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Inglis Plant, Liberty Village #2

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

NICO OVED is a documentary photographer interested in constructed spaces and how they reflect the realities of the people who inhabit them. This interest has brought him and his large format camera to far-flung locations ranging from the austere banlieues of Paris to the dynamic hillside favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Though people rarely appear in his photographs, is it in fact the narrative of marginalized communities that ultimately drive his work – for him, their everyday reality is far more compelling than our own. After studying Sociology and Fine Arts in Montréal, Toronto and San Francisco, he taught himself Portuguese and escaped to São Paulo, Brazil where he worked in photography and journalism for pennies, but was nevertheless inexplicably content. Nico strongly believes that photography is first and foremost a communications medium and that its value as a impartial document is still very much relevant and alive. He's not particularly fond of the word photojournalism; he prefers documentary. He is currently working on an exhibition about irregular residences in Brazil and an accompanying self-published book.

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Nephew Still Sleeping Early in the Morning, Vietnam

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

Family and community are important themes on my project in Vietnam. Communities influence identity and family is an important link to origins, both vital to my own discoveries of self worth. My family escaped Vietnam when I was very young as one of the boat people that made our exodus late in the 70's. Nearly all of my life was spent in Canada and I have lost a lot of what it means to be Vietnamese as a result. I was tasked with the difficulty of capturing the lyrical and romantic qualities within the daily living of Vietnamese life. This image was one of the few that I believed defined this sense of family, community, identity and origins.

LUNG LIU came from a poor family that pushed him to strive, but he abandoned his degree in Microbiology for the uncertain and hungry life of an artist. The results have been exemplary, as he is now the author of many award-winning photoessays, mostly on the highly personal topic of people pushed out to the ultimate margins of society. Examples include a series of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Canada's poorest postal code; the magic of the townships surrounding Mexico City; the environmental disaster and subsequent abandonment of the Salton Sea; the unique architecture of Finn Slough, a functioning Finnish fishing community in danger from the encroachment of urban development; a Gypsy Family living in a parking lot near the Venetian Harbour of Chania; the daily living of the residents by the railroad tracks running through the slums of Central Bangkok; and the Muay Thai boxers of Thailand. Among Lung's many awards are the Lucie Awards 2008 International Non-Professional People Photo-grapher of the Year, the International Roving Eye Overall Photoessay Contest Winner 2008, the PX3 sub-category 2007, B&W Magazine's Excellence Award for the Portfolio Contest 2008, the Lucie Awards Non-Professional Editorial Photographer of the Year 2007, First Place category winner in Photo-Life's Image International Photography Contest 2007, as well as winning Second Place for the Berenice Abbott Prize for an Emerging Photographer.

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Resting Bounty

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

This image was created in January of 2009 in an orchard just outside of Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario as part of a therapeutic exercise that I've given myself: find beauty in winter. Winter and I don't get along, the cold gets in me and doesn't want to leave, the shortened daylight hours make me tired, and the isolation makes me lonely. By observing nature throughout these frozen months I saw more than just dormant trees and endless shoveling. I saw a time to slow down, reflect on where I've been, contemplate who I am, and meditate on what's to come. Winter is for looking inwards, calming the mind, body, and soul. I found more than just beauty during the snowy season; I found rejuvenation, rest, and reflection.

JENNIFER SQUIRES was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1975 and spent her formative years in the tiny hamlet of Hockley Village. She began photographing professionally in 1996 and her work has been exhibited on several occassions in London and Port Stanley. She holds a Diploma in Photography, and a Diploma in the Advanced Photography Program from Fanshawe College, in London, Ontario, where she was later asked back to teach in the Advanced Photography Program. After college Jennifer began working as a Producer and First Assistant at an advertising photography studio in Toronto, Ontario. In 2005 she moved back to London to pursue freelance work and in February of 2008 she opened her online shop. Jennifer was included on the Photo Life 2009 Emerging Photographers list. She currently lives and works in London, Ontario.

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Beach Basketball #1

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

From the series Brink, which is a collection of photographs capturing locations at a point in time when something is likely to change or begin. This specific image was created in April 2009, on the shore of Lake Erie, in Port Stanley, Ontario. Being only 40 kilometres south of London this quiet town is annually inundated throughout the summer months with throngs of heat seekers who are looking to rest and play in the short season of warmth that this area is blessed with. Vacant basketball courts, barren beaches, and unoccupied waters are what this location is physically comprised of, but this is not what draws the masses. Instead they are attracted to what they create for themselves upon arrival: relaxation, refuge, and play. By visiting this beach in early spring I was able to separate the physical identity of the waterfront from the emotional identity that we assign it, and admire it for what it really is.

JENNIFER SQUIRES was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1975 and spent her formative years in the tiny hamlet of Hockley Village. She began photographing professionally in 1996 and her work has been exhibited on several occassions in London and Port Stanley. She holds a Diploma in Photography, and a Diploma in the Advanced Photography Program from Fanshawe College, in London, Ontario, where she was later asked back to teach in the Advanced Photography Program. After college Jennifer began working as a Producer and First Assistant at an advertising photography studio in Toronto, Ontario. In 2005 she moved back to London to pursue freelance work and in February of 2008 she opened her online shop. Jennifer was included on the Photo Life 2009 Emerging Photographers list. She currently lives and works in London, Ontario.

