No. 5(25) October/ 2010

In the current issue:
Young photographers Inga Fedulova and Staņislavs Oļehno present their work and their creative background in the “News” section.
In the series “20th Century Heritage” photography historian Pēteris Korsaks tells the story of Latvian painter Aleksandrs Nukša and introduces his photographs taken on a ship that brought emigrants from Europe to the USA after World War II. “Foto Kvartāls” celebrates the 100th birthday of the legendary French photographer Willy Ronis. Remarkable Latvian photographer Vilhelms Mihailovskis writes about photography in Latvia during 1970’s - 1990’s and shares his personal vision of “the golden age” in Latvian photo art. Art historian Alise Tīfentāle analyses the creative work of Latvian photographer Pēteris Vanags from the 1960s and 1970s that represents both subjective and objective tradition in photographic art.
The section “21st Century Works” features an exclusive interview with the famous American photographer Roger Ballen by Ieva Puķe. Photographer and film director Mārtiņš Grauds introduces his series “Sergeant Lapiņš is near” that was created on the sets of the new film “Sergeant Lapiņš Returns” directed by Gatis Šmits. Dr. Matthias Harder, the curator of Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin, introduces American photographer James Hendrickson. Elīna Ruka has met Bert Teunissen in New York and conversed about his documental series “Domestic Landscapes”.
Overview of upcoming events highlights an exhibition by young Latvian artist Reinis Hofmanis in FK Gallery. Latvian Museum of Photography has prepared two major exhibitions, a solo show by Latvian photo journalist Aivars Liepiņš and new project by Latvian artists Alnis Stakle and Jekaterina Marinska.
Reviews include the international festival of photographic art Kaunas Photo 2010, contemporary art festival Survival Kit II and others.