VSP MAGAZINE 04/05 2022

Visualist Street Photography and Reportage MAGAZINE 04&05/2022

Cover Photo by: Giuseppe Marcantonio

The Publishers’ Selection Mou Aysha Siddiqua & Michel Verhoef Congratulations to the winners of the #StreetDance Contest!!

Valentina D‘Amato

Uwe Schröder

Photo: Shadab

Photo: Stephan

Ishtiyak

Sven Harker

Bartholomeus

Photo: Bi-jiun

Chen

Visualist Street Photography and Reportage MAGAZINE 04&05/2022

GIUSEPPE MARCANTONIO. BI-JIUN CHEN. YUZO FUJII. SHADAB ISHTIYAK.

UWE SCHRÖDER.

PELÉ TOYBOU.

MOU AYSHA SIDDIQUA.

SAYAN BOSE. GIULIO BREGA. REINE CLAUDE PRALUS. THIAMSENG YIP. LADISLAV ROMBALD. GRZEGORZ EWERT.

ROBERTO PANICHELLI.

TATHAGATA GHOSH.

PAUL GREENWOOD.

MYRIAM AADLI.

MICHEL

VERHOEF. MATEO CANDIA. LÊ TI�N C��NG. ADRIAN WHEAR. BARAST BRICE. SAM OLDFIELD. SUNGPIL JUNG. NADIA EECKHOUT. VALENTINA

D’AMATO. MARIA ROSARIA SUMA. PAULINE REN. YI-TANG WANG. SHARON EILON.

STEPHAN BARTHOLOMEUS.

MÁRIO BARRELA.

FAJLE RABBE. PHILIPPE REICHER. RODRIGO MELLEIRO. TANIT JARUSAN.

SUBHANKAR SAHA. METIN YENER. MIGUEL ÁNGEL PRIEGO GOMEZ. TOMÁŠ HORAK. RAMI YEMINI. GEORGE KOULOURIDIS. IVAN LAWRENCE

WHITE. AKTEN KORAY. MIKAEL CARLSSON. RAJARSHI BHATTACHARJEE. Thank you very much for the contribution of the authors!

VISUALIST STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AND REPORTAGE COLLABORATORS UWE SCHRÖDER (PUBLISHER & GRAPHIC DESIGN) • VALENTINA D‘AMATO (COPYWRITER & PHOTO EDITOR)

• SALVATORE DA CHA (ISP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) • AURÉLIEN BOMY (CO-EDITOR) • TROELS BÖYE (CO-EDITOR)

SVEN HARKER (CO-EDITOR) • TRUNG MAI (CO-EDITOR) • BABAJIDE O OLUSANYA (CO-EDITOR) • SALVATORE FIUME (CO-EDITOR)

• GIUSEPPE MARCANTONIO • RICCARDO PINZONE • E-MAIL

ISPANDREPORTAGE@GMAIL.COM

Giuseppe Marcantonio

Barcelona

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Bi-jiun Chen

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Yuzo Fujii

Shadab Ishtiyak

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Uwe Schröder

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Pelé Toybou

Mou Aysha, gifted visual artist and happy soul from Bangladesh, knows perfectly how to capture the humanity of the moment, honoring the

identity and dignity of the people. With an extraordinary ability to convey emotions and a deep human connection, she portrays their inherent

strenght and beauty in a stunning way, reaching out to touch our hearts with her art.

Selection of the publisher: Mou Aysha Siddiqua Loving people, feeling photography.

By Valentina D'Amato

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Selection of the publisher Interview with Mou Aysha Siddiqua

by Valentina D'Amato

What got you involved in photography and how important it is now to you?

I have always loved people and have always wanted to learn about them from up close. People, their culture, their experiences, always has fascinated me since my childhood. I found out that photography gives me opportunities to go and learn about people and their journeys.

Photography is more of my passion than my profession. It means a lot to me personally and I find a great deal of satisfaction and challenge in this art. Photography carries so much values in my life.

I only shoot what I feel is important to me. I go out to take photos because it’s fascinating to me and because I am curious about people, their lives, their culture and their faces.

Every time I go out with my camera, I feel happy. Every new place and all the new people I encounter make me happy.

Which are some of the challenges of your work?

I love to travel and seek to discover the unseen. As a female photographer, I have the privilege to go places that my male colleagues may find difficult. On the other hand, as a woman, it is more difficult here in Bangladesh to go out or visit certain sites alone to take photos. I always find it harder to work after evening, and it can feel unsafe sometimes and I feel afraid. This is one of the biggest challenges I always face.

Working professionally as a visual female photographer in Bangladesh is an everyday challenge.

What features do you think make your portraits stand out?

Before every single photo I take, I spend a good amount of time with the people. I try to get as close as possible to them.

I try to become one of them or at least be accepted in their presence. Only after that do I start taking photos.

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Selection of the publisher Interview with Mou Aysha Siddiqua

by Valentina D'Amato

I take simple images primarily of people. I try to take portraiture images with simplicity, but which also reflect a soulful mood and deep human connection. In addition to the uncomplicated composition, the people whom I photograph are incredibly beautiful and brave souls. I believe that this is what sets my work apart from others.

Do you have any tips for photographers to help them grow artistically?

Be honest and respectful to the people you photograph.

