Does anyone else think 2022 flew by way faster than ever? 

Here at see-zeen we love January because it presents a clean slate; it’s a time to move forward and let go of yesterday - the good and the bad. Continuing crises around the globe make it difficult for some to remain positive but let’s try to make headway in 2023 and pursue dreams through art and hopefully shift to more peace in the world.

As we ponder the global situation from a life of freedom and relative comfort we want to acknowledge those who struggle.  
While Iran has amazing and rich art and cultural traditions, artists cannot express all their views openly.  So, here in issue #7, we introduce you to nine female Iranian photographers.
See and read more here.

For A Visual Dialogue we again invited two pairs of photographers, this time from Bolivia and Norway, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine to create new work. They were all traveling while creating the work.
See and read more about that here.

At see-zeen we try to present a global view of photography by being open to everyone and we hope to connect with more people around the globe who relate to our mission. 

This time photographers come from Australia, Bosnia and Herzoviga, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Nigeria, Russia, Switzerland and Ukraine.

In this issue the photographers tackle various issues in their work.

Spiros Zervoudakis seeks to provoke the viewer into awareness and action in his dystopian yet magical picturing of man’s negative impact on the planet and questions our future on earth.

Photographer duo Red Rubber Road interact performatively with the earth, exploring ideas of connectedness as they seek grounding to counteract their nomadic upbringings.

Arrayah Loynd works through personal trauma as she unravels the confusion in her mind and Emma Szabó, young mother of two, confronts a dual struggle as she processes her own childhood family trauma while bringing up her young children in this intimate and humorous work.

Mateo Ruiz Gonzalez uses historical archives of African American communities to encourage change for future generations.

Vitaly Fomenko acts as archeologist and reveals the found artifacts of the 2015 Crimea conflict.

Mitar Simikić creates poetry in his narrative about one family’s fate and the hope of one child Mila, to escape her destiny and break the family tradition of struggle.

Another photographer duo Glish Group’s work explores where the magic of myth meets the logic of science around the multi faceted expressions of mushrooms. 

Samin Ahmadzadeh looks at memory and cultural identity with her weaving of archival photographs and  Mawoya Lawal reinterprets ancestral beliefs in a modern colorful way.

Across all projects there seems to be a search for some healing, some improvement, some hope for the future, both on a personal and global level and 2023 offers a renewed chance to find ways to adapt and to quickly assimilate, as the earth speeds up-faster than ever. Here’s to finding new realities through artistic photographic endeavors.

For us at see-zeen we will be implementing some changes starting soon with a single image portrait contest, so watch out for that.

In 2023 and this Year of the Rabbit we hope to get out more in nature, swim, dance, dream, travel, leave our screens, find balance and keep curating and introducing you to great photography.

Enjoy issue #7!