New collages by Justine Kurland, long-form reports on New York communities, literary fiction and more in this issue of OSMOSAn "art magazine about the use and abuse of photography," OSMOS is divided into thematic sections: some traditional and others more idiosyncratic. This issue features a portfolio by Maureen Beitler about an unusual family in the Hudson Valley; essays by curator Marina Chao on new collages by Justine Kurland and by Ben Read on the poetic landscapes of South African photographer Ian van Coller; a long research report on the relationship between modernist architecture and personal health by architect Landon Brown; a reportage by Onaje Benjamin on the long-term work of SNUG, a community first response team responding to gun violence in Upstate New York neighborhoods; and a fiction text by Judith Zander responding to the photographs of ruins in former East Germany by Sven Gatter.
