LOST FREEDOM ISSUE X | August 2012
the one year issue
staff editor and layout designer Angela Wu co-editors Natalie Chyi Shae Wu photographers Natalie Chyi Anna Peters Gabriella Villanueva
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From the Editor Dear Readers
For those who don’t already know, this issue marks the one year anniversary of Lost Freedom Magazine. Whenever I think about that, I am honestly astonished and surprised. Where has time gone? One year ago, I had no idea what I was doing - I tossed photos together, recycled the same layout over and over, and used the same simple font for every feature. Now, ten issues later, I’ve been able to not only learn an immense amount about layout design, but was also presented the opportunity to work with dozens of extremely talented and inspiring upcoming artists. I probably don’t say this enough, but here is a huge thanks to everyone that has ever contributed to this magazine in the past and to all of those that have looked through an issue. Without such amazing submissions and followers, Lost Freedom would be nothing and there is no way I can express my gratitude to whoever may be reading this. I sincerely hope this magazine serves as a source of inspiration and that you enjoy this issue as much as I do! Here’s to a great year and hopefully many more to come.
xx, Angela Wu
contents AARON FEAVER namibia: PAULINE BOSSDORF LEIGH ELLEXSON REBECCA WNUK not all that glitters by ANNA PETERS PATRICK VOGEL ASHLEY LEE england: ELISABETH KELLERER CAMILLE RICHEZ CLAIRE BURELLI by the shore by NATALIE CHYI HANKE ARKENBOUT the uniformity project by MATILDA HILL-JENKINS MOLLY PEACH armenia: EVA PATIKIAN CORRINE PERRY AMANDA JURIE searching for the sublime by GABRIELA VILLANUEVA TYREKE WHITE SAMMIE CAINE 4 and 20 by CHRISTINE POLZ STAFF PICKS cover photography by
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AARON F E AV E R
33 YEARS los angeles, CALIFORNIA h t t p : / / w w w . f li c k r . c o m / p h oto s / f e av e r i s h /
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aspect of photography back then…playing around with different cameras and film and mostly just taking a lot of really terrible pictures. .LOST FREEDOM: When did you first start taking photos? How has your work changed since then? AF: I started taking photos in college, when I worked at a little camera store in Portland. I was mostly interested in the gadget
It wasn’t until a couple of years ago, when I started taking pictures of people, that I started to get more serious about photography. LF: What do you try to express through your photography? Is there a certain style you try to achieve? AF: I’m always looking for a lot of emotion or
expression when I take pictures. I’d like to think I’m not too shackled to a certain style, but I definitely gravitate towards outdoor settings with lots of pretty light, and a minimum of retouching. That’s partly due to laziness, though, since it’s just easier to take those kinds of pictures.
HOW DOES FASHION PLAY A ROLE IN YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY? I love photographing clothes on people and seeing how they change the photo. When you’re photographing a person and trying to find the best angles or perspectives… clothes add a whole new dimension to that.
LF: Who or what inspires you? AF: Everything! Movies, music, other photographers, the people around me… really everything. LF: Where do you see yourself, regarding photography, in 5 years? AF: I’d like to be more or less where I am now…taking pictures and trying new things and never getting comfortable or relaxed. LF: Do you prefer digital or film? Why? AF: I guess overall I prefer film, although it really depends on the kind of shoot and the look I’m going for. Film is beautiful and fun to work with and it’s exciting to not be sure what you’ve really got until it’s developed. But digital is exciting in a different way…being able to shoot in conditions you could never use film, having the flexibility to go in many different directions with a photo, and the speed and easiness of shooting photos and seeing right away what you’ve got.
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places: Namibia
photographs taken by PAULINE BOSSDORF
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This summer brings change. It’s the summer between finishing high school and starting university. I had three months off, the longest summer I ever had, and I wanted to make something out of it. When my best friend told me about a project trip to Africa that she participated in, I knew that this was what I was looking for. And so, for three weeks this summer, I traveled to Namibia, Africa. I worked as a photographer and filmmaker for the foundation “Make Change Possible” in a village called ‘Mayana’ close to the border of Angola. We worked closely together with the people of the community, thus getting an extremely clear insight in the life of the people, their mentality and culture. Within those weeks, we gave computer lessons, organized sports events for kids, did construction work, recorded a CD with different local choirs, organized a half marathon for the locals and gave soccer practice.
