ALTERED STATES OF AGORAPHOBIA (II)

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By Ben Giles

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IMG_0534, originally uploaded by a.matzke.

By Alex Matzke

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by Stevie Dacanay

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PRIDE_5608, originally uploaded by Cyclops-Optic.

By Jack David Hubbell

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Clare, MI 2011

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Clare, MI 2011, originally uploaded by Don Hudson.

By Don Hudson

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Untitled, originally uploaded by Kirill Kuletski.

by Kirill Kuletski

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By Harold Diaz

Levittown

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Levittown, originally uploaded by Michael Ast.

by Michael Ast

Lejuste cottage, Evart, MI 2011

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Lejuste cottage, Evart, MI 2011, originally uploaded by Don Hudson.

By Don Hudson

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Untitled, originally uploaded by graham.hamby.

By Graham Hamby

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Untitled, originally uploaded by Altair Nouveau.

By Brandon Mitchell

Weston, MO

2012-01-17T09:40:00.001-08:00

Weston, MO, originally uploaded by Simon Kossoff.

by Simon Kossoff

Sonoita, Arizona

2012-01-17T09:39:00.001-08:00

Sonoita, Arizona, originally uploaded by James S Patterson.

Sonoita, Arizona by James S Patterson

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Untitled, originally uploaded by Brian Soko.

Untitled by Brian Soko

Presenting Redheaded Peckerwood by Christian Patterson

2011-12-23T05:44:00.000-08:00

Bridge Traffic by B.S. Wise

2011-12-05T09:44:00.001-08:00

bridge traffic, originally uploaded by B.S. Wise.

Untitled Sequence (X16)

2011-12-01T08:05:00.001-08:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by phillip kalantzis-cope.

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C'EST LE BORDEL 06 (2008), originally uploaded by BRAD GILLETTE (bgillettephoto.com).

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Untitled, originally uploaded by Aaron Noah Graham.

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IMG_7561, originally uploaded by a.matzke.

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Untitled, originally uploaded by Sander Meisner.

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Softcore minus hard cash - 3 of 10 (1982), originally uploaded by Alexis Gerard.

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Monterey, CA., originally uploaded by Longland.

2011-12-01T08:03:00.003-08:00

248_0311_35, originally uploaded by wire_paladinSF.

2011-12-01T08:03:00.001-08:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by Delaney Allen.

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1AM Toothing Pains, originally uploaded by K. Praslowicz (Sjixxxy).

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air travel, originally uploaded by Michael Risenhoover.

2011-12-01T08:02:00.001-08:00

a beak in the clouds., originally uploaded by justinsdisgustin.

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Untitled, originally uploaded by LawrenceMartinez.

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Untitled, originally uploaded by phillip kalantzis-cope.

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Untitled, originally uploaded by )ezra(.

B.S. Wise. Distant Cranes (II)

2011-11-20T15:47:00.001-08:00

distant cranes 2, originally uploaded by B.S. Wise.

ASA Weekend (II)

2011-04-11T10:01:00.000-07:00

Jared Eberhardt

Graham Hamby

Rachael Jane

David Teter

Sea Key

)Ezra(

Duane Rapp

Kevin Tadge/Laura Lamp

Andrew Wertz

Ricky Montalvo

Meredith Jenks

Simon Kossoff

Don Hudson

Jeff James

Image of the day by Arielle Berman

2011-04-06T06:15:00.001-07:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by Arielle Berman.

See more of Arielle's work here:

Blog http://arielleportfolio.blogspot.com/

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/arielleberman/

Mirrors and Windows. An ASA feature by Don Hudson

2011-04-05T05:36:00.000-07:00

Delaney Allen

"...but in terms of their conceptions of what a photograph is: is it a mirror, reflecting a portrait of the artist who made it, or a window, through which one might better know the world?"

-John Szarkowski from Mirrors and Windows

Aaron Noah Graham

Graham Hamby

'Beerbrain'

Alan W George

"Pretend you're a spy for the country of your own mind."

-Jim Harrison from Off to the Side

B.S.Wise

Simon Kossoff

Devin Yalkin

Alex Smith

Crotch Fire

Robert Bender

Missy Prince

This feature was first published in March at La Pura Vida's website.

Edited by Don Hudson

Follow this link to see Don Hudsons work

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seefood_vol1/

The original feature and 'La Pura Vida' can be found here:

http://lapuravidagallery.com/blog/2011/03/altered-states-of-agoraphobia-3-%E2%80%93-mirrors-and-windows/

ASA Weekend (I)

2011-04-04T08:44:00.000-07:00

Andrew Wertz

Stevie Dacaney

Don Hudson

Hans/Hans

L.J.

