Tales of the Unwritten photographic volume and exhibition will feature authors from the best street photography collectives in the world:
BULB Photos
The Bulb Collective has been founded in January 2015 by Michail Moscholios after an Open Day held in Bucharest. Since 2015 the collective has widen its geographical scope and in early 2020 had more than 50 photographers from 6 countries in the Balkans.
The photographers are active in urban (and rural) photography with an expressive shift to include highly aesthetic and poetic images in their assignments.
They share the same vision but not the same perspective which gives the necessary “polyphony” in their extremely ambitious endeavour to create iconic images and to be the best in metamorphosing and interpreting all aspects of life in this highly contradictory and fascinating world.
Since June 2020, BULB, Street Core Photography and PHOS (Street Photography Days) joined forces. BULB (2015), SCP (2014) and PHOS (2018) have been founded by Michail and they very much evolved so that a scaling up was needed.
The new structure is run by our team of editors and organisers who ensure the daily management and feature talented photographers, while running at the same time our FB and IG accounts!
We hold projects in the Balkans and beyond, exhibitions in European galleries, assignments in cooperation with foreign and local Photo Clubs, workshops, residential seminars, we publish photobooks etc. In 5 years, among other projects, BULB published 10 over 100-page books, 20 bimonthly eZines, held numerous international exhibitions and organised 6 editions of the PHOS Street Photography Days. BULB was the featured collective in the 2017 Miami Street Photography Festival.
- Among the members: Michail Moscholios, Panagiotis Kalkavouras, Marius Petrescu, Jens Krauer, Cristian Crisbasan, Tzen Xing, Dora Lavazou, Alexandros Tsiolis, Stela Patrulescu, Vicky Markolefa, Mihai Ciama, Ruxandra Petre, Mahya Rastegar, Svilen Nachev, Nikos Fysilanis, Louloudia Gredi, Raluca Furtuna.
iN-PUBLiC
iN-PUBLiC was set up in 2000 to provide a home for Street Photographers. Our aim is to promote Street Photography and to continue to explore its possibilities. We are a non commercial collective. All the photographers featured here have been invited to the group because they have the ability to see the unusual in the everyday and to capture the moment.
iN-PUBLiC was relaunched in 2020 with a renewed commitment to present the best photography from the public realm that faithfully records everyday life without staging or manipulation.
- Among the members: Nick Turpin, Richard Baker, Natan Dvir, Nick Hannes, Rob Hogenbirk, Troy Holden, Nils Jorgensen, Lesya Kim, Jill Maguire, Aniruddha Guha Sarkar, StreetMax21.
Observe Collective
OBSERVE is an international photography collective focused primarily on the practice of candid street photography. Spanning four continents we are united by a common fascination with watching and documenting the diverse humanity that surrounds us. While acknowledging that photography is at its core an individual pursuit, our membership finds benefit in mutual curation and support, discussion, and other collaborative interactions.
OBSERVE doesn’t gaze at its own navel; it finds yours much more interesting. Modern media envelops us in an unending stream of perfect images displaying beautiful people living ideal lives, in comparison to which the value and beauty of the quotidian can easily be forgotten. We use our sensitivity to the everyday world which surrounds us to capture that which might otherwise go unnoticed.
OBSERVE mixes a fine photographic cocktail. A strength of photography is its ability to generate multiple narratives from a singular event, by connecting seemingly unrelated elements or imposing form where none is obvious. Similarly, by sharing side-by-side our own personal bodies of work we hope to create something enduring and greater than the sum of its parts.
OBSERVE doesn’t believe there is a need to choose between pudding and cake. Although it was our shared interest in street photography that brought us together, we do not limit ourselves solely to one type of photographic endeavour. Our members are exploring various genres and methods of photographic practice, hoping to invigorate each other and the viewing public through experimentation with our shared art and passion.
