Public Republic

An interview with Ernst Arnold Bauer by AnnMarie Rudin Portrait of Bauer taken by Elisabeth Andrade While studying in a Bavarian town called Eichstätt, I must have walked past the windows of an art gallery at least four times each day, running errands and dashing to classes. The colorful personality of the room within always […]

A Photo Essay by Nikolay Nikolov A photo essay provoked by the coldness, alienation, hypocrisy and the absurd monotonous rush of city life. I have been walking around the streets of Sofia (and not only) for several weeks to collect these ten images.

Jasmina Tacheva Photo: Pioneer Library System Tim O’Brien (born October 1, 1946 in Minnesota) is an American novelist who often writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact the war had on the American servicemen who fought there. His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, The Atlantic, Playboy, […]

Jasmina Tacheva Photo: Harley~Quinn Sophie Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a member of the White Rose non-violent resistance movement during the Nazi regime in Germany. She was arrested on 18 February 1943, convicted of treason four days later, and executed by guillotine a few hours after that. I’ve been thinking of […]

Photo: LiebeDich. Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles. Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924) Photo: powazny Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900)

Photo: Curtis Lenihan People from a built environment travel into a relatively natural environment, return with a physical embodiment of that environment, and display it as part of their built environment. We can see here a dichotomy of rural and urban, natural and built, and, ultimately, of nature versus culture. Bringing the pumpkins and the […]

An Interview with Artist Deborah Grigsby by Jasmina Tacheva Photo: Deborah Grigsby Deborah Grigsby is a Colorado-based photographer who specializes in creative editorial, wedding, and portrait imaging. Her idea of photography is unconventional and far from the ordinary – merging traditional photojournalism with off-the-cuff angles and edgy, digital artistry. Deborah’s relaxed and unobtrusive approach enables […]

Changming Yuan Photo: Auntie K When I heard that bold yawing Knocking at my double-glazed window A sound in the mind echoed From an unknown voice

Donal Mahoney Photo: zigazou76 The indications used to come like movie fighter planes in break formation, one by one, the perfect plummet, down and out. This time they’re slower. But after supper, when I hear her in the kitchen hum again, hum higher, higher, till my ears are numb, I remember how it was the […]

Interview of Yana Radilova and Violeta Petkova with Borgore Yana and Borgore Violeta and Borgore Who is Borgore? If you search in the web, you will see that he is an Israeli dubstep dj and producer, the founder of Buygore Records and former drummer of Israeli death metal band Shabira. He also initiates the style […]

Photo: jojo nicdao In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. Coco Chanel (1883 – 1971) Foto: Jram23

The Power is the handbook to the greatest force in the universe – The Power to have everything you want. Without The Power you would not have been born. Without The Power, there wouldn’t be a single human being on the planet. Every discovery, invention, and human creation comes from The Power. Perfect health, incredible […]

Interview with Dr. Mel Gill by Mariana Velichkova & Rossitza Yotkovska Dr. Mel Gill is one of the world’s leading experts in Personal Development and a Mentor to countless Speakers, Trainers and Business Owners around the world. He is a Business and Training Consultant and is also known as a Corporate Sage and Advisor to […]

Photo: Christinamari If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell (1903-1950) Photo: Mara 1 Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. Man is born free and everywhere he is […]

Interview of Yana Radilova with the photograher Joao Carlos Joao Carlos: “I try to create a narrative where the characters in my images come to life.” Why did you give up painting and decided to take up photography? I have always enjoyed discovering different mediums to express my emotions and portraying my visions. Photography has […]

Interview of Yana Radilova with the photographer Yen Baet Yen Baet in Chelsea Bridge Yen Baet was born and raised in the Philippines, and later immigrated to the US. She has also lived in Japan and Germany after that, and currently reside in England. She has worked as a writer, a glass artist, a web […]

Interview of Yana Radilova with the photographer Carl Warner Carl Warner: “My photos are a pleasant deception” What roused your interest in photography? I first became interested in photography from looking at album covers in the 1970’s that were mainly created by Hipgnosis. Bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd were using photography to illustrate […]

Photo: spacejulien Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied. He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss. Niccoló Machiavelli (1469 – 1527)

Interview of Yana Radilova with the photographer Samuel Guerrier Samuel Guerrier: “The power of imagination rules the world of photography!” You introduce yourself as “the result of miscegenation”. How has the variety of nations and religions in your family affected your creative power? Yes, I am a result of miscegenation. My mother was a French […]

Interview by Petya Hristova with the Italian artists Degal and Chiara Mazzocchi Self-portrait Rumore Bianco Degal and Chiara Mazzocchi: “Rumore Bianco has no past and no future other than a present that can’t be captured, almost as if it didn’t exist. It’s white. White because the corresponding electromagnetic radiation would be perceived as white light […]