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David and Devin

Posted on February 2, 2012 – Copyright 2012

Playboy Centerfold 1995

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Kissing Booth

Artwork by LouPop: With permission of the estate of Anthony Colagreco. Copyright 2012

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Live Targets

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Ted Adams

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ARTIST STATEMENT

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I’m generally interested in what things look like (as opposed to any sort of inherent meaning), although sometimes events converge to create irony, humor or interesting juxtapositions. These usually happen by accident – I think that when you’re actually taking the pictures, you have to react to things in an immediate, visceral way – then something akin to “meaning” creates itself later when you’re looking at the negatives and deciding what to print.

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Cig Lady

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Barrier

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Picture-taking also has a psychological aspect which reminds me of going fishing or sifting through junk at a flea market: It involves an obsessive-compulsive drive to put your line in the water to see what you reel in – a subtle mood, an ambiance, a visual structure that tickles your brain.

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Double Hugs

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I’m also interested in photography as a way of cropping the world into rectangles, as a way of selectively taking things out of context – which often results in stripping the original meaning out of the subject matter, or at least in making the image open to interpretation. Kind of the opposite of photojournalism, whose intention is to create “narrative” and “context” rather than to discard them.

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The Saint

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Jesus Number

Photography is, in its very essence, the art of cropping – whether in the camera or in the darkroom.

About The Author: Ted Adams was born in Louisville, Kentucky USA. The artist resides and works in Philadelphia as an Art, Street and Documentary photographer. He is also Owner/Director of the Southwark Gallery, Philadelphia. To learn more about Ted Adams’s work log on: www.TedAdams.net.
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Zoe Strauss

Posted on January 13, 2012

Kaitlyn Levesque

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Kaitlyn Levesque

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……….Venus is not just the Roman goddess of love; it is also the University of Pennsylvania’s women’s Ultimate Frisbee team, of which I happen to be a member. The team is comprised of wonderful and wacky women who somehow seem to mesh perfectly and have more than willingly accepted me into their makeshift family. It is for these reasons that I chose to photograph the Venus team in all of their glory.

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Kaitlyn Levesque

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Kaitlyn Levesque

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These photographs also extend beyond the simple subject of the Venus team and fits into a category that I have much love for but really was only able to explore with this last assignment. It is my personal project of candid portraiture. There is something so fulfilling about capturing the essence of a person in a single frame. It is challenging and frustration at times, but ultimately so incredibly beautiful. While this specific group of candid portraits is meant to showcase my fellow teammates it is also meant to further explore off my established style of photography. I wanted these photographs to be crisp, and saturated, and strong; I wanted them to capture reality, but also retain elements of surrealism. These photographs are meant to embody the essence of Venus, aggressive but playful, committed to the game and each other.

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Kaitlyn Levesque

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Venus is something that is very important to me, so I thought it only fitting to conclude my term and portfolio with my interpretation of and homage for my team and the sport that brought us together.

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Kaitlyn Levesque

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About The Author: Kaitlyn Levesque is a sophomore enrolled in the College of the University of Pennsylvania. Class of 2014 – Copyright 2012