As the year closes, we launch the December / January 2026 issue of Aesthetica Magazine, titled Reflection. Inside, we look back on the creative breakthroughs, experiments and challenges of the past 12 months, and also forward to brand new ideas. This edition embraces that in-between moment, offering a space to pause and celebrate how contemporary art and photography can both reflect our world as it is now, and imagine its future. Here is a preview of what to expect from the latest edition:
Fragile Landscape | Ingrid Weyland harnesses scrunched-up paper as a metaphor for humanity’s impact on nature, overlaying forest scenes with twisted print-outs.
Creative Portraiture | Jordan Diomandé shows a masterful command of natural lighting, shooting at golden hour to capture sunlit reflections and dramatic shadows.
Moment Suspended | Brooke DiDonato’s images stretch the boundaries of what is possible, asking us to look at domestic settings, landscapes and everyday objects again.
Routes Transform | Charting Anastasia Samoylova’s journey from Florida, all the way to Maine, whilst examining the US landscape, as a site of mythmaking, nostalgia and fracture.
Playing in Colour | The imaginative contemporary photography of Sarah Doyle plays with shapes and colours, to offer up a bright and joyful viewing experience.
Urban Geometry | Blue tones, dark contrasts and buildings are the hallmarks of Marco Wilm’s visual style, finding symmetry and balance within busy cityscapes.
Human Expression | Klaus Vedfelt’s Elevate is an invitation to occupy open horizons, where dancers and acrobats rise and fall, jump and fly, against bright blue skies.
Legacy in Pictures | In Andoni Beristain’s hands, the camera becomes a tool for remembrance and healing, honouring love and loss through 63 symbolic compositions.
Sense of Magic | Cig Harvey engages all five of our senses, with pictures that bring together bright floral motifs, domestic interiors and figures in the landscape.
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Image credits:
1. Sarah Doyle, Lou, from the series Out of Shapes
2. Ingrid Weyland, Topographies of Fragility XXVII, (2021). Image courtesy of the artist.
3. Jordevity, Queen & Slim, (January 2025). Location: Santa Monica, CA. Models: ShaVonne Boggs & Duby Maduegbunam. Image courtesy of the artist.
4. Jordevity, Twins, (February 2023). Location: Los Angeles. Models: Jabari & Malik Williams. Image courtesy of the artist.
5. Brooke DiDonato, Odd One Out, (2016). Image courtesy of the artist
6. Anastasia Samoylova, Fireworks, Fort Knox, Prospect, Maine, (2024). Image courtesy of the artist. © Anastasia Samoylova
7. Anastasia Samoylova, Bar, Miami, Florida (2025). Image courtesy of the artist.© Anastasia Samoylova
8. Sarah Doyle, Portrait of Appiok. Hair & Make-Up by Leonard Daly. Image courtesy of the artist.
9. Marco Wilm, Shapes and Lines 1, Berlin, February 2024. Image courtesy of the artist.
10. Marco Wilm, Blue Stairs, Copenhagen, October 2024. Image courtesy of the artist.
11. Klaus Vedfelt, from Elevate. Art director: Josie Gealer. Stylist: Tine Berg. Make-up & hair: Julie Prødel. Image courtesy of the artist.
12. Andoni Berstain, Flower, from the series Pieza Madre. Image courtesy of the artist.
13. Andoni Berstain, Umbrella, from the series Pieza Madre. Image courtesy of the artist.
14. Cig Harvey, Full Moon, (2021). Image courtesy of the artist.
