#PHOTOGRAPHY the online photography magazine
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#photography the online photography magazine
Issue 11 december
inside this issue... 6
12
18
Franรงois Ollivier Brett Walker 24
Emma Hartvig
Warren Sebastian 30
Federico Gioco 40
Melina Tringis
Knut Egil Wang /INSTITUTE
Hedvig Wissting
50
VivienneB
56
36
Cara Kelly 46
Sophie Pellegrini
54
Dan Wood
32
44
Kieran Boswell
20
Jordi Huisman 60
Timothy Cox
62
Henrik Emtkjรฆr Hansen
64
74
Bertrand Bourdeil
72
Ilka & Franz
Geoff Brokate
76
Pablo Chaco
78
Harinova Uluana 90
Anton Bulyonov 116
Dana tirling
80
84
Myro Wulff + Kell Mitchell 98
100
James Drew
Stuart Pilkington 102
Katy Shayne
Sarah Jaban
94
JesĂşs Segura
74
106
110
Nathan Pearce
Elwira Kruszelnicka 118
thank you map
Review: finding vivian maier
120
on the cover
114
Anna Tea 122
index / compeititon
François Ollivier
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‘Des Inconnus à Cuba’
I have a hard time calling myself a photographer but my mum is not the only person who does anymore. I’ve been taking photos for 5 or 6 years, both analog and digital. I’ve always been amazed by the force and impact images can have but I don’t have the cool story of my Dad giving me my 1st camera when I was a kid. Photography is just an artistic way of expression that I can use quite easily, just like music or writing. I don’t draw so I guess it’s the only design tool I can handle.
I went to Cuba with no particular idea of what I was going to shoot. After 2 or 3 days it was really clear: colours, symmetry and complete strangers. First, I focused on finding the right spots, the ones with big visual interest. Usually when I find a spot, I test it with a few shots to see how it goes and then I wait for the right person that would fit in; hoping that the person will agree to be shot too. I guess I tried to achieve a mix of photojournalism and design, in singular places.
twelve
‘Hold On Tight’
Brett Walker ‘14 Pictures From The Place Where StepheN Painted’
I am a photographer and filmmaker from San Francisco, CA. At the heart of what I do is the process of making pictures. I learned early on that I didn’t need to merely sit around and “make art” per se, but that I needed to view what was already around me, what was part of my life and my experiences, as a potential form of art making, and that my job as an artist was to view it and document it as such.
‘Painting Number One’
These pictures were made during a residency at the Stephen Pace House on Deer Isle in Maine. Stephen Pace is an abstract expressionist painter and has willed his home to be an artist residency. Although I initially set out to make photographic interpretations of his paintings, I found that many of the places he had painted were dreadfully difficult to photograph, mainly due to the passing of time and the subsequent changing landscapes. My resulting work marks one of the first times where my practice shifted from being bound by conceptual leanings, and instead became governed by the simple pleasure of making pictures in response to the experience of being there, living in the Paces’ home, and coming to an understanding of Stephen and his wife Pamela’s private and interior family life.
‘Family Beach Portrait’’
‘Elanor In Yard With Ball’
eighteen
Warren Sebastian Im still finding the artist within myself or even what that word really means to me in terms of photography. Till then I will keep creating. For now I hope the work I do is different and fresh and not just considered street photography. The photos I present here are mostly to do with capturing certain parts of British society in and around Brighton in a contemporary way while adding my own impressions, outlook and humour to things. Things that usually just pass us by and go unseen that I identify with.
Dan Wood
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Suicide Machine Bridgend
Born in 1974, Bridgend, South Wales, UK. I discovered photography in 1996 through skateboarding and the culture that surrounds it. Inspiration comes from a wide subject matter and although diverse, I do consider myself predominantly a documentary photographer, shooting stories in both traditional and contemporary approach. I’ve travelled widely in pursuit of inspiration; capturing on film, a multitude of cultures and landscapes.
My work has been featured in many publications and have taken part in over 35 exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including 3 solo shows. I’m also a member of the the Artist collective Document Britain. This is a project about my hometown - Bridgend - and the people who live there. After an unusual spate of suicides from 2007-12 I decided to start documenting the town in a completely honest and un-biased way to discover if the town is as generic, oppressive and regressive as I was starting to believe.
