condition        
 
        
          
    
        
           Fred Guillaud (France, 1973) is photographer, architect and teacher. He lives and works  in Barcelon...        
 
       
    
       
           Orange mecanique        
 
        
          
    
        
           Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, was born in 1982 in France. He graduated from ECAL  ...        
 
       
    
       
           "I’m an outsider"        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in New York City in 1928, William Klein studied sociology while enrolled at City College of New...        
 
       
    
       
           Spacecraft        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raised in Maryland, Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended Art Center College ...        
 
       
    
       
           Josef Sudek        
 
        
          
    
        
           Josef Sudek (b. March 17, 1896, Kolin, Bohemia – d. September 15, 1976) was a Czech photographer, ...        
 
       
    
       
           Mirrors        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jeannette Montgomery Barron was born in 1956 in Atlanta and studied at the International Center of P...        
 
       
    
       
           Charles Negre        
 
        
          
    
        
           Charles Negre is an independent studio photographer living and working in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           constructing meaning in 3 steps        
 
        
          
    
        
           Frank Hülsbömer was born 1968 in Münster/Germany.        
 
       
    
       
           Iraq        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photojournalist Luke Wolagiewicz lives in London. Over the last 15 years he has worked across the Mi...        
 
       
    
       
           朱敬一 Standing Ink        
 
        
          
    
        
           Zhu Jingyi , born 1975 in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China, studied at Nanjing Normal University  a...        
 
       
    
       
           Wonderland        
 
        
          
    
        
           Anna Lomax is a maker and collector, working within the field of Creative Direction and Set Design f...        
 
       
    
       
           The 2015 best of penccil        
 
        
          
    
        
           This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...        
 
       
    
       
           The Other Side        
 
        
          
    
        
           There's always another side, other stories and new faces behind the glamorous curtains of the fashio...        
 
       
    
       
           Spatial Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           Spatial Objects is the result of Dan Holdsworth’s ongoing enquiry into contemporary photographic p...        
 
       
    
       
           Hello Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hello winter . A small selection of landscape photography made in the Atlantic islands of Azores dur...        
 
       
    
       
           Silent Geography        
 
        
          
    
        
           Silent Geography is a site-specific installation consisting of Hazard's torn paper constructed lands...        
 
       
    
       
           The Slave Ship        
 
        
          
    
        
           But, I think, the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and, if so, the noblest certainly ever p...        
 
       
    
       
           Ankara: From pioneering modernism to revivalist mimicry        
 
        
          
    
        
           Ankara: Öncü modernizmden öykünmeci mimesise
Murat Germen is an artist using photography as an ...        
 
       
    
       
           Aspartame: Adrien Rovero        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in 1981, Adrien Rovero holds a Master’s in Industrial Design from ECAL Lausanne. He opened hi...        
 
       
    
       
           UN_NATURAL BESTIARY        
 
        
          
    
        
           In this work Andrea Alessio collects, as in an ancient bestiary, a series of animal images. The fore...        
 
       
    
       
           ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN        
 
        
          
    
        
           I would like to introduce this new series of photos by Andrea Alessio by appealing to an axiom that ...        
 
       
    
       
           Behind the walls        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Lo Zuavo Scomparso        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Spin it        
 
        
          
    
        
           Posters by London-based graphic design studio Spin.        
 
       
    
       
           Ink kisses paper        
 
        
          
    
        
           Grant Dickson, born in Belfast, 1974, studied Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University (1994-97...        
 
       
    
       
           Roberto Burle Marx: Landscaping Brazil        
 
        
          
    
        
           Roberto Burle Marx, considered to be the father of modern landscape architecture, was abstract paint...        
 
       
    
       
           Technological Exaptation        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images by photographer and set designer Maxime Guyon, currently living and working between Lyon (Fra...        
 
       
    
       
           Parisian Still Lifes        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Romain Bernardie James, born 1980, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Volkswagen Jetta        
 
        
          
    
        
           Herla King,2010-2012. Mirror and colored vinyls & spray-paint on 1984 Volkswagen Jetta. Etienne Bard...        
 
