EYE-Photo Magazine, Issue #11, November 2018 by EYE-Photo Magazine

NOVEMBER 2018

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Letters from the editor

ear readers!

The summer is over now. The days are getting shorter and darker, the weather more unstable. A good reason, therefore, to make yourself comfortable at home and reach for our brand new November issue. This edition is once again loaded up with interesting articles, reviews, and features. Some of the highlights are the introduction of “Collateral Eyes”, a young emerging photo collective based in Frankfurt with the main focus on street photography. Furthermore, we also present the winners of the Windkraft Photo Contest, which we have already featured and advertised here at the end of summer. Thomas Füngerlings, our editor and columnist, provide us with insights into photography, this time he offers helpful tips and tricks on how to create incredible photos just using your smartphone. I am really excited and particularly pleased to be able to resume the collaboration with my old photo group from Facebook, Urban Street Photography, where I have been an editor, admin, and publisher of „Urban Street Magazine“ a few years ago. In this issue, we present the winners of their very first photo contest called „Light“.

Lars Plessentin, Martin Maradona, Mauro Carfagna, Olivier Longre, Petru Dimoff, Abdelmajid Friha, Steve Cole and Vörös Michal. The conclusion is almost traditionally the presentation of the best pictures, selected by our online editors in our Facebook photo group. We call them “EYE-Catching Moments” Our online editors Antje Schirmaier, Helena Costa, Thomas Füngerlings, and Markus Brandstetter present a diverse selection of fantastic photos selected in our Facebook photo group. However, there is also a small, if subtle, innovation in this column too: “more space for photography” - in line with our motto, we have now given more space in the magazine for our EYE-Catching Moments. Because of photography, so our conviction, need room to evolve! All in all, we once again managed to present well over 100 photographers on over 300 pages from more than 50 countries. As always, we hope you enjoy reading and browsing!

The cover photo of our November issue comes from the fantastic photographer Mariano Belmar Torrecilla. In our section “PhotoReview” we present the works of Francesco Portelli, Gabriele Scanziani, Iris van Loon,

Yours,

STEFAN CIMER Founder and Managing Editor

Cover photo by M ARIANO B ELMAR T ORRECILLA ÂŠ

Because getting your work published DOES matter! EYE-Photo Magazine is the independent, online magazine of EYE-Photo Club, a registred cultural association, providing a platform to talented and enthusiastic photographers from all over the world to present their work, regardless of their genre, to an international readership. All images and text, published in EYE-Photo Magazine are the sole property of the featured authors and artists and subject to copyright! EYE-Photo Magazine shall not be liable for the content, quality, relevance or accuracy of any materials used in this issue. Without written permission of its legal owner, no photo or text can be reproduced, edited, copied or distributed in any form. EYE-Photo Magazine ÂŠ- all rights reserved www.eye-photomagazine.com office@eye-photomagazine.com

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WINDKRAFT PHOTO CONTEST

INTRODUCTION COLLATERAL EYES PHOTO COLLECTIVE

PHOTO

PHOTOREVIEW

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MARIANO BELMAR TORRECILLA

PHOTOREVIEW

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FRANCESCO PORTELLI

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GABRIELE SCANZIANI

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PHOTOREVIEW

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IRIS VAN LOON

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PHOTOREVIEW

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LARS PLESSENTIN

BY THOMAS FÃ&#x153;NGERLINGS

CONTEST

URBAN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

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M ARIANO B ELMAR T ORRECILLA

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MATIN MARADONA 122

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MAURO CARFAGNA 134

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PETRU DIMOFF 156

ABDELMAJID FRIHA 168 WITH STEVE COLE

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WITH VÖRÖS MICHAL

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PHOTOREVIEW PHOTOREVIEW

OLIVIER LONGRE 146

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THOMAS FÜNGERLINGS Dutzend Tipps für bessere Smartphone-Fotos

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THOMAS FÜNGERLINGS Dutzend Tipps für bessere Smartphone-Fotos

Früher war beim Fotografieren alles anders. Die Kamera und die Objektive waren schwer und genau aus diesem Grunde hattest du alles selten parat. Hinzu kommt, nicht jeder ist mit Fotowissen und dem Gebrauch der Kamera vertraut. Ich rede jetzt nicht mal von der anlogen Foto-Film-Zeit. Die neuen Digitalkamera haben sehr vielen Interessierten den Zugang erleichtert und selbst im Automatik-Modus lassen sich prima Bilder ablichten. Trotzdem war und ist es öfters ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln. Doch dann kamen die Smartphones mit eingebauter Kamerafunktion. Wow, wenn du so ein Ding hast, dann ist es plötzlich so leicht, seine Motive und die Umgebung im tollen Licht erscheinen zu lassen. Der ultimative Vorteil, du hast sie immer dabei, die Bedienung ist simpel und das Ergebnis sofort sicht- und teilbar. Die Bilder sind oft wirklich gelungen und vorzeigbar.

Aber ich bin der Meinung, es geht immer einen Ticken spannender. Und trotzdem kann die Automatik nicht die ganze Physik wegrechnen. So fragte mich Volker K., warum da plötzlich zwei Sonnen am Horizont seines Fotos zu sehen sind. Da ich öfter gefragt werde, wie geht dies und wie hast du das gemacht, kommt heute mal ein kleiner BasisKurs für iPhone-Knipser. Hier meine persönlichen Tipps für bessere Fotos (nicht nur) mit dem Smartphone.

... 12 TIPPS FÜR BESSERE FOTOS Als erstes schau mal, ob die Linse sauber ist, denn die SmartphoneKamera wird schnell dreckig. Die Verschmutzung sorgt für Flecken oder unscharfe Bereiche auf den Bildern. Einfach mit dem T-Shirt oder einem weichen Tuch darüberwischen. Ich empfehle die originäre KameraApp, also die eingebaute App, die man mit nur einer Bewegung sofort „anschaltet“. Schnelle Einsatzbereitschaft ist oft das A und O für ein perfektes Foto. Damit geht kein entscheidender Moment mehr durch die Lappen.