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Reflections on the Arctic Sea

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

I am a member of a group of people known as The Random Travelers Society. We gather together for a weekend once a year at a place chosen in a random fashion: at every meeting we pick the next location by throwing an inflatable globe in the air, and a blindfolded person picks the next spot by placing a finger on the globe. The rules dictate that we shall meet at the nearest bar to this spot. As the vast majority of Earth's surface is covered by water, the rule often leads us to remote islands. This photo was taken from a boat trip the Society made while meeting in Eastern Greenland in August 2008. We got a local fisherman to take us into a lagoon some tens of miles from the town of Tasiilaq. The Arctic Sea here is dead calm, with only tiny ripples on the surface. There are hardly any animals, no sounds, no human-built structures. The dominant color is blue: the sky and the icebergs being reflected by the near-still water.

VILLE MIETTINEN is a Finnish photographer born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1975. Since then he has lived in the United States in California and Illinois, and later on in Finland and Switzerland. His professional career revolves around building software and technology companies, mainly in the filed of computer graphics. This work has taken him all around the planet. After several years of traveling more than 200 days a year, Ville began photography as a way to document his life and travels--a way to keep a diary. Since 2006 Ville has been doing photography in more than 50 countries on all seven continents. Most of his work is high-dynamic range photography using mutlitiple exposures. Ville currently lives in Helsinki, Fnland and maintains a hectic travel schedule.

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Taj Mahal

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

This image was taken in January 2007 in the city of Agra, the home of the most iconic temple on the planet, the Taj Mahal. When visiting the temple area we were forced to accept the services of a local guide who had an immensely annoying habit: every twenty seconds he stopped, and told us to take a photo from a particular position and with a particular framing, and wouldn't continue the tour until we had obeyed. In the end I managed to lose the guide, and was able to take some shots of my own. In this one I used the black silhouettes of people visiting the temple to create a frame within a frame.

VILLE MIETTINEN is a Finnish photographer born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1975. Since then he has lived in the United States in California and Illinois, and later on in Finland and Switzerland. His professional career revolves around building software and technology companies, mainly in the filed of computer graphics. This work has taken him all around the planet. After several years of traveling more than 200 days a year, Ville began photography as a way to document his life and travels--a way to keep a diary. Since 2006 Ville has been doing photography in more than 50 coutnries on all seven continents. Most of his work is high-dynamic range photography using mutlitiple exposures. Ville currently lives in Helsinki, Fnland and maintains a hectic travel schedule.

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Haikyo, Whitby Psychiatric, #15

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

HAIKYO is the Japanese word for “ruins” - but not in the ancient sense. It refers specifically to abandoned modern buildings. It also refers to a practice of urban exploration that has become incredibly popular in Japan, complete with countless websites and even tourist-style guidebooks. This project is a document in two senses. Firstly, it documents the derelict abandoned buildings of the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, highlighting their transient status with the remnants of both official and illicit activity that has taken place since they closed their doors years ago. Secondly, it is also a far more personal document of my individual experience entering these buildings, exploring them and capturing what I saw on film. Either way the viewer looks at it, they are presented with a group of photos carefully executed to be experiential. For me, this piece is equal parts action and discussion. On the one hand, it is about exploration, ruins and the emotional effect of architecture. On the other, it is also about marginalized people and places and our coexisting attraction to and repulsion from them.

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Clifton Hill

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

CLIFTON HILL was captured using a 'tilt shift' technique. This enables the photographer to keep a narrow range of focus within the image, which creates a miniature model effect. Clifton Hill is in fact a real location in which millions of tourists visit every year at Niagara Falls. To some it's a location of romance, to others a location with lots of vibrant color, lights and sound.

PAUL FLYNN found his way into the arts at an early age. Growing up in the United Kingdom and being the son of prominent North East artist Richard Flynn. It seemed only natural to find ways to be creative. At first, he would be found following his father out into the Farmers Fields of Northumberland to draw the British landscapes. He then discovered his parent's camera and began to take pictures. In 1990 his family inherited a house in the East Coast of Canada and made the decision to move. Moving to this vast country at a young age was challenging, but the beauty of his new world could only inspire. Throughout his schooling he was very much involved in the arts, trying to perfect his craft. Paul now lives and works in Toronto, Canada where he's a Production Editor with CTV National News. With a photojournalistic eye, he
uses photography as his creative outlet and can be found wandering the various areas of the city he lives in, eagerly looking for his next shot. Paul sees his work as documentary style photography with a fine art edge.

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Ocean Dreamer

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

OCEAN DREAMER was taken at a spot that I visit to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. The view is often spectacular as you imagine that you are secluded on an island. With this image, I've tried to recreate that feeling of calm and solitude as no land is in sight. You will see the natural gradient of the water as it follows its journey from tapping against the rocks below to the horizon creating a fine line as the ocean meets the sky.

PAUL FLYNN found his way into the arts at an early age. Growing up in the United Kingdom and being the son of prominent North East artist Richard Flynn. It seemed only natural to find ways to be creative. At first, he would be found following his father out into the Farmers Fields of Northumberland to draw the British landscapes. He then discovered his parent's camera and began to take pictures. In 1990 his family inherited a house in the East Coast of Canada and made the decision to move. Moving to this vast country at a young age was challenging, but the beauty of his new world could only inspire. Throughout his schooling he was very much involved in the arts, trying to perfect his craft. Paul now lives and works in Toronto, Canada where he's a Production Editor with CTV National News. With a photojournalistic eye, he
uses photography as his creative outlet and can be found wandering the various areas of the city he lives in, eagerly looking for his next shot. Paul sees his work as documentary style photography with a fine art edge.

Price:$40.00