Burkhard von Harder has many masterpieces, but this series, one of the ones he is most proud of, was found by him in Ukraine - over 10,000 negatives of news footage from the Cold War era, allowing us to see the pretense and absurdity of that time. Freedom is abundant, but authoritarianism and being ruled seem basically the same everywhere in the world.  

To respect the honest or of the artists, by his request that 'the project is about found images by anonymous photo-journalists, I would find it appropriate to credit ':

burkhard von harder // anonymous  

The absurd environment of war shapes Filipe Branquinho and his works. He uses the camera to record and also to create. Even more, he uses the camera to question. He lets you see not only what he wants you to see, but also what you want to see and even what you want to see but find it hard to see.

With endless curiosity about the state of the individual and multiculturalism, Ines Subtil captures various everyday scenes around the world, leading us to appreciate the many possibilities of civilization, and what constitutes true good living.

In Joao Paulo Serafim's works, we see a commendable adherence, immersion, reflection and innovation of native culture that is worth upholding and cherishing. Nothing makes one feel warmth and sobriety more than intimacy with and ruptures in the here and now, reassuring us: I know you are different from me, you have your traditions and I have my genes, but I still love you.

The objects in Maria Leonardo Cabrita's images are not unfamiliar to people, but her magical visual language gives the images a sense of strangeness, pointing to another way of seeing the world.

Ju Duoqi's models may be the creatures with the shortest lifetimes in the world, but she wants to use them to create eternity. Facing them, you are most likely to laugh - a knowing laugh tinged with sorrow for the irreconcilable conflict between the ephemeral and the eternal.

Li Wei has flown around the world for over 20 years, although only hung by wires or using other aids. The human desire to fly and transcend the mundane world has little chance of being realized. Free will exists and does not exist.

As early as the 1980s, Mo Yi closed his eyes, not wanting to see the waste and doomed hopes of that authoritarian era. He put the camera behind his back or tied it to his ankle, randomly photographing the people and things within reach, then selecting them. Things did not get better, and with the passage of time and accumulated wealth, there was less and less to say. 

Miguel Soler-Roig focuses on things that are worth reminiscing about. Reminiscing is yearning, and they become persistent images in our minds and homes we constantly want to return to.

As an artist and art restorer, Rodrigo Bettencourt Camara who work with all kinds of artist and institutes for over 30 years,  caring more about the relationship among artists, their works and the environment.  Who care who said what about art in an exhibition? After everything erased, the only thing left is art.

With sensitive nerves and resolute expression, we are able to touch the exposed artistic soul of Teresa Palma, whose art does not come from creation, but grows out of her life.

The sense of ritual in Yukari Chikura's works reminds us of a long absent reverence - that even the most insignificant things can demonstrate their noble existence in their context.