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No photo, no text will ever be able to fully and accurate describe people’s life over here. We look at photos and think we understand, but we don’t. Not really.
It is hard sometimes, spending our days with the people of the community, getting invited and welcomed to their homes and knowing at the same time, that later, we will return to our standards and all comforts that these people don’t have. Working with the children has become my favorite time of the day. They radiate such vitality, interest and courage. They seem to manage the difficulties of their lives and daily tasks so effortless and with such strength, and still find enough space for creativity and joyful games.
I feel like these three weeks have opened my mind in many ways. I felt secure and home; I felt like this was right. I found so much inspiration and learned more about my capabilities and myself as I was forced to push and move outside of my comfort zone. I truly believe that I will come back to this place, as I want to see its inhabitant’s self-confidence grow, as well as the impact of our work. I came as a stranger and left as a friend.
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Leigh Ellexson 19 YEARS //
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LOST FREEDOM: When did you first begin photography? How has your work changed since then? LEIGH ELLEXSON: I got into photography about four years ago. My work has changed dramatically in my eyes, but really, I’ve been doing the same kind of things. I’ve just been practicing a lot to get the results I want. At first I had no idea what I was doing, now I can visualize what I want a little better. It comes in handy sometimes. LF: What do you try to express through your photos? Do you think they have a certain “style” to them? LE: I never have any specific ideas that I try to express with my photos. I think I just take photos because I enjoy it. I make things that I think are pretty. About my style, some people say they are dreamy and nostalgic. I don’t really know. I just kind of do it.
LF: Is your photography more of a way to express your emotions or a way to document your life? LE: Photography is definitely more of a way to document my life than to express my emotions. I’m not an emotional person at all, so that would never work. I will never understand how people can attach that kind of thing to a photo. It’s an enigma. LF: Who or what inspires you? How do you manage to stay inspired? LE: I think my friends inspire me the most. They’re what I take pictures of most, and I keep doing it. So that has to mean something.
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Rebecca Wnuk 16 YEARS // massachusetts, UNITED STATES h t t p
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LOST FREEDOM: When did you first begin taking photos? How has your work changed since then? REBECCA WNUK: I began taking photos at the vulnerable age of eight and I have continued ever since. A camera I received for my birthday became my new best friend, and I’d tote it around everywhere, pressing the shutter at every little piece of life that caught my eye. Since then, I’ve learned so much- not only about photography, but about the creative process itself. This directly affected my work and changed the style, technique, subjects and concepts dramatically. Being that I’m still always learning, my photos are everchanging. I find myself constantly experimenting with different aspects of my photos, and I don’t think that will ever change. I may find a particular style I want to stick to, but I’ll never stop testing and trying my method of achieving it. LF: How does photography impact your daily life? RW: It is my daily life. I’m either shooting, planning shoots, scheduling shoots, editing photos, contacting models/stylists/ make up artists, keeping up with messages, cleaning equipment, or finding inspiration for shoots. Since I now photograph as a job, there’s much more work to it than there used to be. It can be a bit tiring, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. LF: What do you try to express through your photos? Is there a certain style you try to achieve? RW: I want my photos to be so intensely expressive that they produce a reaction from the viewer. That’s my goal. A smile, a chuckle, a furrow of the eyebrows, a look of disgust, a widening of the eyes- getting a response from people, positive or negative, is something I take as a sign of a job well done. It means I’ve affected them, impacted them... in some way or another, my photography has made them think. As for style, I don’t have much of a goal. I just like to find things that catch my interest and produce an image of them in the best way possible. That often leads to many style variations over time. Right now, though, I love blue and purple tones. You’ll see a lot of those in my current photos.
