White Sea Black Sea - Interview with Jens Olof Lasthein

White Sea Black Sea 
A visual journey along the eastern borders of the European Union

Jens Olof Lasthein uses a wide angle, panoramic view, disrupted to such an extent that perspective is lost. He could be considered a landscape photographer in technique except that for over two decades his ‘fish eye’ records people and their stories at the cutting edges of socio-political transformations from far-eastern Europe and from Asia.

A scene by the river in late afternoon. A skeletal-curving-industrial bridge outlines the skyline in the background. Foreground: a man in a check shirt is gently holding with his hands, the hand of a smiling women. This scene is central, dramatic and intensely focuses the viewer’s attention foremost and beyond all others persons in the photograph. The drama is so apparent in that a woman holding a child stares intently, perhaps with both jealousy and with anxiety at the man who is holding the woman’s hand in his hands. In the left of the photograph, an introspective looking man casually dressed, leans against a tree. The entire scene is reminiscent of family albums snapshots. However, Lasthein is actually depicting a group of friends in the outskirts of Kallingrad who celebrate the recent death of their comrade with a bottle of vodka on the riverside.

Grigoriopol / Jens Olof Lasthein

prism #00 : let the light in

We are very proud and incredibly excited to introduce you to prism – our newly born international magazine dedicated entirely to contemporary fine art photography.


The main idea behind  prism  is to bring the true meaning of photographic medium back to its prestigious place and to create a platform where art can truly be contemplated and discussed.


prism acts just like its optical prototype, letting all kinds of photographic genres to permeate its surface, get refracted, enter a new medium at a different angle and amuse the viewer with the palette of its constituent spectral colours.


prism collaborates with photographers, art galleries and curators in order to deliver an exciting source of never-ending inspirations and rises to the occasion to serve the “creme de la creme” of contemporary photography from both established names and talented enthusiasts. We also want to actively support and promote photographic initiatives and events. This issue hits the digital shelves in tandem with PhotoIreland 2011 Festival and encourages everybody to participate in this year’s biggest photographic feast in Ireland.


This milestone issue of prism features exclusive works by Jens Olof Lasthein (winner of Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2010) amongst other carefully selected images from international talents: Markus Andersson, Lukasz Gliszczynski, Rafal Siderski, gifted Irish graduates: Sarah Orr, Anna Wickham and many more.


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