(not) common people

BRIAN LUMAN

2012-01-26T05:26:00.000-08:00

Name- Brian Luman
Age- 18
Where are you from?- Originally Denver, CO But now I live in Cincinnati, OH.
Your Equipment- Mamiya RZ67, Bronica SQ-b, Random point and shoot and digital cameras.
Influences and photographers you like- Film stills, stories, my friends, skateboarding, and other forms of art all influence me. Some of my friends shoot casually and its great to see their work. Also... Alex Cretey Systermans, Susan A. Barnett, Don Hudson, Thomas Prior, Noah Kalina, Daniel Shea, and of course all the obvious ones Stephen Shore, Mitch Epstein, Alec Soth, Joel Sternfeld, Jeff Wall, Philip-Lorca diCorcia blah blah blah.
A little about you- Four things about me: I love to travel with my friends and take pictures. I like some nerdy stuff like Magic the Gathering and Kingdom Hearts. Skateboarding has basically influenced all of my important decisions up to this point. The photos here are from a recently completed project which you can find on my website.

ALL PHOTOS BY BRIAN LUMAN

MILICA KOLARIC

2012-01-24T04:22:00.000-08:00

Name- Milica Kolaric
Age- 28
Where are you from?- Yugoslavia
Your equipment- I'm most impressed with Canonet series. I’m using Canonet 28 for some time.
Influences and photographers you like- Dont get me wrong but I know a bunch of people who take good photos and also a lot of them who don't take pics at all, but they could do it as good as. Thats why I don't pay that much attention someone being a photographer.
A little about you- I will never be vegan, facebook user, 178cm tall, bass player, hot jew, EU citizen, up-to-date, dj, nationalist, a person with dreadlocks, relaxed enough, Metallica fan, fashion blogger and the one who takes money from the children.
Flickr page
milicakolaric.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY MILICA KOLARIC

ROMKA 6 is out now!

2012-01-23T09:01:00.000-08:00

Romka 6 is here!. This amazing Magazine created by Joscha Bruckert presents their sixth edition with more than 60 incredible photographers from all over the world.
Fully recommended, here all the info:
“Some photographs are more important than others. Preserved memories of people you love and friends you have lost, places that shaped your understanding of the world and events that had a significant impact on your life. romka magazine is devoted to this one print that you keep in your wallet, on the desk at work or on your fridge door. Pictures of great sentimental value that gain their quality through the personal experiences they are connected to and not through form or content. It is not about your best pictures, but about your personal favorites”.
“In this issue of romka magazine, 69 professionals and amateurs from 33 countries share their photographic treasures and tell the stories behind them. For the first time, there are two special features as well: an illustrated short story by American author Paul Kwiatkowski and a collection of found photographs by London-based artist Steven Chandler. This issue's heartwarming cover shot comes from Russian portrait photographer Evgeny Lebedev”.

Cover by Evgeny Lebedev

Josefin Vilén

Mateusz Duszenko

Reilly Hodgson

BUY THE ISSUE HERE
romkamagazine.com/

Thank you again Joscha.

FRANKLIN OBREGON

2012-01-18T07:03:00.000-08:00

Name- Franklin Obregon
Age- 24
Where are you from?- Born in Caracas, Venezuela. Raised in Richmond, VA.
Your equipment- Olympus Stylus Epic for the most. Nikon dlsrs, Mamiya c330, Fuji Instax, Canon p&s other times.
Influences and photographers you like- Influenced by everything that I consume. All that I see, eat, hear has an effect on what I shoot and how I shoot it. It's all an attempt to encapsulate the feeling of the moment as to not forget. I have really bad memory so being able to look at a photograph and remembering how happy/sad/etc I felt at the time is key.
Photographers that I enjoy are Patrick Tobin, Noah Kalina, Jonathan Leder, Ana Kras, Lina Scheynius, Pierre Wayser, Martin Parr, Chad Moore, Chip Willis, Dimitri Karakostas, Lukasz Wierzbowski, and Michel Comte.
A little about you- There is a divide in the work that I produce, film vs. digital, the look and the overall effect. The film stuff has a narrative because it's essentially my life. I like film more because of the grain, the tonal range, and the fact that I won't really know what a photo will look like until I get it developed.
The digital is a once-in-a-while type of thing nowadays. The digital stuff that I shoot I feel is more clean, creamy. It's a whole different monster. Usually it's mostly used when I'm shooting models.
I am in the process of putting together a couple of new zines. I have one out now thru PogoBooks. Go check it out.
franklinobregon.net/

