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Jack Spencer (March 2009 issue)

(Photos courtesy of Jack Spencer)

Ruben Ochoa (March 2009 issue)

"With THERMO I wanted to explore new photographic
techniques and for that purpose I used an AGEMA
Thermovision 570 thermo graphic camera originally used
on military activities and currently used for industrial
services."

"In addition, the use of this technology involved new visual
experiences for me and enabled me to reach my goal: to
make water the central element of my work."

"Because the camera is designed to mainly detect heat
generated by objects and because water was the main
element of the project, the photographed objects (clothes,
frets, metal, etc.) had to be exposed to water at the
highest possible temperature to be visually differentiated
from the rest of the objects."

(Photos courtesy of Ruben Ochoa)

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Edward Burtynsky: Oil (November 2009 issue)

Edward Burtynsky, (right) Highway #1, Intersection 105 & 110, Los
Angeles, California, USA, 2003. Chromogenic color print. Photograph ©
Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York.

Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky's large-scale color landscapes
survey a decade of photographic imagery exploring the subject of oil.
From 1997 through 2009, Burtynsky traveled internationally to chronicle
the production, distribution, and use of oil. In addition to revealing the
rarely seen mechanics of its manufacture, he photographs the effects
of oil on our lives, depicting landscapes altered by its extraction from
the Earth and by the sprawl generated by its use.

Judy Dater (June 2008 issue)

"I have traveled to Japan about a half a dozen
times since 1963. It is one of my favorite
places. These photographs were taken in Japan
on two different occasions. The black-and-white
photos were taken in 1976, using a new 35 mm
Contax Camera. The color photos were taken in
2006, thirty years later, with a digital point and
shoot."

"When I returned home from the more recent
trip and was sorting and printing the pictures, I
was suddenly reminded of the group of photos I
had taken in 1976. I found them in storage
and as I looked through them, I was amazed at
how I had picked similar themes and made
similar observations. They also show how things
have changed over the 30 years."

(Photos courtesy of Judy Dater (c) 2008)