Visual Art

Paulo em Vilankulos

Gregory Antollino is a photographer who works as a civil rights lawyer in his day job. He lives in New York City. He studied art and creative writing at Northwestern and Columbia and, in 2019, the Disquiet International Literary Conference in Lisbon, where he studied photography with photojournalist Deanne Fitzmaurice. He gravitates toward portraiture and street photography. During the pandemic, rather than experimenting with sourdough, he has had time to publicize his work. Some of his shots date back to the 2000s. His photography has been in some group exhibitions. Lately, several were accepted by such journals as Beyond Words Literary Magazine, eris & eros, Tempered Runes Press, and the New York Times. He won first prize in a gallery contest, “The Art of Aging,” sponsored by the J. Mane Gallery of New Haven, Connecticut. He is an inveterate traveler, a dual US/EU citizen, and a dog person. He can be found on Instagram @Marcellit0 and Twitter @civilrightslwyr.

Deconfiné

Sève Favre is a visual artist originally from the French part of Switzerland. Sève was introduced to arts from a young age but decided to follow an academic study first: Art History at University. She supplemented her literature degree with secondary school teaching. She continued her education by taking several seminars and workshops in the visual arts, notably at the Ceruleum School of Art in Lausanne. In 2005, she created her first modular artwork and during several years she maintained both careers simultaneously, teaching and private commission for artworks. Today she completely devotes herself to her art practice and promotion. She has been exhibited in Switzerland and abroad. This year, Sève was nominated by Arte Laguna Prize in the installation and sculpture section. Passionate about the concept of integration, she concentrates on transcending the classical boundary between the artwork and the viewer. The main feature of her art is interactivity. The keywords that support her concept are interaction (be together), variation (be different), and activity (be active). Her name for this experience is intervariactivity. Sève can be found on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @sevefavre. She can be reached via email at info@sevefavre.com.

The Pasadena Freeway

Lawrence Bridges is best known for work in the film and literary world. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Tampa Review. He has published three volumes of poetry: Horses on Drums, Flip Days, and Brownwood. As a filmmaker, he created a series of literary documentaries for the NEA’s “Big Read” initiative, which include profiles of Ray Bradbury, Amy Tan, Tobias Wolff, and Cynthia Ozick.

Lollipops at the tip of Tunisia

The colors of Puebla

Aiyah Sibay is a poet, photographer, filmmaker, and calligraphist. Her photography, fiction, and poetry have appeared in Voice Catcher, Track//Four, Sukoon, The Bangalore Review, and in “the spirit it travels,” an anthology by Cosmographia. She has self-published two photo essays, “Skins of Passage” and “Between Paychecks and Tips.” Her most recent project was exhibited in Gallery Route One in Point Reyes, California. She can be reached on Instagram @inn_passage. More of her work can be seen at www.innpassage.com  &  asibayphotography.com.

In the Monster’s Cave

Cristina Fontsaré was born and raised in Barcelona. She studied Fine Arts at the University in her home town and specialized in sculpture. She discovered photography almost by accident in her early thirties when she was studying a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture, which led her to document topographies and places in different stages of transformation. Her photography exists at the intersection of large panoramas and drawings. She works on long term projects, creating visual stories of universal themes. You can see more of her work at www.cristinafontsare.com.