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Sm{art}: Sophia Wallace: Not Your Typical Fashion Shoot

Art and Design post by Kjerstin Johnson on June 15, 2011 - 1:44pm; tagged female photographers, gender, photography, queer representation.

Sophia Wallace is a photographer living and working in New York City. Wallace uses photography and portraiture to challenge normative assumptions about gender, race, and heteronormativity. I could probably write a blog post on each of her series, the photographs are so striking. Instead, I'll highlight a few of them and I encourage you to visit her site and browse yourself.
Four photographs from Sophia Wallace's series Modern Dandy. In the first picture, a light brown-skinned androgynous person stares demurely at the camera. They wear a grey tank top and dark pants. Their hair is short on the sides and high (but not flat), on top, a modern interpretation of the flat-top. In the second photograph a brown-skinned dandy is capture mid-motion, in the air. They are wearing short black boots, thigh-length shorts, and a vest over a collared shirt. They swing a black bag. They have a black flat top with a bleached stripe down the middle. In the third picture, a brown-skinned woman touches her hand to her forehead like she is thinking or focusing on something. She has a center part and two braids woven closely to her head. She wears a pink-buttoned up shirt with a houndstooth button and a black bowtie. In the fourth picture the three models stand together. They are wearing different outfits, but all are very dandy-esque. They lean on one another in a way that expresses camaraderie.

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Sm{art}: A Girl and Her Room

Art and Design post by Kjerstin Johnson on April 21, 2011 - 12:54pm; tagged adolescence, photography.
Susan 15 #1, Shatila Refugee Camp Beirut, 2010
Rania Matar is a Lebanese-born photographer who currently lives and and teaches in Massachusetts. In a recent interview she said, "I was 11 when the war started and like most children was resilient enough to learn to live with it. It just became a fact of life and then things would be peaceful and life would be normal again and we all forgot about the war till it struck again." This take on what constitutes "normal" has led Matar to use photography to explore the everyday lives of women and children as a window into the world at large. Her photography projects in the Middle East has covered refugee camps, Christian Arabs, and a far more diverse representation of women and the veil than Western mainstream media ever feels like portraying. In her new project, "A Girl and Her Room," she is re-celebrating the everyday in a new way by taking portraits of young women in their bedroom, from Massachusetts to the Middle East.
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Are your grandparents feeling down? Try superhero therapy!

Social Commentary post by Kelsey Wallace on November 18, 2010 - 1:53pm; tagged Grandma Superhero, Mamika, photography, Sacha Goldberger.
If your grandma seems out of sorts at Thanksgiving dinner next week, ask her to consider Superhero Therapy. That's the solution French photographer Sacha Goldberger came up with when he discovered that his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika was feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations. The results of their superhero series will make your day:

Mamika Superhero pic

How great is that? (Via My Modern Metropolis)
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Douchebag Decree: Terry "Creepy Uncle" Richardson

Comedy post by Sara Kantner on June 3, 2010 - 4:53pm; tagged American Apparel, Douchebag Decree, Douchebag Decree, douchebags, douchebags, douches galore, fashion, fashion, Marc Jacobs, models, nude photos, nude photos, pervert, pervert, photography, photography, porn, sexual abuse, Tavi Gevinson, Tavi Gevinson, Terry Richardson, Terry Richardson.

Disclaimer: I'm about to shamefully make a Huey Lewis & the News reference: It's hip to be...a perv? Well, Terry Richardson seems to think so. Ever since sexual abuse allegations against the hipster icon surfaced, the blogosphere has been commenting on the subsequent shit storms that keep popping up around this perv. So, it's about time that we deem Richardson a douchebag.

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