The Most Popular Art Medium that Has Two Festivals and a Gallery. A Reflection on Photography and Photographers in Latvia’s Art World

Alise Tifentale, "The Most Popular Art Medium that Has Two Festivals and a Gallery. A Reflection on Photography and Photographers in Latvia’s Art World (Populārākais mākslas medijs, kam veltīti divi festivāli un galerija. Refleksija par fotogrāfiju un fotogrāfiem Latvijas mākslas pasaulē), Arterritory, December 7, 2021, available at https://arterritory.com/lv/vizuala_maksla/raksti/25891-popularakais_makslas_medijs_kam_veltiti_divi_festivali_un_galerija (in Latvian only).

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Instead of an abstract, see below a few selected illustrations from the article featuring photo books and exhibitions discussed in the article:

Annemarija Gulbe, solo show Love Re-search at the ISSP Gallery, Riga, from July 17 to August 29, 2020. Photo: Alise Tifentale.

Page from the photo book Glass Strenči (Riga: Orbīta, 2019). Photo: Alise Tifentale.

Photography room in the permanent display of postwar Latvian art at the Latvian National Museum of Art. Detail. November, 2020. Photo: Alise Tifentale.

View of the exhibition by Sophie Thun and Zenta Dzividzinska, I Don't Remember a Thing: Entering the Elusive Estate of ZDZ. The exhibition was open from July 15 to September 12, 2021 at the Kim? Contemporary Art Center. Photo: Alise Tifentale. Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.artdays.net/zdz-exhibitions/kim-2021

View of the exhibition by Sophie Thun and Zenta Dzividzinska, I Don't Remember a Thing: Entering the Elusive Estate of ZDZ. The exhibition was open from July 15 to September 12, 2021 at the Kim? Contemporary Art Center. Photo: Alise Tifentale. Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.artdays.net/zdz-exhibitions/kim-2021

View in the exhibition Silver Girls. Retouched history of Photography at the Tartu Art Museum, Estonia. On view from June 12 to September 27, 2020. Image: Marta Pļaviņa, Young Woman Seated Near a Mirror. 1920s – 1930s. Courtesy of the Aizkraukle Museum of History and Art. Photo: Alise Tifentale.

Page from the photo book, Silver Girls. Retouched history of Photography, eds. Šelda Puķīte and Indrek Grigor (Tartu Kunstimuuseum & Blind Carbon Copy, 2020). Image: Marta Pļaviņa, Young Woman Seated Near a Mirror. 1920s – 1930s. Courtesy of the Aizkraukle Museum of History and Art. Photo: Alise Tifentale.