The Word Blog
31.08.2010 by Randa Wazen
With only three days to go until our Rough Edges Issue comes out, we thought it fitting to run with a series that's been tantalising our rough-sides so much we actually featured it in September's edition at the last minute. Yves Decamps’ Scanning Arequipa series documents his four-year […] Continue
30.07.2010 by Randa Wazen
Sofie Vandam’s work caught our eye at Narafi’s final year students' exhibition held at the begining of the summer at Tour & Taxis. “Photography and psychology are often closely related. Get your camera up and people will often adopt an attitude or behave differently.” Her Vulnerable Moments series portrays people […] Continue
20.07.2010 by Randa Wazen
We first stumbled upon Melika’s work when she started interning for The Word back in April. She managed to come up with a teaser for our Breakthrough Issue, portrayed dance sensation French Horn Rebellion when we met them for an interview, and Continue
06.07.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
Sarah travelled from the Shanghai expo into the highlands of Sichuan Province and brought us back this arresting series of photographs. Her customary soft-spoken snapshots offering somewhat of a poetic narrative to her travels, we thought accompanying credits would simply ruin it. No words, just imagery... […] Continue
25.06.2010 by Renasha Khan
A fine line exists between the genius and the lunatic– sometimes, don’t you just ache to break through to the other side? Photography Alex Salinas Styling Pholoso Selebogo Jeff: Scarf H&M, Jacket Hugo By Hugo Boss, T-shirt Fred Perry, Belt Damir […] Continue
14.06.2010 by Randa Wazen
Many of the objects that we overlook or take for granted have had an extraordinary role to play in human history. From concrete to the cathode ray tube: yesterday’s breakthrough discovery often becomes tomorrow’s trash. Photography Guy Van Laere Additional research Hettie Judah "For over one billion people in the developing […] Continue
19.05.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
Three days until our Breakthrough Issue hits the street, here's a mini teaser series courtesy of Melika, our current photography intern. Soft-spoken and suggestive, the duplicity of its meaning as well as its layered finish lends the series a powerful, theme-specific narative. Photography Melika Ngombe. The serie's first image will also be […] Continue
02.02.2010 by Nicholas Lewis
We captured the decaying evolution of a morning after fry-up with a breakfast fit for kings having taken a turn for the worst in this day-to-day documentary of the rotten. First off, the shots we ran with in our Morning After edition... Then two behind-the-scenes ones: What Sarah - who shot […] Continue
30.12.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
In the rush of it all, I skipped a whole set of photographs Maren had taken. A little later than expected, some more Christmas Kitsch, this time from her recent trip to Barcelona: […] Continue
24.12.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
Its been a long year, and, despite it being halved, an apparently even longer week. Stylists with egos the size of cathedrals (we won't kick and tell), distributors who want more (not that we'd complain) and readers we disappointed (our Charleroi series seems to have rubbed one or two locals […] Continue
06.12.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
We've given our new photography intern, Maren, a somewhat seasonal assignment for her first week with us: to capture the gaudy kitschiness of Christmas. From Made in China plastic baubbles and diluted Christmas glühwein to synthetic reindeers and like-for-like window displays, we've given up reminiscing on the good old days […] Continue
27.11.2009 by Nicholas Lewis
With Veerle's internship drawing to a close (sadly, she's leaving us today), we bring you the latest installement in her continuing series. Here, she wanders the Ghent neighbourhoods of Ledeberg and Gentbrugge, dilly-dallies in the forest of Wenduine before ending up in Blankenberge. Continue