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Fangen wir mit der Bildkomposition an, also was willst du zeigen und was ist auf dem Bild (wo) zu sehen. Gute Komposition geht eigentlich ganz einfach. Das (eingebaute) Raster, mit den neun Feldern hilft den Horizont gerade zu halten und Objekte nicht langweilig in die Mitte zu setzen. Jetzt platziere dein Haupt-Motiv auf eines der vier Schnittpunkte. Das nennt man die Drittel-Regel. Die Drittel-Regel dient dazu Bilder interessanter und harmonischer wirken zu lassen, andernfalls wirken sie statisch und schwer. Die Einstellung kannst du beim iPhone so aktivieren. Zwar kann man schiefe Bilder auch nachträglich begradigen. Dabei gehen aber Teile des Randes verloren.

DOPPELT UND DREIFACH Jetzt geht es ans Fotografieren. Mein Tipp: Mach gleich mehrere Aufnahmen von einem Motiv. Nutze die Serienbildfunktion (Auslöseknopf gedrückt halten) robbe dich heran, wechsle den Blickwinkel. So kannst du den richtigen Zeitpunkt nicht verpassen. Das Schöne an der Digitalfotografie ist, dass du das beste Foto auswählen und die übrigen einfach löschen kannst. TRICKY TRICKS Viele Smartphones haben einen Selbstauslöser, am iPhone gelingt das Gruppenfoto mit dem Kopfhörer: Einfach die Kamera-App starten, Headset anstöpseln und das Handy irgendwo platzieren. Beim Drücken der Lautstärkewippe knipst die Kamera ein Foto. Mit dem „Fernauslöser“ kann man auch Selfies schießen, ohne den ausgestreckten Arm zu sehen. Kleiner Tipp am Rande, wenn du unbemerkt knipsen oder diskret sein möchtest, einfach das Gerät auf Lautlos schalten (Klingelton abstellen) und schon ist das Auslösegeräusch unterdrückt. NAH UND NOCH NÄHER Dem Fotografen und Kriegsreporter Robert Capa wird der Ausspruch zugeschrieben: „Wenn deine Bilder nicht gut genug sind, warst du nicht nah genug dran.“ Zwar haben die neuen Smartphones meistens eine Zoomfunktion, aber die Elektronik erzeugt - neben dem sogenannten Rauschen als störende Pixel im Bild - meist doch nur verwackelte Bilder. Aber es hilft nix, du musst näher ran gehen. Das macht das Bild auch authentischer. STATIV VERGESSEN? Du brauchst kein Mini-Stativ. Hilfsmittel für verwacklungsfreie Aufnahmen sind überall vorhanden, nimm den Tisch, Laterne, Hauswand, den Zaun und so weiter. Alle Gegenstände, an denen du dich anlehnen oder auf denen du die Hände aufstützen kannst, eignen sich als improvisiertes Stativ für ein Smartphone. Mehr Licht Die Belichtung eines Motivs lässt sich anpassen. Dazu wird das Motiv auf dem Bildschirm mit dem Finger angetippt und so fokussiert. Neben dem gelben Rechteck erscheint auch ein Sonnensymbol. Wer es nach oben schiebt, hellt das Bild auf, nach unten wird es dunkler. Achtung: Wird neu fokussiert, muss auch die Belichtung wieder angepasst werden.

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Lichteffekte: Wenn die Sonne lacht, gelingen gute Bilder. Aber bitte nicht gegen das Licht fotografieren, sondern mit dem Lichteinfall. Und falls du doch ins Licht oder in die Sonne knipst, dann kannst du mit einer Hand die Linse etwas abschatten. Mit dieser „Gegenlichtblende“ vermeidest du das Streulicht (Lens Flare), welches „Doppelsonnen /-Lichter“ erzeugt. Drinnen stellst du dich mit dem Rücken zum Fenster. Achte auf deinen Schatten! Besonders beeindruckend finde ich gerade Gegenlichtaufnahmen, wenn das Motiv als Silhouette zu sehen ist.

Weniger ist mehr! Nach meiner Meinung sollte so wenig wie möglich vom Hauptmotiv ablenken. Dabei hilft das Spiel mit der Perspektive. Etwa, indem etwas vor dem blauen Himmel abgelichtet wird. Oder man geht näher heran. 14

Mitzieheffekt Das können die meisten von euch mit etwas Übung auch. Du kannst die Bewegung eines schaukelnden Kindes oder eines fahrenden Autos einfrieren. Dazu bewegst / ziehst du dein Smartphone mit dem Motiv mit (Mitzieheffekt) und schaffst es, das richtige Tempo zu treffen, so erscheint Kind oder Auto im Idealfall scharf und der Hintergrund unscharf. Unten siehst du, es braucht ein paar Anläufe, beim zweiten Bild ist es mir gelungen den Laster “einzufrieren”.

Bewegungsunschärfe Bewegungsunschärfe ist ein ähnliches Stilmittel zum Fotografieren. Nicht jedes Bild muss scharf sein. Gezielte Unschärfe kann ein Motiv zu einem besonderen Bild machen. Bewegungsunschärfe entsteht, wenn du bewegte Motive mit (zu) langen Verschlusszeiten ablichtest. Das ist etwas einfacher als der obige Mitzieheffekt. Du stellst dich an eine Wand, hältst das Gerät ruhig und lässt Passanten vorbeigehen oder die Bahn vorbeifahren. Leider gelingt dies mit der eigenen App nicht so gut. Ich empfehle hier ProCam5 aus dem Appstore. Hier bekommst du echte Profitools für ganz kleines Geld (unter 7 Euro).

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Der Effekt ist immer wieder verblüffend, ich mag solche Bilder. Du kannst mit bewegenden Hintergründen und statischen Personen oder mit bewegenden Personen im Vordergrund vor statischer Kulisse spielen. Hier ein paar Schnappschüsse ...

Zum Schluss, Nachbearbeitung ist nicht verboten. Bereits mit Bordmitteln kannst du Bilder mit nur einem Fingertipp verbessern, mit einem schwarz-weiss Filter versehen oder verblitzte rote Augen entfernen.