ALL PHOTOS BY FRANKLIN OBREGON

GEMA GONZALEZ

2012-01-16T04:41:00.000-08:00

Name- Gema González
Age- 28
Where are you from- Valencia, in Spain
My Equipment: Hasselblad 500 CM, Canon 5D, Zenith 12 XP, Polaroid Spectra.
Influences and Photographers I like- Ryan Mcgingley, Sally Mann, Jean Lopup Sieff, Helmut Newton, Eliot Lee Hazel, Yann Faucher, Jock Sturges, Alex Prager, Rokas Darulis, Tim Barber, Aaron Feaver, Roberto Rubalcava, David Hamilton, William Eggleston and so many others I can’t remember now…
A little about you- I feel very happy when I take photos.
Flickr page
gemagonzalez.es/

ALL PHOTOS BY GEMA GONZALEZ

PAULINE MAGNENAT

2012-01-13T09:40:00.000-08:00

Name- Pauline Magnenat
Age- 23
Where are you from?- Geneva, Switzerland
Your equipment- Mamiya 7ii, small Olympus af-1.
Influences and photographers you like- Larry sultan, Jim Goldberg, Roe Etheridge, Wolfgang Tillmans, Torbjorn Rodland, Doug Dubois, Hannah Modigh, Viviane Sassen, Tim Barber, Richard Choi and lots of others.
A little about you- Check out Rocket Science.
Flickr page
paulinemagnenat.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY PAULINE MAGNENANT

MARIANO BRIZZOLA

2012-01-04T05:21:00.001-08:00

Name- Mariano Brizzola
Age- 32
Where are you from?- Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Your equipment- Nikon FE2, Olympus OM, Minolta, Pentax...
Influences and photographers you like- Paintings, color photography on film, amateurism, family albums (birthdays, wedings, holidays)
Outside the visual world, loves music ...
A little about you- I'm in love with the place where I live and where I grew up (Buenos Aires, Argentina & Montevideo, Uruguay) America, South America...
I appreciate my culture more and more as I grow, learn and live.
I love painting and almost all visual experience, desserts, traveling by train or boat, walk, music and people good at heart.
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY MARIANO BRIZZOLA

FRANK CORREA

2012-01-02T07:50:00.001-08:00

Name- Frank Correa
Age- 26.
Where are you from?- Lima, Peru.
Your equipment- 35mm point and shoots.
Influences and photographers you like- The voice inside. Photographers I like: Lauren Max, Ryan Furbush and Kyle Johnson.
A little about you- Born and raised in Peru now living in Seattle, Washington.
frankcorrea.tumblr.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY FRANK CORREA

KATAI STIENSTRA

2011-12-30T03:15:00.001-08:00

Name- Katai Stienstra
Age- Twenty-three
Where are you from?- I am currently based out of Montreal
Your equipment- I own about 20 cameras, but most of them are collectibles. I shoot primarily with a Mamiya 67, but I just recently started up with a Minolta Autocord. For more casual shoots I use a Canon EOS 650 and I always carry an Olympus Stylus in my bag. When I shoot digitally (which is very rare) I use a Canon 50D. I have various lenses but my knowledge surrounding them doesn't extend beyond knowing which looks best for what subject matters. I'm not a gear snob whatsoever, and I think people who are are ultra lame. Maybe I would be a better photographer if I cared more about super specific stuff like that, but right now I'm much more focussed on subject and concept. I also shoot polaroid a lot, so when I do I use a vintage SX-70 or Spectra camera.
Influences and photographers you like- Diane Arbus, Chelsee Ivan, Claudine Doury, Mike Brodie, Lina Scheynius, Jonathan Edwards, Nan Goldin. There are so many people who are or have done amazing work in this field, it's overwhelming is more ways than one. Personally I much more inspired by things”.
A little about you- I'm tall for a girl. I grew up in southern Alberta and it completely shapes my work, even though now I live on the opposite side of the country. I'm really not a city girl at all, but as far as cities go, Montreal is truly amazing.