What does the future hold for Bridgend; a town being slowly constricted by supermarkets and out of town developments? Does happiness exist here? Why has there been an exodus of most of my friends? Is aesthetic regeneration really the answer? and also, what kind of town will my daughter ultimately grow up in?
twenty four
Emma Hartvig I am a Swedish-born photographer currently based in Berlin, Germany. In 2014 I graduated from London College of Communication with a BA in Photography, and over the past few years my work has been exhibited in London, New York, Amsterdam and Stockholm. My work has been published in HUH Magazine, It’s Nice That, Dazed Digital and SF MOMA blog among others. These images are a a part of a larger body of work which explores pleasure in relation to idealisation. The photographs are very arranged and carefully composed, but with no natural connection or logic. They rather come together in their prompt attempt to seduce. It’s a narrative-based world where kitsch, advertisement and cinema meet.
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Federico
Gioco ‘Magic Roll’ I’ve studied graphic design in venice and that’s how I’ve approached to the world of photography and I couldn’t get back. That’s why I decided to dedicate myself to photography trying to raise doubts and questions about our existence. My series “Magic Roll” is a selection of few images from my first roll of film. These photographs’ purpose is to arouse doubts and questions, and to investigate simple things through a detached view giving them a new meaning.
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Melina Tringis I have been taking realist documentary pictures for 2 years now, a genre which I am fascinated by. I love taking pictures of my reality: my life at home, travelling, the people I am close to and my surroundings. I am not constructing pictures, I am simply looking at mundane things and making them extraordinary by photographing them. The first two pictures, were taken on the same day. I was snorkelling in Protaras, Cyprus. I had a digital underwater camera with me and took pictures the way I always do.The colour of the sea in Protaras is always crystal clear, and I love the colours underwater. The third picture of the fish, I took in a pet shop in Cardiff, Wales. I was taking multiple pictures of fish in a tank and they were swimming around in circles, I chose to use the picture with the best composition.
Cavo Greco. August, 2014
‘Cavo Greco II. August, 2014’
Cara
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Kelly ‘Hair’
I’m a 21 year old photographer and artist living in Savannah, GA. I’m currently pursuing a BFA in Photography at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD). My work consists mainly of portraiture/ fashion, but I love to photograph just about anything. Nothing gets me more excited than working on a shoot, coming home, and working on the images. I’m so happy photography became much more than just a hobby, because I couldn’t imagine my life without it.
“Hair” happened unexpectedly. During a lighting test shoot with one of the models, her hair fell in front of her face and that’s what sparked this idea. I was able to make a 10 image series with 10 different models using a variety of everyday accessories to create these unique and brightly coloured portraits.
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Kieran Boswell ‘Things are not as they seem’ I am a currently studying a degree in Photography. My work investigates theories of the everyday. I would say that I take a contemporary approach to my work and like to experiment visually with colours and mixed media. I wanted to explore still life but put a modern spin on the genre. I looked at classic oil paintings and took influence from these. I decided to use paint to physically manipulate the objects and create something aesthetically pleasing on the eye.
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Sophie Pellegrini ‘Wall flowers’
I have been taking photos in digital and film for about 6 years, but I’m still finding myself as a photographer-I’m often overwhelmed by how many different things I want to make and do. I find that spontaneous and unplanned shoots often deliver the best results. Fashion photography has been a fairly new venture for me. I created this series while studying abroad in Scotland at the Glasgow School of Art. I worked with a fabulous team. The inspiration behind Wallflowers was really rooted in the aesthetics of an image—the mixing of patterns and colours; the semi-awkward placement of models in empty space. I usually create photographs that are more conceptual, so this was new for me. I hope these images catch your eye, if nothing else.
Hair and Make up: Pamela Murphy | Models: Evan and Rebecca @ Colours Agency Glasgow | Stylist: instagram.com/haicat
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Vivienne B ‘Inner Gardens’
I’m a fine art and fashion photographer. I take inspiration from master painters, my photography mainly focuses on portrait and the human body. Flowers and nature are constantly present in my work. In this series I take inspiration from themes in Ophelia, but from a different point of view: as a dialogue between me and the inner self.