       
    
       
           Inside is Out - Outside is In        
 
        
          
    
        
           photography by Thomas Skou, Copenhagen.        
 
       
    
       
           邵 年 Shao Nian        
 
        
          
    
        
           Graphic designer Shao Nian, born 1993, is co-founder of Orgasm studio and owner of slow salon. He li...        
 
       
    
       
           Aeronauts        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Benedict Redgrove was born in Woodley near Reading, England. He studied at Berkshire Co...        
 
       
    
       
           Ramona Rosales Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Ramona Rosales lives and works in Los Angeles.        
 
       
    
       
           Memory & Form        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paul is an Australian-Taiwanese photographer living and working in New York. He studied in Milano an...        
 
       
    
       
           Low Tech        
 
        
          
    
        
           Kevin Twomey´s first study of light came from studying theatrical lighting where he learned the abi...        
 
       
    
       
           White Rooms        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Wouter Hogendorp from Den Haag documents the beauty of architectural details: light, th...        
 
       
    
       
           Dominik Tarabanski        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Dominik Tarabanski was born in Poland. He lives and works in NYC.        
 
       
    
       
           New York by Louis Faurer        
 
        
          
    
        
           Louis Faurer (1916 –  2001) was an American fashion and street photographer. The significance of h...        
 
       
    
       
           WUU 大好商店 Hexa        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hexa by design firm WUU from Xiamen, China.        
 
       
    
       
           Things As They Are        
 
        
          
    
        
           Erin O´Keefe is a visual artist and architect based in New York City and New Brunswick, Canada. She...        
 
       
    
       
           It Must Be Beautiful        
 
        
          
    
        
           Bus stop embellishments in Belarus.
Photographer Alexandra Soldatova was born in 1983. She graduated...        
 
       
    
       
           Pryor Console        
 
        
          
    
        
           The CASTE line of furniture and accessories is designed by Ty Best. Ty was born and raised in Montan...        
 
       
    
       
           Seventies Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Beautiful black and white portraits from the seventies.        
 
       
    
       
           Dim Sum for designers        
 
        
          
    
        
           Make the dough: In a bowl, combine salt, flour and water. Knead into a smooth dough for 5 minutes. C...        
 
       
    
       
           Time Bandits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Visual communication artist Sabine Marx-Nieder is based in Munich, Germany.        
 
       
    
       
           New Patterns        
 
        
          
    
        
           my new patterns        
 
       
also:
 Night Stories        
 
        
  
 (C) Mario Gagliardi 2014        
      
        
       
 
 Choreography of pictorial fetishes        
 
        
  
 Afterword by WM Hunt
These are photographs.
These exist uniquely as photographs. The artist, Manuel ...        
      
        
       
 
 PAISAJES DE L'EMPORDÀ        
 
        
  
 Collage        
      
        
       
 
 VEOVEO        
 
        
  
 Painting        
      
        
       
 
 SÚBER        
 
        
  
 Sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 Bus station        
 
        
  
 Photos captured as a part of incomplete project looking to be completed.        
      
        
       
 
 Twenty Twentyone        
 
        
  
 Impressions from Vienna in the latter half of 2021. Images by Mario Gagliardi.        
      
        
       
 
 Parallel Universe        
 
        
  
 Sometimes, you can catch one of these scenes when things seem less real, as if another version of re...        
      
        
       
 
 Surface N° 2        
 
        
  
 Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of ...        
      
        
       
 
 Looking West        
 
        
  
 Glimpses at sunset,
Snapshots of beauty,
How deep the sea,
Cliffs that soar away.
Imaginings of the ...        
      
        
       
 
 No.5 Warehouse Museum of Fossil        
 
        
  
 A space in the headquarter of a stone manufacturer in China. With its monochromatic walls, oddly sla...        
      
        
       
 
 Pulp architecture        
 
        
  
 The need to stand out in a hyper-commercialized market results in remarkable examples of contemporar...        
      
