CUTICLE
TENDER ISSUE I. MARCH 2018
TENDER cuticle issue i. from London, with love
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These images were precisely the delightful treasures I suspected would be lurking unseen within drawers and devices. Whether sunlit or sultry, all seem led by a gentle gaze: the slow consideration I hope we set aside to look at one another’s shots. This zine arrives in the aftermath of an equinox, with approaching April dubbed ‘the cruellest month’. In these images, warm softness sits alongside the bruises of life’s violence. This turning point in the season also brings ambiguity: naked life bursting back into the cold air in a brutal, beautiful rebirth. Tenderness is broad, but clearly known, and keenly felt. I hope that we can all try a little. Yours tenderly, Fiona
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tender people Iuna V. Atreyu Arndts Fiona Glen Marlene Ronstedt Anya Kovalieva & Jo Kroese Fionnuala Mottishaw Poppy Hobbs Mike Cunliffe Krysten Krulik Liz Lvov
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cover images: Liz Lvov lyric inserts: Blur
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Iuna V.
untitled On 6 March 2018 the Israeli army entered the Palestinian city of Jenin in the middle of the night.
At 3:00 a.m. they arrested a person in their home. Since then, that person has not returned. There is no information on where they are kept, why they were arrested and when they will return. Based on these pictures, can you guess who it is?
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Atreyu Arndts hibernal
Created by frigid and violent conditions during winter, this series of pictures presents the fragile balance of nature; harsh environments set the stage to baffle our minds with the hidden and tender beauty within.
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Canon EOS 700D, EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM February 2018
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TENDER IS THE GHOST THE GHOST I LOVE THE MOST
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Fiona Glen
resting places Canon A-1, 35mm Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400 November 2017
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A natural texture is growth and decay, complicating itself into forms defined by grooves, protruberances, divets, crevices. Autumn simply holds these beautiful collapses, tenderly, for us to sense.
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After a long and lonely drive through the Moroccan desert I befriended a dead octopus which I found at the shore of the Atlantic coast. 16
Marlene Ronstedt
a dead octopus in the desert iPhone 5S January 2016 17
TENDER IS THE TOUCH
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OF SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE TOO MUCH
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Anya Kovalieva jo
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the kiss
your lips shook like the windowpanes of an old house above the train tracks. Model: Jo Kroese
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Fionnuala Mottishaw repeat staple
These are not traumatic images. They may be the product of pain but the camera softens and isolates so that my own injury becomes a landscape, the uneven colouring of my skin like paint applied with intention. These are images taken because of curiosity. Nikon D3300 January 2018
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Poppy Hobbs
bedruthan steps Nature and manmade coexist. Nature overcomes manufacture. Man taming nature? Microsoft Android phone March 2018
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Mike Cunliffe new skin
Evening light warms the skin.
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Krysten Krulik battery place
Canon AE-1 35mm, Lomography Color Negative November 2017
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A stray curl, a roaming glance, the sun’s shallow imprints. This series explores shades of intimacy. The hazy warmth of a light bathed room, the trails we leave on others’ lives, a room filled with all of the ways I love you is felt — a collection of my secret memories.
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TENDER IS THE NIGHT LYING BY YOUR SIDE
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Liz Lvov
babushka’s house
Delmar, NY iPhone March 2018
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