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GUP Magazine, an international authoritative publication on photography, connects its communities with the sharpest conceptual photography, the latest photo books, and compelling writings about the contemporary world of photography. As an overall platform for photography we publish four premium print issues a year, deliver daily online content, and produce self-initiated book publications.

29/10/2025

ILSE IONA
1999, The Netherlandsiona

Hello, nice to meet you.
What do I do?
A little bit of everything.
Mostly pet-sitting and volunteering,
taking pictures while I’m traveling
the things I see along the way,
the people I meet, or the places I stay.
I hike, write, wander, and dream.
I dance, sing, cook, bake
I joyfully scream.
Separately, or chaotically all at once.
I inspect, reflect, connect.
I’m giving,
and most of all,
I'm living.
What about you?

27/10/2025

ALEXIA HAICK
2000, Brazilhaick

To All the Nasty Ladies is a photographic exploration of female s*xual awakening, focusing on themes of desire, guilt, and the societal constructs that influence these experiences. I use humor and vivid colors to create intimate portraits and still-life images that engage subjects often considered taboo, and combine playful visual language with reflective, personal narratives to make suppressed topics more accessible.

Rooted in my personal experience growing up in a Latinx Catholic household, where conversations about s*x were discouraged, this series reflects my journey to reclaim and normalize such discussions. The images reimagine s*x education, moving beyond conventional narratives to highlight moments of self-discovery and intimacy. Strategically staged in the studio and often featuring actors, each photograph addresses a specific theme such as the first kiss, ma********on, and s*x. I aim to provoke reflection across generations and genders while confronting misconceptions and breaking down stereotypes.

26/10/2025

CHANEL VICTOR
1995, France

Lately, I’ve come to realize just how deeply I am drawn to performers. Not just one type, but all kinds; cabaret and pole dancers, drag queens, actors, models. Artists in every form. There’s something magnetic about them, something raw and captivating that pulls me in.

I believe my work is a tribute to beauty, power, womanhood, intimacy, and the profound desire to contribute meaningfully to the world around me.

Whether photographing in the intimacy of one’s home or the openness of natural spaces, my intention is to gently reveal moments of vulnerability. These subtle gestures, expressions, and spaces in between tell stories that are often felt more than seen. At the heart of each image is a deep respect for the subject’s presence, a celebration of their identity, truth, and quiet power.

22/10/2025

ADA RETEGAN
1998, Romania

I’ve never seen myself as a particularly positive person, but I’ve always had a deep appreciation for those who seem to carry sunshine within themselves. My work is an expression of what I often find difficult to put into words, an emotional outlet shaped by sensitivity, imagination, and empathy. Though I tend to present a harder shell to the world, art gives me a space to peel that back. The images I love creating most are the ones that reveal my softer, more playful, and dreamy side. Even so, much of my focus is on themes like speciesism, and on fostering connection with other-than-human beings, those whose voices are rarely centered in our human world.

20/10/2025

VICTOR AKHERE
2002, Nigeria

Victor Akhere's work explores the intricate intersections of belonging, memory, and identity. Living between Benin City and Lagos, Nigeria, Akhere's practice is deeply rooted in his personal experiences and observations of the world around him. While his initial exposure to photography came through family albums and his father's early photographic endeavors, it was his move to Benin City for university and immersion in a vibrant community of young artists that influenced his decision to pursue a career in photography.

19/10/2025

GIOVANNI SENALDI
1998, Italy

During my travels or daily walks, I capture scenes that combine my interest in landscapes, derived from my studies, with the curiosity to understand the places I pass through, and the narratives that belong to them. My photographic research reflects on composition and the interaction between objects and people in everyday settings.

17/10/2025

JUAN ANDRADE
1998, Braziljuandrade

My work begins with a deep observation of everyday life. I aim to capture moments when the ordinary reveals itself as extraordinary. Through photography, I explore the relationship between body, territory, and memory, paying close attention to the invisible layers of affection, identity, and resistance present in both urban and natural landscapes.

I have a particular focus on youth, spontaneous gestures, and the vibrancy of human encounters, especially when those encounters happen between people and nature. The beach, the sea, and light are central elements in my visual research. They are not merely backgrounds, but symbolic forces of belonging, transformation, and spirituality.

15/10/2025

RAUL GUILLERMO
1990, Peru

This series by Raul Guillermo began in Peru in 2022, sparked by a local TV commercial that revealed the gap between lived reality and cultural ideals of masculinity. Drawing on memories of his grandfather’s belief that “men should not cry,” the project reflects on how inherited notions of hombría—strength, courage, respect—still shape society today.

Through portraits made across Peru, he explores masculinity as a fluid, multifaceted experience, inviting dialogue and vulnerability. The work challenges rigid expectations, opening space for men to express themselves without fear of judgment.

13/10/2025

SHASHWAT DAS
1998, India

Brought up in a Probashi Bengali household in Delhi, Shashwat Das has long carried stories of migration, impermanence, and movement. From sketching childhood memories to photographing landscapes on the road with Posto, their trusted motorcycle, movement continues to define their practice.

In their project Jungle Mahal, they journey through Purulia’s Ajodhya Hill, sacred to indigenous communities yet scarred by colonial extraction and state-led displacement. Using archival memory, Ferro-Botanical prints, and performative traditions like Chhau, the work traces resistance, survival, and the fractured relationship between land and people.

Their practice extends from witnessing Delhi’s historic protests in Sadak to reimagining a visual archive of Bangladesh, the homeland their grandparents were forced to leave. Across these journeys, he explores how migration, memory, and identity are continually in motion.

12/10/2025

STEFANIE LANGEHOVEN
1980, South Africalangenhoven

Langenhoven’s project, I Do Not Want to Become My Mother, explores her complex relationship with her mother against the backdrop of apartheid-era South Africa. Her mother, expected to suppress her own dreams for family and societal roles, struggled silently with depression, a path Langenhoven feared she might follow.

Through archival family photos and performative self-portraiture, Langenhoven reimagines memories, uncovering the intertwined experiences of herself and her mother, and reflecting on how society shapes women’s lives across generations.

Her work has received international recognition, including the Female in Focus Award (2022) and the LensCulture Art Photography Award (2024), and has been exhibited globally, from Berlin to New York, and featured in publications such as The Guardian, British Journal of Photography, and Aesthetica Magazine.

06/10/2025

QUINCEY SPAGNOLETTI
1991, the USA

Her work confronts the expectations placed on women, especially how they are meant to act and perform for society. Drawing from personal narratives and conversations with maternal figures, she explores memory, inheritance, and womanhood through objects and staged spaces. Using the camera as both mirror and tool, her practice moves between emotion and control, questioning how identity is shaped, disrupted, and passed on.

05/10/2025

TOMISLAV MARCIJUŠ
1990, Croatia

Our embrace will be long, like the waiting

This series traces a story of family, loss, and belonging, with my mother at its heart. Moving between Baranja and her native village in Bosnia, her journeys are not returns but rituals of memory — walking borders carved by war, politics, and time.

Through coal, gold, candle wax, and everyday objects, I explore work, value, transience, and the quiet strength of a woman who endures and reconnects what history tried to separate. It is a story of migration, memory, and love that stretches across absence, silence, and time.

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