Water is as broad and vast as photography itself can be. This issue celebrates the beauty and vital role water plays in our lives. It brings into focus the value that is added to this liquid, either as a ritualistic cleanser or as a forceful means of feeding the political and commercial interests of our time. If we can speak of a point of orientation or inquiry in this fluidity of images, meanings and critical thoughts, it is our triple axis of water as carrier, barrier, and source. With portfolios by Boris Mikhailov, Nadav Kander, Boomoon, Elspeth Diederix among many others.

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS

John Akomfrah, Benoit Aquin, Mandy Barker, Julio Bittencourt, Michael Bodenmann, Boomoon, Elspeth Diederix, Masahisa Fukase, Katy Grannan, Yoshiyuki Iwase, Nadav Kander, Ola Lanko, Gideon Mendel, Boris Mikhailov, Meghann Riepenhoff, Jan Rosseel, Nishant Shukla, Barbara Signer, ICP Photography Collections

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Mariama Attah, Karin Bareman, Adam Bell, Ben Burbridge, Tim Clark, Caroline von Courten, T.J. Demos, Oddný Eir, Hinde Haest, Stefanie Hessler, Kim Knoppers, Mirjam Kooiman, Russet Lederman, Thyago Nogueira, Mark Sealy, Anita Paz, Aveek Sen, Eugenie Shinkle, Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir, William J. Simmons, Frank van der Stok, Daria Tuminas

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