LF: WHO OR WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
RW: It seems like there are in infinite number of artists whose work is relentlessly inspiring to me- so many people just have so much talent. Besides other people, I find much of my inspiration in my inanimate surroundings. The shadows the sun leaves behind that are cast so beautifully onto the wall, the way silk crinkles just so, the dreary yet oh-so-stunning color of the sky on a rainy day. The environment produces a constant stream of ideas in my head- so much so that I find it hard to believe I could take a look at the world and not find an immeasurable amount of beauty.
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patrick vogel 19 YEARS
GERMANY
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LOST FREEDOM: When did you first begin taking photos? How has your work changed since then? PAT VOGEL: My Mom bought me an analogue camera when I turned seven. Since this moment I’ve started to take pictures of everything in my life but of course I haven’t really thought about what I do – it was just for fun. When I turned sixteen my interest in art and especially photography became bigger and deeper. I think I started just how every newbie did. I mostly took pictures of flowers and used color keys but since then I’ve really developed and haven’t stopped yet. I mostly do self portraits with a natural touch. LF: What do you try to express through your photographs? Is there a certain style you try to achieve? PV: I always try to transport emotions. I’m the kind of person who likes to take pictures in a happy mood. I’m not able to take pictures when I’m sad and that’s why there is always something
positive in my photos like bright light, warm tones or the feeling of freedom. I don’t really try to achieve a certain style, I just want to do something good with my pictures and put a smile on peoples’ faces. LF: Do you prefer taking self portraits or portraits of others? PV: I prefer self portraits. It’s easier for me to take pictures of myself because I’m not really good when it comes to organizing things or planning shootings and when I take selfies I’m completely free and I don’t have to care about other people. When I take photos of others I only use my friends as models because I know what they like and how they think. I have a connection with them and that’s important in order to have a story behind the picture. LF: How do think location impacts a photograph? What is your favorite place to shoot? PV: When I take pictures my first thought is always ‘Where can I take them?’. In my mind the location makes the photo so I often go out wandering
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and exploring new places. I fortunately live in a rural place with wide fields, forests and lakes so I don’t really have a problem with finding locations to shoot. Nevertheless you can often find me in woods. I don’t know why but I love them. I adore the peacefulness and silence, the cold temperature in summer, how the sunlight shines through branches and the pleasing loneliness I feel there. LF: Who or what inspires you? PV: I’m inspired by the music of MGMT, books, road trips with my friends, deer and wanderlust. LF: Where do you see yourself, regarding photography, in 5 years? PV: I don’t want to be a professional photographer. I think I just want to keep things like they are now. But I’m convinced that photography will be a part of me for my entire life, no matter how it will look like. I always dreamed of working for a travelling magazine, living in a house at a beach, learning surfing and to take pictures of sunsets on a boat. I know this sounds utopian but I’m a real life dreamer.
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ashley LEE 16 YEARS
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LOST FREEDOM: How old are you and where are you from? CAMILLE RICHEZ: I’m 19, nearly 20, and I’m living in the suburb of Paris, France. LF: When and why did you first get interested in photography? How has your work changed since then? CR: I first got interested in photography about 4/5 years ago, when we
model: isabelle nagatsuka
photographed ourselves, a friend and I, and doing little photoshoots for fun. My work evolved a lot since then, mostly because I grew up. I still have to gain maturity, but I don’t think there’s a way my work changed, it just did by the most natural way.
WHAT DO YOU TRY TO EXPRESS THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS? IS THERE A CERTAIN MOOD YOU TRY TO CONVEY?
