Issue No. 166

PHIL PENMAN: NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

From humble beginnings in a small village in England to building a reputation as one of the most well-known of contemporary New York City street photographers, Phil Penman has documented daily life in his adopted home for more than two decades. He takes us through his unique and inspiring journey in this exclusive Q&A.

STUART ROME: EXPLORING THE OCULUS

No, we’re not talking about a virtual reality headset, but rather, a real world photographic exploration undertaken from inside ancient redwood and sequoia trees. As contributor George Slade reveals in this feature, Stuart Rome’s odyssey embraces the physical and the metaphysical, the micro and the macro, the inside and the outside, and myriad other permutations of these living organisms.

STANKO ABADZIC: FORM AND FIGURE

The expatriate Croatian photographer, famous for a lyrical vision influenced by the likes of Josef Sudek and Willy Ronis, proclaims to have “no message,” preferring to capture serene, often surreal moments from the chaos of life, rendering them eternal on black-and-white film and paper. The past few years have seen him explore the female figure in images that seamlessly integrate with his overall body of work.

CHRIS CORMAC: SEEING THE UNSEEN

The phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” might usefully be applied to the photographs of Chris Cormack. The Los Angeles artist has long been intrigued by that city’s urban topography—its architecture, signage, vegetation and random objects. His fascination for how these disparate elements align is expressed in austere yet revealing photographs that comprise a unique urban visual lexicon.

STEVEN BOLLMAN: A SICILIAN PORTFOLIO

New York City native Steven Bollman found an outlet for his obsessive curiosity about the world and the people in it through photography and its ability to capture quiet yet significant moments of human interaction. He has a knack for decisive moments, as this feature reveals, yet he feels that authenticity in one’s approach and execution are the prime determinants of making photographs of lasting significance.

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