CULTURE
Berlin Queer Voices. Interview with The Darvish.
Christopher Street Day in Berlin is world-renowned as the city celebrates its ongoing history in the LGBTQI+ movement. IMAGO spoke to Berlin’s emerging queer performer, The Darvish, who has created their own niche blending traditional belly dancing with elements of drag.
Narva, Estonia: A city of two lives. By Sebastian Semmer.
Visiting the border town of Narva, a city almost completely destroyed during World War II, and then rebuilt by the Soviet Union, photographer Sebastian Semmer tells both the story of the landscape and its undercurrent of dichotomy.
Christopher Street Day and the Berlin Wall – An Interview with Micheal Hughes. IMAGO Archive.
IMAGO’s Michael Hughes photographed Berlin’s iconic Christopher Street Day, the original Pride march, the summer after the fall of the Berlin Wall. IMAGO spoke to him about his career and the city’s ever-shifting cultural landscape.
IMAGO Scholarship 2022 proud to announce 2022 winner.
The winner of this year’s IMAGO Photography Scholarship has been awarded to Pakistan based documentary and street photographer, Hafsa Javed.
Look Back Article: “The early parades were characterized more by the joy of visibility than by sophisticated concepts.” An Interview with Berlin Photographer, Jürgen Ritter.
West Berliner, Jürgen Ritter talks all things Berlin as we browse his extensive analogue photography archive. Documenting the city’s history, his archive captures the lives impacted as the city evolved.
90’s Tuntenball – Berlin’s Legendary Drag-Ball. Photos by Dieter Matthes.
Dieter Matthes photographed some of the final moments of an iconic queer tradition in Berlin. For Pride Month, IMAGO spoke to him about his portraits that lend an outsider’s perspective into the lively and historic Tuntenball drag ball in the early 1990’s.
Foam Fotografiemuseum: Lebohang Kganye (SA) wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2022.
Depicting themes of personal history paralleled with resounding echoes of the history of South Africa and its apartheid, Lebohang Kganye, from Johannesburg, is awarded the winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award.
FOAM Magazine #61: Talent.
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, who center around their commitment to creating an inclusive space for exhibiting photography, are back this month with their latest magazine issue, highlighting the latest artists talents.
Black History Month – The Fight for Voting Rights in The United States.
Voting in a democracy is not always a given. As the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act failed in the Senate in January, 2022, the fight for equal voting rights in The United States continues.
Brazil’s Heroes: An interview with Chico Ferreira.
Capturing the many faces of a crisis is not only a delicate craft, but creates an archive of current issues. “This movement is part of our contemporary history and must be registered,” said Brazilian photojournalist Chico Ferreira from Penta Press. IMAGO spoke to Ferreira about his work depicting the reality in Brazil at its core, from politics to the pandemic.
“Patience and Perseverance in order to change things for better.” Aleksander Kalka: An Interview.
Pairing protests and civil disobedience with photography often carries a highly emotional charge. Polish photojournalist Aleksander Kalka delves into the value of demonstration photography and its fundamental role within society, shaping change and holding governments accountable in undeniable ways.
“A social awakening. It has been motivated by repression and unrest.” Colombia Protests: Camilo Erasso.
An interview with Camilo Erasso – Documenting the anti-government mass movement sparked by the infamous proposed tax bill.