CR:I really like all about the romantic aesthetic in general, so I think this is a way I express myself through my photograhs. If you look at my pictures, you always see a kind of sadness, melancolic and romantic mood, but I don’t really intend to put it into, it just happens.
model: laura batten
LF: How does fashion play a role in your photos? CR: Fashion is in its own way an art, and I think using this art into another piece of art such as a photograh, can only improve it. It also helps you a lot to create the story you want to tell through your photographs.
dress: kelsey genna
LF: Who or what inspires you? CR: So many things inspire me, first I think are all about the 18th/19th century in England, the dresses, Jane Austen’s books, the love stories by this time, the habits etc. I also draw my inspiration from music and movies.
model : clementine roche
LF: Where do you see yourself, regarding photography, in 5 years? That’s a really hard question because I still don’t know what I’ll be doing in one year, so five! Technically I’ll start to ‘work’ as a professionnal photographer in one year, or more realisticly as an assistant, but we’ll see what the future brings to me in the right time.
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model : antonine @ women mua : mayela sepulveda / stylist : annalisa arcando
model : hanna @ city mua : aline carpentier
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model : kimberly @ slides mua : beatrice eni stylist : annalisa arcando
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Claire Burelli 33 YEARS montreal, CANADA h t t p
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LOST FREEDOM: How old are you and where are you from? CLAIRE BURELLI: I am 33 years old. I was born in Marseille, France and grew up in Corsica. I have lived in Montréal, Canada for the past 6 years. LF: When did you first begin taking photos? How has your work changed since then? CB: I began taking photographs at the age of 8. Capturing random picture for fun, reporting on parties and documenting my life. At 30, my photographic work changed. My university professor taught me how to create a story using images. I loved this method and since then I consciously attempt to express something in my work. The satisfaction to LF: Why do you create? CB: I love to create. The satisfaction to look at one’s work and be happy is immense. It is like drinking cool fresh water when you are thirsty.
look at one’s work and be happy is immense. It is like drinking cool fresh water when you’ are thirsty.
LF: How would you describe your work? CB: I have experienced many different ways to create images. Overall my work is reportage with a poetic style. LF: Is photography more of a way to express emotions or for documentation? CB: Personally, phototography is both a way to express emotions and to document. I cannot document a subject without engaging my emotions. LF: Do you prefer digital or film? Why? CB: I like both. But I am more experienced in digital photography and love the post processing involved.
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by the shore photos taken by
Natalie Chyi
MODEL: M organ K elly
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Hanke Arkenbout 26 YEARS
THE NETHERLANDS
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LOST FREEDOM: When did you first start taking photos? How has your work changed since then? HANKE ARKENBOUT: I can’t remember a precise moment, but it must have been around the age of 8 or 9. I found some pictures I made around that age with a disposable camera. They are all blurry of course but it’s so much fun to see! My vision on photography as well as my work keeps changing every year. I’m trying more and more and using different cameras. Of course I’m learning as well and developing my style even more. LF: How and why does photography impact your daily life? HA: Photography has a pretty big impact on my daily life. I’m always afraid of not being able to document great things that always seem to happen when I don’t have a camera on me. Also people around me expect me to take pictures of them, that was something I didn’t like so now I try to leave my camera at home once in a while. t s so great to be It’s nice to live in a time where able to capture digital cameras are inexpensive and accesible for everyone, it’s all the small so great to be able to capture all the small moments in our life. moments in our life I’m very aware of that. Memories are most important but to help you remember you have photos!
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LF: Who or what inspires you? HA: Basically what I see around me: travels, friends, family, books, the weather. I photograph what I like: my point of view. So that makes it very personal. You can get to know a lot about me and my interests by looking at my photos. LF: Digital or film? Why? HA: Film, it has a soul. Digital is cold. But, that being said: the last year I tried digital more and more. Film was getting a bit too expensive for me, having my camera with me every day results in tons of photos. To save my money I bought a simple digital camera and I’m using it most of the time now. But nothing beats film, it’s the best!
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the uniformity project photography by
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MOLLY PEACH 17 YEARS http
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LOST FREEDOM: When did you first begin taking photos? How has your work changed since then? MOLLY PEACH: I first began taking photos when I was about 14 years old and I honestly knew nothing about the art of photography or the technical side to it. I would just call up my best friend and tell her that I had come up with an “awesome photo shoot idea� (most of which were not actually awesome at all). We would walk around my neighborhood while snapping photos in the sunshine with my little Canon PowerShot. For me, it was just a fun thing to do when I was bored. However, about a year after purchasing my Nikon D3000, I truly fell in love with capturing moments and all that they hold. I became obsessed with all of the light, emotion, and depth in photos. Ever since then, my photos have begun to excel in the realms of both creativity and quality. Every time I take photos, my knowledge of photography broadens, along with my love for it.
