Infrared NYC | Paolo Pettigiani | New York (USA) | By Lee Fleming

Taken in May 2016, the Infrared NYC is a photography series by Italian grapic designer and photographer Paolo Pettigiani which caught the IDMCo team's attention for all the right reasons. Torino-based Pettigiani offers a refreshing perspective on New York through his series of fine art prints which capture iconic views including the Big Apple as seen from Central Park. The Infrared NYC series uses infrared digital photography to capture only the light that we can't see resulting in pink-hued portraits of places that are familiar yet look yet fantastical. Pettigiani explains the process of capturing the Infrared NYC photography on his Behance:

Plants that have chlorophyll, such as grass, leaves and trees, strongly reflect this invisible infrared light. The Chlorophyll is reflected by plant for the 20% on the green, visible to the human eyes, the other 80% is reflected on the infrared spectrum that we can’t see. With the infrared digital photography, using a special filter in front fo the lens, I have blocked the visible light capturing only the invisible. Other elements as sphalt, bricks, water and other surfaces do not reflect the infrared light so the keep the same colors.

About two years ago I started working with infrared photography, shooting landscapes near Turin, my hometown. My first experimental series was taken in winter time and was focused on the contrast between the snow and the color of nature. Talking about infrared, this is the first real project as a mean of artistic expression. What I like of this kind of photography is to make visible something invisible. My aim is to show something recognizable under a new unexpected and personal point of view.

View more of Pettigiani's Infrared NYC photography series on his website and/or Instagram.

Travel Update | Buenos Aires (ARG) | By Michael Gannon

I made the decision to move to a new city to take on a new challenge and enhance my photography. That city is Buenos Aires, Argentina. I find travel photography has a unique ability to transport people from their daily lives. I certainly feel more aware of my surroundings when I am in a new city, (as I’m sure most photographers do). The uncertainty of things, the mystery of it all and countless unrepeatable, fleeting scenarios of people in their environment, their gestures, their poses. Alongside preparing our next IDMC° Map of the Argentinian Capital we'll be corresponding on our daily experiences.

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Isle of Arran | Arran (SCO) | By Michael Gannon

The images above were taken during the third week of my visit to Scotland, in particular the Isle of Arran. On arrival I had the pleasure of meeting Stephen and his wife Debbie who were kind enough to take me around the island for a few hours in their car. Even with some stormy weather to contend with, I was taken back by how visually stunning the landscape was.

To view more images of my Scotland trip visit the IDMC° Instagram.

Moscow Metro | Tomer Ifrah | Moscow (RUS) | By Lee Fleming

While travelling on our research trips the IDMC° team are regularly utilise a cities transport system and are always intrigued how each differ. Hence our attraction to Tomer Ifrah's documentary photography of the Moscow metro. Irsael-born Ifrah began photographing documentary stories in 2007, after his first trip to Ethiopia and has continued to focus on documentary photography and addressing social issues and daily life stories. Taken between 2012 and 2014, Ifrah made several trips to Russia documenting Moscow’s metro stations which features stunning lighting, Moscow's style of dress and post-Soviet symbols everywhere. It's an original perspective of daily life in Moscow that we haven't been fortunate enough to see for ourselves, yet.

To view the Moscow metro project visit Tomer Ifrah's website.

Yanina Shevchenko | Crossing Over | (RUS) | By Lee Fleming

Crossing Over is a photographic diary by photographer Yanina Shevchenko of her trip across Russia on the Trans-Siberian railway, an epic route that covers China (Beijing,Erlian), Mongolia (Ultan Bator) and Russia (Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Moscow). Russian-Born photographer Shevchenko is currently based in Barcelona, Spain. Having graduated from Goldsmiths, University or London and studied at Moscow Academy of Photography and the International Center of Photography in New York, Shevchenko's previously worked in New York, Moscow, Buenos Aires and London. The project utilises the Trans-Siberian train journey as a means of personal exploration, crossing the extensive landscape and cultural changes along the way.

To view more of Yanina Shevchenko's photography visit her website and/or Urban Photographers, an international group of photographers and artists with shared interest in urban spaces and places, of which Shevchenko is a coordinator and founding member.