SUMMARY: 12 TIPS FOR BETTER SMARTPHONE PHOTOS I recommend the original camera app, so the built-in app, which one with a single movement immediately “turns on”. Fast operational readiness is significant. Let’s start with the picture composition, so what do you want to show and what can be seen in the picture (where). Good composition is straightforward. The (built-in) grid, with the nine fields, helps to keep the horizon straight and not put objects boring in the middle. Now place your main subject on one of the four intersections. The rule of thirds serves to make pictures look more exciting and harmonious; otherwise, they are static and heavy. You can activate this setting with the iPhone. My tip: Take several shots of a motif. Use the continuous shooting function (press and hold the release button) to get close, change the viewing angle. So missed you can not miss the right time. The beauty of digital photography is that you can pick the best photo and delete the rest. Take several shots of a subject. Use the continuous shooting function (hold down the release button) and change the viewing angle. You can freeze the movement of a rocking child or a moving car. To do this, you move/pull your smartphone with the motive (drag effect) and manage to hit the right tempo, so child or car appears in the ideal case sharp and the background out of focus. Below you see, it takes a few attempts, the second picture, I managed to “freeze” the vice.

Der Autor Thomas Füngerlings ist Mitte 50. Nach dem Studium und den ersten Berufsjahren in Hamburg, lebt er in Kempen am Niederrhein und arbeitete lange Zeit als Werbeleiter in Verlagen. Heute ist er Fotograf, Blogger (wöchentliches weekly) und Online-Editor und Administrator beim EYE-Photo Magazine www.facebook.com/groups/eyephotomagazineeditorschoice Seit 2014 liegt der Fokus auf der People- und Streetfotografie. Die Reiselust treibt ihn regelmäßig in die Metropolen der Welt. Letztes Jahr war er über drei Monate unter dem Motto #1DayInALifeInNZ in Neuseeland unterwegs. Mehr von ihm findet ihr hier: www.thomas-fuengerlings.de www.facebook.com/thomas.fuengerlings www.flickr.com/photos/thomas-aus-kempen/ www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJRB62sCfQbkhCQroKIbFA/videos 17

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FANG DEN WIND IN EINEM BILD CATCH THE WIND IN A PICTURE

First price winner CHRISTIOPH REITER Â©

FANG DEN WIND IN EINEM BILD CATCH THE WIND IN A PICTURE

Second place: KLAUS ROCKENBAUER Â©

Third place: JOHANN STRITZINGER Â©

Fotowettbewerb zeigt die ästhetischsten Seiten der Windkraft Aus 1.200 Einreichungen wurden 20 Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner des Fotowettbewerbs gekürt. Gemeinsam mit Wien Energie veranstaltete die IG Windkraft unter dem Motto „Fang den Wind in einem Bild“ den Windkraft-Fotowettbewerb 2018. Sensationelle 1.200 Fotos landeten auf dem Tisch der Fachjury. „Windräder in Österreich versorgen bereits die Hälfte aller Haushalte mit Strom. Die vielen eingereichten Fotos zeigen auch, wie schön Windräder sein können und wie gut sie sich in die Landschaft integrieren“, stellt Stefan Moidl, Geschäftsführer der IG Windkraft fest und hofft, dass die Begeisterung für die Windenergie auch auf die Regierung überspringt. Für die Jury war die Auswahl der Gewinner und Gewinnerinnen Vergnügen und Herausforderung zugleich. „Die fotografische Qualität war wirklich beachtlich, es wurden alle Facetten kreativer Fotografie genutzt“, so Jurymitglied Klaus Lorbeer von FOTOobjektiv. Aus über 1.200 Einsendungen wurden 20 Fotos mit Preisen bedacht und am 15. Oktober überreicht. Der Hauptpreis, ein E-Bike, ging an Christoph Reiter, Platz 2 an Klaus Rockenbauer. Den 3. Platz erreichte Johann Stritzinger, der in der Kategorie „Windkraft und Tiere“ ausgezeichnet wurde. „Es freut uns besonders, dass die Fotos in der Wien Energie-Welt im neunten Bezirk ausgestellt werden“, so Wien Energie-Geschäftsführer Michael Strebl und ergänzt: „Neben der Erlebniswelt, in der mehr über die Welt des Stroms zu erfahren ist, werden die Fotos bis 30.Oktober zu betrachten sein. Wir gratulieren den diesjährigen Siegerinnen und Siegern.“

Photocontests showing the most aesthetic aspects of wind power Out of 1,200 submissions, 20 winners of the photo contest were selected Together with Wien Energie, IG Windkraft organized the wind photo competition 2018 under the motto “catch the wind in a picture”. Sensational 1,200 photos ended up at the table of the expert jury. “Wind turbines in Austria already supply half of all households with electricity. The many submitted photos also show how beautiful wind turbines can be and how well they integrate into the landscape, „Stefan Moidl, Managing Director of IG Windkraft notes and hopes that the enthusiasm for wind energy will also leap onto the government. For the jury, the selection of the winners was a pleasure and a challenge at the same time. “The photographic quality was really remarkable, all facets of creative photography were used,” said jury member Klaus Lorbeer from FOTOobjektiv. Out of more than 1,200 submissions, 20 photos were given prizes and presented on 15 October 2018. The main prize, an e-bike, went to Christoph Reiter, second place to Klaus Rockenbauer. Third place went to Johann Stritzinger, who was awarded in the category “Wind Power and Animals”. “We are particularly pleased that the photos will be exhibited in the Vienna Energy World in the ninth district,” said Wien Energie Managing Director Michael Strebl, adding: “In addition to the world of experience, where you can learn more about the world of electricity the photos should be considered until October 30th. We congratulate this year’s winners.”

