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Edition June 2016

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Dear Friends and Readers! We would like to welcome you to our first anniversary issue! It was exactly a year ago that EYE-Photo Magazine published its first issue. Although the preparation and foundation of the magazine was in January 2015, we consider June as our date for the first anniversary. What an exciting time! Jam packed with fantastic features, meeting amazing people along the way we developed our magazine step by step up to the present day. And our journey has just begun! We are proud to offer our platform to talented and enthusiastic photographers from all over the world and different genres to a continuously growing readership. In the course of time we developed different platforms, starting on Facebook and we are now on almost every important social media platform such as Instagram, Tumblr, Flickr, Twitter, etc. even on YouTube :) Our team is continuously working on improving our quality and services towards our featured photographers as well as to our valued readers. And our success proves us right, our monthly issues reach a readership of about 30-40k readers per month! We are especially proud of the fact that despite difficult economic situation, we manage to offer our magazine FREE of charge to anyone! I guess there is no better evidence that proves how very passionate we are about photography! But besides our great success, our continuous striving to increase our quality there is one major point which we never lose sight of: YOU our readers and YOU our featured artists! All this would be unimaginable without YOU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so in this special first anniversary we would like to express our gratitude to all of you! Thank you for your continuous support, stay with us and enjoy reading!

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InFocus interview with

ACHIM KATZBERG

InFrame Photo Review with

Antonio E. Ojeda

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Jürgen Völkl

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ACHIM KATZBERG I was born and raised in 1965 in Zweibrücken. Since the early 90s I have been working in the Rhein Main Region and now live in Mainz. Since my early youth I have been taking photos with analog cameras. Even though I collected some experience with analog image editing in my own laboratory. After a work related break as an artist, since the turn of the century I am shooting with digital cameras. Going digital the black and white lab has been replaced by Lightroom and – in some exceptions only – Photoshop. I am now working as a professional photographer specialized in weddings, events and architecture photography as well as street and documentary photography.

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Achim, you are a very experienced and very busy photographer we feel very honoured to be able to conduct this interview with you! Please tell us a little bit about yourself to begin with.

I was born 1965 and grew up in ZweibrĂźcken. Since the early 1990s I have been working in the Rhein Main Region and now live in Mainz.

Could you share with us how you first became interested in photography?

Since my early youth I have taken photos with analog cameras. I started with a highly sophisticated Kodak Instamatic camera, which has soon been replaced by my first DSLR camera, even though I have collected some experience with analog image editing in my own laboratory.

After a work related break as a professional photographer and since the turn of the century I am shooting with digital cameras. Going digital the darkroom was replaced by Lightroom and - in some exceptions only - Photoshop.

InFocus - Interview wi Your work is a vivid mix between almost every genre of photography from events, architecture, and people up to street photography. I’m wondering is there a specific genre you personally prefer most. Yes, that’s correct. I am working as a professional photographer specialized in weddings, events and architecture photography as well as street and documentary photography. And I love them all! There are still tons of genres which I don’t cover e.g. landscape, flowers, macro, pet or baby shootings, just to mention some. As diverse as the 3 genres might appear at first sight, you will find a lot of parallels at the second look. For example, when shooting events or weddings the timely recognition of an arising situation or moment is of the utmost importance to be in the right place at the right time. Street Photography is a perfect training for this ... Your photographs have a real certain twist, where do you get your inspiration? It is all a lot around my fascination with architecture and design. Furthermore visiting museums for arts in general i.e. not only photography and the study of magazines, literature, online communities and discussions with other photographers. Have you been involved in arts in some other form than photography? That’s an easy one. No, despite visiting museums for inspiration I haven’t been involved in other kind of arts!

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What a r e t h e m a in dif f e re nc es i n y o u r opinion be tw e e n b ei ng a pr of es s iona l or ‘j ust’ an e n th us ia s tic photo g r ap h er wh o i s ta k ing pho tos ou t of p a s s ion? I t h i n k t he m a i n dif fe r e nce i s th a t a p r ofe s sio na l pho to gra p h er m us t e a r n his liv ing by tak i n g p h ot os a nd he /she m ust del i ver a g ood qua lity pr o duct a t th e e nd . For a ho bby pho to g ra p h e r i t i s j ust a n unhappy si tu a t i on i f a sho o ting o r photo wa l k was no t succe ssful. Ho p ef u l l y p r ofe ssio nal pho to gra p h er s a r e s t i ll sho o ting with pas si o n . At l e a s t I do so !

