Gretchen Hanalson
Stories by Gretchen Hanalson
A Conversation with Hannah Grendel
Photography is at the centre of Hannah’s personal practice. She studied photography at Hochschule Düsseldorf in Germany, and she works mostly on analog film, always in series rather than single images. Her practice extends to editing, sequencing and designing photobooks and zines. For her, the way photographs are arranged and placed in conversation with each other is as important as the images themselves.
White and Red
Marina Overchuk’s series Pure Souls*, awarded Gold in Advertising/Self-Promotion at the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2024, uses a single figure and two colors to address loss and resilience during the war in Ukraine.* Photographs of war usually aim to show what happened: the damaged building, the evacuation, the soldier, the grieving family. Marina Overchuk’s Pure […]
Order in the Dust
Todd Antony, named Sports Photographer of the Year at the International Photography Awards 2025, photographs Buzkashi in Tajikistan: a game with almost no rules, hundreds of riders and no fixed teams. Sports photography usually depends on structure. There is a pitch, a ball, two teams, a clock, and a photographer who knows where the decisive […]
Light as a Filter
Atelier Carle’s OAKV, a winner at the Architecture MasterPrize, turns a dermatology clinic in an anonymous suburban business center into a gradual journey from public space to private care. Some of the most demanding architectural briefs arrive without a remarkable site. No view, no landmark, no generous daylight. Just a unit in a business center, […]
Glass Against Time
The scale is extraordinary, and the logistics alone deserve recognition.
Rediscovering the Gould Memorial Library
A lighting renovation in the Bronx reveals the richness of a historic rotunda once obscured by inadequate illumination.
The Convention Center as a Luminous City
At Seattle’s Summit Building, integrated lighting helps make a large civic interior feel adaptable and human.
When the Theater Ceiling Comes Alive
In Dublin, subtle lighting interventions reveal centuries of craft at Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
The Art of Reading by Light
At Yale, discreet lighting upgrades balance the atmosphere of a historic reading room with contemporary needs.
A New Light for an Art Deco Landmark
In Paris, a renewed lighting system transforms the historic theater ceiling into a participant in the performance.