        
       
 
 Culinary Tradition        
 
        
  
 Four examples of contemporary food packaging designs inspired by traditional Chinese patterns and gr...        
      
        
       
 
 Kids House        
 
        
  
 For Inwayi Kids House in Ningbo City, China,  designer Nono Xia of graphic design studio Ninemix cam...        
      
        
       
 
 Tatsuo Miyajima: Being Coming        
 
        
  
 Although this is for an exhibition of Japanese contemporary artist Tatsuo Miyajima at Shanghai Minsh...        
      
        
       
 
 K11 Musea        
 
        
  
 Westworld meets Surrealism in the interior design of K11 Musea, a new shopping mall in Hong Kong, a ...        
      
        
       
 
 Lotus Zen House        
 
        
  
 The Lotus Zen House hotel is located in Mount Jiuhua, an important Buddhist site in China. Hong Kong...        
      
        
       
 
 Paris        
 
        
  
 Paris 2019. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Street Life        
 
        
  
 Photographic impressions in the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Energy        
 
        
  
 Every photo has an energy, a direction, and a story. I do not own this story.        
      
        
       
 
 Bones, Stones, Sticks, & Stones        
 
        
  
 Digital photography and manipulation on paper.        
      
        
       
 
 Dawson        
 
        
  
 Yukon Territory, Canada        
      
        
       
 
 Territorium: Ars - Techne-Krafts-Cosmovisión        
 
        
  
 Colección de imágenes que soportan investigación a nivel de postgrado: Maestría
Estudios Territ...        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Romantic Modern: The California Architecture of Harwell Hamilton Harris. Writer and Designer, Ted We...        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Casting Shadows, Auguste Rodin. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Hoi An        
 
        
  
 Ancient Town in Vietnam and South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century
2...        
      
        
       
 
 worlds of planet earth        
 
        
  
 A set of photos from different places on Earth.
2018        
      
        
       
 
 Holodeck        
 
        
  
 A vitual holodeck where experimental objects are constantly being built and unbuilt. Move your mouse...        
      
        
       
 
 Mechanical Suprematist        
 
        
  
 Experience interesting architectural compositions being created as you look around. This generator w...        
      
        
       
 
 Immersive sketch        
 
        
  
 Travel through an animated architectural sketch (move mouse to look around): http://mariogagliardi.c...        
      
        
       
 
 The shape of clouds        
 
        
  
 "Outside, the land stretches, empty, to the horizon; the sky opens, with speeding clouds. In the sha...        
      
        
       
 
 Painted by Time        
 
        
  
 Inricate patterns created by lichens, made over time around the tiny cracks of ceramic tiles. (C) Ma...        
      
        
       
 
 penccil: This was 2017        
 
        
  
 The penccil year in review is a project selection for 2017, this year curated by Mario Gagliardi. Se...        
      
        
       
 
 Wayne Sorce:  Urban Color        
 
        
  
 "Wayne Sorce: Urban Color" is on view from October 21st through November 30th at Joseph Bellows Gall...        
      
        
       
 
 The wall        
 
        
  
 photography and theoretical  project about the The seperation wall between Israel and the west bank        
      
        
       
 
 Swiernalis        
 
        
  
 Polish alternative musician Swiernalis        
      
        
       
 
 Glowscape        
 
        
  
 Study for a LED light installation. LED diodes are installed on a net of wires and placed over the l...        
      
        
       
 
 American Food        
 
        
  
 Davide Luciano is a New York based conceptual food and beverage photographer and motion artist. His ...        
      
        
       
 
 “I perhaps owe it to flowers that I became a painter.”        
 
        
  
 Arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, Monet was also an avid horticu...        
      
        
       
 
 Franz De Lacroix        
 
        
  
 Model: Franz De Lacroix / Average is Boring
Photographer: Paulina Wyszynska        
      
        
       
 
 Jean Lurçat        
 
        
  
 Jean Lurcat, painter, poet and ceramicist, great renovator of contemporary French tapestry, produced...        
      
        
       
 
 Struth: Nature & Politics        
 
        
  
 Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
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        — Bryan Lawson
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