Model: Valentina Chiapello
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Jordi Huisman ‘Rear Window’
I’m a photographer working for magazines, design frms and architects. Next to that I make documentary series about the urban landscape. The Rear Window series is about the rear view of urban dwellings. What interests me is that on the back, there’s a much more organic an spontaneous kind of design. The fronts of buildings are mostly neatly designed because that’s what most people see. The back is diferent, it’s much more formed by people that live there.
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Knut Egil Wang /INSTITUTE ‘Southbound // MOMENT’
Long dark winters drive Norwegians towards sunnier shores, destinations commonly referred to as Syden in Norwegian. Syden is a general term that describes most sunny holiday destinations. These are primarily in southern Europe, but can also be elsewhere with sunbeds, beaches, pools, cheap stores, inexpensive alcohol, and all kinds of amusements. Despite being in various locations, many Syden-destinations are quite similar. The main attraction is not the local culture – it is the warmer climate. Norwegians typically stay in Syden for weeks to months, while some have simply moved there. In Syden, Norwegians do almost all the things we can not do at home, and continue to do all the things we do at home. So, what do they actually do there?
Hedvig Wissting ‘Threads’
Raised between a deep forest and a stormy sea, I feel the most creative when surrounded by nature. The dark shadows and deep waters, the power of everything growing and moving inspires me. Shiny things control the paths we choose and the decisions we make. I wanted to create something that makes you question this. I also wanted to sew sequins onto Celine’s head.
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Model: Celine Bergundhaugen
Timothy Cox ‘Nine Inch Nails’
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Photographer: Timothy Cox Hair and Makeup: Rachel Lynn Carr Clothing Stylist: Elysia Purnell Model: Heather Keely Viglione Copy Editor: Zak Bouc
My life has been a little different than most. Growing up in rural Africa forced me to look at the world a little differently. I now try and take that unique point of view and place it into my work. I strive to create images that compel the viewer to stop and think about what is truly happening in the piece. In this series, I tried to capture the elegance and grace we as humans want to wrap ourselves in. We dress ourselves up to be beautiful, what we want the world to see of us. But all of this dressing tends to cover up the inside. What’s left of us after the fact. We are alone, we stare blankly into space. We are painted porcelain dolls that seem happy and perfect. But inside we are hurt. Inside we are empty.
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Henrik Emtkjær Hansen ‘Wadden Sea 1’
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Bertrand Bourdeil Deserts I’m a French photographer, based in Paris. I started to take pictures 15 years ago just to remember my travels and it slowly became a full time job. I shot this series during a roadtrip around the USA. I like to feel human presence in my work even if we don’t actually see people. A road in the middle of nowhere, some walls, a city or even the most touristic view of grand canyon, there always are people near me, around the frame.
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Ilka & Franz
Model: Frances McBain (Sapphires LDN/ Wilhelmina NYC) Hair: Satomi Suzuki Make-up: Roz Gomersall
We are two Austrian/ German photographers living and working in London. Our main focus lies in creative portraiture and conceptual imagery. Photography for us is not only an artistic expression but just as much a skilled trade and business. We admire and draw inspiration from the work of numerous established and unsung photographers and digital artists, the fashion and advertising worlds and life and its characters. We have been partners in work and life since 2012. This portrait series was a collaboration with Tokyoan hair stylist, Satomi Suzuki. We wanted to combine elements of a classical portrait with unorthodox textures and hazy atmosphere.
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Geoff Brokate ‘Light Remains’
I am not devoted to one photographic style. Each new day has its own requirements. Photography is a way for me to approach a constantly changing world with different eyes. Like pressing refresh. I have been working on a project with people who live with dementia. This is a farm house where one of the ladies live. I chose to use fading light to represent the loss of memory but it also shows that there is a mystery, an unknown that we don’t understand. This is the light that remains.
