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By Danielle EzzoFicciones #6 by Carolyn Drake and Andres Gonzalez, Obscura Magnum CommissionObscura Journal Contributor Danielle Ezzo recently interviewed Magnum photographer Carolyn Drake and her creative partner Andres Gonzalez in advance of their collection debut, Ficciones. They discuss their approach to the Obscura Magnum Commission, collective and individual histories, and collaboration as a mindset as well as a creative vehicle. DE: Tell us about Ficciones and how did the project begin...

Reuben Wu InterviewBy Aaron AndersonAA: I’m very interested in the start of your career as a photographer? What inspired you to pick up the camera? How did that grow into the landscape photographer you are known as today? RW: I trained and worked for a few years as an industrial designer, but as a child, all I wanted to be was an artist. Becoming a designer, and then a touring recording musician for 10 years after, was a kind of a primer to help me ease into a career in art, through photograp...

by Danielle EzzoThe Kabuler #42 by Lorenzo Meloni, Obscura Magnum CommissionObscura Journal Contributor Danielle Ezzo recently interviewed Magnum photographer Lorenzo Meloni in advance of his Obscura Magnum Commission drop, The Kabuler. They discuss his approach to the commission, the role of photojournalism and the nuanced function of storytelling in times of crisis. DE: Tell us about The Kabuler, your newest commission with Obscura? LM: During Magnum's annual meeting, Cristina De Midde...

UKRAINE. Kyiv. 2 March 2022UKRAINE. Kyiv. 2 March 2022. As a consequence of a Russian missile attack, a civilian building is hit and in flames. Photo by Lorenzo Melonihttps://foundation.app/@obscuradao/ercud/11UKRAINE. Ivankiv. 3 March 2022UKRAINE. Ivankiv. 3 March 2022. Civilians pass around a bridge that the Ukrainian army had to blow up in order to stop the Russian advance. Photo Lorenzo Melonihttps://foundation.app/@obscuradao/ercud/12 100% of the proceeds of the Emergency Reporting Commi...

By Gregory Eddi JonesTHE VILLAGE #41 MARIACHI SITTING BY NO SIGN by Deanna Templeton, Obscura Curated CommissionObscura Journal Contributor Gregory Eddi Jones recently interviewed photographer Deanna Templeton in advance of her Obscura Curated Commission drop, The Village. They discuss Deanna’s background in photography, her long term approach to documenting an endangered place from her childhood, and using the camera as a portkey to her family history and childhood memories. GEJ: To begin, D...

Life Undergroundin the words of Lorenzo Meloni Kyiv now experiences two parallel and opposite dimensions. On the surface, young men and women prepare for battle, while in the basement of buildings and metro tunnels, families seek shelter. From hour to hour the mood changes, there are moments when everything seems to be going well and then suddenly for reasons beyond logic the tension rises. The tanks are still at the gates of the city. Yesterday I went to take pictures on the front line, it s...

in the words of Lorenzo Meloni The day before yesterday the artillery fire was quite intense as civilians tried to escape from Irpin. Both the Ukrainians and the Russians accuse each other of breaking the truce. Impossible for me to understand, because in the end the artillery fire comes from both sides. The result however is that some civilians are killed and others wounded. As the fighting intensifies, the number of civilians leaving the country obviously increases.UKRAINE. Irpin outskirts....

UKRAINE. Kiev. 1 March 2022.in the words of Lorenzo Meloni Today I spent an hour or two on the streets of Kiev. The logistic is very complicated as most of the fixers have left or decided to fight and the same goes for having a driver or just a car. Apart from a bombing on a TV antenna the situation is tense but calm. It’s probably the calm before the storm, as I see from the news that there is a 60km (?!) queue of tanks at the gates of Kiev. Along the streets I found many barricades and chec...

By Danielle EzzoAlessandra Sanguinetti | The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and The Enigmatic Meaning of Their Dreams, Images courtesy of Alessandra Sanguinetti and Magnum Photos.Obscura Journal Contributor Danielle Ezzo recently Interviewed Alessandra Sanguinetti in advance of Alessandra’s upcoming Obscura Magnum Commission drop. They discuss her iconic photo series “The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and The Enigmatic Meaning of Their Dreams,” and her approach to the Obscura Magnum Comm...

Emergency Reporting Commission: Ukraine DispatchNFT WAR REPORTING In an effort to support reporters covering breaking news and conflict zones independently and without the support of the media outlets, Obscura facilitates this Emergency Reporting Commission launching the first edition with Lorenzo Meloni from Magnum Photos reporting from Ukraine. Using the power of NFTs to document historical moments unfolding in real time, this is an opportunity to directly fund independent professionals tha...

Lily HattenBy Aaron AndersonMy time in the NFT space has been brief but it has introduced me to a myriad of talented artists and photographers. Within this space, I have found myself in awe of a specific kind of photographer that displays a vulnerability in their work that has utterly gripped me. Today, I will be discussing the work of Lily Hatten, who is an Australian portrait photographer that specializes in capturing the intimacy and rawness of motherhood.Lily Hatten, Cumulus #26, Cloud St...

A conversation with NFT photographers Mia Forrest, Lily Hatten, and Amy Woodward By Kristyna ArcherLeft: Amy Woodward, Jessiebella and her youngest, 2021, Center: Mia Forrest, Mullet, 2021, Right: Lily Hatten, A mother on the threshold, from Mammal, 2019Web3 offers the power & promise of sovereign equitable democratized storytelling, with the freedom to own your narrative on the blockchain. Yet we are still held back by the ties of Web2 that quickly confront that alluring “progress.” Albeit, ...