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TMN Editor Nicole Pasulka believes she could beat a lie detector. When she sits in a chair she almost never puts her feet on the floor. Even though she likes the internet a lot, she is convinced that people will always read magazines and she is secretly building one in her basement.
Even if you’ve never heard his name, chances are you’ve seen Shepard Fairey’s stickers, posters, and stencils on lampposts in New York City, or peeking out from doorways and street signs in one of the countless countries where his street art has traveled.
Think of your favorite teddy bear. Now imagine it’s been ripped open, gutted, and turned inside-out. That’s what Kent Rogowski has done to the iconic stuffed animals of our childhoods.
Yesterday’s news is today’s birdcage liner—no longer. Nicole Pasulka begins our new regular feature, reviewing the past month’s headlines. For June 2007: four weeks of staggering animal attacks.
Terry Rowlett searches for meaning through contemporary work with undeniable ties to painting’s history. In his work, Rowlett’s friends mirror his own struggles and exalt his triumphs.
Art, female identity, and day-to-day life intersect in Melissa Ann Pinney’s photographs. Deeply focused on the worlds of her daughter and other girls, Pinney’s work tells a story of girlhood as it’s being written.
For Coke Wisdom O’Neal, placubg portraits of loved ones on three-dimensional pedestals is merely the next move in a broad challenge of traditional portraiture.
Stuart Hawkins’s humorous photographs self-consciously imagine moments of cultural intersection, challenging the audience to imagine what happens before and after a picture is taken.
The symbolism of swimming is well-worn territory. We all realize that water represents transformation, rebirth, and tranquility. But Eric Zener’s work reminds us of the real power it has over our imaginations.
Kristan Horton imitates Kubrick and creates a new world for the film—silverware become an airplane, plastic and coffee grounds become the sky.
The disappearance of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and the flood and evacuation in New Orleans are the tragic results of natural disaster and government mismanagement. These photos tenderly expose not only the extent of the disasters, but our ineptitude and negligence in their aftermaths.
The Moscow Metro workers in Olga Chernysheva’s photographs are examples of people seen but not noticed. Despite this, the watching, waiting faces in her work demonstrate grace and openness.
Originally from Harlem, James Spencer has lived a freelance photographer’s dream. He shot regularly at the Apollo during the ‘60s and ‘70s, rode around Manhattan with Muhammad Ali, and traveled as James Brown’s personal photographer.