A s a p r o fe s s i on a l photog r ap h er , do y ou f e e l it’s g etti n g m or e a nd m ore dif fic ul t to a s s e r t yours e lf a ga i n s t ot h e r p hotogra phe r? H ow s tr on g i s the compe tition i n y ou r f i el d? In ti me s l i ke t he se , whe n e ve rybo d y i s a s e l f-pr o cla im e d photo g rap h e r by ta k ing pho to s w i th hi s s m ar tpho ne , the co mp et i t i on i s e ve n highe r. T he m a j o r c h a l l e ng e is the a ckn o w l e d g e m e nt o f yo ur pr o f e ssio n a l w or k , b e ing wo r th tha t so meo n e i s w i l l ing to pay fo r i t.

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I w ou l d l i k e to ta lk a bit a bout s t r e e t photogra p h y wit h y ou . Could you shar e wi t h u s how you fir st be c am e i nte re s te d in s tr e e t ph ot ogra phy? O n ce I g ot b ac k to pho to gra p hy a f t e r my wo r k r e la ted b re ak as m e ntio ne d be fo re I h a d b e e n lo o k ing fo r my g enr e a nd s ty le fo r a w h i l e. I t r i e d t his a nd tha t, did a l o t of ar c h ite ctur e photo g rap hy waiting fo r n o b o d y c r os s i ng my sta ge . I a m n o t s ur e whe n e x actl y I f i rs t b e c am e inte r e ste d i n stree t p h ot ogra phy, but en d of 2010, af te r a w o rkshop w i t h S e ba stia n S ch mi dt , a G e r man S tr e e t photo g rap h e r, I de f inite ly starte d foc u s i ng m o r e o n sho o ti n g s t r e e t pho to s.

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I r e al i z e d th a t your s tre e t photog rap hs oft en h ave a kind of rela tion to a r c h i t ec t u r e, or a re ra the r f ramed b y the arch itectu re. It seems a rc hi te c tu r e pl a ys a n importa nt role in you r comp o sit ion . Can you t e ll u s a b i t ab o u t i t? I love t o s how pe o ple in the ur ba n environment in strong composition s . I a m oft en l ook i ng f or lo catio ns with f ascinating architecture first. Once I id en t ified a lo cati on I a m using the cho r e o graphy of coincidence to compose pe o p l e, c i ty l an d sca p e s a nd ar chite ctur e . H ow m u c h d oes your e quipm e n t h elp you t o execu t e you r artistic v is ion s a nd w h at k i n d of e quipm e nt a r e you u sing ? I a m p e r s onal l y co nv ince d tha t th e importance of the camera and equ i p men t i s o fte n ove r rat e d. Ne ve r the le ss, I made the experience that the use o f a rel ati vel y s m a l l a nd unim pr e ssive -looking camera combined w ith light e ffi c i en t l en se s i s ve r y s uppo r tive in tak ing spontaneous photos of decisive momen t s - a l mo s t unnot i c e d a nd in ne a r ly every situation. A small and handy c a mera br i n g s you c l os er to a ctua l e ve nts and supports you in telling stories i n a mo re dyn a mi c a nd t r u thful m a nne r. Havi n g t hi s s a i d I a m cur r e ntly working w ith an Olympus OM- D EM 5l l o r E M 1 0 i n co mbi n a t i on with the 45m m / f/ 1.8 and 17mm f/ 1.8 lenses and 75mm f/ 1 .8 a s w e l l a s t he 12-40m m f /2. 8 a s my daily companion. Fo r my c om m i s s io ne d wo r k I a m working w ith a C anon EOS 5D II + II I

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Usually I do not interact w it h my s u b -

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onto th e s c e n e ( s tre e t) until you

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naturally, once they know th at yo u a re taking photos. Interacting w i t h t h em

If I recog n i ze a spo nta ne o us situation

after you have taken a phot o, c o u ld

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mean that you have to dele t e a g rea t

set ti n g s and c ompo sitio n. O fte n that is

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the o n l y c ha nc e I have . Ho we ve r very oft en the s i t ua t io n ho lds o n pr ov iding m e ti m e t o op t i m ize the co m po sition or eve n cam e ra s e ttings. I f so â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I do and try to t ake s om e m o r e pho to s f r o m the situ a ti o n . In ot h e r ca se s, I discover an a tt ra cti ve b ac k dr o p f ir st, a llo wing me to f i n d t h e b e s t pla ce fo r the be st composi ti o n a nd t o ho pe that the cho reogra p hy of c oi n c i de nce will he lp. Bei n g b a c k hom e the wo r k flo w is pretty sim p l e . Da t a s t o ra ge and ba ck up, follow e d by t he s e l e ctio n pr o ce ss a nd R AW co nvers i on w i t h so m e ba sic co r r e c tions only i n L i g ht r oom, b/w v s. co lo r decisio n a n d fi na l l y the publica tio n o r posti n g .