Fotowettbewerb zeigt die ästhetischsten Seiten der Windkraft Aus 1.200 Einreichungen wurden 20 Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner des Fotowettbewerbs gekürt. Alle Interessierten können sich selbst ein Bild von der Windkraft in der Wien Energie-Welt machen. Alle prämierten Fotos sind bis 30.10.2018 in Wien-Spittelau ausgestellt. Fotos können täglich zwischen 9 und 19 Uhr kostenlos besichtigt werden. Windenergie macht starkes Bild in Österreich Aktuell erzeugen fast 1.300 Windräder sauberen Strom für 50% aller österreichischen Haushalte und sparen damit beinahe so viel CO2 ein, wie 4 Millionen Autos ausstoßen. Lukas Pawek, Projektleiter des Fotowettbewerbs, ist mit dem Ergebnis hochzufrieden: „Ich danke allen Fotografinnen und Fotografen, der Jury und Wien Energie für ihr wirklich tolles Engagement. Die enorme Steigerung bei den Einsendungen zeigt auch, wie positiv die Windkraft von den Menschen in unserem Land wahrgenommen wird“. Stefan Moidl ergänzt abschließend: „Wir sind hoffnungsfroh, dass sich die Regierung durch die Schönheit der Windräder begeistern lässt und rasch geeignete Rahmenbedingungen für den weiteren Windkraftausbau zur Verfügung stellt.“

Photocontests showing the most aesthetic aspects of wind power Out of 1,200 submissions, 20 winners of the photo contest were selected Interested persons can get an idea of wind energy in the Wien Energie World. All awarded photos are exhibited until 30.10.2018 in Vienna-Spittelau. Photos can be viewed daily between 9 am and 7 pm for free. Wind energy makes a strong impression in Austria Currently, nearly 1,300 wind turbines generate clean electricity for 50% of all Austrian households, saving almost as much CO2 as 4 million cars emit. Lukas Pawek, project manager of the photo contest, is extremely satisfied with the result: “I would like to thank all photographers, the jury and Wien Energie for their really great commitment. The huge increase in entries also shows how positively wind power is perceived by the people of our country “. Stefan Moidl concludes: “We are hopeful that the government will be thrilled by the beauty of the wind turbines and will quickly provide suitable framework conditions for the further expansion of wind power.”

FANG DEN WIND IN EINEM BILD CATCH THE WIND IN A PICTURE

A) - 4th place Gottfried FĂźrlinger B) - 5th place Hans Ringhofer C) - 6th place Andrea Pawlek D) - 6th place Johann Stritzinger E) - 6th place Tibor Kranjec F) - 9th place Johann Stritzinger

G) - 9th place Johann Stritzinger H) - 11th place Christian Wakolbinger I) - 11th place Elfriede Stritzinger J) - 11th place Nina Krzyzanski K) - 14th place Felix BrĂśnnimann L) - 14th place Georg Gindl M) - 14th place Hans Ringhofer N) - 14th place Klaus Rockenbauer O) - 14th place Nina Krzyzanski

P) - 14th place Roman Zsalcsik Q) - 14th place Tibor Kranjec

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INTRO DU CTION C O L L AT E R A L E Y E S

From top left, to buttom right: Achim Katzberg, Ivan Slunjski, Frank Meffert, Lukas Merz, Matt Finazoo, Thobias Lรถhr

INTRO DU CTION C O L L AT E R A L E Y E S

COLLATERAL EYES Collateral Eyes is a young Frankfurt-based street photography collective comprised of six photographers from Frankfurt and the surrounding areas. Despite their varied photographic backgrounds, they all share the same love for one genre in particular: street photography. The seeds of Collateral Eyes were planted back in late 2015 with a street photography workshop some of the current members attended - though none of them knew each other back then. Most of the participants wanted to do something like a workshop on a regular basis, so Frank took it upon himself to start organising regular photo walks. Using a Facebook group to coordinate, attendance grew consistently, but six participants were especially motivated. In early 2017, they decided to forge this fantastic collective. Since forming, the members of Collateral Eyes have been active in the Frankfurt and European street photo community. Besides organizing the photo walks in Frankfurt, they have taken trips to different European cities and met a lot of interesting people all over the map. Visiting Paris with Valerie Jardin was a gorgeous experience, as was networking at Photokina in Cologne. Socialising is very important to them and a driving force behind their activities. But as much as they like visiting other cities, they also love being town themselves. The collective loves to welcome visiting photographers to Frankfurt and show them their lovely city. Apart from that, they try to combine street photography with social engagement and support charitable projects. They supported local NGOs and joined the 24-Hour Project (24hourproject.org) earlier this year. The event brings photographers together every year to raise awareness of a social cause; 2018â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event was in support women's human rights around the world. Contentwise, they publish new articles on their website regularly and maintain social media presence on Instagram and Facebook. Blog topics include general street photography issues and events, technical how-tos, and philosophical discussions of photography and creative style. The next pages will introduce the collectiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photographers individually. OUTLOOK CE has big plans for 2019 and beyond. They are planning a public exhibition in Frankfurt sometime next year, and they are currently producing a photo critique session (which will be published on Youtube). The guys have recently returned from Berlin, Poland, and Sicily, and will be in NYC, California, South Africa, and India next year. So stay tuned for amazing photographs. LINKS Web: https://collateraleyes.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collateraleyes/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CollateralEyes

MATT FINAZZO Matt does not shoot professionally and has no ambition to do so. He feels that it would take the joy out of photography, which he pursues as a purely creative passion. Matt is drawn to street photography as a way to observe the world around him and hopefully document small slices of it for future generations to discover. He enjoys making candid portraits, new-topo landscapes, and capturing strange moments that will never happen again.

ACHIM KATZBERG Achim is specialised in architecture and documentary photography as well as weddings, events, and architecture in Mainz and the Rhein-Main Region. Street photography is a kind of uncommissioned, free program for Achim. Achimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s street photography allows him to reflect his great love for people and life in general, as well as his fascination for architecture and design. He loves to show people in the urban environment in strong compositions, preferring minimalistic urban graphics.

INTRO DU CTION C O L L AT E R A L E Y E S

TOBIAS LĂ&#x2013;HR Tobias is a documentary reportage photographer specialised in wedding photography. In his free time he travels around the globe and photographs all facets of this beautiful planet also in a documentary style.

FRANK MEFFERT Frank (aka. Frankyboy) initiated the Collective in early 2017. He works as a full-time software engineer pleasing his creative hemisphere with photography. But photography is a little more than just pleasure to Frank. It helps him cope with his depression and provides him with an outlet to express his thoughts and feelings. After talking publicly about it on a Podcast, lots of people felt inspired. To stay motivated in photography, Frank started a 365 days challenge in 2018. He photographs one door every day.

LUKAS MERZ Photography is a pure passion for Lukas. It’s like capturing a scene, frozen in time. A canned emotional moment, kept by a person. He sees himself as a designer, rather than an artist. The design follows a scheme with an aim, where art does not necessarily. So he actively composes the picture of a scene instead of hoping for the right moment. Back in the old days, Lukas studied Media- and Computer Science with a focus on Movie and Post-Production. From time to time you’ll see his experience as Motion Artist in his work.

