Category Archives: Personal Projects

“Death by Cat”

October 5, 2009 – 10:39 am

….. If you’ve ever owned a cat that had outdoor privileges, you know that they occasionally like to bring home presents. Presents that once were alive. Little beasts that they’ve gone and valiantly slain for you and brought to your doorstep. That’s fine when you have only a cat or two. But when you have [...]

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Tom Rafalovich’s great outdoors

September 25, 2009 – 10:29 am

.. Tom Rafalovich is always going on some sort of outdoor adventure—biking, fishing, surfing, and the like—and he often builds personal photo projects around those activities. So I asked him to send me some of his recent work. Here’s what he emailed me: “For the surf story [photos 1 and 2 below] we wanted to [...]

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South Africa series highlights hardships but also joy

September 18, 2009 – 9:33 am

… In July, I wrote about The Children of South Africa, a documentary book project that Luca Zordan had just begun. Luca has already produced a huge amount of material for the book since then, some of which he’s posted at his website. It’s joyous, uplifting work, and the cause is unassailable. Proceeds from the [...]

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Kwaku Alston teams with Toms Shoes for doc project in Ethiopia

September 17, 2009 – 8:57 am

.. Blake Mycoskie established Toms Shoes in 2006 with the premise that for each pair of shoes he sold, he would donate a pair to a child in need. That first year, he was able to provide 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in Argentina. Impressive, to say the least. Blake continues to go on [...]

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John Offenbach’s South Florida

August 31, 2009 – 10:37 am

… … While on holiday with his family on Marco Island this month, John Offenbach produced a series of images that capture the serenity and mystique of the tropical island. His photos, a selection of which you see here, suggest that there’s a serene alternative to nearby Miami’s flashy beach scene. South Florida never looked [...]

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Sneak Preview: John Midgley’s Brooklyn Circus portrait project

July 20, 2009 – 7:32 am

…….. In Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood, there’s a boutique called the Brooklyn Circus, a purveyor of finely made fashions inspired by the days of bowties, vests,  suspenders, tweed trousers, and tailored jackets, all with a modern street twist. Photographer John Midgley lives near the store and became friends with gregarious Circus ringmaster Ouigi (pronounced “Weegee”), [...]

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Kwaku Alston’s Venice

July 17, 2009 – 8:38 am

  ……. A few years ago, Kwaku Alston relocated from New York City to Venice Beach, California, a move that left him feeling surprisingly unsettled—“not only physically and emotionally, but artistically,” he says. He coped by way of his camera, which accompanied him on long, lonely walks through his Abbott-Kinney neighborhood and along Venice’s legendary [...]

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Luca Zordan’s new project celebrates, and elevates, the children of South Africa

July 2, 2009 – 8:45 am

Renowned children’s photographer Luca Zordan begins work on a new book, The Children of South Africa.

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Featured Personal Project: Walter Iooss’ mixed-media works

June 12, 2009 – 10:27 am

Walter Iooss has been with Stockland Martel since 1984. And as one of the most respected and prolific sports photographers in the world, he’s got a treasure trove of images from over the years. Walter has reimagined some of these images as mixed-media pieces, two of which we feature here. The first is his portrait [...]

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Featured Personal Project: Tom Rafalovich’s Boy Scouts portraits

May 27, 2009 – 11:23 am

Tom Rafalovich recently accompanied a Scoutmaster and his troop on a backpacking trip in California’s Joshua Tree State Park, and the images he took there have become the basis for a new personal project for the lifestyle and fashion photographer. “I’ve always been fascinated with subcultures. I find it interesting to see and photograph what [...]

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