Creative Impressions: Godong

Our creative spotlight falls on UIG collection Godong as we highlight images that have that special creative cross-over quality – they could be used for book covers, in marketing and design pieces for clients to express an idea or concept. They inspire ideas and express emotions. UIG’s contributing partner the Godong collection features the work […]

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Creative Impressions: VW Pics

Our creative spotlight falls on UIG collection VW Pics as we highlight images that have that special creative cross-over quality – they could be used for book covers, in marketing and design pieces for clients to express an idea or concept. They inspire ideas and express emotions. UIG contributing partner VW Pics collection features the […]

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Discovering New Worlds-Documenting Photography

By Francesca Lungarotti The human desire for knowledge and the thirst to learn from the past are perhaps more necessary now than in any time in the past. Archaeological discoveries, excavations and the revelation of wonderful worlds and civilisations of the past documented through the photographic medium that remains the most powerful means of visual […]

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Coffee: a Cup of Mankind

By Francesca Lungarotti Coffee is a universal language expressed and adapted to each culture. Each nation and community embrace it and makes it their own. Coffee is a product that embodies work, struggle, love, diversity, passion and tradition.  Whether it is called buna, caffe, kahawa, kahve, or kave, coffee might be the most understood word all […]

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Time to Travel – Corfu

Located off the northwest coast of Greece, the Emerald Island of Corfu is considered one of the most beautiful of the Greek Islands. With 112,000 inhabitants, Corfu is the most populated of the major islands in the Ionian Sea.  The old town of the largest town on the island, Corfu, was inscribed as a UNESCO World […]

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Contributor spotlight: Geology Pics – Marli Miller

Marli Miller has been fascinated by geology since being an undergraduate at Colorado College in the early 1980’s – and has loved photography since high school. Marli maintained a love for photography all through grad school – and confesses she probably took much too long to complete her PhD (University of Washington, 1992) because of […]

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Cities with beaches: Brighton, Sussex, England

A vibrant city with a blend of modern culture and interesting architecture, sea and countryside. Brighton spreads over the hills of the South Downs to the north. To the east it is fronted by chalk cliffs, and to the west it merges with the residential borough of Hove. To the south…is the beach! Brighton was for many centuries […]

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The Art of Cultural Travel Photography

By Francesca Lungarotti Cultural travel photography creates an intense feeling of being there or dreaming of being there and in that moment this feeling pervades and wins over the image itself.  This feeling is drawn from the memory of moments lived and not, trying to rediscover familiarity with eras that we or our loved ones have […]

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Joseph Conrad – 100th Anniversary of his Death

August 3, 2024, marks one hundred years since the death of Joseph Conrad, one of English literature’s most revered writers.  Born in 1857 as Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Poland, he was raised in Russia due to his father being forced into exile there.  After his parents died, his uncle brought him back to Poland and had […]

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Eiffel Tower on the Top of the Podium

The Eiffel Tower, symbol of the city of Paris, will not only be center of tourist  attention but will also be highly celebrated in the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This French Edition of the Olympic Games will mark a memorable milestone in the history of sport and also in the world of medal design. […]

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