(not) common people

THOMAS ALBDORF

2012-12-04T01:42:00.000-08:00

Name- Thomas Albdorf
Age- 30
Where are you from?- Austria
Your equipment- Mamiya Universal, Mamiya C 330, Canon EOS Elan 2 (my workhorse), all mainly fueled with Kodak Portra, and a Canon EOS 550D.
Influences and photographers you like- I get constantly influenced by so many things, consciously as well as unconsciously...influences I'm quite certain of are: Marcel Duchamp, Roman Signer, Koki Tanaka, Lucas Blalock, David Brandon Geeting, Marlon Kowalski ... many more.
A little about you- I don't have enough time to do all the things I want/have to do respectively I can't chill, but I'm really working on it.
thomasalbdorf.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY THOMAS ALBDORF

ELIZABETH WEINBERG

2012-11-20T02:14:00.000-08:00

Name- Elizabeth Weinberg
Age- 30
Where are you from?- Massachusetts originally, NYC for 8 years, and I am about to move to Los Angeles.
Your equipment- Currently: Canon 5D Mk II, Fuji X100, Olympus Stylus Epic, Mamiya RB67, various other weird and old film cameras.
Influences and photographers you like- Photographers who can make a successful career out of work that is pure and real, not what is trendy or marketable. Examples: Cass Bird, Lina Scheynius.
A little about you- I am a packrat. I have kept things from my childhood throughout all of my moves. Thankfully the digital age has now saved me some shelf space.
elizabethweinberg.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY ELIZABETH WEINBERG

FRED CSUPOR

2012-11-14T05:17:00.000-08:00

Name- Fred Csupor
Age- Older than Justin Bieber, younger than Jeff Wall
Where are you from?- I was born in France and I live in Switzerland.
Your equipment- I use a lot of different cameras, from 24x36 to 4x5. I use only film, color and B&W. I'm still looking for my own format. Everybody has a format. The key is to find it. But it can take a lifetime.
Influences and photographers you like- I don't know how to define my influences. I like a lot of photographers. Too many to mention.
A little about you- I live to make pictures and i make pictures to live. I make also movies an video clips. I travel a lot to discover, I discover to take pictures. The main thing for me is to tell or create stories. Yeah, stories are life's fuel.
egographie.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY FRED CSUPOR

LIAM DOBBIN

2012-11-05T10:25:00.000-08:00

Name- Liam Dobbin
Age- 19
Where are you from?- Cambridge, Ontario. Currently living in Toronto.
Your equipment- various digital/ film point and shoots.
Influences and photographers you like- Fog, moke, nature, skater kids, chiaroscuro light, Caravaggio, rainy days, deer heads, Harmony Korine films, Xavier Dolan films, Gus Van Sant films, vibrant colors, Neil Young, The Smiths, Lou Reed, pastels, snapshots and candid moments. Photographers I like are Andreas Laszlo Konrath, Ryan Mcginley, Jeff Walls, Wolfgang Tillmans, Alex Prager and Thomas Prior.
A little about you- I like to skateboard and I love the outdoors and I plan on traveling across the South soon with friends. I have a twin brother named Connor who taught and introduced me to photography.
liamdobbin.blogspot.fr/

ALL PHOTOS BY LIAM DOBBIN

MATHEUS BAZZO MALGARISE

2012-10-26T05:32:00.002-07:00

Name- Matheus Bazzo Malgarise
Age- 21
Where Are you from?- Deep south of Brazil
Your equipment- Canon F-1, Regula Sprinty, Olympus Trip 35, Yashica MF-3, a 3 lens toycamera, Nikon D5000 and recently I get a 3 lens stereocamera.
Influences and photographers you like- I guess the influences of somebody involved in photography are pretty much everything that's happening around the photographer. But just to name some human influences: Maurício Pflug, Ricardo Giacomoni, Mario Arruda, Rafa Castells, Luke Byrne, and Ryan Kenny.
A little bit about you- I think that photography for me is a long field of expression and my works until now are just a path of inicial recognition of this field. I'm experimenting and trying to find my own language of expression in photography. What mean is, until now my photography is just just a test.
matbazmal.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY MATHEUS BAZZO MALGARISE

DANIEL GRENDON

2012-10-18T06:10:00.000-07:00

Name- Daniel Grendon
Age- 27
Where are you from?- Queensland, Australia; now living in Sydney.
Your equipment- Many different cameras but I mostly use a Minolta Dynax 40 & Yashica 108; It used to be my Praktica but it broke.:( www.flickr.com/photos/dgrendon/collections/72157621733179483/
Influences and photographers you like- My biggest influence is my partner of 5 years Luke, he is captured in probably more than half of my work. Other artists I adore; Ryan Pfluger, Ryan McGinley, Yann Faucher, Elizaveta Porodina, Dimitri Karakostas, Pierre Et Gilles & Many Many more.
A little about you- A little obsessed with film and collecting cameras, I started taking photos more seriously once living in London in 2008. Moved to Sydney to study and make a go of it. cargocollective.com/dgrendon

