love issue 1

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ANDREEA CIORAN OLIVIER VALSECCHI RAZVAN SADEAN FELIX R. CIDMATT EICH FREYA NAJADESTEVEN BECKLY LEON FOGGITT #1

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4 years ago I published my rst entry on www.oitzarisme.ro.

Fascinated by the new age of creativeness that spread all overthe internet, I thought that will be a very good thing to sharemy visual preferences with my friends. And my friends gave mepositive feedback to continue. Now, after four years of perseveranceand consistency, I decided to have a baby. LOVE ISSUE is its nameand it will present you what love related issues bring my browsers,online and of ine, in my attention. Hope you enjoy it, share it

with your friends and contribute to it if you are getting attachedto my points of view. Any kind of feedback is really appreciated,also suggestions, recommendations, links, hellos and goodbyesat [email protected]. Also, if you want a PDF copy of thisdocument, you can write me at the same e-mail address.

About this


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Even if you have long hair and she wears more rouge or if you like

rock music and he never skied, we will always tend to look alike.We will learn her favorite meal and his top movies, football rulesand dancing waltz, Cohen lyrics and pork recipes, we will meet hishighschool friends and her taste in shoes, his favorite toothpaste andher favorite coffeehouse. This is what couples do. Enjoy this issue!

Constantin

ALIKE

Him Andreea Cioran

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LES COUPLES

OLIVIER VALSECCHIwas born in 1979 in Paris. He mostly practicesself-portrait for over ten years to perfect his technique in ETPA schoolin Toulouse, where he received the Grand Prize of Photography inJune 2009. His latest series called Dust is the subject of numerouspublications around the world Eyemazing, Azartphoto, Kult Mag,Photo, and it was exposed on photographic walks of Vendome(Summer 2010), Manifesto Festival (September 2010).

www.oliviervalsecchi.com


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Olivier Valsecchi


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Olivier Valsecchi


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Olivier Valsecchis DUST series is exhibited at The FOCUS Gallery, Graz, Austria

until 25/01/2011

www.galerie-fokus.at


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IN ARELATIONSHIPWITH

I met Razvan Sadean on Facebook. I noticed that hes in a relationshipwith Alex Mirutziu and I found it very interesting to tell you a short storyabout them from Razvans point of view. He graduated Philosophy atthe University of Bucharest and one year ago he moved to Cluj.

I am a young man whos not afraid to declare thats unsatis ed,thats why I am permanently involved in the process of searching forthings to beautify my existence, every day I discover, collect, selectand keep or leave.


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Alex Mirutziu


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When you get up in the morning what relaxes you?

I hate to get up early in the morning. My day starts after 12. I ndmy relaxation in good music, a movie or in reading a few lines froma book. Im trying to keep my mind up, its very important for meto learn something new every day. I wouldnt like to hold ultimatetruths at this age.

What line guides you through life?

Live fast, die young stayed in my mind after I saw a movie aboutEdie Sedgwicks life. Im very attached to this character and, ingeneral, I have an admiration for people with short but intense living- when I say intense I mean that they have been followed theirentire life by a spiritual storm, a psychic agitation. I am preoccupiedwith people who engage themselves in this hell that we call lifewith their whole being, who prefer to mutilate themselves rather than

taking everything ready-made. I prefer the company of people withproblems, vices, uncertainty, shortcomings, and I avoid icon-peoplefor whom the truth is only one, namely the one that they know. Andthere is no paradox in the fact that the icons last over the time whilethe esh is vulnerable and its fading down fast.


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Alex Mirutziu


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How did you meet Alex and for how long have you been together?

I met Alex in Cluj-Napoca in a small group of friends. Weve been togetherfor more than a year, but neither of us perceives the time that passesover us realistically, because we live intensively. Besides Im not scaredabout the opinion of those who say that this kind of relationship endsup fast, because Im aware that everything on this Earth has an ending.The life of a human being is predictable, we are or at least we should beaware that our nal destination is death. Its just like in a drama play, we

know that it has an end but all the actors do through all sorts of actions ispostponing it, otherwise the show wouldnt be possible.

