Be inspired by the photographers on the 2020 List. 2020 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Abbie Briggs ABBIE BRIGGS Wisconsin USA ABHAY PATEL Delhi INDIA ABHISHEK SINGH New Delhi INDIA ADAM SINCLAIR Melbourne AUSTRALIA ADESH GAUR Uttar Pradesh INDIA ADRIAN TAN SINGAPORE ADRIAN WHEAR Melbourne AUSTRALIA AHMET HOJAMYRADOV Minsk BELARUS ALEX FRAYNE Adelaide AUSTRALIA ALEXANDRA AVLONITIS New York ALEXEY STRECHEN RUSSIA ALICIA HABER Montevideo URAGUAY ANEEKA MANKU England UNITED KINGDOM ANGEL CARNICER Zaragoza SPAIN ANNA MARCHIOLI FRANCE ANNETTE LANG Nice FRANCE ANTONIS GIAKOUMAKIS Athens GREECE ANWAR SADAT Nairobi KENYA ARTURO CAÑEDO Lima PERU ASHISH PATEL Delhi INDIA ASSIA STARKE RUSSIA/AUSTRIA ASTRID NEUNDLINGER Vienna AUSTRIA B JANE LEVINE New York USA BELINDA CORNEY London UNITED KINGDOM BENNY VAN DEN BULKE BELGIUM

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2022 List. 2022 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Adrian Pelegrin ADRIAN PELEGRIN Playa del Carmen MEXICO AHSANUL HAQUE FAHIM Dhaka, BANGLADESH AJ BERNSTEIN New York UNITED STATES ANWAR EHTESHAM Dhaka BANGLADESH ASEN GEORGIEV Sofia BULGARIA ASLI GONEN Eskisehir TURKEY BRIAN DOUGLAS Ontario CANADA CAHLEEN HUDSON New Taipei City TAIWAN CHETAN VERMA Gurgaon INDIA DEAN GOLDBERG New York UNITED STATES ELIZABETH PAOLETTI UNITED STATES EMIR SEVIM Istanbul TURKEY EMY MAIKE Baden Württemberg GERMANY FRANCESCA TIBONI Cagliari ITALY GABRIEL MIELES GUZMÁN Guayaquil ECUADOR GABRIELE GENTILE Parma ITALY GIANLUCA MORTAROTTI London UNITED KINGDOM GIORGIO GERARDI Venice ITALY JAN ENKELMANN London UNITED KINGDOM JEAN ROSS New York UNITED STATES JELISA PETERSON Texas UNITED STATES JENS F. KRUSE Mallorca SPAIN JONAS WELTEN Salzburg AUSTRIA LAINE MULLALLY Stockholm SWEDEN LELE BISSOLI Vercelli ITALY

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2025 List. 2025 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Stephanie Duprie Routh ABDULLA SHINOSE CK Malabar INDIA ALEJANDRO DAVILA Pachuca MEXICO ANTON BOU Montreal CANADA AYANAVA SIL Kolkata INDIA BETTY GOH SINGAPORE BUKU SARKAR Paris FRANCE CYNTHIA KARALLA New York UNITED STATES DAVID GRAY New York UNITED STATES EVA MALLIS New York UNITED STATES FANJA HUBERS Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS FUTURE HACKNEY London UNITED KINGDOM GIORDANO SIMONCINI Rome ITALY GUILLERMO FRANCO Córdoba ARGENTINA HIROYUKI ITO New York UNITED STATES JAY HSU Yilan City TAIWAN KAT PUCHOWSKA Barcelona SPAIN LAETITIA HEISLER Berlin GERMANY LUISA MONTAGNA Parma ITALY MASSIMO LUPIDI ITALY MATTEO BERGAMI Bologna ITALY MEERA NERURKAR Düsseldorf GERMANY NASOS KARABELAS Greece ATHENS NICOLA CAPPELLARI Vicenza ITALY PARISA AZADI IRAN & DUBAI PARVATHI KUMAR New Jersey UNITED STATES

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2023 List. 2023 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Ypatia Kornarou AARON RUBINO San Francisco UNITED STATES ALESSANDRO GIUGNI Milan ITALY ALEX GOTTFRIED BONDER Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA AMY NEWTON McCONNEL Arizona UNITED STATES ANASTASIYA PENTYUKHINA Moscow RUSSIA ANDREE THORPE Ontario CANADA BARBARA PEACOCK Portland UNITED STATES BRANDEN MAY Atlanta, UNITED STATES DARREN SACKS London UNITED KINGDOM DOUG WINTER California UNITED STATES ELSA ARRAIS Leiria PORTUGAL FABIO CATANZARO Venice ITALY GILES ISBELL Chiang Mai, THAILAND IDA DI PASQUALE Rome ITALY JAN PONNET Antwerp BELGIUM JAYESH KUMAR SHARMA Varanasi INDIA JEFF ROTHSTEIN New York UNITED STATES JUAN BARTE Madrid SPAIN JUAN SOSTRE California UNITED STATES KONRAD HELLFEUER Görlitz GERMANY LEANNE STAPLES New York UNITED STATES MENA SAMBIASI Madrid SPAIN MONIKA JURGA POLAND NAIMA HALL New York UNITED STATES NSIRIES Bologna ITALY

