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Kristine, the creator and the main contributor of this website, is the citizen of the world aka cosmopolitan, originally coming from Latvia.
She has been playing both with her angels (wonderful and complicated lovers and friends, philosophy (and also political) studies, theories of justice and utopias, reinventing the world through abstract and documentary photography, connecting society and its government with the help of communications, etc.) and also some demons.
In her quest for the meaning of life and stable definition of herself, she has been searching for answers in several schools, theories and religions, such as Christianity, Yoga, Latvian traditions, Buddhism, Gene Keys, New Age, Daoism, self-help books, different psychological schools and philosophical theories, etc. The main lessons learned on these roads were:
At the moment she is studying Daoism and Qigong in China.
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She has been playing both with her angels (wonderful and complicated lovers and friends, philosophy (and also political) studies, theories of justice and utopias, reinventing the world through abstract and documentary photography, connecting society and its government with the help of communications, etc.) and also some demons.
In her quest for the meaning of life and stable definition of herself, she has been searching for answers in several schools, theories and religions, such as Christianity, Yoga, Latvian traditions, Buddhism, Gene Keys, New Age, Daoism, self-help books, different psychological schools and philosophical theories, etc. The main lessons learned on these roads were:
- All these flows stem from the same source and tell about the same in different "languages";
- The identity of the person in always changing, and its essence is ungraspable;
- Human being is both exclusive and, at the same time, inseparable from others and the Universe;
- We all have our unique Way;
- Everything changes and even these "lessons" will :)
At the moment she is studying Daoism and Qigong in China.
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REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS
Magda JENTGEN is a conceptual artist. Her preferred field of study is photography, however she does not limit herself to it. Jentgen currently lives in Dubai, UAE, which is also where she received her BFA. She has been exhibiting her work in group, and solo exhibitions since 2012.
Magda’s work takes off in two distinct directions – photojournalism and fine art. Her photojournalism work was inspired by the great Hungarian Masters of Photography - Robert Capa, André Kertesz and Moholy-Nagy. The themes that run through her work are neglect, poverty, and abandonment; she explores these in both, her fine art and he photojournalism work. Her interest in photography was sparked by her deep love for different cultures and people. She up took photography at the age of 13 in order to show the world how she saw it through her eyes."
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Magda’s work takes off in two distinct directions – photojournalism and fine art. Her photojournalism work was inspired by the great Hungarian Masters of Photography - Robert Capa, André Kertesz and Moholy-Nagy. The themes that run through her work are neglect, poverty, and abandonment; she explores these in both, her fine art and he photojournalism work. Her interest in photography was sparked by her deep love for different cultures and people. She up took photography at the age of 13 in order to show the world how she saw it through her eyes."
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Katrina KEPULE is a photographer based in Latvia. Photography for her is an important way to relate to the world and translate her angle of view to others. It also allows her to get closer to the unknown and to capture something she wants to hold on to.
Her chosen field is documentary photography through which she can communicate narratives often understandable on an intuitive level. Currently she rather enjoys being open to life surprising he and offering her moments to capture, at the same time staying within a certain contemplative mood and field of interest.
She has completed several photography courses such as Professional Photography Course, Vocational School N38, Riga, Latvia (2000), B.A. Audio and Visual Culture and Theory, Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, Latvia (2008), and International Summer School of Photography (ISSP) Ludza, Latvia (2009). She currently graduated from a two-year informal education program for emerging photographers, run by the International Summer School of Photography (ISSP), Riga, Latvia (2014).
She has participated in masterclass by Jan Grarup : Keep it simple: Essence of photojournalism ( 2013) and Artist's Book making workshop by Nico Baumgarten (2014).
She has worked as a photo reporter at Chancellery of the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) 2012-2013.
She has been exhibiting her work in group exhibitions since 2007.
As her current most significant photo success, she considers being selected among 2014 LENSCULTURE EMERGING TALENTS 2014 top 50 with her project "Sit Silently".
Her chosen field is documentary photography through which she can communicate narratives often understandable on an intuitive level. Currently she rather enjoys being open to life surprising he and offering her moments to capture, at the same time staying within a certain contemplative mood and field of interest.
She has completed several photography courses such as Professional Photography Course, Vocational School N38, Riga, Latvia (2000), B.A. Audio and Visual Culture and Theory, Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga, Latvia (2008), and International Summer School of Photography (ISSP) Ludza, Latvia (2009). She currently graduated from a two-year informal education program for emerging photographers, run by the International Summer School of Photography (ISSP), Riga, Latvia (2014).
She has participated in masterclass by Jan Grarup : Keep it simple: Essence of photojournalism ( 2013) and Artist's Book making workshop by Nico Baumgarten (2014).
She has worked as a photo reporter at Chancellery of the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) 2012-2013.
She has been exhibiting her work in group exhibitions since 2007.
As her current most significant photo success, she considers being selected among 2014 LENSCULTURE EMERGING TALENTS 2014 top 50 with her project "Sit Silently".
Andrew SINGER is a poet, with an MA in Poetry from Boston University, where he studied writing with the Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. He’s worked as a literary translator and editor, radio and TV host, editor and producer, university instructor of poetry and literary translation, cultural journalist, news editor, and film and restaurant critic. He also writes fiction and has made more than 5,000 fine art pen-and-ink drawings, with illustrations in books, magazines and newsletters.
He is presently Director and Editor-in-Chief of Trafika Europe, showcasing new fiction and poetry in English translation from across the 47 countries of Council of Europe, with a quarterly online journal. . . and featuring (from late 2015) Europe's literary radio station. By celebrating what is best in new writing across the many cultures of Europe, the hope is to help encourage a more open sense of belonging together and a stronger attractive bond continent-wide.
He can be reached by email at: [email protected].
He is presently Director and Editor-in-Chief of Trafika Europe, showcasing new fiction and poetry in English translation from across the 47 countries of Council of Europe, with a quarterly online journal. . . and featuring (from late 2015) Europe's literary radio station. By celebrating what is best in new writing across the many cultures of Europe, the hope is to help encourage a more open sense of belonging together and a stronger attractive bond continent-wide.
He can be reached by email at: [email protected].