The independent art project 'ZAC x BIG NAMES' by photographer and artist Wolfgang Zac deliberately breaks with the classic conventions of luxury and fashion photography. The studio shots feature no handbags, no shoes, and no designer collections. The actual consumer goods are completely omitted.

Only the branded bags and garment bags of major fashion houses are visible in the photographs. These, however, have been repurposed and draped directly on the models' bodies as avant-garde headwear, clothing, or accessories.

According to the artist, this technique shifts the visual perception away...

With FERVOR: The Very Powerful San Simón, Juan Brenner releases a photobook that moves far beyond classical documentary photography. What initially appears to be a visual journey into the spiritual rituals of Guatemala gradually unfolds into a hypnotic exploration of identity, pop culture, faith and resistance in the digital age.

At the center stands San Simón - also known as Maximón or El Abuelo - a fascinating figure suspended somewhere between Catholic iconography, Maya spirituality and contemporary subculture. He wears cowboy boots, smokes Marlboros, drinks Coca-Cola and simultaneously...

With “Moi et ma Bentley”, Dejan & Per present a visually precise and fully staged work positioned between automotive, fashion, and digital imagery.

At the center is a well-known, iconic-looking figure that deliberately plays with the codes of luxury, pop culture, and staging – set within a fully artificial environment. The project was realized as a full CGI & AI production and exists in the context of a free, artistic experiment.

Architecture, light, and materiality interlock with precision: reflections, surfaces, and the color palette create a hyperreal aesthetic. The work demonstrates how...

The Chelsea Hotel has been an iconic hub of the art and music scene since the 1960s. Between 1969 and 1971, Albert Scopin lived there while assisting photographers Mikel Avedon and Bill King. Using a simple Kodak Instamatic, he captured life inside the hotel – direct, unposed, and often without even looking through the viewfinder.

Now, the works are being presented comprehensively for the first time: the FWR Galerie Berlin shows around 30 photographs alongside the release of a book dedicated to the series. Exhibition and publication offer a rare glimpse into the Chelsea Hotel of those years...

Twenty-five years ago, Deutsche Börse Group listed itself – a move that laid the foundation for its role today as a global technology and market infrastructure provider. To mark the anniversary, LOOPING ONE, together with Hamburg-based design studio Bureau Johannes Erler, created a table book titled “The Beautiful Order Book.” The idea: to translate this transformation into a format that deliberately breaks away from traditional financial communication – visually precise, clearly structured, and with a strong narrative approach.

The book follows the logic of an order book – the core system...

Four decades, countless icons – and still that subtle sense of unease beneath the surface. With Can Love Be a Photograph, the Kunstmuseum Den Haag presents a major retrospective of one of the most influential photography duos of our time: Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin. The exhibition runs until September 6, 2026 and is accompanied by a book published by Hannibal Books.

For over 40 years, Inez & Vinoodh have been redefining the boundaries of photography. What defines their images is not style, but tension. Between fashion and art, intimacy and staging, surface and rupture. Everything...

The Leica Galerie Konstanz presents Body Lab, a new exhibition by Monica Menez. The opening takes place on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 7 pm, in the presence of the artist. On Saturday, April 18, Monica Menez will personally guide visitors through the exhibition (11 am & 1 pm, registration required).

“I’m currently presenting my exhibition Body Lab at the Leica Galerie Konstanz – and I’m truly proud of it. Not only because the Leica Gallery is such a special place, but because I was invited to show both: my analogue photography and my AI-based work. For me, that’s a clear statement. It...

With “Italia di Moda,” Andrea Varani, represented by Kristina Korb GmbH, presents a photographic project that closely connects fashion with origin and landscape. Initiated together with model icon Ludmilla Voronchina Bozzetti, the series travels across all regions of Italy, exploring what defines “Made in Italy” beyond style.

The images place fashion outside the studio, within the context of architecture, nature, and history. Clothing enters into a dialogue with its surroundings – calm, precise, and with a strong sense of place and atmosphere.

The series has been shown, among others, at the...

With his solo exhibition VA BENE SENZA RIDERE, Jan Kuck presents a body of work at MAIIIM in Genoa that moves between pop, language, and social analysis. Curated by Virginia Monteverde, neon, sculpture, and text condense into a precisely composed field of tension.

At its core is a present moment that has fallen out of balance. “If we take everything too seriously, we end up taking nothing seriously,” says Kuck. His work responds to a society drifting into the absurd – where we no longer “shoot” with weapons but with smartphones, where everything revolves around the self, and any sense of...

The AnzenbergerGallery presents FLOWERS AND TREES, a group exhibition dedicated to the quiet yet multifaceted presence of nature.

Moving between classical photography and hybrid image-making, the artists explore the structures, rhythms and forms of plant life. The works oscillate between documentary precision and poetic interpretation, opening new perspectives on familiar motifs. The result is a visual reflection on growth, transience and the fragile relationship between humans and nature.

A special highlight is the series Unattainable Beauty by Natalie Strohmaier: “The ‘super flowers’ are...