I love tea, especially when it tastes like flowers.

ALL PHOTOS BY KATAI STIENSTRA

MAJA MALOU

2011-12-21T01:16:00.001-08:00

Name- Maja Malou Lyse
Age- 08.05.93 (18)
Where are you from- Aarhus, Denmark
Your Equipment- And old Canon analog and borrowing my mothers 7d.
Influences and photographers you like- Jon Estwards (my god), Ellen Rogers, Aëla Labbé, Deborah Turbeville, Nynewe, Colette Saint Yves. Oh, theres so many more -- but they caught my eye lately.
A little about you- I am a photography student who has my first solo show coming up soon in my hometown (9 nov.) I do portraits and mostly self-portraits. Besides that I am also Editor-in-chef of a little art-zine called Fragments, which gets published as a news paper in Aarhus, as well. I have been in a couple of group exhibitions and have been published in a artbook (If You Leave) and some online zines.
Im inspired by basically anything with the honesty of emotions. I am a dreamer and I enjoy anyone who are brave enough to persuade their dreams.
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY MAJA MALOU

MAFALDA SILVA

2011-12-15T02:08:00.001-08:00

Name- Mafalda Silva
Age- 27
Where are you from?-Portugal but I live in London at the moment
Your equipment- It depends but at the moment the ones I use the most are my Yashica MF 35, Olympus Mju II and sometimes my Canon SLR. I always use film.
Influences and photographers you like- William Eggleston, Guy Bourdin, Lina Scheynius, Margaret Durow, Juergen Teller and Lukasz Wierzbowski.
A little about you- I live in London with my boyfriend Fredrik and my cat Kenneth. I moved to study photography and when I got here I had only a suitcase. Now I have so many things that I've been collecting through the years I've lived here. I collect magazines and I love visiting vintage markets to buy things for the house and old cameras.
Flickr page
mafalda-silva.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY MAFALDA SILVA

MISHO ANTADZE

2011-12-12T02:46:00.001-08:00

Name- Misho Antadze
Age- 18
Where are you from?- Tbilisi, Georgia
Your equipment- Nikon F3 - 50mm 1.8, 28mm 2.8 / Canon 5d MKII - 50mm 1.4
Influences and photographers you like- Cinema! The photographer I like the most is Philip Lorca DiCorcia.
A little about you- I'm currently studying film at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY MISHO ANTADZE

ALICIA CARRERA

2011-12-09T09:19:00.001-08:00

Name- Alicia Carrera
Age- 20
Where are you from?- Im from Vigo, a little town in the North of Spain
Your equipment- 35mm cameras, Fuji instax.
Influences and photographers you like- Diane Arbus, Andrew Bush, Martin Parr... and also newer photographers like Thomas Albdorf or Nich Hance. A big part of my inspiration comes from cinema.
A little about you- I live in Berlin and I spend part of my days making cakes, watching films and collecting records. I like to stay at home.
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY ALICIA CARRERA

SIMON JOURDAN

2011-12-07T08:15:00.001-08:00

Name- Simon Jourdan
Age- 33
Where are you from?- Angers, France
Your equipment- Mostly Nikon F100 / 50 mm 1.4 / 35 mm 2
Influences and photographers you like- Kertesz, Man Ray, Capa, Parr // film director Greg Araki, Terence Malick, Tarantino, David Lynch // comics : Enki Bilal...
A little about you- Now 33 years old, I started using my first camera when I was 6. I lives and works in western France.