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2024 List. 2024 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Anna Tut ALEXANDROS ZILOS Athens GREECE AMY HOROWITZ New York UNITED STATES ANA-MARIA ALB Bukovina ROMANIA ANN PETRUCKEVITCH UNITED KINGDOM ANNA TUT Krasnogorsk City RUSSIA CARMEN SOLANA CIRES Madrid SPAIN CATIA MONTAGNA SCOTLAND/ITALY DASHA DARVAJ UMRIGAR Karachi PAKISTAN DEDIPYA BASAK Kolkata INDIA EDWIN CARUNGAY San Francisco UNITED STATES FRANCE LECLERC Chicago UNITED STATES ISABELLE COORDES Münster GERMANY JOHN KAYACAN Los Angeles UNITED STATES JUSTINE GEORGET Lyon FRANCE MARIETTE PATHY ALLEN New York UNITED STATES MATTHIAS GÖDDE Beckum GERMANY MEI SEVA New York UNITED STATES MIA DEPAOLA Washington D.C UNITED STATES NAZANIN DAVARI Tehran IRAN PAUL COOKLIN UNITED KINGDOM PEDRO VIDAL Barcelona SPAIN RAFA ROJAS São Paulo BRAZIL ROMAIN COUDRIER Marseille FRANCE ROWELL B. TIMOTEO La Union PHILIPPINES SASHA IVANOV St. Petersburg RUSSIA

Be inspired by the photographers on the 2021 List. 2021 PHOTOGRAPHERS © Meryl Meisler AGATA LO MONACO ITALY ALAN THEXTON Melbourne AUSTRALIA ALEX RUTHERFORD Surrey UNITED KINGDOM ANDRES GONZALEZ Porto PORTUGAL ANDREW ROVENKO Melbourne AUSTRALIA ANDRÉ LOBÃO London UNITED KINGDOM AURÉLIEN BOMY Nantes FRANCE BARRY BOTTOMLEY London UNITED KINGDOM BASTIAN PETER Basel SWITZERLAND BEN ALLAN London UNITED KINGDOM BETTY MANOUSOS Athens GREECE CAMILLE WHEELER Texas USA CARLA HENOUD Beirut LEBANON CAROL DRONSFIELD New York UNITED STATES CHICHEK BAYRAMLY Baku AZERBAIJAN CHRISTINA SIMONS Melbourne AUSTRALIA DAMIEN GORET FRANCE DANIEL GOLDENBERG Buenos Aires ARGENTINA DANIELA PEREIRA Montevideo URUGUAY DANNY JACKSON Essex UNITED KINGDOM DAVID KUGELMAS New York UNITED STATES DAVID LAWLESS Winnipeg CANADA DAVID SHORTLAND London UNITED KINGDOM DREW KELLEY California USA EDUARDO ORTIZ Valparaiso CHILE

Presenting the work of visual storytellers from around the world. LAND, LABOR AND THE GOLDEN FIBER In West Bengal’s jute fields, Rajesh Dhar examines the systems of land and labor, tracing how a single material sustains communities and informs a changing ecological future. PICTORIAL STORY COLORS OF HÜZÜN Through fragments and gestures, Pedro Vidal traces Istanbul as shared melancholy lingers in everyday life, the city unfolding slowly and refusing to settle into a single, definitive understanding. PICTORIAL STORY OUT OF PLAY An exploration of abandoned interiors in which Marco Lugli examines how objects, light, and space carry memory beyond human presence, establishing absence as a condition of material continuity rather than loss. PICTORIAL STORY REIMAGINING TALIESIN Form gives way to flux in Amy Newton-McConnel’s photographs, where architecture unfolds as a field of shifting relations and perception moves with light, geometry, and time. PICTORIAL STORY WHERE THE MUSIC BEGINS Before the strings, Jeevan Akash Jayavarthanan leaves the movement of the street for the rhythm of the workshop, where time holds, hands work, and each moment forms what will later be heard. PICTORIAL STORY LAND, LABOR, AND THE GOLDEN FIBER In West Bengal’s jute fields, Rajesh Dhar examines the systems of land and labor, tracing how a single material sustains communities and informs a changing ecological future. PICTORIAL STORY WITH GRATITUDE AND DEVOTION A quiet and intimate account of devotion in Zaraza, Venezuela, Rafael Ayala Páez reflects on faith, memory, and community through photographs and words that honor the enduring power of small gestures. PICTORIAL STORY SILVER AND BREATH Within this fragile space between looking and being seen, Eva Christina Nielsen has developed a