Jason Nocito photographs a love-letter for his wife

Pepi Ginsberg of Companion Reader Find

By Pepi Ginsberg of Companion in New Photography on Wednesday 16 January 2013

I found out about Jason Nocito a couple of months ago through a photographer friend and I’ve been in love with his work ever since. When I looked him up, I hadn’t realized he had been responsible for some music photography that I had already been a fan of – I believe he shoots a lot for Fader. His personal projects, however, are what really get me. His most recent book, I Heart Transylvania, is a document of a long-distance relationship with his now wife, who at the time, lived in Vancouver. The whole book is a love-letter, and he captures such an incredible essence of both his subject, and his spaces, through light and movement. I’m such a fan.

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Nick Azzaro shoots himself as 6 different characters

Tim Pewe Reader Find

By Tim Pewe in New Photography on Saturday 17 November 2012

Nick Azzaro and his wife, Yen, run the company Chin-Azzaro Art Consultation and Commerical Photography. But in addtion to his commerical photography, Azzaro works on his own fine art photography projects. Using a set of self-imposed rules in the spirit of the Dogme 95 manifesto, Azzaro photographs himself as six different characters in his apartment building in a photographic series that evokes a still frame, film noir movie.

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Switcheroo: portraits of people as each other

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in New Photography on Thursday 15 November 2012

Canadian photographer Hana Pesut’s Switcheroo project has her photographing a pair of subjects twice each time, with both subjects in their own outfits first, then wearing each other’s outfits and stances next. Fun stuff.

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