Three aamora members
Danielle Kelly, Michael Van der Tol & Jim Robertson
Published Amongst Lenscratch 2011 Favorites

{In the Clouds by Danielle Kelly - Leonia, NJ}

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{Qualicum Beach by Michael Van der Tol - Vancouver Island}

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{Service to the Suntower by Jim Robertson - Osaka}

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Lenscratch is a blogzine for image-makers exploring contemporary photography, founded and edited by Aline Smithson.

Danielle Kelly is a charter aamora member & semi-professional photographer in NYC with an ardent passion for following light. View more of Danielle’s work on her website or aamora.

Michael Van der Tol, founding aamora member, lives in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia. His photographic work focuses on rural scenes & landscapes. View his work on his website on his blog or here on aamora.

Jim Robertson, follows the photographic path in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. You can view more of Jim’s work at his website or his contributions to aamora.

Below, The Surface 

by Paul Michael DiMeglio, Chris Whitney

& Jolie Buchanan

Aamora Project Triptych: Trio Collaboration in Photography
Aamora Special Guests: Paul Michael DiMeglio, Chris Whitney, Jolie Buchanan with Below, The Surface 
Note: Triptych Example = 550 pixels width x 1280 pixels tall
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Paul Michael DiMeglio is a New York based writer, multi-media artist, nature-boy & singer currently on a vocal hiatus while he slowly rebuilds an old wooden boat.

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Fish Head

by Gail Anderson, Jason Platt

& Jolie Buchanan

Aamora Project Triptych

Trio Collaboration in Photography

by Gail Anderson, Jason Platt & Jolie Buchanan with Fish Head

Note: Triptych Example = 550 pixels width x 1650 pixels tall

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Aamora contributing member & administrator Gail Anderson is a Las Vegas, Nevada, based photographer always up for a road trip. View Gail’s work at redbubble, her photoblog, or here on aamora.

Special guest  Jason Platt is a photographer from Worcester, Massachusetts. You can enjoy more of Jason’s work at  JPG Magazine.

Aamora contributing member Jolie Buchanan is a painter, potter & photographer based in Columbus, Indiana, USA; Enjoy Jolie’s work on her website or on aamora.

Project Triptych
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Transform

by Jim Ford, Jolie Buchanan, Catherine Hadler

Triptych Artist Trio Collaboration in Wildcard 

Jim Ford, Jolie Buchanan & Catherine Hadler with Transform

Top is a digital capture by Jim Ford; the middle is a Hassablad film capture by Jolie Buchanan; the bottom is a cyanotype by Catherine Hadler.

Aamora gives special thanks to Jim Ford who compiled the triptych from each artist’s original jpeg files and added his unique tweaking touch to bring this together for inspiration.

Note: Triptych example = 550 pixels width x 1200 pixels tall

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Jim Ford is from Upstate, NY, a photographer with a special motto: “Wandering is one of my passions; where it leads me is not as important as what I see along the way”. View Jim’s work on his Flickr photostream or aamora.

Aamora member Jolie Buchanan is a painter, potter & photographer based in Columbus, Indiana, USA; You can enjoy Jolie’s work on her website or her other contributions to aamora.

Artist Catherine Hadler specialises in food and event photography. Catherine is based in Reading, Berkshire. View Catherine’s work at: Creative Commercial Photography.

Project Triptych
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This idea started out simply. Diane took several shots of the same image with an analog camera having very few, if any, bells & whistles.

She wanted to see how the same image changed just shooting from different angles.

Diane rarely, if ever, has her work processed & printed by someone other than herself, but this time, she wanted to “play” with the actual touch and feel pictures.

Looking at the prints, Diane decided to cut them apart and piece them back together from different angles.

Interestingly, when you first glance at each image, you don’t notice how the sidewalks don’t match up: skylines are off kilter, things seem a little “jumbled”.

Once the images are “put together” Diane then re-shoot them with a digital camera.

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American photographer Diane Peterson is an aamora.com member living on the northern prairies of Idaho using a collection of analog & digital cameras. View Diane’s work on her website, her blog, at holgaville or aamora.com.

2BdRm GtVu by Buzz Burza

We’d like you to meet Buzz Burza. He’s appearing here at aamora.com as a guest photographer.  Buzz tells us . . .

“It was the summer of 1979. I took this shot from the drawing room of  apartment 20A at Seven West Fourteenth Street, NYC.  The shared apartment ad in the Village Voice had read “2BdRm GtVu”.

Buzz describes himself as . . .
“a Delhi based Yank, Wisconsin class of 1965,
Peace Corps INDIA XVI, 20 years in Toronto,
writes for various Indian publications and our
NGO “Samvedana Culture and Heritage Trust”.

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From time to time, aamora.com will publish photography, writing, video, and artwork of a guests. If you’re interested in having your work considered for publishing email us at aamora.com@gmail.com and find out more.

Some people have referred to my photography as “Old School”, perhaps just because I am, in fact, old – at least compared to the many photographers I’m in contact with.

Now these images really ARE “Old School” as I shot them when I was at school, aged 16 to 17! I had a Brownie Box and was having fun. Now I see many younger photogs are searching out these old cameras and having fun with them, too, so maybe I’m not so “Old School” after all!

These images are from 1963 and 1964.

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Catharine Amato, artist & founding aamora member, grew up in England & now spends winters near Milan & summers in Tuscany. View more of Catharine’s wonderful work on her website, JPG Magazine or aamora.

Aamora welcomes back Alexis!

Alexis shares with friends of aamora: “I’m currently feeling at a bit of a creative dead-end, so rather than continuing to show new images, I thought I’d start on a project I’ve been mulling for months” . . .

“. . . Digitizing and organizing 20 years of film work – color and b/w negatives in 35mm., 2 1/4 and APS formats, 35 mm. and 2 1/4 slides, and Polaroids…daunting!”

“But, in addition to the value of the project in itself, I’m hoping that viewing older work kick-starts a new way of looking or revisiting.”

“These are images I haven’t seen since they were shot, nearly 30 years ago. I hope you enjoy the time travel as I have.”

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Dinner In Town

by Diane Peterson

Three different images. Three different cameras.

All photographs were originally taken with three entirely different film cameras. The prints were scanned, then opened into Photoshop.

Once in Photoshop, Diane decides on the size to best show off her favorite parts of each image; with some minor cropping to fit the three photos together, Diane’s triptych is complete.

A great example of using her random images and finding something in common with one another to make Dinner In Town.

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American photographer Diane Peterson is an aamora.com member living on the northern prairies of Idaho using a collection of analog & digital cameras. View Diane’s work on her website, her blog, at holgaville or aamora.

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The Secret Dune by Danielle Kelly

the beach was full of people
screaming babies,
teenagers throwing footballs over my blanket,
i couldn’t seem to get away.
i decided to walk down a sandy path
about a mile from the busy beach,
i looked to my right and there it was
a beautiful opening, an empty spot.
i was thrilled.
but of course not before this amazing fog rolled in.
lucky i had my diana in tow!

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Aamora contributor Danielle Kelly is a NYC photographer currently focused on street, portrait & landscapes photography with available light. View her work on her website, tumblr, posterous or her other aamora contributions.

Aamora Project Secret
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