T And A Tuesday: Unisexy

Paul M. Smith

"This is not pornography." That’s photog Paul Smith’s statement and title for this androgynous body of work.

—martian

 

 

 

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Ethiopian Heirlooms

RVM

The Horn of Africa never looked less sharp, and yet more piercing, than in Jean-Luc Cormier's images: loose, languid, lovely.

mondo

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The Skate Runner

Daylight

These gnarly snapshots of Afghan kids on boards will make you feel like their wheels are rolling right beneath your own feet; like you're there, and you can be.

mamita

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Woman Under Water

Kalliope Amorphous

That woman is photog/artist Kalliope Amorphous, and that water (or fogged glass?) does indeed give Amorphous the look of Ophelia...

—mondo

Dimming City Lights

Berta Tilmantaité

With a dark and dreary outlook, photog Berta Tilmantaité transforms New York City streets into a poetic avenue for apprehension.

—martian

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The Curious Ones

Zach Hyman

That's the term Weegee used to describe the rushing masses on the streets of New York--the ones who still find the time to stop and stare. In this case, I'm not sure if what they're staring at is interesting or lame.

mondo

Portraits Of Precedence

NY Times

Calvin Coolidge raises alpacas on a farm. Richard Nixon is a retired firefighter...

 martian

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Echoes In Russia

Guernica

One person. One square kilometer. One photo. One escapist feeling.

mamita

Finding Shelters

Purpose Magazine

Henk Wildschut documents found shelters: roped-up and tarped in Calais, cardboard-boxed in Patra, and simply under two trees in Roma.  

mamita

Living La Vida Loca

Lisa Wiltse

What, no iphones? No Facebook? No Big Love on HBO? Sure seems loco to me, though not to the residents of this Mennonite settlement in Bolivia.

mondo

All Souls Rising

Magnum In Motion

Before they plummeted back to Earth. Here's a new multimedia piece from Magnum in Motion that tries to incorporate images of the Haiti we once knew with pics of strippers, child beauty contests, and the Burning Man festival.

mondo

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Happy Horsemeat

Alec Soth

Alec Soth turns his Las Vegas birthday vacation into a poetic package of pictures and prose. And it somehow feels more genuine than most of the work I see coming out of Sin City.

martian


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