CHRIS SHAW: LIFE AS A NIGHT PORTER color The anticipation pays off

The anticipation pays off

Olga Stráníková’s work enriches the history of photography with an intimate

a universal life phase that transcends national and cultural borders

is actually a device for archiving death’

depict the hidden eroticism of people of the countryside that appears even more vital when it contrasts with depressing surroundings

CHRIS SHAW: LIFE AS A NIGHT PORTER color The anticipation pays offABOUT: Chris Shaw spent ten years working in London hotels, all the while using his camera to both document the hotels' unexpected human spectacles and keep himself awake through the long hours of his shift. Whether capturing prostitutes waiting between "Johns," weary hotel staff, the inebriated and profligate guests, or the details of the hotels' faded grandeur, Shaw's images transcend the physical boundaries of a place, and instead capture a state