ALL PHOTOS BY SIMON JOURDAN

CHELSEE IVAN

2011-11-29T06:13:00.001-08:00

Name- Chelsee Ivan
Age- 24
Where are you from?- A small town in Southern Alberta called Taber but I'm currently living in Calgary.
Your equipment- Olympus Stylus Epic, Canon 50D, Polaroid SX70.
Influences and Photographers you like- Glen Erler, Nikita Pirogov, Agnes Thor, Doug Dubois, Katharina Schumacher, Matt Tammaro.
A little about you- I like alone time.
Flickr page
chelseeivan.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY CHELSEE IVAN

RHI ELLIS

2011-11-23T04:59:00.001-08:00

Name- Rhi Ellis
Age- 23
Where are you from?- Originally from South Wales, now living in Brighton, England.
Your equipment- Chinon, Fujica, Canon 550D and lots of different lenses.
Influences and photographers you like- I'm influenced a lot by films, the outdoors, magic hour, fog, my beautiful friends, nice light; all these things make me want to take photos. Some photographers I like are Alexander Gronsky, William Eggleston, Gregory Crewdson.
A little about you- I am an illustrator, film maker and photographer. I always need to be doing something, and photography is a good excuse for just wondering and exploring. I think of my photographs as a way of documenting my life and the people I know so I won't ever forget. I'm doing a lot of traveling at the moment, to put off real life...
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY RHI ELLIS

MIRIAM NEITZEL

2011-11-21T00:55:00.001-08:00

Name- Miriam Neitzel
Age- 22
Where are you from?- Germany
Your equipment- Mamiya 645, Polaroid 500, Olympus Mju II / XA.
Influences and photographers you like- Nature, the Age of Romanticism and Poetry.
A little about you- It will all end in tears.
miriamneitzel.com

ALL PHOTOS BY MIRIAM NEITZEL

SAMUEL J. STEWART

2011-11-16T07:21:00.001-08:00

Name- Samuel J. Stewart
Age- 18
Where are you from?- I'm from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. I live in Montreal right now though.
Your equipment- I have a bunch of cameras sitting around but my favorites are my Leica M2, Stylus Epic and my RZ 67.
Influences and photographers you like- I'm influenced from lots of things. I've been watching lots of movies recently and Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven has been in my head. In terms of photographers, I'm going through a Larry Clark phase. Both his photographs and films. I'm always looking at work from people on Flickr like Tommy Nease, Nick White and Nick Hopper. Taylor Radelia is a bad ass too.
A little about you- I'm just a small town boy who wants a farm. Being from P.E.I. I've had the kindest people in my company through my life. I'm studying photography at Concordia in Montreal and I spend my days convincing my friends from home to come visit me and watching videos about physics. I enjoy whiskey and being nostalgic.
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY SAMUEL J. STEWART

CODY COBB

2011-11-15T01:09:00.001-08:00

Name- Cody Cobb
Age- 27
Where are you from?- Blanchard, Louisiana
Your equipment- Yashica T4 and Voigtländer Bessa III
Influences and photographers you like- John Muir, Ira Spring, Alex Gaidouk, Danny Wolfers.
A little about you- Wanderer of forests and mountains.
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY CODY COBB

notcommonpeople at nofound_photofair!

2011-11-08T10:04:00.000-08:00

nofound_photofair, in partnership with the TV channel Souvenirs from Earth, is pleased to announce the launch of the project The Black Box. Located in the heart of the exhibition space of contemporary photography fair nofound_photofair, The Black Box is designed to promote the work of the most active photo curators on the Internet through multimedia projects (slideshows, interactive exhibitions, etc.).
The Black Box is a 10 sqm booth closed in darkness. Fully equipped with sound and HD video, it is flexible according to the proposed projects.

— WHERE AND WHEN?
The programme of The Black Box will be displayed in a loop during the entire time of the fair nofound_photofair.
The TV channel Souvenirs from Earth will broadcast The Black Box on several occasions between November and December 2011.

