The Faces Of World War II
Thomas Sanders has been photographing ‘The Faces of World War II’ for the past two and half years. We asked him what made him embark on this series: ‘I was a senior year at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2006, and one day after school I approached a local retirement community. I asked the executive director, Dawneen Lorance, if there were any interesting people I could photograph. She mentioned World War II Army Ranger hero, Randal Harris. I spent an hour getting to know Randal’s history and seeing what WWII memorabilia I could incorporate into the photograph before I pulled out my camera. Dawneen called me a few days later and said she would like me to photograph fifteen WWII Veterans to display in honor of Memorial Day. I was twenty-one years old at the time, and quickly became humbled after hearing their stories. I realized my generation has had such an easy upbringing in comparison’. There’s an extended interview with Thomas Sanders about this series at the Feature Shoot website.
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Photo portraits of Model Railway Enthusiasts
David Vintiner is a British portrait photographer living in London. These portraits are from a personal project, Enthusiasts, which was selected for the Creative Review Photography Annual last year. He writes: ‘My Enthusiasts were shot on location at a model railway exhibition in Birmingham, England. In my photography I’m drawn to the subtlety of the everyday, in this case, passion for a hobby’. Read more
Celestial photographs inspired by dreams
Jaime Martinez was born in Monterrey, Mexico and is currently living in Mexico City. His work is influenced by his many fashionable friends and surroundings. Jaime’s photographs have been featured in many magazines including Fifi, Subterra, and Rolling Stone Germany. [via Feature Shoot] Read more
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Chinese artist Liu Bolin‘s Hiding in the City series consists of photographs of himself painted to blend into archetypal street scenes in China. As in his other work, Liu is preoccupied with the meaning of individual identity in modern China after a century of upheaval and constantly shifting national narratives. Read more
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