ALL PHOTOS BY DANIEL GRENDON

JOEL SOSSA

2012-10-10T12:49:00.000-07:00

Name- Joel Sossa
Age- 23
Where are you from?- Guadalajara, México.
Your equipment- Digital: Nikon cams Film: Canon ae lens: 50 & 35mm
Influences and photographers you like- Yougo Jeberg, Emmanuel Rosario, Theo Gosselin, Jean-Phillipe Lebbe.
A little about you- Just a guy taking pictures in this ilusion we call world, I like to hang out with my friends and record those moments on pictures, listen music and travel following the sun :)

Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY JOEL SOSSA

KRZYSZTOF PACHOLAK

2012-10-02T02:02:00.000-07:00

Name- Krzysztof Pacholak

Age- 1986

Where are you from?- Warsaw, Poland

Your equipment- Mamiya 7, Ricoh GR Digital III

Influences and photographers you like- American color photography:
Egglestone, Shore, Sternfeld etc. My friends from Poland: Kuba Dąbrowski and Rafał Milach and also photographers from Sputnik Photos. Really love works by Alec Soth, Mark Power, Alexander Gronsky, Simon Roberts, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin and Taryn Simon.

A little about you- Photographer, art-coach, curator of young artists. Graduated sociology at University of Warsaw, still studying at Institute of Creative Photography in Opava (Czech Republic).

pacholak.net
multicontrast.blogspot.com

ALL PHOTOS BY KRZYSZTOF PACHOLAK

THOMAS VAN DER ZAAG

2012-07-05T05:32:00.000-07:00

Name- Thomas van der Zaag
Age- 28
Where are you from?- Toronto
Your equipment- Olympus Stylus Epic, Mamiya 645 pro, Canon AE-1p.
Influences and photographers you like- My main influences come from my family and friends both as subjects and as artists. I am slowly learning more and more about photography and who is supposedly important but I generally prefer the independent photographers that I discover in little zines and on the internet.
A little about you- I studied psychology in University and I now do scenic art on movie sets. I build underground space stations in my free time.
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY THOMAS VAN DER ZAAG

SYNCHRODOGS

2012-06-21T03:52:00.003-07:00

Name- Synchrodogs (Roman Noven and Tania Shcheglova)
Age- 27, 22
Where are you from?- Western Ukraine
Your equipment- Contax G1, G2
Influences and photographers you like- Ukraine and the surroundings.
A little about you- The quick brown fox jumps over the two lazy dogs.
synchrodogs.com/
Tania's Flickr
Roman's Flickr

ALL PHOTOS BY SYNCHRODOGS

YEDIHAEL CANAT

2012-06-15T03:57:00.000-07:00

Name- Yedihael Canat

Age- 20

Where are you from?- Amiens, France

Your equipment- I use most often a Nikon F5, a Canon AE1 and a little Nikon compact (Nikon zoom 500).

Influences and photographers you like- I'm influenced by my friends, the city, music, nature ... The photographers whose work I enjoy are Nan Goldin, Ai Weiwei, Ryan Mcginley, Patrick O'Dell, Larry Clark and many other...

A little about you- Most of my photographic work is taken with analogic camera. My main ambition is to capture genuine moments. I skate since long time and practice video.

Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY YEDIHAEL CANAT

PAUL KWIATKOWSKI

2012-05-31T07:19:00.003-07:00

Name- Paul Kwiatkowski
Age- 30
Where are you from?- Currently in NYC
Your equipment- Whatever is cheap and gets the job done.
Influences and photographers you like- I’m influenced by altered states, heat waves, high cheek bones and blank expressions.
Miron Zownir, Larry Clark, Boris Mikhailov.
A little about you- I recently completed a novel and photo-essay called And Every Day Was Overcast about coming of age amongst the strip malls and swamps of South Florida.
paulkmedia.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY PAUL KWIATKOWSKI

ANNA WITKOVSKA

2012-05-24T04:49:00.001-07:00

Name- Anna Witkovska
Age- 19
Where are you from?- Poland
Your equipment- Minolta Dynax 7 and Olympus mju II.
Influences and photographers you like- All this crazy Nan Goldin style.
A little about you- I’m doing short travels and I’m thinking about moving from here soon.
witkovska.com

