Exceptional Ordinary: Everyday Photography with the Pentax ME chronicles Jim Grey’s experiences with his first SLR, Pentax’s not-so-famous-as-the-K1000 ME , an aperture priority compact slr that appears to be relevantly similar in size and capabilities to my beloved Nikon FG. If you’re a reader of Jim’s excellent Down the Road blog, Exceptional Ordinary will be instantly familiar …
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Alec Soth – ‘SEESAW’
An Alec Soth zine? Please, and thank you!
Barnaby Nutt, ed – ‘No Constructive Conclusions’
‘No Constructive Conclusions’ collects work shot around Katowice, Poland, and the Silesian Metropolis by Wojtek Mszyca, Pavel Pětroš, and Ian Barnaby Nutt. After meeting on Flickr, Wojtek invited the others to visit him in Poland and shoot around his hometown. Pavel and Barnaby went at different times, and later, the three put their photographs together and exhibited the …
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Brian David Stevens – ‘Beachy Head’
Beachy Head is a beautiful collection of photographs, made over a 12 month period by Brian David Stevens at Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 meters (531 ft) above sea level. The peak allows views of the south east coast from Dungeness in the east, to Selsey Bill in the …
Arimoto China – ‘ariphoto selection vol. 8’
Arimoto Shinya’s ariphoto series (and zines) documents his encounters with Tokyo wildlife: grinning elderly men with missing teeth; punks, goths, and heshers; hippy bikers; dog walkers; cosplay girls; homeless; I could go on. The tagline on his website sorta says it all: “TOKYO, SEEN BY MY EYES, IS AN ECOSYSTEM WITH MAGNIFICENT CIRCULATION.” I was excited to …
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Nathan Pearce – ‘Nothing Ever Happens’
Nothing Ever Happens 1 and 2 are small, one-page zines from Nathan Pearce‘s series of the same name, and currently available from Halfmoon Projects. I don’t know about you, but if guns, keggers, 2 dbl cheeseburgers for $3.99 at Donnie & Connie’s Burger Haven, brush fires, grinning dogs, and velvet paintings of Jesus, peace be upon …
Enter the ActionSampler
I’d seen Lomography’s ActionSampler camera before, but was never particularly tempted by it. Then I got Nathan Pearce‘s set of zines and saw the interesting work he does with it, so I started looking. After a little bit of hunting and hesitating, I found a brand new, second version, mislabeled as the “Cyber Sampler” for …
