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Lina Scheynius ~ Vogue Turkey, November '12

Very rarely do I come across a photo shoot in which I love all the photographs equally, but this is definitely one of those moments. I love Scheynius' work, and Ruby Aldridge looks as fierce as ever. Not to mention the clothes & styling. Amazing.

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The Butterflies, Bon Magazine

Photography ~ Julia Hetta
Styling ~ Naomi Itkes

Such beautiful photographs! Julia Hetta's work is very striking, and reminds me a lot of Paolo Roversi, and Sarah Moon's work. I really love the whole aesthetic of these photographs; blending both woman and wallpaper into some kind of surreal dreamscape where 'the butterfly' has become so much more primitive, mystical and sensual. The dark decadence of the colour palette too is definitely my inspiration for the coming winter months.

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Tung Walsh

Zara Pfeifer

Zara Pfeifer captures the beauty in subtlety. Whether it be a dappled shard of light falling through a window or the idiosyncrasies of a friend, she observes the ephemeral moments with an eye to detail. Hailing from Cologne, Zara, an architecture student and photographer, spends much of her time between Berlin and Vienna. Zara creates photographs that are undercut with this constant flux, movement and juxtaposition between urban and country environments, that result in works that express her fascination with space and composition. I love the soft hues of the resulting images, as well as the way in which Zara cleverly mediates between the spontaneous, intimate and unfamiliar creating work that is simultaneously honest, intriguing and alluring. 

Zara kindly answered several questions that really gauge an insight into her creative process and inspirations ~

Where did your love of photography originate?

My interest developed over the past years, when I discovered photography as an inner need and tool to handle my emotions in everyday life. An important incident was when my father gave me his old analogue Minolta on our trip through Morocco for Christmas 2010.

What is it about a person or object that catches your eye and stirs you to take a photograph?

When I am curious about a person, I like watching their gestures, how they move and talk, proud moments or little insecurities. I love when I get an insight from somebody that is real and honest. In urban context, I am interested how people adapt to their living spaces and in the gap between planned and used architecture. Sometimes it is just a form that I am attracted to, from its pure aesthetics, colors or interesting context.

What are you inspired by, with and without camera in hand?

I am inspired by unfamiliarity and when I am in movement. I am deeply inspired by good talks with my friends, by interesting personalities, unusual approaches to life and how people handle their lives and feelings.

Is there any particular place or person you would love to photograph?

My two uncles who live in the deep Austrian woods. They have built up a wonderful cottage and I admire how they live.

Are there any photographers, filmmakers or artists’ work that you particularly like?

Just to name a few, I like the art work of Tacita Dean, Anna Maria Maiolino, Gordon Matta-Clark, the architecture of Lacaton & Vassal, the photography of Viviane Sassen, Jürgen Teller, Wolfgang Tillmans, William Eggleston and of my dear friends Paul Pibernig, Linda Hemmersbach and Peter Jaunig.

Are you working on any projects currently?

I am working on my Master Thesis in Architecture, which is going to be a photographic profile on the Affordable Architecture in Berlin. Recently I started focusing on the intersection between architecture, photography and self-publishing. 

Zara's FLICKR + BLOG

the beauty of science

"I realized that I had the microscopic equivalent of a cubist painting, art and science never seemed closer."

These are scans from a book I picked up at the car boot entitled SUPER VISION: A NEW VIEW OF NATURE by Ivan Amato. I spied its neon cover poking out of a box, quickly flicked through and figured it would make amazing collage material. Reading it later on however, I discovered it's the epitome of my current love of the fusion of both art and science. The imagery in the book ranges from the subatomic scans of crystals (#1), metals, minerals and materials, the visualization of molecular reactions, microscopic images of plants and cells to close up views of adhesive tape (#4) and bamboo (#3); beautifully psychedelic, otherworldly and kaleidoscopic.

"When the image is so abstract that it refers to no particular scale of size, it enters the domain of modern science almost directly, for science itself images abstractions as forms of analysis. Thus many pictures of some scientific value resemble the work of abstract artists during many epochs of art." 

Nature's glorious penchant for order: "everyday ornament, say a fine pot or fabric, may be repeated in multiple, male a style of a single impetus. Science too deals in multiples: Stars and blossoms, the unending system of integers, the barrage of particle and photon, the sound trains of air vibration."

I never thought that the words DIGITAL, PRINT, and SCIENCE would ever be in my vocabulary collectively (I'm a vinyl > downloads, monochrome > colour, art > science classes gal) Couple these words with ART however and I get extremely excited. Just IMAGINE any of these as prints on material / fabric / dresses / jumpers ~ INSANE.

"Nature exhibits both symmetry and chaos, and from time to time either or both of these characteristics can lead to images on every dimensional scale whose value transcends the scientific interpretation of physical phenomena and extends into the realms of art and aesthetics." YES