Thank you very much to Guillaume Maraud and Emeric Glayse.

nofound_photofair The Black Box Project

GUSTAVO GOMES

2011-11-07T14:19:00.000-08:00

Name- Gustavo Gomes
Age- 29, turning 30 on November 4th
Where are you from?- I was born in Cassia, a small town in Brazil, but now I live in Sao Paulo.
Your equipment- I use mostly a Nikon D7000 with 24mm and 35mm lens. But I also use an analog Nikon N6060, a Fuji Instax, a Polaroid 600, a Diana Fand other plastic cameras... a Flexaret 6x6 and a Mamiya M645.
Influeneces and photographers you like- My main influences are Sao Paulo-based street photographer Carlos Moreira, with whom I've studied, and others such as Harry Gruyaert, Saul Leiter, Alex Webb, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Boris Savelev, Guy Bourdin... and Lee Friedlander.
A little about you- Well, I'm basically a dedicated amateur photographer, and I’ve been photographing more seriously since 2009. I still have to work at daytime as a journalist at a press agency to pay my bills, and I’m a bit lazy about promoting myself and contacting curators and galleries, so I’ve never been in a show, and I seldom sell prints. I really enjoy all the ritual of street photography, being in the crowd, discovering new neighborhoods or details I hadn’t noticed before, waking up very early to get the finest light, etc. I hope I’ll keep this excitement till I get old and retire from my regular jobs to dedicate only to photography. Now and then I’m contacted by people via Flickr and featured on websites, which pleases me a lot. I’ve made two attempts on publishing a Blurb, though there are still some mistakes in these editions: www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2566769
Flickr page
street-photographers.com/author/gustavominas

ALL PHOTOS BY GUSTAVO GOMES

ROGIER HOUWEN

2011-11-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

Name- Rogier Houwen,
Age- I am 19 years old.
Where are you from?- I'm from the Netherlands and right now I am living in amsterdam and studying Photography in Utrecht.
My equipment- Nikon FM2 + Hasselblad.
Influeneces and photographers you like-Some of my favorite photographers are Trent Parke, Henri-Cartier Bresson, Stefan Van Fleteren, Richard Avedon, Andre Kertesz and a lot of 'unknown' young photographers.
A little about you- My pictures are about who I am, what I do, what I think, what I see, what I suggest as important to share ...
Flickr page
rogierhouwen.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY ROGIER HOUWEN

JULIA AGAFONOVA

2011-10-31T09:46:00.000-07:00

Name- Julia Agafonova
Age- 21
Where are you from?- I'm from Russia, Zheleznodorozhniy.
Your equipment- Canon A5, Bronica Etrsi, Olympus Mju.
A little about you- Well, silent as a black bear, bored to death.
Flickr page
cargocollective.com/julia_agafonova

PHOTOS BY JULIA AGAFONOVA

AMANDINE PAULANDRÉ

2011-10-28T02:36:00.000-07:00

Name- Amandine Paulandré
Age- I'm 22 yo.
Where are you from?- Grenoble in France, near the Alps.
Your equipment- mainly work with Canon AE1/AL1/A1 but I have a lot of films camera.
Influences and photographers you like- I get influenced by what is around me, the space, nature, light... I love photographers like Philip Lorca-diCorcia, LaChapelle and many others I don't even know the names.
A little about you- I'm living in Paris for now, I study Philosophy. I did a BA in fashion photography at LCF, London. I have a cat and a boyfriend but I might love my cat a little more.
Flickr page
amandinepaulandre.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY AMANDINE PAULANDRÉ

ZHENG YAOHUA

2011-10-26T04:14:00.000-07:00

Name- Zheng Yaohua (Zheng is the family name).
Age- 49.
Where are you from?- China; living in New York since 2003.
Your equipment- Nikon FM3a, Ricoh GR1v, Yashica 124 G, Bronica RF645, Tachihara (4x5) and Fujifilm GF670.
Influences and photographers you like- William Eggleston, Vivian Maier, Julia Schiller, Stephen Shore, Jeff Wall, Weegee, Zhang Jungang, Zllws... In general, literature has been an influence and surveyor's pole for my photographic work.
A little about you- I am, fortunately, an amateur.
Flickr page
zeyez.net/

ALL PHOTOS BY ZHENG YAOHUA