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Michael Oliver Love | Q&A
Michael Oliver Love's fashion photography shows Black women with sensual figures and men wearing jewellery, make-up and high heels, breaking away from conventional norms to present raw beauty. His aim is to present an alternative view of beauty that differs from the typical representation in major fashion magazines. Love's work explores the intersection of femininity and masculinity, presenting a new,... -
Maciej Markowicz | Interview
Maciej Markowicz is an artist with a boat that he turned into a Camera Obscura in 2017. Living on a floating surface while travelling around Europe, Markowicz doesn’t waste any minute. He organises workshops for kids and adults and fascinates everyone with the magic of creating 8 seconds paintings with light and motion on colour photographic paper. -
Kacper Kowalski | Interview
1605 Collective is happy to announce a release of Event Horizon, a fourth book by the Polish photographer Kacper Kowalski. Event Horizon reveals the most intimate parts of the artist’s soul, showcasing his introspective approach to nature and the discovery of his vulnerability and feelings. We were happy to receive Kowalski in our office for the interview about his spiritual experience of flying while... -
Tim Verhallen | Interview
1605 Collective invites you to deep dive into the interview with Tim Verhallen. Being a famous fashion photographer, Verhallen admits that his main inspiration are people. By creating powerful connections with his models, he creates masterpieces in a form of photographs that are both sensitive and dynamic.This fall, 1605 Collective also presents a unique creation of 1605 Publishers, the book... -
Designing the beauty: Interview with Janneke Schrey
Janneke Schrey (b. 1986, Germany/Netherlands) is the heart of 1605 Publishers, its creative director. With a strong interest in fashion and a background in Design and Photography, she has always been fascinated by the art of any form. "The fondness for architecture and design runs in the family", she explains. -
Bastiaan Woudt - Q&A Twist
The exhibition Twist in Museum Kranenburgh in Bergen, is the first solo museum exhibition of Bastiaan Woudt. For this occasion, 1605 Publishers together with Bastiaan Woudt has created a museum catalog Twist. Read more about the exhibition and the catalogue in the interview with Bastiaan Woudt below. -
Becoming Tino | Interview with Tinotenda Mushore
We invited the model Tinotenda Mushore for a chat and she told us about her skyrocketing career and inspiring plans for the future. She also revealed her very personal experience of being a Black model in the Dutch modelling industry. -
Saar De Permentier: interview
Gallery FIFTY ONE in Antwerp, Belgium, specialises on fine art photography and drawings on paper. It represents Katrien De Blauwer, Masao Yamamoto, Harry Gruyaert, Eric Manigaud to name just a few. Read the interview with the gallery assistant director Saar De Permentier and discover more about gallery's work. -
Paul Cupido: interview
In his exclusive interview for 1605 Publishers, Dutch photographer Paul Cupido reveals how to grasp the right mood that puts you on a creative path without surrounding yourself with cluttered inspiration. He talks about his 2 recently published books "Mukayu" and "4 a.m." and his workflow during the global pandemic. -
"Rhythm": Q&A | Bastiaan Woudt
Bastiaan Woudt A renowned Dutch photographer Bastiaan Woudt (b.1987) began his photographic journey both by devouring photography books and experimenting with different photographic techniques. He explored his artistic instinct and gathered a unique vision by diving into the work of Irving Penn and Richard Avedon. Passionately putting the knowledge of the masters into practice and applying to it his contemporary... -
Shaping ideas | Interview with Vincent van Duysen
Vincent Van Duysen Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen was born in Lokeren in 1962. After earning a degree from the Sint-Lucas School of Architecture, Ghent, he worked with Aldo Cibic in Milan, followed by a collaboration with Jean De Meulder in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1989, Vincent Van Duysen has established his studio which today has grown into a team of... -
How to publish a photobook | Interview with Thirza Schaap
Thirza SchaapDutch artist Thirza Schaap is represented by Bildhalle gallery in Switzerland and in the Netherlands. Schaap recently published her photobook "Plastic Ocean" which visually tells a story of a consequences of mass consumption and the overuse of plastic that pollutes ocean and causes major problems for its inhabitants. In her interview, she talks about her experience of printing and... -
Thirza Schaap | Plastic Ocean
Thirza Schaap Represented by Bildhalle gallery in Zurich and Amsterdam, the Dutch artist Thirza Schaap had a conversation with 1605 Publishers. In the interview, she talks about her art and climate awareness project "Plastic Ocean". The body of work combines sculpture with photography and reveals human interchanging relationship with plastic waste and its overwhelming presence in our lives. Almost all...