Work very hard and take photos every day. Love your life and always be positive. Appreciate and be grateful for everything you have in your life!

Where can we see your work?

You can find my Photography In my Social Medias. I share my work daily on Instagram and my Facebook Page as well as in my Twitter Instagram link https://instagram.com/mou_aysha?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Facebook Page link https://www.facebook.com/Mou-Aysha-112391846852677/ Twitter link https://twitter.com/aysha_mou?t=1chOa9CiaZ4TukliDxVh4A&s=09 Where I can easily share my work and can motivate millions of photographs like me. Also, I can get inspiration from millions of other photographers too. Social media can have a hugely positive impact in spreading love and humanity.

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Mou Aysha Siddiqua

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Mou Aysha Siddiqua

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Mou Aysha Siddiqua

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Mou Aysha Siddiqua

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Mou Aysha Siddiqua

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Mou Aysha Siddiqua

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Mou Aysha Siddiqua

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Mou Aysha Siddiqua

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Mou Aysha Siddiqua

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Sayan Bose

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Giulio Brega

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Reine Claude Pralus

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ThiamSeng Yip

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Ladislav Rombald

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Roberto Panichelli

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Paul Greenwood

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Grzegorz Ewert

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Tathagata Ghosh

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Myriam Aadli

Selection of the publisher: Michel Verhoef The art of invisibility and storytelling.

By Valentina Damato

To Michel, an intuitive Dutch photographer with a cinema-

tographic eye, shooting in the urban environment with his

invisible cloak is key for capturing truly spontaneous decisive moments and unexpected emotions of the anaware subjects.

With meaningful storytelling details and an aesthetically

driven style, he delights the viewers with his priceless visual stories so that they can make their own interpretation and complete the missing pieces they hope to find.

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Selection of the publisher Interview with Michel Verhoef

by Valentina D'Amato

Tell us about your introduction to photography. Did your experience in your native city influenced your work?

I started my photography as a young boy of 10 years old with a plastic Kodak Brownie that could only make 12 analogue black and white pictures. Ever since than i regularly upgraded my tools until the year 2001 when I started more serious digital photography with a Nikon. In that year i joined a photoclub which significally changed my look on photography. It emphazided strongly on creating an own style without just making pretty images.

Travelling all over the world has and still is the inspiration for my photography. During the corona crises i had to find my inspiration nearby in my own country finding my subjects at locations where still humans were allowed to gather in a restricted manner, like open-air markets.

My focus in photography has been the last 20 years on humans on „the street“ in spontaneous moments of emotion and/or serendipity.

How would you define your style?

My style of photography is an aesthetically driven style of finding human emotions on the street and in public spaces.

These emotions can result in environmental portraits where the human plays a role in his immidiate surrounding or shows his social engagement within society.

These moments are usually spontaneous, often decisive, in which the subject isn‘t aware of my presence. I than refer to my so called „invisible cloak“.

What is about the people you photograph that stand out to you?

People are the same all over the world in their behavior. Emotions are universal and this i want to show in my

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Selection of the publisher Interview with Michel Verhoef

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photography.

It can be so called micro-emotions but also big emotions, whatever is out there on „the street“ to be found.

Do you prefer a particular kind of narrative to engage the viewer?

The narrative is a story that usually can be found inside an image and i strive to find some layers in it. The more the better.

Where can we see your work?

I am active on facebook. There I post all my pictures nowadays. facebook.com/michel.verhoef.18007

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Michel Verhoef

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Michel Verhoef

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Mateo Candia

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Tanvir Ahmed Bhuiyan

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Kuntal Biswas

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Lê Tiến Cường

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Yuzo Fujii

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Adrian Whear

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Barast Brice

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Sam Oldfield

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Sungpil Jung

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Roberto Panichelli

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Nadia Eeckhout

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Valentina D‘Amato A PENDING COFFEE Coffee has always had a social and narrative power since ancient times. In the 1700, the

literary cafés of Trieste were fascinating mee-

ting places, where intellectuals like Joyce and

Kafka spent many hours engaged into heartfelt discussions over a cup of hot coffee.

Coffee is about companionship, it fosters

community and the repair of sorrow. Today

in Napoli, when someone is happy pays two

coffees, one for himself and another paid for

in advance, a pending coffee or a café sospeso

for a stranger who can‘t pay. This solidary Neapolitan tradition is a simple act of generosity

and humanity, a bridge between the despairing and the hopeful.

I never get bored in a café. You can be alone and together at the same time. You also can observe people, taking the time to look, and learn the art of telling stories.

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Valentina D‘Amato

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Valentina D‘Amato

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Valentina D‘Amato

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Maria Rosaria Suma

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Pauline Ren

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Yi-Tang Wang

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Yi-Tang Wang

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Sharon Eilon

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Stephan Bartholomeus

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Mário Barrela

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Fajle Rabbe

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Philippe Reicher

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Rodrigo Melleiro

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Tanit Jarusan

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Subhankar Saha

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Metin Yener

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Miguel Ángel Priego Gomez

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Tomáš Horak

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Rauline Ren

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Rami Yemini

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George Koulouridis

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Ivan Lawrence White

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Akten Koray

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Mikael Carlsson

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Rajarshi Bhattacharjee

Uwe Schröder

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