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One off: Justin Thomas Leonard.

— “Pink Eye” from Zulu Time by Justin Thomas Leonard.

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One off: Daniel Shea.

From Coal Work, by Daniel Shea.

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One off: Tall Poppy Syndrome, by Amy Stein & Stacey Arezou Mehrfar

                              Miner II, Peak Gold Mines, Cobar, New South Wales, by Amy Stein & Stacey Arezou Mehrfar, from the recently released book Tall Poppy Syndrome.

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One off: Mirka Laura Severa

From Swallow, by Mirka Laura Severa.

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Barthelme on not knowing

“What is magical about the object is that it at once invites and resists interpretation” — from “On Writing” in Not-Knowing by Donald Barthelme. Photograph by Eva Vermandel, from Splinter.

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Cavell on Photography

“To say that photographs lie implies that they might tell the truth; but the beauty of their nature is exactly to say nothing, neither to lie nor not to. Then what purpose may be served, or disguised, in attempting to… Continue reading

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From “Hurtland” by Kevin Mertens

  From Hurtland, by Kevin Mertens.

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Sante on photography

“Sometimes, looking at these cards, you come upon a picture that makes you feel as if its maker had just discovered photography, had made it up by himself from scratch. The American real photo postcard is a laboratory for the… Continue reading

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Adams on Form

“Why is Form beautiful? Because, I think, it helps us to meet our worst fear, the suspicion that life may be chaos and that therefore our suffering is without meaning. James Dickey was right when he asked, rhetorically, “What is… Continue reading

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One off: Tim Carpenter

From Illinois Traction, by Tim Carpenter.

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