practice that is both restrained and deeply attentive. PICTORIAL STORY RUPTURE REPAIR REMNANT In this reflection on rupture, Donna Bassin invites us to consider how grief settles into the body and the image, and how the slow work of witnessing becomes a form of repair. PICTORIAL STORY DELTA DUSK John Agather weaves image and text into a single current, tracing how music, memory, and daily life continue to move through the Mississippi Delta. PICTORIAL STORY SILENT BEAUTY Tamara Quadrelli photographs the world by slowing down inside it. There is no rush to explain what we are seeing. The pleasure comes from staying with it. PICTORIAL STORY SOLITUDE UNDER A TECHNIFIED SUN Tracing the space between movement and stillness, Héctor Morón reveals a city that persists as human presence slips by. PICTORIAL STORY 4320 MINUTES WITHOUT COLOR Moving between photography and narration, Mohammed Nahi traces a period in which sight could no longer be assumed as reliable, and attention shifted toward memory and duration. PICTORIAL STORY THE PAINTED VILLAGE OF LABANDHAR Anjan Ghosh’s photographs carry us to Labandhar, where painting becomes language, tradition stays present, and art grows through shared ground. PICTORIAL STORY ORDINARY GRIEF What endures when everything else is uncertain? Through photography, Parisa Azadi asks us to see Iran not as story, but as feeling. PICTORIAL STORY THE EVERYMAN Eva Mallis uncovers the quiet strength of overlooked lives, capturing everyday encounters in Mumbai’s industrial districts as intimate portraits of labor and resilience. PICTORIAL STORY IN BETWEEN LIFE AND AFTER In Cairo’s City of the Dead, families carve out ordinary lives among centuries of tombs — Paola Ferrarotti traces the fragile line between memory and survival. PICTORIAL STORY UNFIGURED Nasos Karabelas transforms the human body into a site of emotional flux — where perception fractures and inner states become visible form. PICTORIAL STORY VISIONS OF ICELAND FROM ABOVE Massimo Lupidi takes flight above Iceland — capturing nature’s abstract brushstrokes where land, water, and sky blur into poetic visions beyond the ordinary eye. PICTORIAL STORY UNDER THE CLOUDS Giordano Simoncini presents a visual ethnography of the interconnectedness of indigenous cosmology, material life, and the ecological balance within the Quechua communities of the Peruvian Andes. PICTORIAL STORY NYC SUBWAY RIDERS BEFORE THE INVASION OF SMARTPHONES Hiroyuki Ito’s subway photographs reveal a vanished intimacy — strangers lost in thought in a world before digital distractions took hold. PICTORIAL STORY THE GHOST SELF Buku Sarkar stages her refusal to vanish. Her photographs are unflinching, lyrical acts of documentation, mapping a body in flux and a mind grappling with the epistemic dissonance of chronic illness. PICTORIAL STORY WHISPERS On Mother’s Day, Regina Melo's story asks us to pause. To remember. To feel. It honors the profound, often quiet sacrifices that mothers make, and the invisible threads that bind us to them. PICTORIAL STORY BEYOND THE MASK By stepping beyond the scripted world of professional wrestling and into the raw terrain of mental health, Matteo Bergami and Fabio Giarratano challenge long-held myths about masculinity, endurance, and heroism. PICTORIAL STORY FRAGMENTS OF TIME Each of jfk's diptychs functions as a microcosm of the city, allowing viewers to experience urban life as constant fragmented glimpses, mirroring the unpredictable nature of human interactions. PICTORIAL STORY VANISHING VENICE Lorenzo Vitali’s portrayal of Venice is an almost surreal experience — where time dissolves, and the viewer is left with the sensation of stepping into a dreamscape.

