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I N T R O D U C T I O N “AKUTE FORMED ON A PORCH IN SCARBOROUGH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. BEING VIRTUALLY UNEMPLOYED, WE BRAINSTORMED FOR MONTHS WITH FRIENDS AND CAME UP WITH A WAY TO PUBLISH OUR OWN PHOTOGRAPHS AND IDEAS. IT HAS BECOME A WAY TO EXPRESS AND PROMOTE ARTISTIC TALENT FROM THOSE WE KNOW PERSONALLY AND FOR SOME WE HAVEN’T EVEN MET.” THANK YOU FOR PICKING THIS UP -Michael & Samuel
SKATEBOARDING LIAM KEANEY LUKE PARISH
ARTWORK PHYLICIA CHONG
PHOTOGRAPHY ASHER SAMELKO HARRY REID SADDLER JAKE THROSSELL KURT GRÜNG LUKE PEGRUM MICHAEL DEMPSEY ROLF DRUM RORY MEADE SAMUEL LLOYD SEAN TAAFFE STEVE JAMES
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“Film vs Digital. Who cares really? I like both and I shoot with both. Having said that, all of my street photos are shot on film. And there’s a couple of reasons for this. I like the look of film, and, the type of camera that, (I feel) works well for street shooting. Personally I prefer a “Rangefinder” or a small discreet, point and shoot type of camera. But that’s me and I don’t know shit. But I find these cameras are almost invisible, and don’t spook potential subjects. In fact, most times aren’t even noticed till your walking away, shot taken. But film cost’s, coupled with low success rates can be quite disheartening, all though winning shots more than make up for it.” Photo & Words – Drum
Japan January 2012 Photos: Sam Lloyd
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Out of all the places in the world that we could get lost, Tokyo is probably up there with the worst. A japanese man squeezed into the last remaining gap on the train only to come face to face with two frazzled, tired, and completely bewildered westerners. With a slight smile, and in broken english, the MAN asked us where we were going and thankfully offered to show us the way. He took us ALL the way to the other side of tokyo, a 40 minute train ride from where we first met this man. he walked us out onto the platform, said goodbye, bought himself another return train ticket and left with a smile. there is so much to be learnt from such... “Unless I had a large rack, This wouldn’t happen in a western society.”
moiwa, Japan January 2012 Photo: Michael Dempsey
Japan Photos: Sam Lloyd
niseko, Japan January 2012 Photo: Sean Taaffe
Moiwa Japan 2012
Snowboarding in Japan is amazing, nothing compares to it. There’s something magical there and when the afternoon sun pierces the forest you’re riding through you really feel it. For an entire day it can litter with snow and by the afternoon, open up and spew sunshine, meanwhile there are no other humans for miles. LIVE.FEEL.CONES Photo: Michael Dempsey (IPHONE)
Photos: sam lloyd
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Tokyo
Photo: Michael Dempsey
Tokyo
Photo: Michael Dempsey
Photographs by Kurt Gr端ng (London)
www.kurtgrung.com
PHOTO: LUKE PEGRUM
HARRY REID SADLER
More than just photographs, Harry captures moments perfectly and pulls the viewer into his images. Shooting on 35mm point and shoots, he brings out the most in any film with some amazing gradients and expressions. We enjoy his work.
www.harryreidsadler.com
PHOTO: THROSSELL
JAKE THROSSELL IMAGES
when i was 17 a mate introduced me to jake. Since then he’s always been a cool dude and an excellent lens man. Not only does he shoot bodyboarding well, he has a great eye for landscape and lifestyle photography.
JOHNNYACE
Photographs by
— Samuel Lloyd
Perth Western Australia Photos: Sam Lloyd
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