Finbarr O'Reilly in the NYTimes:
More hereMedia images of migration, conflict and environmental catastrophe scroll through our news feeds in an almost perpetual loop. So how can conceptual photography challenge the limits of photojournalism to offer a deeper exploration of today’s most pressing issues?
From the The Superwalés by Patrick Willocq
The work on show at the sixth edition of the Lagos Photo Festival, which opens in Nigeria’s main city this weekend, offers some answers. With a theme of “Designing Futures,” and with photography featuring large-scale cinematic productions with elaborate sets, props and subjects as collaborators, the festival celebrates creative thinking in a quest for new ideas and experimental forms of storytelling.