I am a visual artist, born and raised in Tenerife, with a deep passion for travel, street, social-documentary, conceptual, and pop art. My work is heavily influenced by the vibrant and ever-evolving pop culture that surrounds us. To express my fascination with this culture, I have delved into different mediums such as photography, video art, writing, and collage. I am also a contributor to various media platforms, using my words to further explore this world that captivates me. My greatest sources of inspiration are my travels and the people I meet along the way. As an artist, my goal is to tell stories through my camera, creating a continuous narrative that reflects my experiences and encounters. Beyond my artistic pursuits, I am a philologist and a secondary school teacher. Despite my formal education, I am a self-taught visual artist. However, I have honed my skills through a two-year advanced photography course and another in cinema and television. My works have been showcased in numerous international exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events, gaining recognition and acclaim worldwide. Publications have featured my work, solidifying my presence in the art world. Currently, my focus is on documenting identity and promoting the message of the Latin phrase "Carpe Diem" through my art. Recently, I was honored to receive the prestigious Rafael Ramos García International Photography Award. On my blog, Pop Sonality, I share my art and cultural experiences with the world, hoping to inspire others to embrace and celebrate their unique identities. SEIGAR I am a visual artist, born and raised in Tenerife, with a deep passion for travel, street, social-documentary, conceptual, and pop art. My work is heavily influenced by the vibrant and ever-evolving pop culture that surrounds us. To express my fascination with this culture, I have delved into different mediums such as photography, video art, writing, and collage. I am also a contributor to various media platforms, using my words to further explore this world that captivates me. My greatest sources of inspiration are my travels and the people I meet along the way. As an artist, my goal is to tell stories through my camera, creating a continuous narrative that reflects my experiences and encounters. Beyond my artistic pursuits, I am a philologist and a secondary school teacher. Despite my formal education, I am a self-taught visual artist. However, I have honed my skills through a two-year advanced photography course and another in cinema and television. My works have been showcased in numerous international exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events, gaining recognition and acclaim worldwide. Publications have featured my work, solidifying my presence in the art world. Currently, my focus is on documenting identity and promoting the message of the Latin phrase "Carpe Diem" through my art. Recently, I was honored to receive the prestigious Rafael Ramos García International Photography Award. On my blog, Pop Sonality, I share my art and cultural experiences with the world, hoping to inspire others to embrace and celebrate their unique identities. LOCATION Tenerife SPAIN CAMERA/S Nikon D610, Fujifilm X30 WEBSITE http://seigar.wordpress.com/ @JSEIGAR @JSEIGAR FEATURES // Tales Of A City

So many of the images of Africans we see in first world settings are based on negative stereotypes of people devastated by poverty, disease and war; showing people who come from a place that is wild and dangerous. This results in a very distorted vision of an entire continent of people with diverse lives and circumstances. I believe that these characterizations tend to limit our understanding of the very humanity of African people. With my work from Mozambique, I want to resist these one dimensional characterizations to express what I see and have experienced over the years. It is the Mozambicans themselves who are my inspiration to create photography to be shared as widely as I am able. There is nothing more motivating to me than starting my day before the sun rises to walk, to meet and talk with people and observe them in their natural environments doing their daily activities. What is always remarkable to me as the day passes is not the invalidating distortions of actual lives but the tenderness, the curiosity and the beauty of the people. My desire as an artist is to challenge the viewer to be more conscious of what they see and conclude when they consume images of Africans, like Mozambicans. My images advance a more positive and sensitive vision of people who are worthy of more insightful representation. JELISA PETERSON So many of the images of Africans we see in first world settings are based on negative stereotypes of people devastated by poverty, disease and war; showing people who come from a place that is wild and dangerous. This results in a very distorted vision of an entire continent of people with diverse lives and circumstances. I believe that these characterizations tend to limit our understanding of the very humanity of African people. With my work from Mozambique, I want to resist these one dimensional characterizations to express what I see and have experienced over the years. It is the Mozambicans themselves who are my inspiration to create photography to be shared as widely as I am able. There is nothing more motivating to me than starting my day before the sun rises to walk, to meet and talk with people and observe them in their natural environments doing their daily activities. What is always remarkable to me as the day passes is not the invalidating distortions of actual lives but the tenderness, the curiosity and the beauty of the people. My desire as an artist is to challenge the viewer to be more conscious of what they see and conclude when they consume images of Africans, like Mozambicans. My images advance a more positive and sensitive vision of people who are worthy of more insightful representation. LOCATION Texas UNITED STATES CAMERA/S Canon Eos Rebel and Canon Eos 50D WEBSITE https://jelisapeterson.com/ @JELISAPETERSON FEATURES // Into Africa

