HAPAX Magazine issue 6 includes new photographic projects by Ali Mobasser (UK), Colectivo Estética Unisex (MX), Michaela Nagyidaiová (SK), Sam Laughlin (UK), Tommy Keith (CN) and Yuji Hamada (JP).

ISSN 2754-2882
78 pages
Softcover, stitched binding and gatefolds
Published October 2024 (UK)
Dimension 23.5 x 17.5 cm

CONTRIBUTORS:

Colectivo Estética Unisex, formed by Lorena Estrada Quiroga and Futuro Moncada Forero in 2010, develops projects that delve into research creation through documentary imagery, the boundaries of text, the documentation of processes, and the intervention of photographic archives. The collective has showcased its work in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the United States, Spain, France, Greece, and Malaysia. It has received the Acquisition Prize at the "Nuevo León Photography Salon" (2012), the Mexico Norte grant awarded by The Tierney Family Foundation (New York, 2013), an honorable mention at the "VII Yucatán National Biennial" (Mérida, 2015), an honorable mention at the "IV Ciudad Juárez-El Paso Biennial" (2015), the Grand Prize at "La Reseña" (Monterrey, 2015), and the National System of Art Creators (Mexico City, 2019).

@lorenaestradaquiroga
@futuromoncada

Yuji Hamada graduated from the Photography Course of the Nihon University College of Art in 2003 and has released works inside and outside Japan while being based in Tokyo. Hamada builds concepts based on the principles of photography and creates performative works that have roots in various expressive functions of photography through personal memories and coincidences. Recent exhibitions include "Contemplation and Distillation" (Musée Hamaguchi Yozo/Yamasa Collection, 2020), "Close-up Universe: Contemporary Japanese Photography, Vol. 16" (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2019), and the solo exhibition "Incidents and Reflection" (2022).

@yuji.hamada

Tommy Keith is a photographer who lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. His work has been shown in the US and Canada and has been published by numerous publications internationally. His recently self-published book Don’t Forget to Wave received an Honourable Mention for The Burtynsky Grant, was a finalist for the 2023 Encontros da Imagem Photobook Award, as well as a Lucie Photo Book Prize finalist. He received a BFA in film production from Concordia University and an MFA in photography from Columbia College Chicago.

@t0mmykeith

Sam Laughlin is a British visual artist whose recent practice is primarily concerned with intricate natural processes quietly unfolding through time in patterns and cycles. Mainly utilising large-format photography, his work is characterised by a sustained and informed engagement with the natural world. Laughlin has exhibited widely, including at Jerwood Space, Impressions Gallery, John Hansard Gallery and Towner Art Gallery. In 2017 he was awarded the Jerwood/Photoworks award. His recent series Spinning Away was awarded Juror's Choice at the Hariban Awards. He currently lives in rural Somerset.

@samlaughlin90 

Ali Mobasser is a lens based artist based in London whose work explores the effects of the Iranian Diaspora. His concepts are all pieces to a story told through collecting, documenting and re-addressing childhood and family experiences and learning to see the hidden meanings behind that, which has become normalized and familiar. Ali's use of sequencing aims to turn painful experiences into beautiful and meaningful patterns with the purpose of re-routing unhealthy hereditary and environmental habits. He is currently finishing an MA in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy and collaborates closely with AG Galerie in Tehran, Iran.

Michaela Nagyidaiová is a Slovak photographer based between Bratislava and Vienna. Her work analyses the connection between landscape and memory, the transformation of Central & Eastern EU topography, migration, and identity. As a visual storyteller from a Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European background, she rethinks topics that affect her community. The narratives in the limelight of her focus are formed by growing up and experiencing CEE environments first-hand. She usually works on long-term and personal projects that combine photography with text, archival materials, and video. She graduated with an MA in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication in 2019. Michaela has been a member of the FUTURES organisation since 2023 and Women Photograph since 2021. 

 @michaelanagyidaiova