Photographer Aija Bley in her series „Later,” is focusing on representations of elder people’s lives by documenting them in their own apartments. „Many years ago I met an elder lady in my Riga apartment building’s stairway. She seemed interesting to me and I asked if I might take a picture of her. She liked my idea about taking pictures in the interior. So we agreed that I would go to her place sometime later. But that „later” never happened because old lady died all of a sudden. This event made me think about the life „later” as well as about how meaningful this world is. I take it that someday I will also become old, but it really seems so far from now. To be honest, the characters of my series spend most of their lives in these apartments. I … Read More »

The graduation exhibition of the first participants of ISSP School, presenting 15 individual projects completed during the nine months of their studies.

Autori/Authors: Mārcis Ruiķis, Lita Krone, Ģirts Raģelis, Ēriks Gailis, Luīze Pētersone, Aija Bley,  Kārlis Bergs, Agnese Mūrniece, Inga Linda Tilgase-Galzone, Ieva Raudsepa, Aivars Purmals, Kristians Bērents, Linda Dambeniece,  Toms Norde, Viesturs Pinka

All picture © Ģirts Raģelis

Stones / 2011

In series “Stones” Hofmanis has drawn attention to locations in the Strasburg city environment, which have been marked with compositions made of stones. As stated by the photographer, stones were one of the first elements in Strasbourg that caught his eye. The seemingly ordinary objects attract attention with the carefully planned compositions and consistency in size so in harmony with the urban space in the suburbs of the city. Strasbourg is one of the European cities, where stone layers are regulated by the public order policy. To some degree, the stones serve as fortification elements that protect the empty sections of land from the travellers’ caravans and unauthorized car parking. A few centuries ago it was a wall, in the age of democracy – stones that at the home of the European Union Parliament take care of safety, … Read More »