Underdogs issue 12

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Guillaume Abgrall Ulrike Biets Dominic Bugatto Parth Gupta Julie Paterson Milica Stefanovic Dimitris Tamvakos Jose David Valiente Paul Weinhonig

Curator/Editor/Designer: Isa Gelb punkroyaltiger.tumblr.com/ www.ickr.com/photos/isagelb/ Cover & back cover: Julie Paterson All images and text published in Underdogs are the sole property of the featured photographers.

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In Memory of Alexandra Höhn It has come to the attention of Isa and me that Alexandra Höhn, whose work was featured in Underdogs Issue 8, is now deceased. I would like to give you a moment to remember her photography: Alexandra on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandrahoehn/ Alexandra on Tumblr: http://alexhoehn.tumblr.com/ Alexandra in Underdogs Issue 8 (pages 16-21): https://issuu.com/isagelb/docs/underdogs_issue_8 At the risk of my writing on the subject being overly simplistic, or coming off as insensitive to Alexandra or others, I think one’s death has a profound impact on the reception of one’s art.

Photography may be exemplary in this regard. While a photographer is alive, I think it is easier to separate the photographer’s work and life—after all, photographers do many other things besides photography.

Photographic acts, in a strict sense, may take up only a small fraction of the photographer’s lifetime.

Even with respect to photographers whose work we admire, we may (wrongfully in my opinion) take for granted they will continue to produce more photos, or (rightfully in my opinion) understand that other concerns in their lives are more important than their producing photos.

Yet upon the death of a photographer, these relationships change.

We can no longer take for granted that there will be “more photos.”

The photographer’s work begins to stand in more prominently in the place of the photographer’s life, and the two become more conjoined. As appreciators of the photographer’s work, our craving for “more photos” transforms and matures into finding deeper meanings in the photos that remain. Our imaginations settle upon them, and in so doing we are led to imagine the life of the photographer who created the image.

It may be in imagining the lives of other photographers through their images that we reveal what is vital yet obscure in our photographic practice, involving judgment, openness to experience, and affirmation. Ultimately, we thank those photographers, including Alexandra, for what they have given.

JOHN KOCH www.flickr.com/photos/orphotographer/

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GUIllAUME AbGrAll Amiens / France

HIS CAMERAS Ricoh GR/GRII, Rolleiflex, Minolta Himatic 7s and Zeiss Ikon Contessa.

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UlrIkE bIETs Brussels / Belgium

HER CAMERAS Everything with a Zeiss lens

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DOMInIC bUGATTO

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DOMInIC bUGATTO Toronto / Canada

HIS CAMERAS Fujifilm X100s, Canon 7D, Contax T2 and Nikon F3

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PArTH GUPTA New Delhi / India

HIS CAMERAS Nikon D5200 and iPhone 5S

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JUlIE PATErsOn

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JUlIE PATErsOn Drouin, Victoria / Australia

HER CAMERAS Canon Powershot S95 and Minolta Dynax 505si

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MIlICA sTEFAnOvIC

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MIlICA sTEFAnOvIC Belgrade / Serbia

HER CAMERAS Mju ii, Contax T2 and my phone camera

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DIMITrIs TAMvAkOs

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DIMITrIs TAMvAkOs Athens / Greece

HIS CAMERAS Digital: Canon Powershot A710is, Panasonic Lumix DMC GF2 (past) and Panasonic Lumix DMC GF5 Analog: Canon AE-1, Canon BF-9S, Fuji DL-7, Exacta 135 and Rolleicord III

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JOsé DAvID vAlIEnTE Murcia / Spain

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HIS CAMERAS Fujifilm X100T, Contax G2 and Mamiya 7

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PAUl WEInHOnIG Berlin / Germany

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HIS CAMERAS Contax G1, Olympus Mju i and Mju ii and Nikon D7000

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THAnks TO All PHOTOGrAPHErs GUILLAUME ABGRALL Amiens / France www.flickr.com/photos/chgui/

ULRIKE BIETS Brussels / Belgium www.ulrikebiets.com/

DOMINIC BUGATTO Toronto / Canada www.dominicbugattophotography.com/ www.instagram.com/dbugatto/ www.flickr.com/photos/bugatto/

PARTH GUPTA New Delhi / India www.parthgupta.net/ http://parth-gupta.tumblr.com/ www.instagram.com/parthgupta__/

JULIE PATERSON Victoria / Australia www.flickr.com/photos/synaptic-click www.julie-paterson.com

MILICA STEFANOVIC Belgrade / Serbia www.flickr.com/photos/milica_stefanovic www.instagram.com/bourbon_princess/

DIMITRIS TAMVAKOS Athens / Greece www.flickr.com/photos/9939547@n08

JOSÉ DAVID VALIENTE Murcia / Spain http://jdvaliente.com/ www.instagram.com/jd_valiente/

PAUL WEINHONIG Berlin / Germany http://wnhng.tumblr.com/ www.flickr.com/photos/wnhng/ www.instagram.com/tibetanpdfofthedead/

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