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New writings from Stephanie Snyder, Kate Fowle, Geoffrey Batchen and more on photo cultures past and present
The latest issue of OSMOS features a cover by Catherine DeLattre; an essay by contributing editor Tom McDonough on artist Alfredo Jaar; Stephanie Synder on photographer Liza Ryan; Christian Rattemeyer on Zagreb-based conceptual artist David Maljkovic; an essay by Kate Fowle on Sherrill Roland; a portfolio by artist Roscoe Thicke; Maria Ines Plaza Lazo on Berlin-based performance and video artist Leila Hekmat; an essay by writer Geoffrey Batchen on A New Power: Photography and Britain 1800-1850 at the Bodleian Library, Oxford; a feature by Christian Oldham on renowned avant-garde Ikebana master Kosen Ohtsubo; and a text by Tim Walsh on the previous issue's cover artist James Barth, whose self-portraits use avatars as a means to explore their transgendered identity and representation. Through painting and 3D modeling, Barth's works combine photography, painting, science fiction, cinematic language and poetic gestures.
