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MANDALA

FELIPE MANDARINO LIMA // Felipe is a Brazilian photographer, founding member of the street photography collective Street Avengers, and a digital artist who, when not doing street photography, enjoys portraiture and abstract or art photography. For a book he is planning he creates fascinating photographic mandalas, of which we are pleased to show a set.

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PHOTOMONTEUR

LEANNE STAPLES // Leanne is a licensed New York City tour guide, photographer, artist and writer. She has long been involved in making abstract photography.  She shared a set of photo-montages, or in-camera collages, she made at an exhibition at the MoMA in New York.

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RUMBEROS

MISH AMINOFF // Mish has been fascinated by visual arts, encompassing fine art, fashion design and photography, since childhood. Based in London, U.K., she both participates in and documents the Afro-Cuban music scene there. Her vibrant photos from the Afro-Cuban music scene show the joy (and colours) of music perfectly.

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HOPPERESQUE

THE SMC_HOPPER PHOTO CHALLENGE // We had a lot of really good submissions to our first-ever Instagram photo challenge, where we asked photographers to share their “Hopperesque” photographs. It was hard to pick just a few favourites, but we managed. Here are links to our favourites, together with some paintings by Edward Hopper that they reminded […]

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BUBBLY INSPIRATION

JASMIN JAVON // Jasmin is photographer from California who feels a strong calling for her artistic passion. We show you a collection of abstractions she has created with simple household items, such as different oils, glycerin, dish soap, food colours, and water with a macro lens and a focus on different lighting, shapes, textures, and […]

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MAYBE MY FRIENDS ARE CALLING

JUN NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA // Jun is a Houston-based accomplished filmmaker, installation artist and a photographer who in the past has used photography as a way to make “notes”, a tool for his painting ideas. After getting into documentary photography he also began using photography as an end in itself. He has artfully documented an exhibition at […]