ALL PHOTOS BY ANNA WITKOVSKA

IAN KENNETH BIRD

2012-05-20T23:50:00.000-07:00

Name- Ian Kenneth Bird
Age- 21
Where are you from?- I'm from Wolverhampton and currently living in Leeds, UK.
Your equipment- I use a Contax G2 + 28mm & 45mm for 'real work' and a Contax T2/Yashica T4 for happy snapping.
Influences and photographers you like- Skateboarding and my peers are what influenced me at first and got me into taking photos and now pretty much everything influences or affects the photos I take.
Photographer wise I would say that Ryan McGinley, Luke Byrne and Jerry Hsu are long time favourites but lately I've really been enjoying Marina Richter's work.
A little about you- I'm currently studying my second year of Visual Communication at Leeds College of Art and recently started a project called 5 on 1 (www.5on1.tumblr.com) in which photographers submit five photos relevant to a given theme. I also contribute to Holy Ghost Zine (www.holyghostzine.com) and spend my spare time skateboarding and procrastinating.
ikbird.com
ikbird.tumblr.com
5on1.tumblr.com
holyghostzine.com

ALL PHOTOS BY IAN KENNETH BIRD

MARIA STURM

2012-05-12T06:29:00.000-07:00

Name- My Name is Maria Sturm
Age- I'm 26
Where are you from?- I'm currently living in Bielefeld
Your equipment- I'm using a Zensa Bronica ETRS and a 5d Mark II
Influences and photographers you like- Right now I very much like Leon Reindl, Kirchknopf-Grambow, Yann Gross, Alec Soth, Spencer Murphy, Anna Huix...
A little about you- I was born in Ploiesti Romania, and came to Germany, when I was 5 and I grew up in Augsburg. I started to study photography in 2006 in Bielefeld. I like punk rock and hip hop and I'm traveling a lot. Right now I'm in Romania working on my diploma project about underage marriage among the Roma. I'm mostly interested in questions or themes about adolescence in a way and I'm very happy to finally be done with university, although I have no idea what comes next!
mariasturm.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY MARIA STURM

CARMEN MARCHENA ALONSO

2012-04-30T03:34:00.000-07:00

Name- Carmen Marchena Alonso
Age- 40
Your equipment: la mayoría de mis fotos las hago con mi Leica IIIf (del año 1936) y mi Pentax p30, pero también utilizo mi Holga 120mm, Smena 8mm, Dacora Dignette, y a veces una Zenith. Tengo una cámara digital, pero la verdad es que no me inspira nada ;)
Influences and photographers you like- la pintura, la música y la naturaleza, sobre todo los pintores nórdicos y su luz: Eduard Munch, Harald Oskar Sohlberg, Egon Schiele, Knud Andreassen Baade. Estoy enamorada de la luz nórdica y boreal. Photografos: Javier Selva y su obra gráfica, Ana Cabaleiro, Rafael Matos, Hoy Joy, Jocelyn Cartterson, Sergey Neamoscou, Matthew Lief Anderson, Laina Briedis, Esben Bøg, Ben Mauzé, Nich Hance, Carla F. Andrade, Lúa Ocaña, Dasha Riabchenko, Rachael Schumacher, Ayline Olukman, Cody Cobb, Rhi Ellis, Alison Scarpulla, Prashant Ashoka, Joel Nigel Coleman, David Swailes, Geneviève Bjargardóttir, Astrid Prasetianti, Scharmunzel, Eleazar Lázaro Guerra, Aëla Labbé, Randy P. Martin, Endofmarch, Valerio Boncompagni y muchísimos otros que me dejo.
A little about you- Nací en Lampertheim (un pequeño pueblo en Alemania), pero soy de Galicia (al norte de España). La fotografía es el medio que encuentro para poder expresar lo que siento. Mirando a través de mi antiggua leica es como realmente soy feliz. Siempre me han atraído los pueblos nórdicos, su luz, su forma de vida. Recientemente estuve en dos ocasiones en Islandia, y me enamoré profundamente de ese país y creo que cambió mi concepto de hacer fotos. Me gusta fotografiar paisajes que evoquen la inmensidad y lo pequeños que somos los humanos ante la geología y la naturaleza, ojalá pudiera transmitir esto en los tiempos que corren, donde todo esto importa muy poco. Necesito huir a esos lugares y llenarme de ellos, soy un ser de la tierra y no puedo estar alejada de ella, las fotos me sirven para sentirme siempre cerca.
Flickr page
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ALL PHOTOS BY CARMEN MARCHENA ALONSO

