Morning Absence

Olga Merrill is Russian abstract photographer based in Maine, USA. However, she doesn’t recognize herself as a photographer. She uses photography as a tool like any instrument to play music or a brush for painting.

“With my architectural photography, I am on the search for the aesthetic qualities of buildings in their urban spatial effect. Above all, I am interested in the visual richness of detail in its compositional diversity

Amadeus Ungethuem is living beneath the hills, by the rivers, sometimes in Vienna, mostly in Prague… taking pictures just came as looking around trying to see the reality behind surrealities. Maybe in bodies of living

Ryan Sarah Murphy’s body of work, which includes sculptures, videos and drawings, provides a multi-dimensional deconstruction of the intuitive, creative process, as expressed through different mediums and technologies. Ryan Sarah Murphy – Photo by Daniel

It is an apocalyptic landscape. There are huge man-made craters everywhere that make up the visible landscape, the ground is burning, and a vast area is oozing with toxic gases, fire and smoke. Amongst all of this, there are men, woman and children digging

From 1854 and BJP, OpenWalls Arles is an international photography award created in collaboration with Galerie Huit Arles. OpenWalls offers a unique opportunity for both emerging and established photographers to be exhibited alongside Les Rencontres