| Swedish photographer Sophie Mörner founded Capricious Magazine in 2004. It is a biannual publication dedicated to showcasing emerging fine art photography. Its contributors and subject matter span the globe, and is comprised almost entirely of images. It has very little text, and the pages are perforated to encourage the pinning up of its contents. Since Capricious collaborates with guest editors and chooses a new theme for each edition, the material is never lackluster. While constant change is a primary Capricious trait, there are common visual threads running throughout its five-year history. Capricious has an affinity to things like animals, androgyny, opposition, reclaimed life, lust, natural as well as urban life, intimacy, revolution, and nostalgia. |  |
Capricious Magazine
Swedish photographer Sophie Mörner founded Capricious Magazine in 2004. It is a biannual publication dedicated to showcasing emerging fine art photography. Its contributors and subject matter span the globe, and is comprised almost entirely of images. It has very little text, and the pages are perforated to encourage the pinning up of its contents. Since Capricious collaborates with guest editors and chooses a new theme for each edition, the material is never lackluster. While constant change is a primary Capricious trait, there are common visual threads running throughout its five-year history. Capricious has an affinity to things like animals, androgyny, opposition, reclaimed life, lust, natural as well as urban life, intimacy, revolution, and nostalgia. Hanna Liden, Ryan McGinley, Esther Teichmann, Nick Haymes, Olaf Breuning, Melanie Bonajo, and Skye Parrott are just a few of the dozens of photographers whose early work appeared in Capricious. As a leading fine art photography journal, Capricious Magazine occupies a rare and whimsical space between commercial and fashion photography. It operates both as a tool for discovering new talent, and as an oasis for artists.
Capricious Magazine was the first-born and led to several other art and culture-related publications. Capricious Publishing has since produced GLU (Girls Like Us), LTTR V, Famous, and Screen Capricious (a DVD compilation of short films). Capricious Books is the group’s latest endeavor. The first was The Known World, a photographic collaboration by Anne Hall and Sophie Mörner, released in November 2008, and the second is a monograph, also of photographic work, by Dutch artist Melanie Bonajo, I Have a Room With Everything. In 2010 Capricious is working with K8 Hardy to publish her first artist monograph.
Capricious Space is located in Brooklyn, NY. Founded in June 2008 as an offshoot of Capricious Magazine, it serves as a physical venue for photo-based work of the same “capricious” aesthetic. With exhibitions curated by Andrea Longacre-White and Mark Jacobson, to Web-based artist residencies curated by Laurel Ptak, and installations by Melissa Shimkovitz and Amy Harrington, to Amelia Bauer, Melanie Bonajo, Shaun Kessler, Sam Falls, and Amber Ibarreche’s solo presentations, Capricious Space endeavors to support emerging artists’ work.
