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Links we like, March/April 2010
Yvonne Albinowski
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She says: 'Over the last several years, I have spent time driving across the United States in search of deserts, exploring uncharted and concealed ghost towns. After much voyaging, I decided to focus on capturing the quintessence of small desert town living in the former mining town of Randsburg, California. After the mining died down and the China Lake Naval base opened up in a neighboring settlement in the 1950s, this town wasnearly vacated. This series explores the unique and unconventional natives who still reside in this virtually abandoned area of the Mojave Desert.'
We say: New York-based Yvonne Albinowski has a gentle and sympathetic eye that finds beauty in the lost, the abandoned, people and places on the edge. See more at yvonnealbinowski.com
Jeremy Edwards iPhoneography
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He says: 'My father purchased my first Canon Rebel film camera when I was 16. Shortly afterward, I found myself in tiny darkrooms, makeshift studios, and shooting for lousy newspapers as a mere hobby throughout college. I also taught other schmucks how to take pictures, develop film, and pretend they were really great. After moving abroad, my photography matured into an intentional expression of art. I was more a picture taker than an artist. I purchased my first iPhone in late 2008 and was immediately struck with the experience of capturing images with raw spontaneity. Just like most hipsters with cameras, I also have a deep artistic appreciation of the ordinary and mundane. I feel that our obsession with production, progress, and aesthetics has trained our eyes to ignore the beauty in the ordinary. This is why I created the FROM THE POCKET project.'
We say: Jeremy has lived in China and Japan and is now back in Chicago, where he is doing some of the most inspirational iPhone photography around. See more at edwardsjeremy.com
Nica Junker
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She says: 'My photographic work uses abstract imagery and visualisations of silence, the poetry in everyday life, the life cycles and different perspections of reality and the confusion of realities in the absurd, in a dream or in the surreal. What interests me above all is to create an atmosphere of ambiguity in my photos and to explore what life really means to me.'
We say: A German graduate of London's Central St Martins, winner of the 2008 Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award, Nica lives in Tokyo, where she combines filmmaking and photography. Take a look at her project 'Silent Neighbours' and more at nicajunker.de
Richard Mosse
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They say: 'Richard Mosse is an observer who is wondering about the nature of the world we've made, but wondering with concentration and insight.' (The Irish Times)
We say: Richard Mosse is a young Irish reportage photographer who got in touch with us some time ago, and who has this year been producing very strong, moving stories in Iraq. We are happy to have finally got the chance to showcase his extraordinary work. See more at richardmosse.com
Laurence Vecten
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She says: 'Laurence has been involved in photography for a few years, she wants to show her taste in photo'
We say: Laurence Vecten is a Paris-based Director of Photography, with a love for and curiousity about photography that combines with an impressive work ethic to produce this lovely blog: laurencevecten.blogspot.com (This image is by Guy Sargent)
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She says: 'My photos deal generally with rememberance and perception. I am particularly interested in the different realities that are inherent in every single moment and situation. The character of these realities depends on individual experiences and visions which can be lucid and beautiful as well as sad and painful. Sometimes it only needs a trigger to let them come alive and to creep over to reminiscence and imagination. My aim is to conceive these little moments when the borders between reality and unconsciousness become blurred.'
We say: Visiting German photographer Susanne Willuhn's website is like opening a small, unassuming cardboard box, only to find it full of precious stones. Her images are dropped on the page without explanation, no text or back story, simply grouped in brief collections. But every image seems to tell a story, as well as being a self-contained small masterpiece. Yes, we are raving about this one. Go see what the fuss is about at susanne-willuhn.de
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They say: 'Whether in landscape or portraiture, his camera brings into focus the paradoxical tensions existing just under the surface of everyday life. The juxtaposition of two Americas, the urban and the rural, overlap (and compete) in his photography, as startling images elicit a struggle of dualities. With a throw away gesture he gives us Yin and Yang, light and dark, compassion and sarcasm.'
We say: We're seeing a lot of really interesting photography from California this year. Los Angeles photographer Mathew Scott makes images that are quiet, cool, self-contained. His pictures are a million miles away from Hollywood or any other Californian cliche. He shoots real people in real weather. Check out Observing: Venice, shot on Venice Beach, and more at mathewscott.com
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He says: 'We always wait. For something or for someone. Even if we don’t think about it, we wait. Technology makes the world faster and therefore less tolerant towards waiting. This project gathers portraits of environments and details of places destined to wait. There we know we wait, we have to wait, we are ready to wait.' (From The Waiting Room project)
We say: We do love pictures that tell stories, especially unexpected stories. Luis Barbosa, based in Porto, Portugal, shoots fragments, almost abstract images, that add up to an unanticipated and thought-provoking whole. More at passageintime.wordpress.com
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We say: At the risk of raving (again), we would like to suggest that Alban Kakulya (who, we believe, is Swiss) has shot the most impressive landscapes we've seen this year. Go to 'Greenland' in the Personal Work section of Alban's website, and judge for yourself: albankakulya.com
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There are many, many pop culture blogs out there, but if you need a daily dose of what's hot in photography, fashion, publishing, and more, we highly recommend designscene.net Editor Zarko Davinic tirelessly seeks out new and exciting creativity, and we were honoured to be featured on the site earlier this summer.
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A heads-up for photographers in London. In case you have not yet come across it, theprintspace in Shoreditch is a big, bright, beautiful space and a great resource for art printing (several D4 contributors are clients.) Check their website for price lists and plenty of helpful information. We are holding our next D4 exhibition there in December 2009. theprintspace.co.uk
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He says: 'I'm a thinker. Ninety percent of the time I don't carry a camera. I see something, think about it, and return with my tools, ready to work.'
We say: You need to do a bit of research to get the measure of Israeli photographer Tamir Sher, but it's well worth it. His website Tamir Sher Art Works, has a range of interesting projects plus a video studio visit. Click here to read a very informative interview from his first New York show. Or just go straight to Tamir's blog and let the images speak for themselves: tamirsher.wordpress.com
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He says: 'The Los Angeles Recordings is an ongoing project documenting life in Los Angeles from the perspective of a pedestrian. These are the neighbourhoods I wandered in my younger years on a skateboard with a Pilot marker in my pocket, searching for ways to make my mark. Now they inspire me to share their hidden beauty with those unfortunate enough to drive by without noticing.'
We say: We love that Kwasi B doesn't drive in LA. And we love these cool, considered images. More at www.rebelsciences.com
Chloe Aftel
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She says: 'I want there to be a story that's unfurling, so there's a strong emotive line. I really don't want it to just be pretty.'
We say: Californian Chloe is one of PDN's 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch this year. Her pictures are not pretty: they're beautiful. More at www.chloeaftel.com
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They say: 'The photographic directory is dedicated to defining words through the literal, figurative, and personal meanings found in each photograph.'
We say: A complete and utter joy... www.thephotographicdictionary.org (The image here is by Michelle Anderson, illustrating the word 'Antique'.)
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