A LIGHT FANTASTIC Photographer Adam Sinclair shows his love for his home city of Melbourne with the use of strong compositions, contrasts and rich colours. A LIGHT FANTASTIC March 30, 2020 INTERVIEW PHOTOGRAPHY Adam Sinclair INTERVIEW Melanie Meggs Facebook X (Twitter) WhatsApp LinkedIn Pinterest Copy link SHARE Adam Sinclair is a Melbourne based photographer whose arresting street photography captures the vibrancy and culture of the city in captivatingly creative ways. Throughout his works, he skillfully employs intense colors and deep shadows to craft mesmerising compositions that evoke strong emotions and tells a story. Evocative, enigmatic, and full of surprises, Adam's photographs bring to life the streets of Melbourne, inviting viewers on an exploration of the city like never before. With a passion for capturing the underlying beauty and spirit of his hometown, Adam has become renowned for his captivating photographic artistry that captures the essence of the city in a unique and unforgettable way. “I started in black and white doing mostly street portraits and reportage. Now I look for strong composition elements, fascinating humans and great colours of course!” IN CONVERSATION WITH ADAM SINCLAIR THE PICTORIAL LIST: Adam, please tell us when the spark started for photography? ADAM SINCLAIR: Some friends bought me a photo book about Henri Cartier Bresson ten years ago, so I spent the next several years with a camera being awful. Though I didn’t really get into street photography until October 2019. TPL: Where do you find your inspiration? AS: I love the colours and textures of urban centres. So many unintentionally beautiful scenes! Also fashion for me is a huge inspiration, I find it endlessly amazing looking at what people wear, and how they wear it. TPL: Do you have any favourite artists or photographers you would like to share with us, and the reason for their significance? AS: I adore Saul Leiter especially ‘Early Color’. He was mostly responsible for my transition from black and white to colour. And my talented friends on Instagram are a daily dose of inspiration. (they know who they are!) TPL: Where is your favourite place to shoot? AS: My home town of Melbourne inspires me always. I think doing street made me fall in love with the place all over again. TPL: Do you think equipment is important in achieving your vision in your photography? What would you say to someone just starting out? AS: No. Some of my favourite images have been shot on a phone. I think vision and a keen eye for detail, shape, line, texture, light and shadow are the most important. I would say…just go and shoot! We can’t improve if we don’t press the button! Everything I know, I know from asking questions. - Socrates TPL: What characteristics do you think you need to become a good photographer? What’s your tips or advice for someone in your genre? AS: Curiosity. Fascination. Patience… And a love of people! Oh, and a dash of confidence for good measure. TPL: Have you ever been involved in the artistic world before photography? AS: Yes, I spent some time as a designer in my much younger years. I’m also a singer. TPL: Are there any special projects you are currently working on that you would like to let everyone know about? AS: My website ‘Indistreet’ is my current project that will be an amalgamation of photography, short stories and a store, should people ever want something for an empty wall. Watch this space. TPL: "If I wasn't photographing what would I be doing?... AS: Hmm, probably singing under a bridge somewhere by the river collecting meagre donations haha!" Adam's passion for his home city of Melbourne is evident in his work, which highlights the beauty of the city through strong compositions, a knowledge of light and colour, and striking contrasts. His artistry is truly remarkable and is sure to inspire any onlooker. If you want to experience the world as Adam sees it, connect with him through Instagram and explore his unique view of the city. VIEW ADAM'S PORTFOLIO Instagram >>> read more interviews >>> WHERE WE BELONG Community storytelling lies at the heart of The Pictorial List’s mission, and Marlon Ramos’ photographs reflects the spirit of the place we now call home. GUIDED BY A WHISPER Guided by reflection and the quiet presence of art history, Isolda Fabregat Sanz makes photographs that resist certainty and invite the viewer to remain inside the act of looking. WHAT REMAINS, WHAT EMERGES Laetitia Heisler transforms risk, memory, and the body into layered analogue visions — feminist rituals of seeing that reveal what endures, and what quietly emerges beyond visibility. WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE DO Culture lives where art and community meet, and in this space Alejandro Dávila’s photographs reveal the unseen labor and devotion that sustain creation. ANALOGICAL LIMBO Nicola Cappellari reminds us that the photograph’s power lies not in what it shows, but in what it leaves unsaid. THREADS OF MOROCCAN LIFE Through gestures of work and moments of community, Kat Puchowska reveals Morocco’s overlooked beauty. IT STARTED AS LIGHT…ENDED IN SHIVERS… Between intimacy and estrangement, Anton Bou’s photographs wander — restless fragments of light and shadow, mapping the fragile terrain where self unravels into sensation. WITH EYES THAT