What i s i t i n y our s ubje cts tha t m a k e y ou w a n t to ca pture it? F irst o f a l l i t i s a ga in the ur ba n e nvi ro n m e nt , w i t h the ar chite ctur e an d desi g n . O n t he o the r hand, the r e are str o n g c ha rac t e r s and / o r inte r e sting situ a ti o n s . Do yo u i nt e ra c t with yo ur subje cts on str e e t and i f ye s, ho w do the y r e act on you ?

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InFocus - Interview wi What w ou l d y ou s a y cha ra cte rizes y our w o r k i n c ompa ris on to other stre e t p h oto gra phe rs ? In co n t ras t t o t he m a jo r ity o f Str eet P ho to g rap h e r s t he m a in f o cus o f my str e e t ph ot og raphy is o n ge o m e tr y, patter n s a nd a r c h i t e ctur e , ho we ve r w ithout n egl ect i ng t he sto r y. Do y ou s e e y our pe rs ona lity re flect ed in y o u r wor k ? I n w ha t ima ge d oes tha t c o m e a ppa re nt to you? I a m n o t s ur e i f my pe r so na lity can be read i n my p h ot o gra phs. I think every vie wer w i l l s e e a dif fe r e nt sto r y in my photo s. H ow e ve r, I think my str e et photo g ra p hy r e fl e c t s my gr e a t love f or people a n d l i f e i n g ene ra l a s we ll a s my fascin a ti o n f or a r c h ite ctur e & de sign. What c a n y ou t e ll us a bout the fac t or „ l uc k “ i n s tr e e t photogra phy? A llo w m e t o ans we r with this sho rt quote: “L u c k i s w h at ha ppe ns whe n preparatio n me e t s op p or tunity.” (Se ne ca ) A s a l read y m e ntio ne d the r e co gnition of a n a ri si ng s i t ua tio n o r m o m e nt is key. If you a re not t ra i ne d to r e co gnize s uch a situ a ti o n you w i ll no t to be in the right place a t t he r i g ht tim e . Be p rep a r e d and yo u will be luck y!

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InFocus - Interview wi What do y ou t hink a bout color st reet p h otogr aph y i n com pa ris on to B&W? Many o f t he i nt e r na tio na l we ll k now n old stre e t p h ot ogra phe r s did o nly shoot black a n d w h i t e . T he r e a so n f o r this is pr etty e a s y, s i nce we r e no co lo r films ava i l a bl e a t t ha t tim e . O f te n de ta ils in the b a c k g r ou nd o r at the e dge o f the photo ar e ve r y distra cting be cause of co l o r. I n s u c h c ase s B& W m ight be much m o re pl e as i ng t he v ie we r s e ye s. On the ot h er h a nd t he r e a r e pho to s which w ork perfectl y j us t b ecause o f the ir co lors! It i s a s al way s , the tr uth is so m e where i n b etw e e n ! I p er so nally de cide this pic tu re by p i c t u r e o r so m e tim e s in the co n tex t of t he publica tio n o f a se ries, w h i ch s h ou l d b e e ithe r in B& W o r in color f o r t h e c om p le te se t. H as y ou r s t y l e of s hooting cha ng ed si nc e y o u s t ar te d? I t h i n k s o. W h e n sta r ting I have been l o o k i n g for t he r ight ge nr e a nd th e right styl e . I d i d a l ot o f ar chite ctur e p hoto g ra p hy w i t h ou t pe o ple but with the i nten se us e of t he co nve r ging lines for dyn a m i c p h ot os . I n the m e a ntim e, my str ee t phot og raphy is fo cusing o n geom e try, p at t e r n s a nd a r chite ctur e in co m b i n a t i on w i t h the pe r fe ct pr o tagon ist.

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InFocus - Interview wi Thi s i s a tr i c ky que s tion : Among al l y ou r f a nta s tic w ork , could you n ame on e as your favorit e , a n d if yes , wh y ? Thi s q u e s t i on i s r e a lly ha r d to a ns w er, since there are many personal favo rit es i n the m e a nt i m e .

