Rui Costa’s work in “Uma Azeitona Bordada em Azul” (An Olive Embroidered on Blue) is an honest, sensitive and fragile exploration of family dynamics and personal loss. His work immediately reminded me of the work of another Portuguese photographer featured in F-Stop Magazine, Maria Oliveira. Costa’s poetic and symbolic exploration of intangible emotions are
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Vasilis Ntaopoulos: I got into photography in 2013, initially out of curiosity to learn how to use a small digicam I had around the house. Then, I found that the process of photography
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Steve Howse’s series “Charro” is a documentary photo project over ten years in the making. Howse places photographs alongside interviews to tell the story of the Mexican Charro and their place in contemporary Mexican society. The Charro, typically an elaborately dressed horseman or cowboy, has been widely written about and many photo projects have been
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F-Stop Magazine Issue #119 features the work of Vicente Fraga. Images are featured from his project Adeus. Fraga creates attentive portraiture, quiet landscapes and vignettes of the disappearing traditional way of rural life for people from the Galicia region in Spain. His encounters with people have left a profound impact on him; and he represents
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  While reviewing the work online for André Ramos-Woodard’s portfolio in Issue #116, I recalled hearing them speak about their work on the podcast Keep the Channel Open. André’s frankness and upfront honesty struck me in a very positive way. They talked about the importance of reaching a Black audience through their work in part
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  Maria Oliveira’s work is based upon her personal experiences. Her artist statement talks about being interested in creating work about both “physical and mental umbilical places”. The term ‘liminal’ is a good term – but something about the word ‘umbilical’ being used in artistic context intrigues me. Oliveira’s work featured in Issue 116, from
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