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EARTH WEEK: Arko Datto: Final Wave (Chapter II)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Each year during Earth Week I curate a collection of photographic projects from artists who are working to make the often-invisible nature of the global climate and the ecological crisis more visible using conceptual, lens-based art techniques. The arts – and the visual arts in particular – have a unique capacity to confront audiences with

Arko Datto | Kings of a Bereft Land

Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Arko Datto: Kings of a Bereft Land

Arko Datto speaks with curator Willemijn van der Zwaan about Kings of a Bereft Land currently on display at Photomuseum The Hague, the Netherlands.

via 1000 Words: https://www.1000wordsmag.com/arko-datto/

Arko Datto speaks with Willemijn van der Zwaan about Kings of a Bereft Land currently on display at Photomuseum The Hague, the Netherlands. They discuss the challenges of portraying the psychological effects of the ongoing planetary crisis, creating hyper-structures for multiple projects and the fundamental role of the artist in altering perception and shifting viewpoints by proposing new ways of seeing.

Juxtapoz Magazine - Winter Picnicking in India with Arko Datto

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Juxtapoz Magazine - Winter Picnicking in India with Arko Datto

Picnicking is far from a simple affair in India. In a land where the fleeting months of December to February offer the only time to ‘enjoy’ the otherw…

Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/winter-picnicking-in-india-with-arko-datto/

For his series PIK-NIK, Arko Datto spent five winters traveling across eastern India photographing families, colleagues, friends, and strangers gathering for a day of partying. Arriving by the bus-load, picnickers search out the perfect spot along the rivers to unload their pots, pans, drinks, and sound systems. “As the sun sets,” Datto explained to GUP, “the buses pull out, leaving stray dogs and cows to feast on carcasses, peels and leftovers amidst broken bottles and styrofoam plates. Fragile delicate environments are left behind damaged, irreversibly altered by indiscriminate pollution and plastic garbage littering.” Before becoming a photographer Datto completed two masters degrees in theoretical physics and mathematics. His projects have since been published in TIME and National Geographic and he is a member of the prestigious NOOR photo agency.