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InFocus - Interview wi W ha t ar e s om e of the mos t im p ortan t lessons you h ave learn ed f rom s h oo ting on s t r ee t ? Let me a ns w e r with a quo te a ga in: “ You miss 100% of the shots you n ever t a ke!” - Wayne G r e t z k y Yo u h ave a l way s to be pr e pa r e d. You have to be patient. Be respectfu l wi t h reg ard to th e pe op l e yo u ar e sho o ting. B ase d on y ou r e x pe rie nce , w hat ad vice would you g ive p eop le wh o a re ju s t sta r ti n g ou t i n s tre e t photogra p h y? Co n ti n u e t o l i ve yo ur passio n with doing good photos and having fun a t t h e s a me tim e. Do not wa ste to o m uch tim e in finding the best camera. Go out an d s h o o t ! Ar e th er e a n y s pe cia l proje cts or exhib ition s you’ re c u rren tly w orkin g on and w h i c h y ou lik e to introduce here? Curren t l y t he r e a r e no spe cific ph oto projects or upcoming exhibition s . Th e la s t mo n th I have b ee n wo r k ing o n the re- launch of my Homepage, w hich t o o k a l o t o f tim e. Furth e r m or e I he ld my f ir st S tr e e t Photography w orkshop or rather tra in i n g a n d I am n o w p l anni ng to se t up a se r ies of Street Photography and other P h o t o g rap hy wo rksh op s . At th e e nd of M a r ch the r e m ight be a little street exhibition in the co n t ext o f a CD- Rel e as e p ar ty o f a lo ca l Jazz Quartet, w ith the photos and cover & b o o klet layo ut d o n e by m e . As a k i nd of “ on -go ing pr o je ct ” I w ill continue in completion of

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up o r put t i ng t o ge the r ne w se r ie s . Achi m, t h an k you ve ry much f or taking your p rec ious time an d le t u s h a v e your t h ou gh t s a nd vie w s !

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photog rapher - Vie n n a /Austr i a I a m a n a ut od i da ct a nd sta r te d to take photos in 2014. My a rti s t i c p h ot ogra phy is inspir e d by unremarkable moments of everyd ay l i fe, esp e ci a l l y i n ur ba n spa ce a nd its surroundings. W h i l e s h oot i ng f o r this se r ie s, I â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been looking for people or s i t u a t i o n s that g i ve t he i m pr e ssio n as if the y w ere not from the present. Yo u ca n a l s o s e e so m e o f my la te st w ork at the upcoming Group Exhib i t io n a t P H 2 1 Ga l l e r y i n Buda pe st, Hunga ry. F ro m 1 8t h Fe b r u a r y â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 15th Mar ch 2016. w ww.vo e l k l p hot o. co m w ww.fac e b ook . c o m /vo e lk lpho to w ww.fl i c k r. c om / jue r ge nvo e lk l

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Daniele Martire

ph otographer - Italy Full time Project Manager loving design,

During all of my life, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been widely in-

with walking photographic habits.

spired by the Japanese functional simpli-

Under no photographic education but ex-

city, its natural sense of imperfect beauty

perimenting, I started shooting concerts

and its everyday contrasts.

with a Zenith film camera and making ty-

As a pleasant twist of fate, I started

pography design on iPhone.

Street Photography in my beloved Japan:

Later in the days I was forced to ful-

my pictures try to embody all of these

ly switch to digital but always keeping

principles, ranging from daily life Street

in mind a film approach to photography,

Photography to blurred landscape, from

shooting single to two shots per frame.

still-life photography to psychedelic dou-

Photography was (and it is) my intima-

ble-exposures.

te tool to remember faces/places and to express in words my own feelings/visions,

I strongly believe that Street Photography

being a very introspective person.

is all about feeling the city, its sounds, scents and lights; the boundary in bet-

Today, after years have gone by, some

ween to observe and to live a city is, in

exhibitions, features online and in books,

my opinion, the most efficient and fun

I mostly shoot Street Photography em-

way to do Street Photography.

ploying a small Fuji film XE2, during my free time. While the use of iPhone is now confined only to the low amount of editing I perform on my shoots e.g. levels adjustment and film filters).