LF: Why do you create? MP: I create because creativity allows the mind to see beauty in its purest form. Creating is not just something to do when I get bored - it is something to live by. It allows me to look deeper for the small yet irreplaceable moments in life.
WHO OR WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
MP: I am inspired by the little happy things in life and their ability to be captured in a single photo. Also, no two moments are the same, meaning no photo is the same as another photo. Clicking the shutter 100 times in the span of three minutes will never result in obtaining two moments exactly alike. The possibilities are endless - that is inspiring. Â
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places: Armenia photographs taken by EVA PATIKIAN http://www.flickr.com/photos/eva_patikian
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LOST FREEDOM: When did you first begin taking photos? How has your work changed since then? CP: I first started photography a few years ago as part of my college course, but then realised whilst at University, that it was the career I wanted to pursue. I would say that my work has dramatically changed since then, as at the beginning of my photography, I had not real focus in terms of subject matter, but since deciding to take self-portraits, I feel that my work changed for the better, as I now have that direction that I had been lacking. At the start I used digital and lots of Photoshop, but was never really good at it, so I started to use film and that came more naturally to me. LF: You seem to have developed your own personal style through your photographs. How did you get the idea for this? Is there a certain mood you try to convey? CP: At the beginning of my photography I would try to be similar to other people and want my work to look a certain way, but I’ve come to realise and embrace the fact that my work is different. So not trying to be like anyone else is how I’ve developed my style. The influences for my style come from Victorian photographers as their work was very classical, yet full of emotion and that is something I try to portray within my own work. It Is my aim to express my emotions through my work, so I’m trying to convey my emotional state. LF: Who or what inspires you? CP: My life and my emotions inspire my work, as well as old fashioned photography. LF: Where do you see yourself, regarding photography, in 5 years? CP: I hope to be in the position where producing my art is my career. LF: Do you shoot primarily with film? Why? CP: Yes, I only use film as this is because I like the connection of being able to develop, hand print and then colour my work.
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LOST FREEDOM: When did you first begin taking photos? How has your work changed since then? AMANDA JURIE: I started recording my family vacations with my tiny pointand-shoot camera at the age of fourteen. I was sixteen the first time that I shot a person in a creative series, though it was only a small, spontaneous session with my lion-haired best friend. I have shot more and more as I have gotten older-- especially during the past year when I started (and failed to finish) a 365 project and began organizing regular photoshoots. I think that my work has changed the most in terms of my post-processing skills and style. I am so much better at retouching and I definitely have more of a vision in terms of aesthetic. The subject and content of my photographs really hasn’t changed much. My imagination has expanded and unfolded, but its essence has remained the same and it takes the same forms. LF: What do you try to express through your photography? Is there a certain mood you try to show? AJ: What I am trying to convey varies based on what I am photographing and what my vision is. I don’t have one particular message that I am trying to express in all of my photographs; although, I suppose I do try to communicate a depth of emotion and beauty. I see everyone as a mystic stranger and find the greatest depths in sorrow and in the unknown. I am always photographing an image—just a fixture of something else. LF: Who or what inspires you? AJ: I am inspired by all things under the sun and moon and within the oceans of my mind. I am particularly inspired by the works of Tim Walker, Paolo Roversi, Sarah Moon, Lara Jade, Caitlin Worthington, and Nirrimi Firebrace. It is so amazing to be able to peer into another artist’s imagination and witness the tiny worlds that are usually hidden.
I see everyone as a mysti c stranger and fi nd the greatest depths i n sorrow and i n the unknown. .