LISTEN AND A HEART THAT SEES For decades, Rivka Shifman Katvan has documented the unseen backstage world of Broadway, capturing authenticity where performance and humanity intersect. DIPTYCH DIALOGUES Through the beautiful language of diptychs, Taiwanese photographer Jay Hsu invites us into a world where quiet images speak of memory, resilience, and hope. UNKNOWN ABYSSINIA In Ethiopia, Sebastian Piatek found a new way of seeing — where architecture endures, but women in motion carry the narrative forward. THE PULSE OF THE STREET Moments vanish, yet Suvam Saha holds them still — the pulse of India’s streets captured in fragments of life that will never repeat. WHAT DO WE WANT? More than documentation, David Gray reveals the human pulse of resistance and asks us to see beyond the surface of unrest. CRACKED RIBS 2016 Cynthia Karalla opens up about the art of survival, the power of perspective, and why she believes each of us holds a monopoly on our own narrative. STREETS OF KOLKATA Ayanava Sil’s reveals Kolkata’s soul, capturing moments with empathy, presence and humility while offering deep insight into both city and self. PERIPHERAL PLACES A project by Catia Montagna that distills fleeting encounters and spatial poetics into triptychs - visual short stories that capture the in-between, where meaning often hides. POINTE-AU-CHIEN IS NOT DEAD Through Wayan Barre’s documentary, we are invited not only to see but to feel the lived realities of a community standing at the crossroads of environmental collapse and cultural survival. QUEER HAPPENED HERE Author Marc Zinaman sheds light on the valuable contributions that LGBTQ+ individuals have made to the cultural and social fabric of New York City. TRACES OF TIME Marked by an ongoing visual dialogue with time, memory, and impermanence, Zamin Jafarov’s long-term projects highlight the quiet power of observation and the emotional depth of simplicity. THERE MY LITTLE EYES Guillermo Franco’s book is an exploration of seeing beyond the obvious. His work invites us to embrace patience, curiosity, and the unexpected in a world that often rushes past the details. VISUAL HEALING BEYOND THE DIAGNOSIS Betty Goh’s photography exemplifies the transformative power of visual storytelling, where personal adversity becomes a canvas for resilience, illuminating the connection between art, healing, and self-reclamation. EVERYDAY BLACKNESS Parvathi Kumar’s book is a profound tribute to the resilience, and contributions of incredible Black women from all walks of life, making it a vital addition to the conversation around International Women’s Month. A VOYAGE TO DISCOVERY Fanja Hubers’ journey in photography is one of continuous exploration, balancing documentation with artistic self-reflection. MARCH FORWARD Through photography, Suzanne Phoenix creates a space for representation, recognition, and resistance — ensuring that the voices of women and gender-diverse people are seen, heard, and celebrated. FLUX: Exploring Form, Luminescence, and Motion Amy Newton-McConnel embraces unpredictability, finding structure within chaos and allowing light to guide the composition. AN ODE TO SPONTANEITY AND SERENDIPITY Meera Nerurkar captures not just what is seen but also what is felt, turning the everyday into something worth a second glance.

STORIES TO BE TOLD Focused on storytelling, Sophie Linckersdorff travels the world with the goal of taking pictures that are thought provoking and beautiful. STORIES TO BE TOLD April 23, 2021 INTERVIEW PHOTOGRAPHY Sophie Linckersdorff INTERVIEW Karin Svadlenak Facebook X (Twitter) WhatsApp LinkedIn Pinterest Copy link SHARE Sophie Linckersdorff is a German photographer who grew up in a household of art dealers and thus had some early exposure to the art world. This later influenced her development as a photographer. Focused on storytelling and documentary photography, she is now a photojournalist, travelling the world with the goal of taking pictures that are thought-provoking rather than merely beautiful. “I was born and grew up in Bavaria, Germany. I became interested in art before I knew I would become photographer. I was strongly influenced by my parents, who are art dealers. When I was 15 I got my first camera. From this moment on it is my constant companion. Today my focus is on authentically visual storytelling and documentary photography. Since 2018, right after school, I study documentary photography and photojournalism in Munich. My passion has turned into my profession.” IN CONVERSATION WITH SOPHIE LINCKERSDORFF THE PICTORIAL LIST: Sophie, where do you find your inspiration? SOPHIE LINKERSDORFF: Absolutely everywhere. In the streets, in art, in the newspaper. Travelling, nature, people are my greatest source of inspiration. Paintings teach me how to compose images. TPL: Have you ever been involved in the artistic world before photography? SL: I grew up in a family of art dealers. That was my door opener for the world of art, for which I am very grateful! TPL: Do you have any favourite artists and photographers? SL: There are so many. I’m really fascinated by Henri Cartier Bresson, the street photographer Vivian Maier and Sebastiao Salgado. TPL: Does the equipment you use help you in achieving your vision in your photography? What camera do you use? Do you have a preferred lens/focal length? SL: It is not all about equipment. Its mainly about observation and the sense of the "decisive moment". Vision is in mind, equipment helps to capture the vision you had for that shot. The most important tools are my eyes, not the camera. There is a story behind every single picture. I am open minded and I like to be surprised. TPL: What are some of your goals as an artist? Where do you see yourself