| ada augustyniak (poland) is an illustrator, graphic designer and philosophy student in cracow. she says: "i'm interested in the connection between animals and humans. in [the] animal mask project i want to watch how different people react when i ask them to wear an animal mask. i was surprised to notice that many people are afraid to put it on. they say it's 'scary.' why do they find it scary?" website: www.wolfdaughter.glt.pl | |
| jason cawood (canada) jason cawood is a primarily photo-based artist and writer from regina, saskatchewan. he works both independently and as a part of the collective, "turner prize." many know cawood as one of the contributing authors to the book "regina's secret spaces," and as the co-writer of the popular short film "terminus." more of his photography can be found on flickr. | |
| christophe dillinger (uk) is a frenchman living in england and working as a photography teacher. he has recently started a degree in fine art and is having is first solo exhibition in ludlow, england. his photograph, "beating heart and tinsel," was taken in his kids' playroom, with his eldest son wearing the lid of an old trashcan featuring "tigger" as a mask; in his pocket is a small battery-operated slave flash that was triggered by the main flash of the camera. visit www.cdillinger.co.uk for more. | |
| philipp dorowski (germany) is an attorney at law focused on intellectual property rights. he often shoots with a nikon dslr, but is constantly returnning to his passion: manual cameras of the 1960s to 1980s. his photograph, "sleepless," was shot in kiel, germany in december 2007. visit his website at www.dorowski.comor check out more of his photography on flickr. | |
| shannon herber (usa) is music publicist based in miami. her photograph, "devil's ride," was shot in las vegas, nevada; "veritas" was taken in los angeles. more of her photography can be found on flickr. | |
| pamela klaffke (canada) is a writer and photographer. she writes about popular culure and shoots unusual things and unconventional portraits with analogue cameras using expired and/or damaged film. she is also the founder and chief curator of the secret society of analogue art, an organization that encourages the creative fusion between analogue and digital communication and media by offering an ongoing series of participatory art projects. visit her website at www.pamelaklaffke.com. | |
| mari lowery (usa) is a brooklyn based photographer. her photograph, "party animal," was shot in new york city in october 2007. for more of mari's photos visit www.marilowery.com. | |
| heather macdermott (usa) is a gift industry professional, self-taught photographer and retail web maven who also makes jewelry and tasty baked good of all kinds. while she still shoots with digital cameras, she finds that her trusty pentax spotmatic and k1000 produce far superior images than the new-fangled stuff. | |
| ivan montero (spain) is orginally from bilbao, but is now a student and freelance photographer in barcelona. visit him online at flickr, myspace, fotolog or at www.unacajadecerillas.com. | |
| jenna pritchard (wales) is cardiff based photographer who works mainly in 35mm black-and-white. her image, "untitled," was shot in cardiff and is based on themes of isolation, identity and urban environments. in addition to photography, jenna also enjoys taking in broken cameras, vintage clothes, tea and cakes. see more of her work on her flickr site. | |
| rhett redelings (usa) is a professional, photographer and sometime musician. after spending the better part of the last decade shooting with digital cameras, he is shooting with film again, using aracane 35mm and 120mm cameras. he has discovered that it is far easier to capture the strangeness of the world, in the camera, at the moment, than it is to sit in front of a computer after the fact. | |
| clint adam amyth (canada) is a professional photographer based in toronto. he has worked as a commercial shooter, with a tight focus on high concept jobs with a fine art and editorial demand for the past fifteen years and has shot everything from fashion spreads, album covers, and theatre posters, to corporate imaging and industrial profiles. his work has been published internationally in photo life magazine, photographers forum, and provocative shots out of the UK. he also has a large exhibition record, having had over twenty public exhibitions in canada alone. | |
| travis reynolds (canada) is an artist and graphic designer. his photograph, "midway deer," was shot at the calgary stampede in july 2007. | |
| charlyn wee (canada) is an art director and designer (interactive) based in toronto. her polaroid contribution to the gallery, "the scale," was taken at her home of a costume inspired by karen o. of the yeah, yeah, yeahs. she added the felt organs and yarn herself. | |
| shahab zargari (usa) writes words and music sporadically, takes photos non-stop, runs gc records with his wife, heela, and they both have a hand in raising their two daughters, mahtab and arezu. his photograph, "turtle ride," was taken at a park near his home in california. check out the gc records website at www.gcrecords.com. | |