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Strangers: Luca de Marchi

The photograph above was included in the first issue of PUBLICATION. Photographs ©Luca de Marchi Luca de Marchi was born in 1985 in a small town in north-eastern Italy, later moving to Trieste to complete his schooling. Luca showed no interest in photography until September 2007, when he came across a show by David Lachapelle, [...]

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Strangers: John Goldsmith

Photographs ©John Goldsmith John Goldsmith is a freelance photographer from Vancouver. INFO Waxy Photography twitter.com/waxypoetic flickr.com/waxypoetic strange.rs Trailer Twitter Other strangers

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Contract Killers #21

©Ben Roberts ©Alexey Lapin ©Robert Tepiak INFO Contract Killers [Flickr] Contract Killers on LPV

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Strangers: Oscar Juarez

Photographs ©Oscar Juarez “Oscar Juarez is a Mexican that doesn’t really know what he is doing, but likes to photograph while at it.” INFO flickr.com/rosca twitter.com/roscar strange.rs Trailer Twitter Other strangers

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November, 2009 Show – Four walls and adobe slabs

Photograph ©Alexi Hobbs Curated by Olivier Marcel A photo essay to explore contemporary meanings of dwelling and their visual equivalences in today’s turmoil. Contributors: Alexi Hobbs, Barbara Vanschaik, Ben Anderson, Ben Roberts, Savva Bogatyrev, Kirill Kuletski, Raoul Gatepin, You Li, Matthew Genitempo, Hin Chua, Kate Kirkwood, Derek Vincent, Ana Kras, Henry Mackay, Rafal Pruszynski, Keith [...]

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Time by Jamie Alvarez

Photographs ©Jamie Alvarez jaimephoto.com

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Strangers: Alex JD Smith

Photographs ©Alex JD Smith ‘Alex is a tall, bald British man who lives and works in Los Angeles. He makes photographs in order to make sense of the things that fascinate him.’ INFO alexjdsmith.com flickr.com/alexjdsmith alexjdsmith.tumblr.com Twitter: @alexjdsmith strange.rs Trailer Twitter Other strangers

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An Edit of High & Low – by Mark Alor Powell

©Tony Marciante ©Jackson Eaton ©Todd Fisher ©Ralph Pruszynski ©Bryan Schutmaat ©Anton Lepashov ©Ralph Pruszynski ©Ralph Pruszynski ©Hannah Davis ©l_o High and Low was a group edited by Julien Boast and Mike Dennington.  Here’s how they describe it: “Not genre specific. Colour. Photos that are informed by a street photography aesthetic…” High & Low was always [...]

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Strangers: Jared Iorio

Photographs ©Jared Iorio Jared Iorio picked up a camera two years ago, at age 29, to fend off a feeling of life slipping by. The little contraption can ostensibly stop-time, and that’s good enough for him. For now. He lives and works in Los Angeles, where he’s busy shooting life as he finishes a 2-year [...]

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The Netflix of Photobooks

I’ve been following the conversation about “the future of photobooks” initiated by Flak Photo and RESOLVE and have found it interesting, but I wasn’t really sure that I had anything to contribute.  First of all, I don’t know enough about the publishing industry to really make any sort of informed comment about it. Second, I [...]

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Featured: Samantha Casolari

Horse, Brooklyn 2009 little boots John W. Graber, President ABX Barthi Kher, New Delhi 2008 from the series Lady Trucks

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Strangers: Bryan Formhals

photographs ©Bryan Formhals I live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn where I’m pursuing my creative endeavors. I’m the founder of La Pura Vida Gallery. INFO Hey, Hot Shot! Contender - Hey, Hot Shot! Blog Website Twitter Flickr strange.rs Trailer Twitter Other strangers

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Internet Photography Destinations of Note – 2009

Since I have a poor list of links to other online photography outfits, I thought I’d take this opportunity to highlight the places that I’ve found the most inspirational and interesting this year. B: Blake Andrews Contrary to another blogger, I first came to Blake Andrews work through iN-Public and then after that started following his [...]

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Strangers: Dan Abbe

Photographs ©Dan Abbe Dan Abbe lives in Tokyo and writes a blog about photography called Street Level Japan. Info mcvmcv.net Flickr strange.rs Trailer Twitter Other strangers

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Strangers: David Wilson

Photographs ©David Wilson I was born in 1977 in a small town in north-western Italy to an English father and an Italian mother. I lived there until I began to wander backwards and forwards, without any specific reason, between Venice and Trieste. I got into photography in 1998, when I broke the top E-string on [...]

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Strangers: Greg Flanders

Photographs ©Greg Flanders Gregory Flanders lives and works in Chicago.  He is one of the evil masterminds behind yousuck and strange.rs. strange.rs Trailer Twitter Other strangers

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