or hope to see yourself in five years? SL: My primary goal as an photographer is to tell stories and to share them. I do not intend to make “beautiful“ pictures. My pictures should be thought-provoking. In five years I wish to be a well-known international photojournalist and to reach a wide range of people with my photos. TPL: Are there any special projects you are currently working on that you would like to let everyone know about? SL: I am working on several long term projects. Let yourself be surprised and stay tuned. TPL: When I am not out photographing, I (like to)... SL: I love to learn foreign languages and travel around the world discovering new cultures. When I am home in Germany I love being in the Alps and going hunting. Thanks for listing me as a 2021 photographer. I feel very honoured. Focused on storytelling, Sophie travels the world with the goal of taking pictures that are thought provoking and beautiful. Currently working on several long term projects please be sure to follow Sophie on Instagram to keep up to date. VIEW SOPHIE'S PORTFOLIO Read READ EXCLUSION ZONE by Sophie Website >>> Instagram >>> read more interviews >>> WHERE WE BELONG Community storytelling lies at the heart of The Pictorial List’s mission, and Marlon Ramos’ photographs reflects the spirit of the place we now call home. GUIDED BY A WHISPER Guided by reflection and the quiet presence of art history, Isolda Fabregat Sanz makes photographs that resist certainty and invite the viewer to remain inside the act of looking. WHAT REMAINS, WHAT EMERGES Laetitia Heisler transforms risk, memory, and the body into layered analogue visions — feminist rituals of seeing that reveal what endures, and what quietly emerges beyond visibility. WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE DO Culture lives where art and community meet, and in this space Alejandro Dávila’s photographs reveal the unseen labor and devotion that sustain creation. ANALOGICAL LIMBO Nicola Cappellari reminds us that the photograph’s power lies not in what it shows, but in what it leaves unsaid. THREADS OF MOROCCAN LIFE Through gestures of work and moments of community, Kat Puchowska reveals Morocco’s overlooked beauty. IT STARTED AS LIGHT…ENDED IN SHIVERS… Between intimacy and estrangement, Anton Bou’s photographs wander — restless fragments of light and shadow, mapping the fragile terrain where self unravels into sensation. WITH EYES THAT LISTEN AND A HEART THAT SEES For decades, Rivka Shifman Katvan has documented the unseen backstage world of Broadway, capturing authenticity where performance and humanity intersect. DIPTYCH DIALOGUES Through the beautiful language of diptychs, Taiwanese photographer Jay Hsu invites us into a world where quiet images speak of memory, resilience, and hope. UNKNOWN ABYSSINIA In Ethiopia, Sebastian Piatek found a new way of seeing — where architecture endures, but women in motion carry the narrative forward. THE PULSE OF THE STREET Moments vanish, yet Suvam Saha holds them still — the pulse of India’s streets captured in fragments of life that will never repeat. WHAT DO WE WANT? More than documentation, David Gray reveals the human pulse of resistance and asks us to see beyond the surface of unrest. CRACKED RIBS 2016 Cynthia Karalla opens up about the art of survival, the power of perspective, and why she believes each of us holds a monopoly on our own narrative. STREETS OF KOLKATA Ayanava Sil’s reveals Kolkata’s soul, capturing moments with empathy, presence and humility while offering deep insight into both city and self. PERIPHERAL PLACES A project by Catia Montagna that distills fleeting encounters and spatial poetics into triptychs - visual short stories that capture the in-between, where meaning often hides. POINTE-AU-CHIEN IS NOT DEAD Through Wayan Barre’s documentary, we are invited not only to see but to feel the lived realities of a community standing at the crossroads of environmental collapse and cultural survival. QUEER HAPPENED HERE Author Marc Zinaman sheds light on the valuable contributions that LGBTQ+ individuals have made to the cultural and social fabric of New York City. TRACES OF TIME Marked by an ongoing visual dialogue with time, memory, and impermanence, Zamin Jafarov’s long-term projects highlight the quiet power of observation and the emotional depth of simplicity. THERE MY LITTLE EYES Guillermo Franco’s book is an exploration of seeing beyond the obvious. His work invites us to embrace patience, curiosity, and the unexpected in a world that often rushes past the details. VISUAL HEALING BEYOND THE DIAGNOSIS Betty Goh’s photography exemplifies the transformative power of visual storytelling, where personal adversity becomes a canvas for resilience, illuminating the connection between art, healing, and self-reclamation. EVERYDAY BLACKNESS Parvathi Kumar’s book is a profound tribute to the resilience, and contributions of incredible Black women from all walks of life, making it a vital addition to the conversation around International Women’s Month. A VOYAGE TO DISCOVERY Fanja Hubers’ journey in photography is one of continuous exploration, balancing documentation with artistic self-reflection. MARCH FORWARD Through photography, Suzanne Phoenix creates a space for representation, recognition, and resistance — ensuring that the voices of women and gender-diverse people are seen, heard, and celebrated. FLUX: Exploring Form, Luminescence, and Motion Amy Newton-McConnel embraces unpredictability, finding structure within chaos and allowing light to guide the composition. AN ODE TO SPONTANEITY AND SERENDIPITY Meera Nerurkar captures not just what is seen but also what is felt, turning the everyday into something worth a second glance.