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Ra zvan Sadean


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Alex Mirutziu


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Alex Mirutziu was born in Sibiu, Romania, in 1981. He studied at the ArtAcademies of Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Cuenca (Spain) and Hudders eld(UK). Today he lives and works in London and Cluj-Napoca. For his videopiece Tears are precious Alex Mirutziu received the Best IndependentArtist Award at the Optica International Video Art Festival in 2008 (Paris,Madrid). Alex Mirutzius uvre includes photographic self-portraits, liveperformance, sculpture, painting and media-critical video installations.His work interrogates social processes with ephemeral emergence, usingreference beyond itself and abduction of indexes as main constructsin an attempt to recon gure the relation between information form,psychophysical language and content, challenging origins and meaning.

www.alexmirutziu.blogspot.comwww.international-loner.blogspot.com

www.barbaraseiler.ch


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Something about you and me Ra zvan Sadean


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WAYS OF SALT

FELIX R. CIDwas born in 1976 in Madrid, Spain, where he began hisstudies in Fine Art and Photography. His work was soon publishedin different European media. After a time spent living and workingin London, Cid moved to New York, where he graduated from theInternational Center of Photography in 2004.

www.felixrcid.com


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the blurring of fantasy and document, the tension betweenyearning and a sense of emptiness, the role-playing of eroticizedidentities as a spatial and psychic freedom.

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LOVE IN THEFIRST PERSON

MATT EICHis a freelance photographer and founding member ofLUCEO. In September of 2004 he began his studies in photojournalismat Ohio University and in 2006 he was named the 61st CollegePhotographer of the Year. His life and the focus of his work shifteddramatically when his daughter Madelyn was born in October 2007. The following summer of 2008, Matt interned with NationalGeographic Magazine, traveling to Peru, India, Rwanda and Botswanabefore returning to Ohio to complete his degree.

www.luceoimages.comwww.matteichphoto.com
http://flattr.com/profile/luceo


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A shared kiss while exploring a nearby town. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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It is a cold day in January when I meet my girlfriend Melissain the concrete stairwell of the dormitory where she lives atOhio University. Tears run down her cheeks as she leads me bythe hand into her room and after closing the door, holds out an

innocuous looking plastic strip. Thinking back, I dont remember anyambiguous colors or lines, just that it said the word pregnant. Weboth drop to the oor, laughing and crying simultaneously. The weightof the news begins to sink in for both of us as she covers her facewith her hands, looking like a scared child. I feel like one. A cameradangles from my shoulder and I raise it without thinking, instinctivelywanting to remember this moment, though I have no idea how any ofit will pan out. I am 20, she 19 years old.

Melissa and I were both unsure of what to do but decided thatwhatever was to come, we would face it together. The period thatfollowed was rife with uncertainty as we tried to prepare ourselvesto care for a child. In the coming months we continued classes,went to doctors appointments and eventually told our families. InJune, we were married and moved across the country to Portland,Oregon, where I worked for the summer. That fall, when Melissawas 8 months pregnant we drove back across the country in time toreturn to school. Our daughter Madelyn was born on October 3, a fewshort weeks after returning to classes. Melissa had been experiencingcontractions for days prior to the birth, even taking an exam duringthat time. She got an A.

Melissa took to motherhood with an enviable grace though I did notfeel as immediately comfortable in my new role as a father. In timeI have fallen in love all over again. In the past three years we haveexperienced so much together as a family, the most exciting part isbeing able to witness Madelyns exponential growth into a happy,healthy, creative and spirited little girl. She embodies the best and


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worst of both of us, and her very existence calls me to become abetter person, a better husband and a better father. Despite thereality of needing to travel for work, I have been fortunate to be therefor many of the important moments in Madelyns young life. First

steps, rst words, rst potty training experiences. Id like to thinkthat these moments arent who make her into the person she willbecome, but the moments in between. The moments daddy is therefor, camera in hand, always yearning to remember.

Melissas belly early in the morning before we found out she was pregnant. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Five minutes after nding out she is pregnant the news sinks in. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Dr. Lou Boyle (L) talks to Melissa about the pregnancy. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Melissa lies in bed while three months pregnant. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Melissa cries, overhelmed at the many changes that have been happening so rapidly. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Melissas shadow falls on the wall early one morning as she inspects her pregnancy belly. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Melissa sits on her bedroom oor during a contraction while packing her clothes for thehospital. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Melissa climbs in bed late at night. Her contractions began days before the birth. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Melissa lies in the hospital bed, waiting to be examined. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Madelyn Avery Eich is born at 9:58am on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 weighing in at six pounds,two ounces. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Madelyn Avery, now three months old, gets a bath in the sink from her grandmother during aholiday visit. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Melissa carries Madelyn through a eld while on a walk in Athens, Ohio. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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Melissa and Madelyn early in the morning, December 2008. Matt Eich/LUCEO


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more on www.matteichphoto.com