OLIVIA LARRAIN

2012-04-17T00:49:00.003-07:00

Name- Olivia Larrain
Age- 28
Where are you from?- Santiago, Chile
Your equipment- Various. Nikon fm, Yashica, disposable cameras and whatever I get in my hands.
Influences and photographers you like- Simplicity, love being surprised by unexpected things, inspired from emotions involved in travel, music, people I love and all that gives me special visual experiences.
A little about you- Fashion and textile designer, in loved with photography.
Flickr page

^{ALL PHOTOS BY OLIVIA LARRAIN}

DAVID BAQUERO

2012-04-11T23:59:00.000-07:00

Name- David Baquero
Age- 27
Where are you from?- Bogotá, Colombia.
Your equipment- Canon G9 - Nikon D3000
Influences and photographers you like- Nature-architecture, life-dead, geometry... and many people on Flickr.
A little about you- I'm a graphic designer.
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY DAVID BAQUERO

CAMPBELL SIBTHORPE

2012-04-10T08:44:00.000-07:00

Name- Campbell Sibthorpe
Age- 19
Where are you from- Born in Queensland, Australia.
But now live in England in a small village called Yatton.
Your equipment- I mostly use a Contax T2, but have a few 35 mm camera's that I use from time to time.
I just found an old Voigtlander bessa 1 in a shop that I intend to use, but Im not really a camera fiend and don't really like collecting old cameras just to be able to say "film is not dead man"!
Influences and photographers you like- People have been my main influence. I find it easy to take pictures of friends than people on the street. Taking pictures of my friends is more natural and I find it fun.
Seeing printed zines, books, posters always inspire me to take more pictures.
There are lots of photographers work that I really like such as: Tim Barber, Jeff Luker, Charlie Engman, Levi Mandel, Thomas van der zaag, Bobby Doherty, there are lots more.
A little about you- I find cleaning therapeutic. And run at the moment a small Photography blog called "Bad Bananas"
Flickr page
badbananas.tumblr.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY CAMPBELL SIBTHORPE

MIET VAN HEE

2012-03-22T01:22:00.001-07:00

Name- Miet Van Hee
Age- 24
Where are you from?- Born in a small village in Belgium, currently living in Ghent, Belgium.
Equipment- Leica mini II
Influences and photographers you like- Silence, the people I meet, pictures and things I find, places where time doesn't really matter.
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY MIET VAN HEE

ERIN McCOWN

2012-03-12T11:31:00.000-07:00

Name- Erin McCown
Where are you from?- I was born in New Hampshire and live in Oregon. I consider both home.
Your equipment- Film, always. Canon A1, Olympus OM-10, a little army of half broken cameras, available light, duct tape.
Influences and photographers you like- I’m most influenced by the land itself. I take pictures that feel natural to me – my friends and family and their relationship with the places we run away to. My favorite photographer is my sister Kelly McCown. She makes her cameras by hand.
A little about you- I rely more on superstition than skill to make my exposures. There’s nothing better than the suspense of unwinding a roll of expired film in an unreliable camera.
Flickr page
photoecho.wordpress.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY ERIN McCOWN

MERAL GÜLER

2012-02-23T04:12:00.001-08:00

Name- Meral Güler
Age- A girl never tells…
Where are you from?- London, England. I currently live in Los Angeles, USA
Your equipment- My Leica M6 was recently stolen from me In London. For now, I use a borrowed 35 but I have always wanted to shoot a series with a Mamiya 6. Can anyone lend me one?
Influences and photographers you like:- I am influenced by literature and films from the fifties and sixties. I am captivated by the works of Mark Cohen, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, Anna Fox, Chris Killip, Saul Leiter, Fernando Maquiera and Pascal Felloneau.
A little about you- I see myself as a visual storyteller, capturing the narrative and irony of everyday life around me. I made Documentaries Features in England and have been photographer since 2009.
Flickr page

ALL PHOTOS BY MERAL GÜLER

ANNA KIEBLESZ

2012-02-15T04:51:00.001-08:00

Name- Anna Kieblesz
Age- 20
Where are you from?- The capital of Poland
Your equipment- Cheap analog stuff.
Influences and photographers you like- Fire, earth, air, water.
A little about you- Longing to shine, longing to define.
annakieblesz.com/

ALL PHOTOS ANNA KIEBLESZ

MARCO ANTONIO FILHO

2012-02-10T02:42:00.000-08:00

Name- Marco A. F.
Age- 27
Where are you from?- Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil.
Your equipment- Yashica-Mat, Yashica Linx, Holga, Olympus Pen, Instax 100 and a Minolta 35mm point and shoot
Influences and photographers you like- Alec Soth, Mando Alvarez, Robert Frank, Otto Stupakoff, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Polly Bird...
A little about you- I photograph things because I can't draw them.
Flickr page
marcoaf.carbonmade.com/

ALL PHOTOS BY MARCO A.F

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