IVAN SLUNJSKI Ivan Slunjski lives in Frankfurt/Main since he was born there. The subject he is now dealing with professionally is related to IT but he is a photographer by vocation. Actually, he is just about to start his part-time photography business in the area of people and wedding reportage photography. Photography for Ivan is a passion, a mixture of science and art that creates magic. One important element on his way to see life through photography is imperfection. It’s one reason why he mainly still chooses to shoot and develop film over digital. Imperfect Life is like photography, we develop from the negatives. Artist statement: „Without pictures, we wouldn’t even know what our past has looked like.” (Quote: Brian Adams)

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LUKAS MERZ Â© 43

FRANK MEFFERT Â©

TOBIAS LÖHR © 47

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MATT FINAZZO Â© 51

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URBAN STREET PHOTO GALLERY

CONTEST “LIGHT”

Stuart Paton (1st place winner)

URBAN STREET PHOTO GALLERY

CONTEST “LIGHT” THE CONTEST “LIGHT” This is the first contest organised by Urban Street Photo Gallery Instagram Channel (@urbanstreetphotogallery), in partnership with EYE Photo Magazine and sponsored by Fineartphotoprinting.com. The Guest Judge, Craig Whitehead (@sixstreetunder) selected his 3 favourite images from a total of 998 photos submitted for this contest. We would like to thank all participants and everyone who joined the contest! We are were highly impressed by the quality of the submissions! PRIZES The three first price winners will receive, respectively, an A3 print (1st place) and an A4 print (for the 2nd and 3rd place). The prints will be delivered by the sponsor FineArtPhotoPrinting.com as a high-quality artisanal print made in Italy, on Hahnemühle fine art paper from Germany. In addition, all the participants will receive a 20% discount coupon for the months of October and November 2018, via the sponsor website, by using the coupon code “uspcontest1”. LINKS Craig Whitehead (Guest Judge) https://www.instagram.com/sixstreetunder https://www.sixstreetunder.com Stuart Paton (1st place winner) https://www.instagram.com/_stuart_paton_ http://stuartpatonphoto.wixsite.com/stuartpatonphoto Gil Ribeiro (2nd place winner) https://www.instagram.com/gileres Àlvaro Vegazo (3rd place winner) https://www.instagram.com/amvegazo https://avegazo.wordpress.com 56

URBAN STREET PHOTO GALLERY (Organiser) https://www.instagram.com/urbanstreetphotogallery https://urbanstreetphotogallery.com EYE Photo Magazine (Partner) https://www.instagram.com/eyephotomagazine http://eye-photomagazine.com FINE ART PHOTO PRINTING (Sponsor) https://www.instagram.com/fineart_photoprinting http://fineartphotoprinting.com

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CONTEST “LIGHT”

Stuart Paton (1st place winner) https://www.instagram.com/_stuart_paton_ 58

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URBAN STREET PHOTO GALLERY

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PHOTO RE VIEW MARIANO BELMAR TORRECILLA

PHOTO RE VIEW M A R I A N O B E L M A R TO R R E C I L L A I was born in Murcia (Spain) in 1949 and most of my life I have spent in that city. From a young age, I was very attracted to painting as a means of expression (I remember spending hours as a child smudging pages). But life took me in other ways. After a couple of attempts to return to painting, I found a very appropriate way of expression in the photographs. I got my first camera when I was over 25 years old and I photographed everything that I found in my path. Certain circumstances made me leave the photography but much later, with the arrival of the digital era, I returned to it. Photography is, fun for me and I dedicate too many hours to it. Actually, I am a painter who does not know how to draw and who to find an excellent substitute for brushes. I am very passionate about composition, but even more in the light and how to model with it. I have no preferences in the genre of photography (landscape, urban, portrait, b & w or color). My work extends from landscape to urban urban photography and from contemporary to “fantastic realism”. I do not have official studies in this field and I’ve learned almost everything by working on the computer. My current activity focuses mainly on the search for an increasingly refined form of expression according to what I want to express.

... WEB: www.facebook.com/mariano.belmartorrecilla www.flickr.com/photos/mar_fotografia/ www.photoawards.com/mariano-belmar/

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PHOTO RE VIEW FRANCESCO PORTELLI

rancesco is a professional photographer, born and based in Turin, Italy, a city that always inspired him

on his artistic journey. Ten years ago he founded the photographic studio â&#x20AC;&#x153;Independent Picturesâ&#x20AC;? together with his business partner Andrea. Thanks to his studies on graphic design and photography, in addition to his experience, he became an expert in digital imaging. He loves travelling, people and rock music. As a movie buff, he never misses the chance to watch a good movie of his favorite directors. He admires the works of Caravaggio, his favorite artist, a source of inspiration which continually influences his photographic vision. Francesco is a storyteller, a dreamer, and a photographer.

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was born in Switzerland, where I still live, I’m 38 years old. My father was a writer and my mother a teacher. My photographic background is that of a self-taught person, I

never studied photography expect for a few master classes. My first camera was a Polaroid my mother gave me when I was around 12 years old, but it didn’t really strike me, although I got fascinated with the medium. Back then I was into skateboarding, punk music and getting in troubles. After that, I got deeply involved with music and never truly explored photography. It wasn’t since a couple of years ago that the interest exploded becoming something out of my control. The passion soon became an obsession and I started to take pictures obsessively, as a mean to a better understanding of my existence. I now think I am less compulsive because film isn’t cheap, but I am by no means less obsessed with it. I develop my b&w film at home, and I usually carry my camera with me everywhere I go. Photography to me has a very dominant component of memory, as well as storytelling. Also, the dream is a massive part of it, the oneiric dimension fascinates me. Sometimes in life, when you’re having a hard time, dreams are the only way to create a safe environment. Somewhere you can call home.

... Web: www.lensculture.com/gabrielescanziani www.instagram.com/gabrielescanziani

I N T E RV I E W How did you get into street photography? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider myself to be a street photographer. I love photography as a whole. I happen to spend time on the streets, so I might take pictures while I walk or I might stop someone and have a conversation with them and then maybe go to their place and take some pictures of them. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think this can be called street photography. I know some very talented street photographers and I admire their work, but I need some degree of intimacy with my subjects that I cannot find in the streets.