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DETAILS FEATURE “If your photos aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough” - Robert Capa Inspired by the advice of Robert Capa, celebrated photojournalist and co-founder of the prestigious Magnum Photos, we set you the challenge of getting up close and personal and focusing on the detail. Katy Shaynes stunning use of scanography stood out to us, truly capturing crisp detail and the delicate fragility of her subjects.
‘Stills’
Katy Shayne
I am a female artist based in Austin,Texas USA. I specialise in mixed media art, documentary, portrait photography, fashion, and still life. After earning my BS in Photocommunications from St. Edward’s University I began exploring many different mediums beyond the darkroom. I like experimenting with mixing film and digital imagery as well. I developed my own technique of still life through scanography and I am pursuing this ongoing project by utilising a scanner as camera. These are still life images exploring femininity, rot, frailty, love, mortality while documenting certain times in my life as I make them all in sharp detail. This project has been ongoing for over four years now.
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Pablo Chaco ‘Fragmented Portraits’
More than images I photograph states of mind. My photos are the reflections of my spiritual being and I try to see myself everywhere: In a landscape, in a beauty, in a cow, in a bird. I’m very influenced by the discoveries of Freud and Jung, the unconscious mind and the shadow. I use art as a healing and purification process of the soul, a way to know myself through the subject I’m shooting. In this series of images I want to highlight the impermanence of material forms and human being’s fragility. By creating a photo installation projecting portraits in destructed places I explore the transformation and interaction between space and photography, night and artificial light. The results are giant distorted faces, light sculptures which give a completely different atmosphere to the environment and redefines the landscape.
Carola Gaviria Juan Ivorra
Harinova Uluana
‘such a different childhood’
seventy eight
For me its interesting to show a child and all of their expressions. Sadness, grief, loneliness. They can be a best friend, the closest person or pet. Very often we forget this, but it is also a part of our lives.
eighty I’ve always had a fascination and obsession with the ocean. When peacefully floating I take great satisfaction knowing that I’m blissfully aligned between the sky and the sea, and for me that moment of simplicity is pure ecstatic escapism in itself. I feel further fulfilled in the knowledge that with a single downwards plunge comes complete silence which opens the doors to an endless blue studio… n the past I’ve experimented with different types of photographic formats, but I’ve always been eager to attempt underwater photography and now, having completed my university Fashion Promotion degree and qualified as “Dive-Master”, I am closer to achieving these goals than ever. This series is my first underwater photo-shoot and so when planning it, I felt that I owed it to myself to create something that would represent my other obsession: the mythos of mermaids
Sarah Jaban
‘The Transformation of Girl to Mermaid’
eighty four
‘Paranoia’
Myro Wulff + Kell Mitchell
We are both photographers who shoot independently and together and the same time. We have very different styles, but we compliment each other. What happens when we shoot is something we are always surprised by. An idea from one of us will get taken by the other then transformed into something completely unexpected. This always happens. Paranoia was a shoot inspired by film noir and cinescope films. Set in grimy New York the photos depict a story of a girl. She is a lady of the night. The scenes are based around her movements through the night and her interested clientele. We wanted to have a slight grindhouse feel to the photos and wanted them to look like retro movie stills, yet with a modern touch. We achieved this through coloured lights where we created neon hues of pink and blue.
PHOTOGRAPHY by MYRO WULFF + KELL MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY by MYRO WULFF + KELL MITCHELL Styling by SIMONE Styling by SIMONE SYLVESTER SYLVESTER Make up: LAN NGUYEN-GREALIS Make up: LAN NGUYEN-GREALIS Hair: NORIKO TAKAYAMA Retoucher: FAY@ HAPPY FINISH Hair: NORIKO JOY TAKAYAMA Model: @ MODELS 1 Retoucher: FAY@ HAPPY FINISH
Model: JOY @ MODELS 1 Label credits: Black dress: Mango, Raincoat: Burberry Prosum, Catsuit: Acne, Fur Jacket, Scarf: Vintage stylists own.
