• 32. I am not scared of night in the 19th doc! photo magazine, January 2014

Martushka's pictures documenting shaman's rituals were featured in newest doc! photo magazine.

doc! photo magazine is a monthly web magazine devoted to photography. Though it focuses on documentary photography, in particular on photo stories, doc! also presents other forms of photographic expression.

All project featured in the January issue of doc! photo magazine are:

* Michal Adamski - I CAN’T GET THROUGH THE CHAOS

* Misha Domozhilov - ULTRAS

* Martushka Fromeast - I AM NOT SCARED OF NIGHT - I AM A BOMPO

* Mariusz Janiszewski - WELCOME TO HAPPYLAND

* Soichiro Koriyama - APARTMENTS IN TOKYO

* Bartosz Matenko - HOSPITAL IN TOSAMAGANGA

* Dafni Melidou - MYTHS

To see 19th doc! photo magazine click below

To download doc! photo magazine with Martushka's work in it click here

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• 31. Story of Shyabrubesi presented at Xishuangbanna Photo Festival 2014, China

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Story of Shyabrubesi was invited by international curator Agata Pietron to take part in the 2014 Xishuangbanna Foto Festival. The festival takes place in Jing Hong City, Xishuangbanna Prefecture,Yunnan Province, P.R.China. From 8Jan-8Feb 2014.

During the festival 35 body of works by photographers from Australia, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, India, South Korea, Myanmar, Germany, Italy and Poland are exhibited in the international section of this festival.

The 2014 Xishuangbanna Foto Festival is themed as “Another Side of the Water”, which will continue the clue of the motif “Water” of the first exhibition “A Great River”. If we look back to the context in the Book of Songs, the source of the sentence “Another side of the water”, we will interestingly discover that “water” has become a medium of separation for a long time, acting as a watershed between two kinds of reflecting spaces (simulation and reality) by making use of the leaping effect of literature. This cluster of exhibits always focus on the big context of making “water” as the subject of discussion, turn “water” into media and materials, and conduct presentation and discussion on three-tier spaces of implication of “Another Side of the Water” through exhibition.

To see information about Martushka's project at the festival website click here.

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• 30. Story of Shyabrubesi got reviewed by Aksgar magazine Editor, Anil Cherukupalli

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"Fromeast’s collaborative community driven photo essay is a great example of story telling. Introducing photography to children from poor communities is certainly not a new idea but converting a local legend into a photo story is not something I’ve come across before. This collaboration has resulted in a photo essay that is both playful and profound. Elements of darkness sit comfortably with moments of innocence and hope. Above all, there is an exuberance of spirit and longing for something just out of reach that reflects in equal parts the local story and the participation of the local children in the construction of the story.

Making such a photo story that narrates itself with such visual assurance must not have been an easy process, especially for a foreigner. For this, Martushka and her collaborators should be given full credit for conceiving and executing this project and giving it such a compelling final shape. There are many such legends and stories that populate the landscape of the Indian subcontinent. It is therefore thrilling to imagine the immense opportunities such methods of storytelling can offer to photographers willing to bring such stories to life before they get crushed under the inevitable march towards modernity."

writes Anil Cherukupalli