- Among the authors: Greg Allikas, Marcelo Argolo, Fadi BouKaram, Ronen Berka, Larry Cohen, Chris Farling, Larry Hallegua, David Horton, Danielle Houghton, Guille Ibañez, Michael May, Oguz Ozkan, Ilya Shtutsa, Kristin Van den Eede, Tom Young
Un-posed
Un-Posed was brought to life in 2011. The collective consists of photographers who specialise in unposed form of documentary also known as street photography. A genre which reveals the symbols and anecdotes hidden in everyday life which generally go unnoticed.
The aim of the group is to promote the work of its members and Polish street photography in general, to create a collective body of work, as well as to shape visual awareness of the public sphere through the medium of photography, workshops, exhibitions and other activities.
While each member of has their own individual style, which demonstrates the breadth and depth of the medium, what they all have in common is a love of hard work, patience, the ability to anticipate events by putting themselves in the right place at the right time and an instinctive understanding of when to capture those moments of significance that occur fleetingly in the frame.
- Members: Damian Chrobak, Maciej Dakowicz, Jamie Fyson Howard, Joanna Kinowska, Anne Kłosek, Monika Krzyszkowska, Tomasz Kulbowski, Marta Rybicka and Adrian Wykrota.
VoidTokyo
Established in 2017, VoidTokyo started publishing the zines, Tokyo Street Photography (founder, Tatsuo Suzuki) to photograph the today’s ever-changing Tokyo. Presenting each member’s photos to the world in real time to continue sharing our Tokyo through the publication of Zine. We will have been capturing the future of Tokyo where keeps changing with the approach of street photography. And We want to continue presenting it as a record,memory,document,and photograph. Where are We, and where are We going? Our answer is to be ‘Perceiving the Void’. We gaze at Tokyo today as always.
- Among the members: Tatsuo Suzuki, Tadashi Onishi, Hiroki Fujitani, Naoki Iwao, Yukari Unleash Sasaki, Keiichi Ichikawa, Tadashi Yamashita, Ash Shinya Kawaoto, Kawara Chan, Miho Okawa, So Sasaki.
Women Street Photographers
The Instagram feed of Women Street Photographers, and the traveling exhibition, is a platform of well curated, quality street photography done by women.
By focusing strictly on the work of women photographers, we provide the extra exposure for female artists. Additionally, it is our goal to create visibility for dedicated women street photographers and to encourage other women to follow their passion.
The Instagram feed of Women Street Photographers (@womenstreetphotographers), and the traveling exhibition, was founded by Gulnara Samoilova, a street and fine art photographer based in New York City. The project began as a personal Instagram catalog for a future exhibition, but has quickly become a popular platform for both amateur and professional photographers. With over 30 years combined experience as a documentary photographer, artist, photojournalist, and photo editor for the Associated Press, Gulnara employs her experience and qualifications to research and curate an impressive body of work by women photographers from around the globe. In 2020 Gulnara was joined by documentary and street photographer Ximena Echague (@ximena_echague), who became an ambassador, curator, jury and mentor of Women Street Photographers.
- Among the members: Gulnara Samoilova, Ximena Echague, Akina Chan, Alexandra Avlonitis, Alice Christine Walker, Amy Osborne, Amy Touchette, Anaïs Perry, Andrea Misurova, Andrea Torrei, Angela Barrow, Angela Echanove, Ania Klosek, Anna Biret, Annette Lang, Annice Lyn, Annick Vandorpe, Annu Esko, B Jane Levine, Bearly Bonnie, Belinda Corney, Bella Kirchner, Beth Caron, Betty Goh, Birka Wiedmaier, Bruna Rotunno, Carmen Violich-Goodin, Cat Byrnes, Catherine Le Scolan-Quéré, Catherine Matthys, Céline Pannetier, Charlotte Stone, Chelsea London Phillips, Chiara Leoni, Christelle Enquist, Christina N Andersen, Christine Doyle and many others.