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Jesús Segura ‘Napoleon the Cat:
adventures and mishaps of an unwitting and diminutive kitten’
I’ve worked many years as a cameraman, that’s why sometimes my images reflect my former job. I can’t help it. Every photo I take has to have its own interpretation and it doesn’t have to be the same for each person. That’s the beauty of photography: a whole story into a paused photograph... I was going through a bad time when Napoleon appeared. He was a two months old kitten and he showed very expressive reactions. I thought “ What if he had to experience fantastic or absurd situations?” So that was the starting point. I’ve always respected his eating and sleeping times and I’ve used led lighting because flashing lights can scare him. He doesn’t know it but he brought me some hope when I needed it most.
‘Napoleon and His Broken Heart’
‘Napoleon and the Friendly UFO’
ninety four
Stuart Pilkington ‘THE SWAP’
I am a photographer and curator based in the UK. I started curating projects in 2008 to improve my own photography whereas now I see curation as a creative entity in its own right and I no longer participate as a photographer. Emily Porter by Dre Hudson
In 2013 I invited 2,000 photographers to take part in The Swap. A third cameback and said that they would participate. They were asked to team up with another photographer and quite simply take each other’s portrait. A pair of swaps appear on the website once every three days.
Dre Hudson by Emily Porter
Jess T Dugan by Colby Sutton Ji Yeo by Andrew Fillmore
Colby Sutton by Jess T Dugan Andrew Fillmore by Ji Yeo
Alex J D Smith by Ludmilla Morais
Alex J D Smith by Ludmilla Morais
ninety eight
COMPETITION winner Finding Vivian Maier is the critically acclaimed documentary about a mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden and discovered decades later, becoming one of the 20th century’s greatest documentary photographers. To celebrate the release of Finding Vivian Maier to DVD in association with Soda Pictures, we asked you to send us your documentary images and gave away a copy to our favourite.
James Drew I am a portrait and documentary photographer for the most part, preoccupied with capturing reality, but that doesn’t stop me also making films about ghosts and robots. While I was taking photographs for a series on the impact of American culture in the UK, I shot this image almost by accident: a burlesque student checking herself in the mirror right before her graduation show, her first public performance.
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Finding Vivian Maier: The Secret Photographer A review by Ameena Rojee
Seven years ago, a young historian who had been on the search for local historic photography for a project stumbled upon a box full of rolls of film at an auction house. The historian was John Maloof and the photographs he purchased belonged to the unknown and cryptic street ‘photographer Vivian Maier. Finding Vivian Maier’ follows Maloof on his journey to uncover Maier’s story as attempts to develop and catalogue the staggering archive of photography that she left behind when she passed in 2009. Today, that archive includes around 150,000 negatives, over 3000 prints and hundreds of rolls of film, among other items. Maier was, and still is, an enigma. She had no children, she was not married, her parents had passed on and she had only a few friends. She spent many years working as a nanny to prosperous families, using her employment as a way to trawl the streets with her charges, constantly taking photographs and sometimes venturing into the rougher parts of town to do so. Maloof interviews several of her former employees in the documentary. It is revealing and at the same time mystifying to hear their responses – one former employer says, “you would never call this woman ‘Viv’,” while another, “she said ‘call me Viv’!”. Another point of contention was her accent. “I have a PhD in Linguistics... and the truth is, it was a fake accent,” says ones, and another, “Some people have said that she had a fake accent, this is not true”.