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Marcello Perino

ph otog rapher - Rome /Italy

I am an Italian snapshooter, based in Rome. I have always taken pictures and I do this essentially in an attempt to stop time. I like the idea of doing it even if it is only a fantasy. Time alters everything: it changes your skin, your voice, your looks, your way of thinking. Sometimes you change and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;t even realize it. A photograph makes you go back in time and you remember where you came from, who you were and what your thoughts were. Through a snap-shot, you remember yourself. I travel quite often and I am fascinated by humanity and its culture. I feel a sense of urgency to take pictures of all the amazing gestures I see in the street and all the visual anecdotes I come across. Web site: http://ovosphotography.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/ovosovo

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Carneval ph Essay Synopsis: „su battileddu“ is the protagonist of Lula‘s carnival mask. Lula is a small village in Sardinia where the archaic rite of Dionysus‘ death takes place every year during carnival. „su battileddu“ (the village idiot) is the sacrificial victim. He wears sheep hides, his face is dirty with soot and blood, while his head is covered with a woman’s handkerchief topped with a goat stomach between a pair of big curved horns.He also wears some cowbells, and on his belly hangs an ox stomach filled with blood and water, which is perforated from time to time by the „battileddos massajos“ (the keepers of the victim) to wet the land and fertilize the fields.

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hotography The „battileddos massajos“ wear farmer clothes, their faces are soiled with soot, and they keep the victim tied up with leather ropes. They follow the sacrificial victim all around the village striking and wounding him till death. There are also other characters who follow the victim: they are the „battileddos gattias“, men disguised as widows. they hold rag dolls and ask young women in the crowd to nurse them, while they wait and sing funeral melodies for the victim. When the victim reaches the main square where a big bonfire is lit, the „battileddos massajos“ kill him while the „battileddos gattias“ scream and cry. then, they place the victim on a cart, the last gesture before rebirth.

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Mustafa Dedeoğlu was born in Istanbul, in 1978. After having completed primary and secondary schools in Turkey, he left for Cyprus to study at university. Having graduated from Eastern Mediterranean University with a diploma in industrial engineering he returned to his home city of Istanbul, where he now lives and continues creating his photography essays. He first got in touch with photography in 2006. With time his interest became the ever-growing passion of his life. In his creations the artist prioritizes composition, the story that he aims to tell, the emotional value of the image and its aesthetic qualities. To Mustafa Dedeoğlu style in photography is first of all a reflection of the artist‘s personality and philosophy, in each and every photo he takes, rather than series of similar photos taken with same technique. Mustafa Dedeoğlu‘s works are published in various local and foreign titles on art. The artist also shares his creations through exhibitions. Mustafa Dedeoğlu has been displaying his art in Russia, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, America, Tehran and France. mustafadedeoglu34@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mustafa.dedeoglu.336 https://twitter.com/DedegluMustafa http://mustafadedeoglu.deviantart.com/ www.behance.net/mustafadedeoglu www.instagram.com/dedeoglu_mustafa/ PROJECTS: Timeless City Istanbul and Faces Human After All Anatolia Ashura Mourning Day Captive Birds One / Searching Workers Handmade Gipsys Human After All February Mood EXHIBITIONS: 2015 – National Village Museum Bucharest / ROMANIA 2015 – Novgorod Photography Museum Nizhny Novgorod / RUSSIA 2014 – Art Share L.A. Los Angeles / USA 2014 – Anwatin Middle School & Northwest Museum Minneapolis-Spokane / USA 2014 – Manastır Culture House Bitola / MACEDONIA 2014 – National Gallery of Macedonia Skopje / MACEDONIA

2014 – YEE – Turski kulturni centar Sarajevo Sarajevo / BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 2014 – Farhangistan-ı Honer / Saba Gallery Tahran / IRAN 2014 – Collegium Artisticum Gallery Sarajevo / BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 2014 – Kosova National Museum KOSOVA 2014 – Kazan State Museum of Fine Arts Kazan / RUSSIA 2014 – FineArt Igualada PhotoFestival BARCELONA 2014 – The Museum of the History of Yoshkar – Ola City Mari El Republic / RUSSIA 2014 – The Museum of the History of Yoshkar – Ola City Mari El Republic / RUSSIA 2013 – Batumi Turkish Consulate Cultural Center Batumi / GEORGIA 2013 – Institut Estudis Fotogràfics Catalunya (IEFC) BARCELONA 2013 – Kazan Turkish Consulate Cultural Center Kazan / RUSSIA 2013 – Chuvash National Museum Chuvash / RUSSIA 2013 – FotoSoyuz Gallery Moscow / RUSSIA 2012 – Photo Vernissage St. Petersburg / RUSSIA 2011 – Free Organization Nice / FRANCE

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Edge of Life

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Joy

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Alexander Farnsworth What fun to be featured in EYE Photo Magazine! It is by no means a reward for all my hard work since this is really not work at all. Everyday, I am blown away by the outstanding images I see on a variety of sites. Like many of you around the world, I have that street photo bug and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shake it. It is like a rush of digital nicotine. Totally out of the blue, an everyday situation presents itself, and BOOM, the stars align. I hang out on street corners. It is my (sometimes naive) belief that simple curiosity and openness can open a lot of doors. Some people look at me funny. Others become friends for life. I am a hunter. Usually I go hungry. But I try.