What is on the subjects that make you want to capture them? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a gut feeling, something in my stomach tells me there is a story there, that there is a picture there. For example, when I see a particular type of person or a specific kind of face, a scene or even a gesture. I always look for a certain feeling, which is impossible for me to describe with words. Other times, since I always carry the camera with me, I simply shoot my friends, or my wife, my son. And sometimes that is easier said than done. Then some subjects that have a particular story, usually a sad or intense one, those people wear their life on their faces. And often, nobody asks them for a picture. To me, their stories matter and are to be told as best as I can. How does black & white vs color play into your work? I think color photography has a lot of distracting elements to it and I feel like I can tell more through the use of black and white. I am not a purist, I also shoot in color sometimes, but for what I do at this point in my life, black and white give me more chance to express a certain feeling or a certain story in a very raw and direct way.

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What equipment do you prefer to us and why? To me, the equipment is not a concern. I use both film and digital. I develop my film at home, I like the artisan feel of film photography. I also like the physical texture of the image, I love grain, it makes me feel the same I felt when I was young, holding the pictures of my family. But I also shoot digital and still love it; I usually donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t post process my digital pictures to make them look like film. I am not a very technical photographer, I love the feel of actually taking pictures and I hope to be able to transfer the same feeling I had to the image.

What would you tell a newcomer who asks for your advice on how to start? I would tell him or her that I am the wrong person to ask for advice as I am far from being an experienced photographer. As banal as it may sound I would tell him to only listen to his guts.

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y name is Iris van Loon and I’m Dutch Canadian living in Canada since 2004. I’m a self-taught photographer and I use photography as a journey, an exploration, and a visual

perception. But above all, through the lens, I try to make an emotional connection with my surroundings, people or nature. My choice of subject is intuitive and often impulsive. When my mind is open I can see beauty in the mundane, the uncommon in common, and the extraordinary in the ordinary, I try to take photographs that call attention to things that other people overlook; my goal is to share my ‘eye’ and to show how everything we take for granted can become exceptional. In the PX3 2015 competition I was awarded bronze and an honorable mention for my series the “Wool dyer” taken in Marrakesh. I don’t focus on a specific theme, nor am I specialized in a particular discipline, such as landscapes or black & white. I just like to do a little bit of everything and explore my own interpretation of the world around me. It’s a never-ending process of self-expression and a journey to find my own expressive style. I would call myself an intuitive photographer with an impulsive bent, so my work is not entirely consistent; rather, it reflects a wide variety of different themes. It is what catches my eye and the lens of my camera at that one moment in life.

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y name is Lars Plessentin, I’m a landscape, urban and abstract photographer with a focus on analog approaches, based in Berlin. I was born 1985 in Rostock a little Town near the Baltic Sea. I studied product design and knew I worked at a little interesting company called “Photoautomat”, the other time I created in an atelier my work. I started photography at my product design study, in 2010 – at this time I learned a lot old process of analogue photography.

WEB: http://larsplessentin.de https://www.instagram.com/lars_plessentin/ https://www.facebook.com/larsplessentinphotography/

G R OW Even if we do not always have it in mind; our entire life is permeated with growth. Whether it's growing beyond ourselves, growing with our tasks or outgrowing our clothes, we raise almost continuously and usually only notice it after the fact. In his series “Grow”, Plessentin creates entire spaces of growth. He pours entire greenhouses of ambiguity with folded foils, different shapes, and bold colors. When looking at it, you can focus on different areas for several minutes and let the combination of the familiar and the unknown sink in. Plessentin's works cover a cosmos of artistic enthusiasm, in which similar to the spaces created by him, everyone finds a corner that he could make his own if desired. At the end of the day, Plessentin's series shows similarity to growth itself – not intrusive, but very present. In “Grow”, by following his style, Plessentin has created a house full of spaces inviting everyone to let go and feel the play of colors in the depth of growth. * Hanns Segelcke 114

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PHOTO RE VIEW MARTIN MARADONA

atin Maradona was born and raised in Madura Indonesia. As a self-taught photographer, I have been interested in seascape and long exposure from the beginning. Most of my work is capturing the other side of East Java beach. I started to use mirrorless cameras and most of my work is in black and white. I got inspired by Jakarta and Tenate based photographers in Minimalism and fell in love instanly with it.

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PHOTO RE VIEW MAURO CARFAGNA

MAURO CARFAGNA I was born in Rome in 1972, I‘ve always been passionate about art and I attended the Art Institute, goldsmith‘s address, so I started to make precious for famous goldsmith workshops in the center of the capital. I also joined several photography courses in order to improve my technique. I am particularly interested in photography and prefer reportage and street photography because it allows me to tell stories of everyday’s life, in particular of my city.

WEB: www.instagram.com/mauro72carfagna www.facebook.com/mauro.carfagna1 www.facebook.com/Mauro.Carfagna72

I N T E RV I E W How did you get into photography? I started photography in 2015. I wanted to share with my wife’s passion for photography. Together we have attended several photography courses and I have discovered a that has aroused strong personal interest. In a short time, it became for me a form of visual expression made of light shadows and strong contrasts of colors. What is in our subjects that makes you want to capture them? I am attracted by everyday life scenes, in particular. I go in search of ordinary situations that under a strongly contrasted light and try to emphasise the atmosphere. I think this is my characteristic trait. 136

Black&White vs. Color - what is the deciding factor for you? My answer maybe will seem strange, but in reality, I think it is the photo itself that choose color or black and white, in the sense that some photos work only if there is a color note that characterises them and makes the image strong. In other circumstances, the presence of light and shadow is only highlighted by black and white.

What equipment do you use? I use a Nikon D7000 with a fixed 35mm Nikkor lens, and a Fuji X70 the first one is versatile and can be used for any occasion, while the second one is lighter and easier to handle for street photography.

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y first activity is music but my oldest passion is photography. I have always practiced these two disciplines in the same way and my approach is exactly the same for both: colors, textures, silence, and brightness are my main research. My work often brought me to associate music and image (music of films, documentaries) and it is while travelling to make concerts that I started again to take photos. Paradoxically, what interests me the most is not the immediacy of the take but the expression of the duration: the wait, the absence, the suspended moments, the poetry of the detail and the "almost nothing", silent and enigmatic moments where the presence of the human being is only suggested. I also like to create more formal and graphic pictures, in connection with the balance of power between the animate and the inanimate, the masculine and feminine fusion. I like to collect and organize my photos so that they create a story but do not give everything to see, a story that everyone can invent considering his own life.