There are an amalgamation of interesting, humorous and fearful stories told to us by those who knew her and the documentary is full of these contrasting facts which raise many questions whilst revealing little in the way of answers about Maier and who she truly was. It is the enigma surrounding her story that has helped propelled her into the limelight. As a photographer, she was very passionate, determined and quite clearly a master at capturing the streets. She had an intense presence and it comes through in her imagery and how she photographed. As for the images themselves, I am not normally one for street photography but Maier was completely and utterly on top of her game. She captured intimate and rare moments without hesitation and the result is an astounding amount of photography that I simply cannot stop looking at. Her self-portraiture is full of mystery, just like her story; she never captures herself clearly, rarely looking into the lens of the camera. When she does, it is a penetrating gaze and I am uncomfortable looking at her, though it is just an image. I do not yet have a favourite photograph, quite simply because of the gargantuan size of her archive. However, I find myself drawn to her self-portraits again and again, intrigued by the tales about her and the secrets she kept. ‘Finding Vivian Maier’ reveals the incomplete story of a fascinating woman, who seemed to be an eccentric recluse, who feared men, hoarded and who perished before she was able to see her work receive the recognition it deserves. Yet there is a great controversy surrounding her recognition. “She would have never let this happen,” states one interviewee quite strongly and yet Maloof makes an intriguing discovery that perhaps hints otherwise. Maier’s story is a strong and current topic on ethics in the art world, as well as our own ethics; if she truly did not ever want to show her images, we are violating her privacy just by watching this film and gazing upon her work. On the other hand, in addition to her work being some of the best street photography around, her work has great a historic value and insight. Where do we draw the line? How can we, now that she has passed and cannot truly answer? ‘Finding Vivian Maier’ is well worth the watch, if you are interested in discovering her story. There are many photographs shown in the film, but too many with too little of an explanation. It is more about Maloof’s journey to expose Maier’s story and there may be too little photographic analysis. It is however, an intriguing story which raises challenging questions - about the art market, about ethics and about Maier herself. Why did she hide her work? Was she, in fact, faking her accent or not? Why did she not want to give out her true name? Maier has truly left an unsolvable mystery behind.
Purchase the DVD here: www.amazon.co.uk/Finding-Vivian-Maier-John-Maloof/dp/B00LY0T7O0
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Anton Bulyonov Good Night
At the age of 6 I became interested in photography; I put my finger on the shutter of my father’s camera. A couple of years later I broke my uncle’s flash, trying to figure out how it works. It was only at the age of 23 my attempts to become a photographer succeeded: I bought my first camera. Now photography is my passion and my way of perception. I wake up in a cold sweat and take a look around. I always tell myself that the room is empty and tend to believe that this is true. Lying in the bed for more one minute, I listen to the quiet rustles. Darkness and silence draw me in. One has only to close my eyes for a moment and the same vicious cycle occurs. Pressing black heaviness sits upon the chest and doesn’t let me go. Objects underneath my eyelids lose their shapes. The ticking of the clock slows down and sticks in sleepy silence. Angry and quaint shadows of surrounding furniture cover me with their prickly hands. The darkness engulfs and leaves me paralysed. I drown. Convulsing, I pull myself out of this nightmare: I jerkingly throw the blanket aside, jolt out of bed and, turned the lights on, open my eyes.
‘Fleeting Summer Moments’
Elwira Kruszelnicka
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I am a self-taught photographer. Photography is my passion, my daily work and the best way to find peace and harmony. I take photos intuitively, with my camera I am like a child with a toy. Once I looked for frames hastily and hungrily, now I know that only when I slow down can I see so much more. As it turns out I do not have to go far to catch an interesting moment. A stroll on a nearby beach, watching people – it brings much joy. What I find truly fascinating is observing kids with their ability to plunge into everything they do and to forget about everything else, even my lens. That’s how “Fleeting Summer Moments” was born. I was peeping at my son and friends during short holiday trips, in between moments of rest. That’s the thing with loving photography – we’re inseparable, me and my camera, even on a leave, and even more so while watching kids in summer scenery, as it really mesmerizes me. Holidays are quickly over, and the bliss of these moments is what we miss for the rest of our lives…
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Nathan Pearce ‘Midwest Dirt’
I am a photographer based in Southern Illinois. My work is often times about the Midwest. In the past year I released my first photo book entitled Midwest Dirt. My project Midwest Dirt explores the tension between home and away. I completed the work upon returning to the Midwest after several years away.
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Anna Tea White/black
I am a 20-year-old freelance photographer and also a Tourism student in Poland. I was born in Lutsk, Ukraine, now study in Lublin, Poland. As a student of this major, I love to travel a lot, and spend almost all my free time going somewhere far or not, often by hitchhiking. My big desire is meeting people who can teach me something and tell stories about their lives.