LF: Do you prefer digital or film? Why? AJ: Digital, though I do have a special affection for film. Analog has such a wonderful, nostalgic quality that is unmatched by the digital world. But digital photographs are the roots of my fables and photoshop is how I colour those images. The connection that I have with my art is not as tangible with film because it feels less like mine and more of a trick of light.
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searching for the sublime photography by G abriela V illanueva model: Dina Pugliesi / hair & make up: Stephanie Matishek dress: Threadsence / Shirt: Forever21 / Shoes: Forever 21
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TYREKE w h it e 19 YEARS //
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LOST FREEDOM: When did you first begin taking photos? How has your work changed since then? TYREKE WHITE: I began taking photos the Winter of 2009. My work has changed enormously since then in that I feel as though I’ve developed my own sort of style and editing process. LF: What do you try to express through your work? Is there a certain style you try to achieve? TW: I wouldn’t say there is anything I actively try to display through my work other than the simplicity of the world around me. I’m not one for “overblown” photographic escapades in an attempt to nail the perfect shot. I see, I shoot. LF: Do you see your photos more as a way to express emotions or document your life? TW: I definitely see my photos as a way to document my life.
LF: Who or what inspires you?
TW: My main inspiration comes from Jacqueline Foss of Flickr. Her photographs were some of the first that I saw when I first began, and they have been inspiring me ever since. LF: Do you prefer digital or film? Why? TW: Lately, I’ve been shooting a lot more film, so I guess I would have to say that I prefer it. However, I hope to upgrade my digital camera soon so that I may continue my digital pursuits.
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Sammie
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LOST FREEDOM: Why do you create? SAMMIE CAINE: Photography has been a huge hobby of mine for the past few years, and I continue taking photos to this day largely because I want to show off what a beautiful place I live in, but also to create memories for myself to look back on in the future and be able to remember the story behind each shot. I’ve always found photography relaxes me because it gets me out and about, whether that’s arranging to just hang out with friends and capture some more spontaneous shots, or going on a short adventure around the Isle of Man with the purpose of finding specific landscape shots. LF: Do you prefer taking portraits or landscapes? SC: I don’t really know whether I prefer shooting portraits or landscapes, though there are few feelings better than the moment you come across the perfect scene with a beautiful blue sky, fluffy white clouds and panoramic vistas with the awe-
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inspiring light of a sunset. I suppose I prefer shooting landscapes, as even in my portrait the location always play an important part, as if as portrait is a landscape that just also happens to feature a human element. In some respects there are great similarities between the two genres, mainly because you are trying to capture the true personality of the subject. LF: How does photography play a part in your daily life? SC: Photography has become an ever-increasing part of my life in the past couple of years. I’ll always be subconsciously thinking about what could make a beautiful photograph whilst out and about everyday - sometimes I find it rather annoying because I don’t always have my DSLR with me, but I guess that’s the advantage of having a cameraphone nowadays, as it means I can always keep photographing any interesting scenes I happen to come across. LF: Who or what inspires you? SC: I think a huge source of inspiration for me is the fact that I live on such a beautiful island... The Isle of Man has such stunning scenery and wonderful people, it pretty hard not to be inspired. A huge factor that also keeps me motivated to continue (with my landscape photography in particular) is being able to show off the magnificent beauty of the Isle of Man and prove to people that we live in a wonderful place. I don’t think I really have any specific photographers whose work I’ll follow in terms of looking for inspiration, but it’s always good seeing so many other local photographers produce a variety of shots, and the fact other’s see the beauty that I see inspires me a lot.
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4 and 2O CHRIST IN E POLZ
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1) EMELY Taveras // 2) SARAH // 3) KIMI Selfridge 4) ALYSSA Madeline // 5) ANNA-MARIE Materi 6) ELENA Rast // 7) INGRID Wang // 8) SOPHIE Swift
ISSUE X // 135
9) OONA Vdl // 10) TORI Hoover // 11) TINA Sosna // 12) NIKKO Russano // 13) CARLA 14) MARZENA Skubatz // 15) SU VIEN
ISSUE X // 137
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