WEB: https://olongre.com/ https://www.facebook.com/olivier.olivier2013

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PHOTO RE VIEW PETRU DIMOFF

PHOTO RE VIEW PETRU DIMOFF Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a social documentary photographer, based in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania. I discovered my passion for photography in late 1988. This was the year I finally managed to buy myself an analogue camera with manual settings. I already took pictures before, but with this camera, I really started to understand what it means to take pictures in a professional way. Since then I have not stopped taking photos. Social documentary photography is my first preference because it transmits the highest dose of emotion. But sometimes I even do other genres, such as aviation photography, portraits, or landscape photography.

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What is in our subjects that makes you want to capture them? What is on your subjects that makes you want to capture them? I choose them according to the situation, characters, and chaotic, sad and funny moments, and overlaps.

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I N T E RV I E W How does black & white vs color play into your work? This is a very good question. My preference is black & white for letting you better discover the story in the photo, while the colors can distract you. Color photography is my pleasure only when colors complement and highlight certain things in the picture.

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PHOTO RE VIEW ABDELMAJID FRIHA

bdelmajid Friha was born in the city of Jerada, eastern Morocco. Abdelmajid Friha embraces black and white photography as his medium to capture the unique flavor of local characters and villages, having been inspired by master photographers Dorothea Lange, Henri CartierBresson and Walker Evans while a young student studying journalism in Morocco. Abdelmajid Frihaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dramatic fine art photographs have quickly caught the attention and interest of peers in the field of photography, as 3 of his photographs have recently been nominated to the prestigious National Geographic Your Shot. Friha, who likes to be called AbdelMajid, has been published in magazines and websites dedicated to the world of visual art and artistic photography.

WEB: www.pinterest.at/abdelmajidfriha yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1295339 world-street.photography/en/Abdelmajid Twitter @AbdelmajidFriha

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I am a entirely self-taught landscape photographer, based in Derbyshire, England. I have one of England’s national parks on my doorstep, the Peak district and I will often be found wandering the majestic ridges and limestone edges most weekends in much of that “showstopper” image. Most of my landscapes are captured closer to home, normally around the golden hours of sunrise and sunset when the light and colours are far more appealing to the viewing eye. I am a fan of most genres of photography, but landscapes capture my imagination more than any other, there have been many occasions where I have witnessed moments of amazing light and conditions that I would have entirely missed had I not been into photography and what’s even more exciting is capturing them to view forever. I’m always seeking to refine my technique and my understanding of light and I still feel I learn something from every shoot. I would like to do an exhibition of my best work in the coming years as well as publishing a book or two.

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How did you get into photography? I think as soon as I picked a camera up I was hooked, I have always been fascinated by the way they work and what they can reproduce. I got seriously into photography when I started uploading to the image sharing website Flickr and then getting positive feedback from unbiased people, that was a massive turning point in my photography journey and I have not looked back since. I now have 10.8k followers on Flickr and my images have been viewed nearly 12million times.

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It is always interesting to understand the intent and the vision of an artist. Do you have the final image in mind when pressing the shutter? My image intentions are totally guided by where I am shooting, locally I will shoot similar scenes but only in special light or conditions, if I cannot better previous attempts at a familiar location then I see little point in doing so. If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m shooting at a more classic landscape location I will seek to find an original twist on a familiar scene. I always try to capture the light in a way that will evoke the mood of the moment I pressed the shutter down. I want views to look at my landscapes and then look again, look deeper, capturing a landscape that provokes a second glance is my intention every time.

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You have fantastic landscape and urban photography in your gallery, how do you deal with light and exposure, can you describe your setup? As most of my landscapes are captured around either sunrise or sunset, I must be ready to understand the conditions and light in an instant, the golden hours may produce amazing light and colour, but they can be very fleeting too. I always start off in Aperture priority on my camera modes, for me, landscapes are very much about depth, the initial metering reading and test shot will determine whether I swap to full manual mode for even more control of shutter speeds and aperture or stay on AP. Shooting when the sun is lower in the sky also has its problems in terms of balancing both the sky and foreground, I tend to solve this with neutral density graduated filters.

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The key question: Black & White vs. Color – what is the deciding factor for you? Firstly, I love producing images in both, again light and conditions very often are the deciding factor in which one I opt for and of course, the subject matter is an even bigger factor in what my vision will be. My photography around the golden hours is nearly always going to be in colour, that’s the point of using that light. When the light is either duller or moodier, black and white seem to become a more appealing medium, it adds to the overall look that colour just cannot match. I particularly like to use black and white when shooting buildings or structures that have both lighter surfaces and darker elements, such as power station cooling towers, skyscrapers or historical buildings. What medium my image is produced it is very much down to location and light, it is not as easy as turning up and thinking I’m going to capture that this way no matter what, all the elements dictate rather than you.

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What equipment do you use? I have two mid-range DLSR camera’s, a Nikon D7000 and Nikon D7100, mainly because I’m paranoid about seeing a once-in-a-lifetime moment and my camera breaking down at that very moment. I have a Nikon 18-105mm and Nikon 55-200mm lenses as well as two Sigma lenses, an ultra-wide 10-22mm and a very fast 18-35mm F1.8 short zoom for very low light photography. My collection of filters consists of a circular polarizer, graduated neutral density filters of various strengths and full neutral density filters ranging from 3stops of light to 10 stops of light for extremely long exposures of up to 10 minutes. And of course, the essential heavy-duty tripod.

How much time does post-processing require, how is your workflow structured? As I shoot in Raw, the raw processing in Adobe Photoshop takes less than 5 minutes typically, I mainly lift shadows, add a little exposure boost and correct any lens distortion and chromatic aberration, any other editing is done in full Photoshop, usually removing tiny dust spots and cloning. I use a Photoshop plugin called Nik Software to give my images that final look, I think it is important to have a unique style and most of my followers will mention they will recognise one of my shots, even without a name present.

