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DantĂŠ Belt Su Bo Gaston Cerbino Jonathan Illingworth Dan Mitchell-Innes Netra Nei Petter Togstad Stige Thomas Vesterlid Tyrone Williams
Cover & back cover: Jonathan Illingworth Designer: Isa Gelb 2
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Lately I was looking at a multiple range of online magazines, in each one there seemed to me a frustrating disharmony between my personal "Likes"&" Dislikes". This frustration spurred me on to produce my own creation amongst the myriad of photozines mushrooming online. A place where I could feature photographers I appreciate the work (there are so many that I think I’m going to publish 100 issues!) The hardest issue I was confronted with when endeavoring to produce this magazine, a personal work that could stand out amongst the ranks of publications, was deciding on a concept for Underdogs. I have often discovered with my many encounters with artists over the years the reluctance or even dread that the interview or self analysis of work can produce in the mind of the individual. This sometimes due to the belief the work speaks for itself, that explanations can limit the imagination of the viewers own interpretation of the work or even more honestly they are bewildered with what to say about themselves. So I decided to let them free to write or not about themselves and / or their work. The question I asked was which camera(s) they use and to select one of their own favorite picture. They had the possibility to explain why or not. It’s a difficult exercice so I thought it could be interesting to see what would come out. I was surprised! I want to thank all of them for their involvement and their enthusiasm. I also want to thank Max Lindquist who helped me to develop the project and to make the final choice amongst the different covers/logos I made. I tried to make an ecclectic choice of works. And I will do again in the next issue (october 2014). Thanks all for looking.
Isa Gelb www.flickr.com/photos/91262356@N06/ www.punkroyaltiger.tumblr.com/
Max Lindquist www.flickr.com/photos/10037165@N02/ www.cargocollective.com/maxlindquist
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DANTé BeLT
DANTé BeLT Northampton / England I currently use a fixed lens canon sureshot and have recently been using a Canon Canonet QL17 GIII which is a change for me. I love the flexibility and sleekness of point & shoot cameras but they are often limited with capability and quality. So from time to time I pick up my Pentax SLR and shoot manually, but it's a pain lugging it around. I like that rangefinders fall in between the scale of the two so I'm enjoying using the rangefinder more. www.flickr.com/photos/78979713@N07/ www.dantebelt.tumblr.com/ www.cargocollective.com/dantebelt/
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His favorite photograph My cousin Tyrone Williams and I traveled to Amsterdam last month and we had no idea what to expect, but throughout the holiday things seemingly fell into place. This photograph was taken on the ferry crossing to North Amsterdam on the last night we were out there and I feel like it portrays the slight paradise that we experienced whilst we were out there.
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SU Bo
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SU Bo Bremen / Germany We cannot predict what’s going to happen next. Thus I always have several analog cameras with me so that I can react to unexpected situations. The camera is like a brush for me. With the help of different types of cameras I am able to achieve exactly the effect I want. That works because I know all my cameras very well and I dare say that we have kind of an intimate relationship. For this reason I work with the analog cameras in a quick and simple way. If your mind is free enough you will find beauty everywhere. With my photography I do not focus on a particular theme because I already have built a huge scenery in my heart upon which I can draw. Finally I use the camera to record my experiences in life. If you are standing in front of my pictures with the feeling of being touched emotionally I think you are just experiencing my own, personal language.
His favorite photograph
CAMERAS Leica M4, Leica R3, Yashica T3, and T4. www.flickr.com/photos/92882419@N03/
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GASToN CerBINo Santa Fe / Argentina
I always go out with the camera. We are immersed in a versatile, emerging, full of stimuli reality. Like a collage. Attentive to what arises there I go, from instant to instant. A game of chance between asceticism and lust. Timeless, absorbed. Interacting with things. Looking to satisfy a voracious appetite, a passion. A new way of seeing the world. A sort of secret language. The light, stuff that binds everything All is juxtaposed, mixed, cut, paste. Textures, shadows, lights, feelings... A necessity. A need to express. An infinite reality. An endless search. CAMERAS Fujifilm FinePix JV300 Sony DSC-S750 www.flickr.com/photos/otroangulo/
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JoNATHAN ILLINGWorTH
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JoNATHAN ILLINGWorTH Plumstead London / England www.flickr.com/photos/jonnywuden/
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Fujifilm X100S
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DAN MITCHeLLINNeS
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DAN MITCHeLL-INNeS Southampton/ England www.flickr.com/photos/12263029@N00/ www.blurb.co.uk/b/762970-portraits
CAMERAS I'm currently using a Fuji X20, I like it because it's small enough to fit in my work bag and it takes good enough quality photos. And it looks lovely. I also use a Canon EOS 650 and a Panasonic LX7.
