Vote for the Cover of STRKNG Editors' Selection – #85

Vote for the Cover of STRKNG Editors' Selection - #85 - Blog-Beitrag von  STRKNG / 07.01.2026 17:28

1) © Photographer Michael Hemingway Participants: Aurora

2) © Photographer Marc Gaillot

3) »Allium*« © Photographer Claudy B.

4) »Dimanche à Paris« © Model Minh-Ly

5) »portrait of a lady« © Photographer Laura Daddabbo

6) »Satsuki« © Photographer Imar

7) »Maya 2« © Photographer Latelier

8) »By Bayek photography« © Model noa_the_model

9) »Floating by Carlos Rodrigues« © Model Rahel van der Meer

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Teilnehmer: Model Aurora / Fotograf bayek photography / Fotografin Claudy B. / Fotograf Imar / Fotograf Latelier / Fotografin Laura Daddabbo / Fotograf Marc Gaillot / Fotograf Michael Hemingway / Model Minh-Ly / Model noa_the_model / Model Rahel van der Meer

Centrifugal Silence

Centrifugal Silence - Blog-Beitrag von Fotograf Thomas Gerwers / 23.12.2025 08:28

She moves faster than memory,

hair cutting the air like a question left unanswered.

The body dissolves into motion,

identity slipping between frames—

not lost, only unpinned.

What remains is not a figure,

but a trace:

the quiet force of becoming,

the moment when the self lets go

and speed turns into freedom.

Mensch und Objekt / Human and object

Mensch und Objekt / Human and object - Blog-Beitrag von Fotograf Ralf Matz / 13.12.2025 16:12

Im Zentrum der Aufnahme steht eine nackte Frau neben einem einzelnen Stuhl.

Der Stuhl dient als einziges Objekt im Bild und dient als Stütze und Bezugspunkt. Die Hand der Frau ruht auf der Stuhllehne, während ihr Körper frei im Raum steht.

Die Wiesenfläche und der angrenzende Wald schaffen eine ruhige, reduzierte Bildatmosphäre.

At the center of the photograph stands a naked woman next to a solitary chair.

The chair is the only object in the image, serving as a support and point of reference. The woman's hand rests on the chair back, while her body stands freely in space.

The meadow and the adjacent forest create a tranquil, minimalist atmosphere.

A Wing Made of Disappearance

A Wing Made of Disappearance - Blog-Beitrag von Fotograf Thomas Gerwers / 09.12.2025 05:39

„A Wing Made of Disappearance“ is part of a long term project. The series “Featherest” explores moments of dissolution, transition, and the shifting boundaries of identity. The figure within the work does not function as a portrait but as a surface for projection—an entity suspended between visibility and disappearance. It is less a photo of something than a photo about something: an image that resists depiction in favor of evocation.

Through controlled motion, blurred contours, and the presence of dark, feather-like structures, the series creates a visual language of transformation. These forms operate simultaneously as shield, veil, and catalyst, suggesting both protection and metamorphosis. The body becomes an impression rather than an object—an emotional resonance rather than a fixed shape.

Light fractures the form; shadow gathers around it. In this collision of atmosphere and gesture, photography moves toward painting, toward something more fluid and uncertain. The work dwells in the in-between: the moment where identity becomes mutable, where the self is revealed not through clarity but through its unraveling.

“Featherest” invites the viewer into this threshold space—a place where the image does not explain but suggests, where interpretation becomes an act of intimacy, and where the unseen becomes momentarily perceptible.

Teilnehmer: Model Emerika