Announcing the winners of The 1000 Words Award
1000 Words is proud to announce the results of the inaugural 1000 Words Award for European photographers.Having attracted considerable interest from a diverse spectrum of committed and passionate...
View ArticlePalais de Tokyo Young Curators Season 2013 Open Call
Dedicated to the emergence of the newest forms of contemporary art as it is, the Palais de Tokyo sees participating in the renewal of the ecosystem of art as part of its remit. This is why it...
View Article1000 Words Photography Magazine 14
We are delighted to announce that issue 14 of our online magazine is now live. To view it, please go to: www.1000wordsmag.comThis issue is dedicated to the memory of Rosina Darch (1924-2012).For this...
View ArticleRafael Arocha
All images © Rafael Arocha“Photography keeps me alert,” writes Rafael Arocha by way of introduction to his project entitled Midnight. “The photographic process allows me to critically and creatively...
View ArticleChloe Borkett
All images © Chloe BorkettChloe Borkett’s vision is sensitive to the melancholia of the world. Her project Stories East of the River is a delicate yet direct document on the lives of the younger...
View ArticleSpencer Murphy
All images © Spencer MurphySpencer Murphy’s name should ring a bell thanks to his editorial commissions which has seen his photography published in such places as The Guardian Weekend, Telegraph...
View ArticleWilliam Klein + Daido Moriyama @Tate Modern, London
Fresh from the media view of the hugely anticipated Klein + Moriyama: New York Tokyo Photography Film exhibition, which opens today at the Tate Modern, Rachel Ridge reports back on her findings and...
View ArticleAntoine d’Agata
All images © Antoine d'AgataAntoine d’Agata’s latest publication ICE continues his ongoing fascination with sex, drugs, death and dissecting taboos, finds Chloe Athanasopoulou.Perhaps it is too soon to...
View ArticleDaido Moriyama printing show @Tate Modern, London
Our Associate editor, Brad Feuerhelm on the rare opportunity to create his own limited-edition, photo book with legendary Japanese photographer, Daido Moriyama.I was lucky enough to get to the Tate...
View ArticleCindy Sherman
What is there to say about queen bee Cindy Sherman? For 30 years she has starred in all of her photographs and yet they reveal nothing about her. For they are anything but self-portraits. Rather, her...
View ArticleDoug DuBois @Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh County Cork
All images © Doug DuBoisTomorrow evening the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh County Cork, Ireland, will open the exhibition of works by the brilliant Doug DuBois - My Last Day at Seventeen. In a text...
View ArticleThe future of photography
It's been at least six months since an institution posed the modest question, what is the future of photography? so here is the latest manifestation of that discourse. During Unseen 2012, the Friday...
View ArticleMacdonaldStrand
All images © MacdonaldStrandBrad Feuerhelm considers the participatory aspects and iconic violence in Most Popular of All Time, anew book byMacdonaldStrand.Having picked up the latest self-published...
View ArticleArchive of Modern Conflict @ Paris Photo 2012
A Cyanotype plant study. The world record parachute jump from 1932. Rooftops in St. Petersberg, Scott’s Terra Nova expedition. A West African king. Cumulus humiliis. An abstract composition. A Kominka...
View ArticleLondon Art Fair 2 for 1 ticket offer
London Art Fair is one of the UK’s premier destinations for modern British and contemporary art, bringing together 129 leading galleries from the UK and overseas. Alongside the main fair, two curated...
View Article1000 WORDS WORKSHOPS WITH JH ENGSTROM AND TODD HIDO IN ATHENS, GREECE, APRIL...
After ambitious workshops in Fez, Morocco, 1000 Words is very pleased to announce a new series taking place in Greece next year, starting with two in Athens conducted by internationally renowned...
View Article2012: The year that was.
It's 31 December and an apt time to mentally wander back though 2012. Reflecting on our programme and its impact, it seems we've finished the year as we begun - working intensively and passionately and...
View ArticleDeutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013
Brad Feuerhelm takes a close look at the recently announced shortlist for this year’s Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and discovers a provocative effort to conceive an ontology of photographic...
View ArticleRecollections of Gigi Giannuzzi, my publisher
© Cristina VatielliRobin Maddock remembers a dear friend and publisher who is no longer with us, Gigi Giannuzzi.The feeling with Gigi is that you didn’t so much meet him at a precise moment, as hear...
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