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Simon Bates

Simon Bates

Photos by Simon Bates, Kuopio, Finland. Today I bring a sample of work by Simon Bates, an Irishman living in Finland.  Bates has a BA in architecture and plans to begin work towards an MA in Fine Art next year. What drew me in with these photographs is Bates’ attention to and use of...
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Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan

Photos by Chris Jordan, Seattle, Washington. I was first introduced to Chris Jordan’s work about midway through my undergraduate studies.  The series was “Intolerable Beauty.”  My photography professor at the time showed a few of the images via digital projector.  I still remember that particular session of class.  Since my first exposure to his...
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The LOMO LC-A+ Customisation Competition

The LOMO LC-A+ Customisation Competition

Now I don’t consider myself a lomographer.  In fact, my only camera made at LOMO is a Cosmic Symbol, the import rebrand of the Smena Symbol.  I do, however, consider myself a toy camera enthusiast.  I have a ton of toy cameras and I love them. Occasionally, I’ll post some of the pictures taken...
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Paula Aparicio

Paula Aparicio

Photos by Paula Aparicio, Argentina. I found Paula’s work while cruising through Flikr.  Her photostream is light with fewer than 200 images.  It was easy to browse and nearly every single image is fantastic; she is definitely not one of those people that posts every single image she captures, unless of course every picture...
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Neil Richards

Neil Richards

Photos by Neil Richards, Knutsford, UK Today I bring you Neil Richards.  Although not a professional photographer, per se, he is prolific with the camera.  By day he is a web designer and runs several sites.  Jetpac Magazine is an online arts and culture magazine that is downloadable as a pdf.  Both issues are...
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Clare Dove

Clare Dove

Photos by Clare Dove, Ramsgate, UK Normally I write a little piece on the photographers that I present, but today I’m going to let Clare do most of the talking.  Below is how she explained her work on flikr to me: “The images are mostly taken using my mobile phone camera, which is discreet...
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Tommy Forbes

Tommy Forbes

Photos by Tommy Forbes, London, England. It’s been a week since the last time I presented you with a selection of photographs to view.  Today I bring you Tommy Forbes from London England.  I’ve been meaning to get some of his work up for a few weeks now.  He was one of the first...
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Peninsular Tales Vol. 1, by Dan Bass

Peninsular Tales Vol. 1, by Dan Bass

I got nice little package in the mail today from Dan Bass, you remember him from the spread we did last week on him.  If you didn’t see it click here to view our feature and see some of his great images. Peninsular Tales is a small, self-xeroxed comic zine that Dan made awhile...
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Ryan Maclean

Ryan Maclean

Photos by Ryan Maclean, Vancouver, Canada. Today’s photo selections come from Vancouver based photographer, Ryan Maclean.  Ryan is a 15 year veteran in the photographic arena and uses a variety of formats to capture his images, including his Blackberry.  He only submitted one photo the flikr group, but after digging through his photostream I...
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Therese Brown

Therese Brown

Photos by Therese Brown, El Cerrito, California. Today, I present to you the work of Therese Brown.  Therese is incredibly prolific in her photographic endeavors.  Her flikr account has almost 4,000 items.  No that isn’t a typo, 4,000.  I was unable to view everything on her flikr, I just don’t have the time, but...
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