I think inter-personal issues are the ones that attract me the most as I am particularly interested in psychology. I like to explore different characters and personalities, even the ones who are considered to be “out of norm�. I am curious about how the body and mind connects within an individual and also try to express this through my photography as I believe that this is a topic which can never be fully discovered and hides great potentials within it. This project is a strong connection between my attitude to the black people and to this model in general. She was the first black woman who moved to a city where I lived and her stories about what local people say around had a great influence on me.
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Dana Stirling ‘Taxidermy’
I was born in Ma’ale Adumim Jerusalem in 1989. I was born to a British family that made Aliyah from London to Israel in 1988. I achieved my BA in Photographic Communication at Hadassah College Jerusalem 2013. Currently I am based in Queens NYC, and pursuing my MFA at the School of Visual Arts NYC. We regularly use taxidermy of insects in order to define, categorize and understand them. With all this great variety of insects we are still able to decide whether we are looking at a butterfly or dragonfly using common characteristics and basic features. Using Photoshop I dissected and recombined taxidermy insects that I photographed in the studio. Allowing myself to use any part from any insect, I could create a new generation of insects. These insects have no practicality; they wouldn’t be able to fly if existed, they are based on esthetics only. I created them with parts of different insects while trying to imitate the most basic distinguishable characteristics of common insects.
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ON the cover
Luci Crystal I’ve never really thought of myself as an artist, but not actually doing it, my art, it’s inconceivable to me. It’s what I live for, It’s who I am, it’s what defines me as a person. A friend once put it in simple terms for me and it stuck. He said, “we are all born with a particular soul” and essentially this is who we are. I’d rather have you create your own understanding from my work, rather than me telling you what I think you should see.
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Photographers index VivienneB Kieran Boswell Bertrand Bourdeil Geoff Brokate AntonBulyonov Pablo Chaco Timothy Cox Luci Crystal James Drew Federico Gioco Henrik Emtkjær Hansen Emma Hartvig Jordi Huisman Ilka & Franz Sarah Jaban Cara Kelly Elwira Kruszelnicka Kell Mitchell François Ollivier Nathan Pearce Sophie Pellegrini Stuart Pilkington Warren Sebastian Jesús Segura Katy Shayne Dana Stirling Anna Tea Melina Tringis Harinova Uluana Brett Walker Knut Egil Wang Hedvig Wissting Dan Wood Myro Wulff
www.artebellini.it www.kieranboswell.com www.redchronicles.tumblr.com www.geoffbrokate.com www.bulyonov.com www.pablochaco.com www.timothycphotography.com www.lucicrystal.com www.jamiedrew.co.uk www.cargocollective.com/FedericoGioco www.hansenhenrik.500px.com www.emmahartvig.com www.jordihuisman.nl www.ilkafranz.com www.sarahjabanstudio.com www.carakelly.tumblr.com
www.facebook.com/Elwira.Kruszelnicka.Photography
www.kellmitchell.com www.ecrasonslinfame.tumblr.com www.nathanpearcephoto.com www.sophiepellegriniphotography.com www.theswap.info www.warrensebastian.tumblr.com www.napoleonthecat.com www.KatyShayne.com www.danastirling.com www.anna-tea.com www.melinatringis.tumblr.com www.vk.com/uluana_foto www.everybodydoesntlikebrettwalker.com www.instituteartist.com/filter/feature/project-Southbound-MOMENT
www.hedvigwissting.com www.danwoodphoto.com www.gasoline.xxx/myrowulff
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FRAMED 2014 Mood Indigo is the largest student arts festival in the world with over 1500 participating colleges and universities. Every year thousands gather for 4 days of the best art, fashion, comedy and music performances. This year they are giving 3 people the chance to win cash and 2 lucky people win a photo tour in the lovely Ladakh, India! Sounds exciting doesn’t it?! All you have to do to be in with a chance getting your hands on these great prizes is create an image interpretation of these 4 themes:
NEGATIVE | RESTRICTION | MADNESS | COLOUR This competition is solely for students and only images taken after the 19th September will be accepted. Other rules and registration details can be found on the Mood Indigo website. Send entries and queries to framed@moodi.org or hashtagphotography@hotmail.co.uk
DEADLINE 10TH DECEMBER GOOD LUCK!
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