“Foto Kvartāls” is a magazine on Latvian, Baltic, Eastern European and international photography and visual culture.

Magazine is published bi-monthly:
in February, April, June, August, October, December

No. 2(22) April/ 2010

In the current issue:
New section in “Foto Kvartāls” magazine dedicated to the first contemporary photography exhibition space in Riga – FK Gallery. Actual events in the gallery in April and May – exhibitions of Alnis Stakle, Aaron Schuman, Iveta Vaivode and Alexander Gronsky. Read more about the artists and their works in our latest issue, and follow up the latest news at www.fotokvartals.lv, www.twitter.com/FotoKvartals and www.kim.lv
In the section “News” young photographers continue to introduce their work and their creative background. This time we give word to Zane Dorošenko, Rūta Ķiploka and Vadim Siščikov.
In the article series “20th century” we offer a research on photography in Latvia during 1940’s and 1950’s. The author of the essay photographer and photo researcher Arnis Balčus discovers circumstances that influenced a renaissance of the Latvian photo art in after decades. In this section “Foto Kvartāls” introduces it’s readers also to one of the most romantic and remarkable couples in the history of world photography - American avant-garde artists Lillian Bassman and Paul Himmel.
In the series of essays on contemporary photographic arts created in 21st century photographer Raimo Lielbriedis writes about young and promising Latvian artist Andrejs Kovaļovs, who creates his intimate works in classical black-and-white technique. Art critic Jānis Borgs turns to another Latvian photo artist Linda Klētniece. Her nature close-ups and minimalistic aesthetics in photography allows to draw parallels with abstract painting. Find also an intriguing conversation with master of St. Petersburg photo school Alexander Kitayev.
“Foto Kvartāls” invites to join for an insight into the exhibitions of Latvian photo documentalist Uldis Briedis and widely known Latvian cameraman Gints Bērziņš.
Last but not least - in the current issue we provide an overview of  creative works of German photographer Vera Mercer and also we offer highlight of  exhibition at Centre PompidouThe promises of the past, 1950-2010. A discontinuous history of art in former Eastern Europe.

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