East London based portrait and documentary photographer Bettina Adela talks to us about her work and practice, what inspires her and what she aims to achieve through her artwork via the exploration and representation of black narrative.

PhotographySZ TeamApril 23, 2018portraiture, contemporary, cinematic, photographic art, photobook, exhibition, narrative, fashion, fine artComment

Recontextualising the Familiar by Loraine Lynn

Graduate multidisciplinary artist Loraine Lynn or Loranitude has recontextualised everyday objects to challenge the concept of tradition and binary definitions within sociology. Redefining their place in space.

Anti Fashion Photography by Lizzy Nicholson

London based portrait photographer Lizzy Nicholson talks to us about her views on modern fashion photography and why she's determined to break down fascism within the industry. Her portraiture celebrates real people and avoids archetypes. Enter Lizzy Nicholson - the post modern photographic activist.

GIB50 by Iggy Smalls

Iggy Smalls, a Norwegian born photographic artist but otherwise currently internationally renowned and practicing visual storyteller, talks to us about her recent work in Gibraltar, Spain. Delivering a narrative reflective of the space surrounding her, the cultural environment and the people.

Polaroids from Andreea Andrei

Visual artist Andreea Andrei talks us through her archival polaroid work, capturing her close friends and strangers with an editorial flair and a strong narrative. Her polaroids capture ephemera and momentary nuances within a portrait, these qualities are mirrored well in the medium she's chosen to work with giving this work a strong conceptual backbone.

Duality by Shane O'Malley

Visual and street artist Shane O'Malley spoke to us about his work Duality. A series of geometric colour collages creating fragmented whole shapes. The series mimics the frailty and fragmentation of his own mind while trying to dealing with his own mental health issues.

Hubris by Helene Antorini

French photographic artist Helene Antorini spoke to us about her recent work Hubris. A photographic body of work depicting the greed of men and it's influence on nature. Through the use of allegory and semiotics comes a sombre narrative on the Greek term Hubris - an excessive self pride or confidence; a term used in Greek tragedy to denote mans defiance of the Gods.

PhotographySZ TeamMarch 16, 2018surrealism, allegory, semiology, visual language, still life, photographic art, contemporary, conceptualComment

My Name is Lolita by Lucilla Bellini

Italian visual, performance and photographic artist Lucilla Bellini talks to us about her series My Name is Lolita. A discursive photographic performance questioning the ideals of beauty within modern media and how those ideals define female representation.

PhotographySZ TeamMarch 16, 2018photographic art, performance art, collage, conceptual, contemporary, discourse, gender, semiology, surrealism, satire, fashionComment

Pool by David Rodriguez

Inspired by the art of Guy Bourdin and David Hockney David Rodriguez creates a colourful series influenced by pop art and surrealism. An electric blue pool in a disembodied geometric space and the people who can be found here. A photographic series heavy in concept and form.

PhotographySZ TeamMarch 16, 2018pop art, photographic art, fashion, contemporary, conceptual, surrealismComment

Collages of the Heart by Ria Bauwens

Ria Bauwens, a photographer and visual artist, creates intuitive collage artwork where the emphasis is on fluid artistic expression. Her work aims to create a new narrative through the abstraction of found imagery - distorting the initial intent into her own artistic representation.

Multidisciplinary, PhotographySZ TeamMarch 4, 2018mixed media, photographic art, collage, conceptual, contemporaryComment

Margaret Inga Urías & Our Relationship to Cosmological Phenomena

Margaret Inga Urías creates graphic art work across a range of media as a catalyst to discourse on a narrative connecting her individual pieces into a larger cohesive body of artwork. The narrative is a sociological one exploring our subconscious and conscious interconnectedness to each other and our surrounding forma in objects.

MultidisciplinarySZ TeamMarch 4, 2018mixed media, discourse, narrative, contemporary, conceptual, photographic art, graphicComment

My Plastic People by Seigar

Contemporary urban and art photographer Seigar talks to us about his practice and his recent series My Plastic People.

PhotographySZ TeamJuly 3, 2017photographic art, conceptual, fetishism, urban, contemporaryComment

Momentary Sculptures by Mauricio Alejo

We spoke to still life photographic and installation artist Mauricio Alejo about his practice. His intricately created images explore multiple dimensions within a space surrounding banal objects.

PhotographySZ TeamMay 8, 2017photographic art, installation, 4x5, performance art, conceptual, contemporary, editor's picksComment

Concept Art by Joe Hurley

Joe Hurley is a UK based concept artist and illustrator creating colourful and dynamic artwork. We spoke to him about his influences and work process.

TraditionalSZ TeamMay 1, 2017concept art, fine art, animation, contemporary, game art, editor's picksComment

Capturing Youth Subculture with Ewan Waddell

Photographer and cinema undergrad Ewan Waddell currently in the UK graces SEMI ZINE with his editorial photographic work. Ewan's work reveals a subjective, inside truth about youth subculture.

PhotographySZ TeamApril 24, 2017fashion, photographic art, documentary, contemporary, inside/outside, editorial, photobook, editor's picksComment

Kelly Makropoulos on Gender Norms

Honoured to be graced by the contemporary photographic work of South African Kelly Makropoulos. Her work identifies and plays with gender norms based around colour and youth in South Africa.

PhotographySZ TeamApril 17, 2017photographic art, gender, contemporary, conceptual, fashion, editorialComment

Banality in Colour by Alex Djordjevic

This week we explored the work of Alex Djordjevic. His comedic take on banality using colour and light made his work stand out to us.

PhotographySZ TeamApril 3, 2017photographic art, banality, urban, surrealism, contemporary, conceptual, documentary, domesticityComment

Abstract Expressionist Collage by Malte Iwanicki

Visual artist and painter Malte Iwanicki creates dynamic collage work that aims to deconstruct classical painterly techniques and methods. Using digital media to create print work, Iwanicki constructs beautiful abstract expressionist paintings by using collage to join his print work together into one cohesive image.

Multidisciplinary, TraditionalSZ TeamFebruary 18, 2017fine art, abstracted, abstract expressionism, abstract art, conceptual, collage, contemporaryComment