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I have my own house, where I live half of the year. Sometimes I dont talk for a week toanybody there. In the summer I rent a room in a gay retirement home. I enjoy meetingpeople of my kind Freya Najade


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The rst time I dressed as a girl, I was eight years old. I dont want to bea woman. I am happy the way I am. I just enjoy the kick. Freya Najade


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I feel that I am transforming from a caterpillar into a butter y.Sometimes I go out like this. If people dont like it, it is their problem. Freya Najade


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I loved my girlfriend very much. We were true soul mates. I am veryproud that I was with her for 43 years. Freya Najade

Rae, 80


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The rst evening I met Rabbie, I got up to make a drink and I asked her:Can I make one for you too? And she said: No, but you can come overand kiss me. And damn it, if I didnt! Freya Najade


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The pain is slowly getting better, though. I never thought it would. You tend to idealisepeople who are dead. Now there is no Saint Rabbie anymore but Saint Rae. I have to lookafter myself better. Freya Najade

more stories on www.freyanajade.com


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At Least You Will Always Have A Place To Come Home To Steven Beckly


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Little Wolf: Lets Make Some Memories is a series ofconstructed images detailing a romantic relationship betweentwo people. Emphasizing moments within a larger narrative,these photographs focus on the intimacy in between moments of

signi cance: unspoken glances, lingering touches, brief embraces.Using the home as the principal setting, private exchanges emergingfrom domestic, romantic, and sexual dimensions of a relationshipare openly explored.

Blurring the lines between documentary and cinematographicapproaches, these images question the notion of an idealizedreality between two individuals. The constructed nature of thephotographs itself challenges the existence of the events depicted,inviting the viewer to contemplate the integrity of the romance, andwhether this attenuates or intensi es emotional identi cation withthe narrative. The voyeuristic quality of the images questions theorigins and intentions of the memories: to whom do they belong,and for whom were they made?

Whereas traditional storytelling is de ned by a dramatic structure,these works play with the possibilities of ction and challenge theexpectation of a straightforward narrative. The seemingly randomextraction of moments from the larger romance disrupts the orderand temporality of the narrative, and allows the images to beassembled in a number of interpretative ways, blurring the linesbetween past, present, and future.


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Towards Something Meaningful Perhaps Steven Beckly


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Please Dont Go If You Can Help It Steven Beckly


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Night Talk Steven Beckly


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Hurt Steven Beckly


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Hold Time Steven Beckly


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Rest Here Steven Beckly


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Choose Your Own Adventure Steven Beckly


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Everything Must Break To Be Beautiful Steven Beckly

more on www.stevenbeckly.com


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COUPLES

LEON FOGGITT(born in 1985) graduated with a BA (Hons) Degree inDocumentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newportin 2009. His photographs have been published internationally andexhibited in England and Wales. In 2010 Leon was selected to beincluded in Grand Prix Foto Festiwal, Poland. He currently lives inBrighton, England.

www.leonfoggitt.com


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Ihave always been interested in the science and psychology thatoften attempts to explain why certain people form a relationshipwith each other and why certain relationships last longer thanothers. So when I came across a recent written article on the subject

my attention was instantly won. For years experts have beeninterested in so called physiognomy, the idea that we are given cluesas to a persons personality and temperament via the shapes and sizesof their facial features. This is an interesting theory, but what interestsme more is the idea that people tend to be attracted to others withsimilar facial features to their own. There are a few explanations forthis, for example we feel more comfortable around familiar faces i.e.

for a man (his mothers face) and for a women (her fathers), assumingthe person had a good relationship with their mum or dad. It has beensuggested that people might be attracted to someone with a similarface to theirs as it would suggest their personality might be similarthus allowing them to get on better and relate to each other more.So it is possible that we are often attracted to a partner that we mayshare similarities with, emotionally and physically. But there is another

theory; it states that couples often begin to look even more similarover time. This idea has many explanations, however some are moreinteresting than others, shared diet and environment for instancewill affect the way we look but more interestingly, empathy. In arelationship partners will often begin to develop the same emotionalideas and personality traits, then mirror each others facial expressionsthus over time creating similar muscle patterns and lines on bothpartners faces. I was fascinated by these different theories and decidedto set out to investigate. I selected couples from my local area atrandom who had been together for various different time spans to seeif similarities would be more evident in couples that had been togetherfor longer. Interestingly couples that had been together for longer than20 years appeared to have a lot more similarities. The majority of thecouples in this series have been together for over 20 years. Weather ornot they often look similar to each other is still open for debate.


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more on www.leonfoggitt.com

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