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NeTrA NeI
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NETRA NEI Seattle / USA I like to shoot unabashedly real and unsentimental and consider my photos more punk than pretty. My background as makeup artist (nars + barneys) and graphic designer has instilled a kind of visual standard. Though I photograph mundane scenes I am very selective and only feel my photos are successful when they function on an aesthetic level of color and form. CAMERAS My main camera is a medium format Mamiya 645 AF, though I occasionally shoot 35mm on an Olympus XA and digital with an OMD. www.ickr.com/photos/netranei/ www.netranei.com/
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PeTTer ToGSTAD STIGe
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PeTTer ToGSTAD STIGe Skedsmokorset / Norway www.petterfoto.tumblr.com/
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THoMAS VeSTerLID
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THoMAS VeSTerLID Oslo / Norway
Most of my photography is done between where I work and where I live, when I have time to walk instead of taking the bus. But I also like to go out on sunday mornings. The streets are really quiet and empty and I get the feeling of having them all to myself.
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I am in a period of exploring different film cameras, both 35mm and medium format. My exploration has included many different models, from brands as Fujifilm, Leica, Mamiya, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Ricoh and Rollei. Film cameras are cheap and solid and there are so many to choose from, each with its own unique quality. The cameras I own and use at this point: Nikon FM (Nikkor 50mm f1.8 AIS), Nikon FM3A (nikkor 28mm f2.8 AIS), Leica M6 (50mm summicron-m), Leica MDa (35mm Zeiss Biogon f2.8 zm), Olympus Mju II (compact). Rolleicord (Schneider 80mm f3.5), Mamiya C330s (80mm Sekor f2.8) and Balda Super Baldax (Schneider 80mm f2.9). Of these cameras, the one I have the strongest relationship with is the Nikon FM. It was my first non-compact camera. I got a black one when I was 15 from a neighbor who was a photographer. The one I have now is chrome and bought after wearing out the first one. www.flickr.com/photos/50217178@N04/
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TyroNe WILLIAMS Northampton / England www.ickr.com/photos/50983419@N06/ www.tyrone-williams.tumblr.com/ www.cargocollective.com/Tyronewilliams/
HIS CAMERAS I use an Olympus Mju-II, Yashica T4 and a Canon G11
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His favorite photograph I chose this to be my favorite photo because I have recently switched over to digital, this photo for me represents that change and a personal change
for me on how I see the world around me. It also shows that I am still learning photographically and have only just started my journey.
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MANy THANkS To DANTé BELT www.flickr.com/photos/78979713@N07/ www.dantebelt.tumblr.com/ www.cargocollective.com/dantebelt/
Su BO www.flickr.com/photos/92882419@N03/
GASTON CERBINO www.flickr.com/photos/otroangulo/
JONATHAN ILLINGWORTH www.flickr.com/photos/jonnywuden/
DAN MITCHELL-INNES www.flickr.com/photos/12263029@N00/ www.blurb.co.uk/b/762970-portraits
NETRA NEI www.flickr.com/photos/netranei/ www.netranei.com/
PETTER TOGSTAD STIGE www.petterfoto.tumblr.com/
THOMAS VESTERLID www.flickr.com/photos/50217178@N04/
TYRONE WILLIAMS www.flickr.com/photos/50983419@N06/ www.tyrone-williams.tumblr.com/ www.cargocollective.com/Tyronewilliams/
Special thanks to Jonathan Illingworth to have corrected my opening text.
Next issue october 2014
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