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Which is your favorite season to shot? It is a very close call between Spring and Autumn, I think Autumn just wins over, mainly because of the sublime colours of the woodlands when the leaves decay and the increased potential of mist, I love Springtime for the carpets of bluebells in the woodlands. What advice would you give a young aspiring photographer? Learn slowly and enjoy the journey. All too often I see beginners in the world of photography aspire to become fantastic photographers without going through the whole process and then getting highly frustrated when their results do not match their expectations. Go out into the landscape and learn to see an image within the scene, learn how to bring all the elements together. Don’t be afraid to shoot thousands of images along the way, each one will be a learning step to be a better photographer. Learn how the photography basics of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO affect the image you capture, experiment with different settings. Do not be obsessed with buying the most expensive equipment, you will always know when it is the right time to upgrade your gear.

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started with photography around 4 years ago thanks to my best friend, my dog Donna. The last maybe 2 years I took it more seriously, I was part of more mentorship programs via G+ and from that time I learn, create every day. Thanks to photography I found my inner peace, that magical thing what I was looking for so long. This is also my main theme; this is what I communicate with my photos: the peace/ the inner peace. That imaginational something what is behind and because of this it is less important what we see and more importantly what we feel. For me the best “tool” for it is the “ordinary” nature (reflections are everywhere; sunrise is everywhere) and the empty/ silent/“mysterious" nature. Just me and my dog, no people, no rush just the present moment. My works are combined with my vision, how I see the things, not how they really look like. This is a form of my communication with the viewers, more deep one like with words…these photos also represent my inner world. Is it a fantasy? Is it a real world? For me it is the same. WEB: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MichalVörös3 https://besttopphotographer.com/BTP-Top-Photo-Gallery/artist-all/Michal-Voros/Michal-Voros-Start-Of-Gallery.shtml EXHIBITION: Few of my photos were shown in Blank Wall Gallery in Athens (Greece) http://www.blankwallgallery.com, one of my photo is in the hospital in Verona within https://healingphotoart.org

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Our Facebook photo group admins and online editors, Helena COSTA, Antje SCHIRMAIER, Thomas FĂ&#x153;NGERLINGS and Markus Brandstetter, did their best to compile an interesting, albeit an immense collection of unique, remarkable and fantastic photos. We call them the "EYE Catching Moments". With great pride and joy, we present these images here, selected in October 2018.

EYE-Photo Magazine always strive to provide you with a lively cross-section of the different photo styles. The photographs were selected from our Facebook photo group, a group of more than 16,000 members and photographers, sharing hundreds of fantastic pictures every day.

Visit the photo group here: www.facebook.com/groups/eyephotomagazineeditorschoice

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Angie Stergio Â©

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EYE CATCHING MOMENTS Fernando Barnabé ©, “Searching myself”

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ARTIST INDEX ARTIST INDEX ARTIST • Alberto Daniel Gangi

www.facebook.com/albertodaniel.gangi

• Anat Shushan

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003979911356

• Angie Stergio

www.facebook.com/angiestergio12

• Balci Hasan

www.facebook.com/balcihasann

• Carter Raymond

www.facebook.com/carter.ray.376

• Cris Geelen

www.facebook.com/cris.geelen

• Dov Oron

www.facebook.com/dov.oron.9

• Eduardo A. Ponce

www.facebook.com/frolik2001

• Erik Witsoe

www.facebook.com/ewitsoe

• Fernanda Magalhaes

www.facebook.com/fernanda.magalhaes.969

• Fernando José Barnabé

www.facebook.com/fernandojose.barnabe

• Gautam Sen

www.facebook.com/gautam.sen.14855

• Gonçalo Capitão

www.facebook.com/goncalo.capitao.9

• Goran Boricic

www.facebook.com/apartmani.hercegnovi.3

• Horst Frommont

www.facebook.com/horst.frommont

• Ines MadDel

www.facebook.com/ines.maddel.3

• Jan Brdej

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001875202342

• Jean Paul Baret

www.facebook.com/jeanpaul.baret.7

• John Gill

www.facebook.com/john.gill.1420

• Klaus Wegele

www.facebook.com/artclassics

• Lilian Fraga

www.facebook.com/fragalilian

• Low Jeffery Low

www.facebook.com/low.jefferylow

• Lucian Olteanu

www.facebook.com/lucian.olteanu.9

• Mahesh Krishnamurthy

www.facebook.com/mahesh.krishnamurthy.980

• Mario Jr. Nicorelli

www.facebook.com/Mnicorelli

• Mark Greenfield Photography

www.facebook.com/mark.greenfield.14

• Markus van Hauten

www.facebook.com/markus.vanhauten

• Maya Iltus

www.facebook.com/maya.iltus

• Mei Bakker

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100014886582561

• Michelle Zaborniak Simmons

www.facebook.com/michellezaborniak.simmons

• Mike Mayer Photography

www.facebook.com/michael.mayer.7165

• Miky Rutigliani

www.facebook.com/miky.rutigliani

• Nadège Bessaguet

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006681285159

• Natasha Attard

www.facebook.com/natasha.attard.96

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T INDEX ARTIST INDEX ARTIST INDEX • Paul Sharp

www.facebook.com/sharphudderstown

• Paulo Solipa

www.facebook.com/paulo.solipa.7

• Rome Hidayat

www.facebook.com/romeo.badguy

• Ruslan Isinev

www.facebook.com/RUISINEV

• Safak Yavuz

www.facebook.com/safak.yavuz

• Saman A. Ali

www.facebook.com/saman.aliphotos

• Sebastian Freitag

www.facebook.com/HerrFreitag

• Selaru Ovidiu

www.facebook.com/ovidiu.dishu

• Sérgio de Medeiros

www.facebook.com/sergio.demedeiros.35

• Sheikh Kabir

www.facebook.com/sheikh.kabir

• Stéphane Navailles

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009279390584

• Trung Mai

www.facebook.com/trungvks

• Vitor Murta

www.facebook.com/vitormurt

• Zarko Kuljanin

www.facebook.com/zarko.kuljanin.7

• Μαρεύη Δεναξά (Marevi Denaxa)

www.facebook.com/marevidenaxa

Please note: the order of this index is alphabetic whereas the photos has been published in that order the artist submitted them for publication.

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