Category Archives: polaroid/photography

The Mourners

Georgia Metaxas is a Melbourne-based documentary photographer who specialises in the genre of portraiture. “The Mourners is a series of portraits documenting the ritual of wearing black as a signifier of perpetual mourning. In remembrance of those they have lost, all that … Continue reading

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Graciela Iturbide

Graciela Iturbide was born in 1942 in Mexico City. Her mentor was Mexican modernist photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo who she assisted on various photographic journeys throughout Mexico in her twenties. During the 1970s, Iturbide traveled widely across Latin America and Panama where she … Continue reading

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Karin & Craig

I always knew Karin and Craig’s wedding was going to be beautiful. Karin is the talent behind Dear Rae Jewellery and Craig owns his own hair salon called The Lobby – both have stores in The Woodstock Foundry. I have … Continue reading

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Dog Collector

Libby Hall is fanatical about dogs. She is a born and bred New Yorker, who moved to the United Kingdom in 1967, where she currently resides. For three decades (1966-2006) she collected close to six thousand archival photographs of dogs, … Continue reading

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Alexia Webster

Alexia Webster is a Johannesburg-born documentary photographer who currently resides in Cape Town. She has travelled extensively through Africa – capturing poignant photographs of its’ landscapes, people and the socio-political issues that they face.

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Grüß Gott

Florian Reischauer is an Austrian-born photographer who currently lives and works in Berlin. Grüß Gott - a fairy tale is a photographic series that was created in and around the town he grew up in as a child. Drawing on childhood memories, narrative … Continue reading

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Miscellany

An amazing illustration of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s front woman Karen O by Andrea Fleitas.   Some lovely details from the home of Riikka Kantinkoski, the Finnish photographer and designer behind the awesome Weekday Carnival blog. This beautiful gathering in Portugal. … Continue reading

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You Are My Wild

“You Are My Wild is a weekly portrait project that brings together 14 photographers to document how they see their children.” This blog makes me miss being a kid – playing LEGO with my brother, building forts and just generally … Continue reading

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Matsuki Kousuke

Matsuki Kousuke is a Japanese photographer who was born in Suita-shi, Osaka in 1983. He has won a number of photographic prizes including the Fuji Photograph Salon Rookie of the Year Award in 2008. His photographs have a lovely grainy, almost cinematic, … Continue reading

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Miscellany: Animals

Archival photographs of animals from National Geographic’s phenomenal new tumblr FOUND. A Lot of Cats Print by Kitten Rain Alpaca Garden Pot A bird-inspired wedding invitation. Portland Meadows race track branding by OMFG Co. Marches from Jim Naughten‘s Hereros photographic … Continue reading

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