There are oodles of do’s and don’ts in photography but rule number one has to be to get out and shoot. That one I’ve got covered. I am an American photographer and have been living in Stockholm for the last 25 years. I shoot for a hyperlocal Facebook and web news site in my neighborhood. I also do corporate assignments and shoot stock photography all over the world. A kind of hyper local mix. I grew up in Paris and went to university in the US. After my move to Sweden, I produced long distance trucking reportages across Russia, eastern Europe and Scandinavia which I sold to travel and trucking magazines everywhere. This lead me to corporate/industrial assignments for Swedish companies and international magazines around the world which continue to this day. But I am also very fortunate to have found a niche for my interests. With this local site, I have a blank slate to photograph anything how, when and where I want or see fit. (Photos from two earlier exhibits in links, http://farnsworth.se/index.php/exhibit-haegersten-2-0 http://farnsworth.se/index.php/exhibit-haegersten-1-0 and a third exhibit is on the way). My point is that many photographers (and journalists) are often blind sighted by what is right outside their door. My passion is for the quotidian, the hum and drum of daily life - habits, gestures, expressions, emotions - and telling simple human stories. I do it in my work. I try to do it with street photography. Color is my medium.

Exhibit 1 http://farnsworth.se/index.php/exhibit-haegersten-1-0 Exhibit 2 http://farnsworth.se/index.php/exhibit-haegersten-2-0 Exhibit 3: Saturday April 16, 2016 at http://tellusbio.nu/ in Midsommarkransen in Stockholm My website: http://farnsworth.se/ My Facebook photo blog: https://www.facebook.com/Farnsworthse-271021059599173/

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Achraf Baznani Marrakesh /Marocco Talented photographer-artist Achraf Baznani (Born in Marrakesh/Morocco) plays with scale and proportion to create mise-en-scĂ¨ne that are dream-like, introspective and not a little bit whimsical. His images have been lauded by art and photography lovers, hundreds of thousands of which follow him online. Achraf Baznani carries on the traditions of Surrealism with his wild, imaginative, and wholly impractical imagery. Among his inventive scenarios, small human figures, often the artist himself, appear trapped within glass jars or the size of a camera lens; in other works, Baznani more or less dissects his body, as for example, in one, he cleanly removes his brain from his cranium, or in another, twists off his hand, much as if it were a light bulb. Imparted throughout such works are strong senses of humor and wonder, and as such, Baznaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art offers a Surrealistic take on life experience in the digital age.

During 2014 he completed his „52 Project“, a personal mission which he committed to taking a picture every week in a row for a year. He has participated in several local and international collective exhibitions such as Sidney International Exhibition of Photography, „Colour burst“ in Hungary, Park Art Fair International in Germany, Gallery Globe in USA, Louvre private exhibition in France. A self-taught artist, Baznani has no formal photography education. Statement regarding my works: Conceptual photography is, first and foremost, about the concept of the photo. A conceptual photographer is trying to bring some message about to the viewer, be it a political advert or a social commentary or an emotional outcry. There is some level of abstraction, thus, in my works: the image is not an explicit example of the concept, but a general expression of the idea. Conceptual photography makes healthy use of graphical symbols to represent ideas, movements, moods, anything and everything that the photographer might want to include in the message of their photograph. For my works, there are a variety of ways a concept falls into place, most often it starts with a spark of inspiration and grows from there, whether it is a person, design, story that needs to be told, regardless, it all starts with a single point. From there it becomes simple problem solving. I don’t spend very much time looking at what other people are doing. I like to stay aware and connected to what others are doing by following sites such as Flickr. but beyond that, I spend the rest of my time meeting people, creating, and really just living life. I think the best way to being inspired is not to just try to emulate others, but to find what inspires you in life and trying to capture and share it. I use Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 4. I use Lightroom to correct and change the colorimetry pictures. Then I go on to the most important Photoshop retouching. To learn how to master these tools, I spent hours in front of my computer to study the tutorials available on the Internet. Portfolio: www.baznani.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/abphotographe

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