MONØMANIA
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Previous Participants
Special thanks to the following photographers who have shared their wonderful images with Monømania. (first names arranged alphabetically)
Aaron Ramírez, Aditya Susanto, Ahsan Ali, Akai Ribbon, Akubi Madoromi, Andrew McClees, Austen Millar, Benoit Manrique, Bernadeta Niken, Bruno V. Roels, Cheng Yin Ying, Christian Dallan, Clancy Lethbridge, cream tomokoba, Dani Celones, En Baniago, Ennuh Tiu, Felix Quiogue, Gael Zamudio, Gerald Tipones, Gerard Cayco, Goro, Ha Won Park, Idealita Ismanto, Irem Cakir, Janne Myllymaki, Jie Hao Kwa, Joant Úbeda, João Oliveira, Johan Brooks, John L. Gehron, Jorge Sato, Josue Arce, Julien Clifford, Kieran Sheridan, Linda Zhengová, Marek Majewski, Marc Revial, Mário Pires, Marta Czapnik, Matt Ritson, Max Gambill, Maxime Gobet, Mhavic De Jesus, Michael Lorenzana, Mickaël André, Mike Schleret, Natalia Yatsenko, Nathalie Pascaru, Pandora Wong, Petra Mueller, Preschelle Ann Bigueras, Ralph Bäuchler, Ruben Lim, Ryan Turner, Sam Han, Stéphane Heinz, Syamirul Azim, Tessa R Groenewoud, Warren Limbo, Yuriko Saito
What the hell is Monømania?
MONO was my very first DIY photozine back in 2015. Under the same project name, I organized and taught workshops, including developing 35mm films, editing photos (curation), and making photozines.
In 2017, the project metamorphosed into MONØMANIA — a photography fair that featured over 300 black & white image-based artists from around the globe.
Fast forward to 2020, I continued using MONØMANIA as the title of my collaborative photobook series.
MONØMANIA #1 was published during the start of the pandemic. Aside from taking photographs within the limits of one’s homes and neighboring vicinity, participants also included handwritten letters.
#2, which started as a casual call-out for a film swap, gathered 30 photographers from different continents to come up with various takes on double exposures. It was a painstaking process, but the results were worth the wait.
#3 is dedicated to another project which I found, Women in Street JAPAN. The featured photographers were a mixture of both Japanese and non-Japanese women shooters, and had a balance of both color and black & white.
From MONØMANIA #4 onwards, I have been selecting participants through an open call.
My goals for MONØMANIA haven’t changed since its conception. It’s still a platform showcasing works by passionate photographers to inspire like-minded people — all for the love of black & white.
Moving forward, I aim to continuously curate and publish more MONØMANIA volumes, which is why I am constantly looking for more photographers who have pictures to share and stories to tell.