As I am a retired worker, it occurred to me to make use of my free time I could start taking photos. I started taking photos of objects, buildings, structures, etc., afraid of the human figure, and as I was feverish, I went out every day to photograph everything that caught my attention, and that everything started to attract my attention. I was beginning to see again. I discovered that I had a new love, like I was a teenager: photography. I did not know the force with which she is capable of catching one, becoming a simple attraction, a passion capable of absorbing all your thoughts, and always wanting to carry a camera with me so that, in this way, I can testify afterwards what my eyes are discovering. with the charm of an inquisitive look that surprisingly wakes up. I am lucky to be friends with the photographers and teachers Susana Arwas and Edgar Moreno who invited me to the classes that they teach in their workshops on composition and photographic projects. The type of photos that outline my propensity is determined by long years embedded in the social sciences, so it is almost a colophon that I am immersed in street photography with the nuance of black and white because it seems to me that it confers greater drama and contrast, although I also incorporate color when I think the image warrants it. The work I do does not obey a specific photographic project because what is specific is the street itself, which is the best reflection of the pulsating reality of everyday life in a society that is undergoing a process of transformation. Venezuela is a melting pot of races and that manifests itself in my photography. Older adults appear in many of my photos, perhaps this is a projection of my own self that identifies with people of my generation. Now I am happier and with a new life project filled with photos until I have full the last quarter of an hour I have left to live. I am a inveterate poacher of the street image, that fascinates me and causes me a kind of addiction for the volatile and unrepeatable scenes, is to be able to capture this ephemeral reality. The lights and shadows follow each other in moments and change in a few minutes and the action of the people is a matter of seconds. Everything has to coincide with the moment, which is not only a decisive moment but also a decided one. I do not intend anything other than to give free rein to my restless and curious eye and show the result of that passion for photography. I am a man of few words, that's why I use photography. JUANCHO DOMÍNGUEZ As I am a retired worker, it occurred to me to make use of my free time I could start taking photos. I started taking photos of objects, buildings, structures, etc., afraid of the human figure, and as I was feverish, I went out every day to photograph everything that caught my attention, and that everything started to attract my attention. I was beginning to see again. I discovered that I had a new love, like I was a teenager: photography. I did not know the force with which she is capable of catching one, becoming a simple attraction, a passion capable of absorbing all your thoughts, and always wanting to carry a camera with me so that, in this way, I can testify afterwards what my eyes are discovering. with the charm of an inquisitive look that surprisingly wakes up. I am lucky to be friends with the photographers and teachers Susana Arwas and Edgar Moreno who invited me to the classes that they teach in their workshops on composition and photographic projects. The type of photos that outline my propensity is determined by long years embedded in the social sciences, so it is almost a colophon that I am immersed in street photography with the nuance of black and white because it seems to me that it confers greater drama and contrast, although I also incorporate color when I think the image warrants it. The work I do does not obey a specific photographic project because what is specific is the street itself, which is the best reflection of the pulsating reality of everyday life in a society that is undergoing a process of transformation. Venezuela is a melting pot of races and that manifests itself in my photography. Older adults appear in many of my photos, perhaps this is a projection of my own self that identifies with people of my generation. Now I am happier and with a new life project filled with photos until I have full the last quarter of an hour I have left to live. I am a inveterate poacher of the street image, that fascinates me and causes me a kind of addiction for the volatile and unrepeatable scenes, is to be able to capture this ephemeral reality. The lights and shadows follow each other in moments and change in a few minutes and the action of the people is a matter of seconds. Everything has to coincide with the moment, which is not only a decisive moment but also a decided one. I do not intend anything other than to give free rein to my restless and curious eye and show the result of that passion for photography. I am a man of few words, that's why I use photography. LOCATION Caracas VENEZUELA CAMERA/S Sony A5000 @JUANCHODOMINGUEZ12 FEATURES // Ephemeral Reality