Bahadir Aksan: “If you are misled & the only aim is to become the winner, you may easily miss the main beauty of preparing a photo book; the excitement, energy & joy it brought to you to achieve a dummy that satisfies & reflects you totally”
Smita Daryanani: “There is a rawness and imperfection in ‘Abstract Art’ which I find appealing”
Guo Yingguang: “I chose this subject because the phrase “leftover women” was widely used in China at the time, and I was one of these “leftover women” myself.”
Magnus Cederlund – “In the end, it is not journalism or activism but an aesthetic enterprise, so the inspiration, not sympathy, is paramount”
Leif Sandberg: “Photobook communicates my fears for panic and dying, it also shows the happiness of a long relationship”
Mashid Mohadjerin: “I do not think that citizen journalism is capable of taking over the role of professional photography”
Georg Zinsler: “Since we are already talking about the aftermath of nuclear catastrophes, I think the chances of survival of a book are far more probable”
Ekaterina Vasilyeva: “A handmade book is a great experience that teaches to be patient and to overcome difficulties”
Mike Mandel: “Photographs are a poem about the amputation of human sensitivity in service to technological progress.”
Osamu Yokonami: “Anonymity of invisible faces makes people use their imagination”
Jan Hoek: “A lot of psychiatric patients had superpowers, and a unique brain the most artists would be jealous of”
Pixy Liao – “Photographing ‘Experimental Relationships’ made me more aware of my female-self and eager to explore what interests me as a woman”