Matthew Bivens

Alexandra Matzke

Noel

K. Praslowicz

n.states

'New Legs'

Matthew Bivens

Jean

Simon Kossoff

Graham Hamby

ASA. Last 24 Hours (Horizontal)

2011-03-30T08:13:00.000-07:00

Dave Coon

Curtis Locke

Jack David Hubbell

Justin Vogel

Kurt Nimmo

Lawrence Martinez

Jan Cieslikiewicz

Beth Hoeckel

New legs

PSQ

James S Patterson

Lowell Beyer

Sarah Kate

Jeff James

Steven Sachs

John Linton

Ryan K: Postcards From The Edge X6 (Vertical)

2011-03-29T07:47:00.000-07:00

Ryan K, from LA, is an avid collector of vintage Postcards, Slides and Magazines. This post shows only a tiny selection of his wonderful collection, which I hope to publish more of at a later date.

See more from this incredible archive here:

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timetravelnow/

Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/actionlog

ASA Interview with Head-On Photo Festival

2011-03-26T05:59:00.000-07:00

UK teacher and photographer Simon Kossoff moved to America and started a blog to show others how he saw his new country. In doing so he tapped into a strong current of photographers exploring the quirks of America — and built an online culture all of his own.

Photograph by Simon Kossoff

I started Altered States of Agoraphobia (ASA) about a year and a half ago. I’d been in the U.S. for about that time and had made quite a bit of work. America came as a great inspiration photographically and I was buzzing with all sorts of ideas. I had taken several long road trips, seen quite a lot of the country and had also kept a few written journals along the way. I was beginning to develop several photo projects that I was excited about and I was looking for a place to explore them further. I had already been posting images at Flickr and was an active member of its wonderful and supportive photographic community, but I felt I needed to focus and edit my projects in a more personal space.

I wanted something which showed my work in progress and to also help me think about what it was I was doing. In the introduction to ASA I state that these images could be described as a collection of psychic co-ordinate points I have plotted between the imagined America that I brought with me from England and the real America which I found on my arrival in 2008. It was my search for a kind of personal orientation between the dream or idea of a place and my actual experience of it in reality. Ultimately it is a journey which explores the destination. ASA has also been for me, the digital equivalent of laying prints out on the floor to see what I’ve got, and it has helped me think about where I’m going photographically. Starting ASA seemed like the perfect place for this exploration and it has since proved to be a valuable tool in my creative process.

Altered States of Agoraphobia (II) blog was set up as a companion to the Flickr group which I started only a few months ago came about at a time when I was unable to get out and make pictures myself after I decided to return to school. At the same time I was seeing all this really amazing work posted on Flickr and I wanted to focus it somehow and starting a group seemed to me the natural thing to do. I was seeing so many wonderful images made by other photographers from every corner of the United States who were photographing places I had not visited myself but wished I could, and were shooting some really interesting and original work.

It was then when I decided to invite some of these photographers to join the group as a way of extending the work I’d made with my own projects. My intention was, with the help of other like-minded artists and photographers make an extensive psychological, geographical and cultural investigation into the United States by what I call its “Resident Aliens”. In the ASA (II) blog intro I call it a contemporary photographic exploration into both the psyche of the artist and also a document of the world in which he or she inhabits and the forces acting on both. The group has only been running for just a few months and it already has almost 200 members and close to 3,000 images in it, which is pretty amazing.

When I first opened the group I allowed every photographer who joined to submit three images a day and it did not take long for the submissions to build up quickly. I was suddenly overwhelmed by images which I had to either accept into the group pool or deny. Most I denied, because the group was not open long and it took a while for people to tune into what I was looking for. There were however, a handful of photographers, who took up the challenge with ease and I immediately included these images into the group pool to set both a standard and example of what I was looking for and I began building the pool from there. I also then cut down the submissions to one image a day in a hope of making members consider their submissions more carefully and this has worked well.

I never expected the incredibly positive response to this project in such a short amount of time. In just a few weeks of the group opening, for example, I was contacted by Brian Formhals who runs the excellent photography website La Pura Vida, inviting me to make ASA a regular feature in the form a monthly selection of images made from the group pool and accompanied by a text. After I put together the first of these features I decided to hand it over to the group members, because it was about their experiences of America after all.

My initial intention for the group was to produce, once the group was up and running, a quarterly magazine of some kind, but recently I have also been thinking perhaps a book too. I also have designs on having an ASA exhibition at some point also.

In my experience, Flickr has an amazing photographic community and some incredible photographers have accounts there and are posting some of the most interesting, cutting edge, original and beautiful photography I’ve seen anywhere. In many ways I consider Flickr the front line in photography today. Great things happen there all the time and it’s a wonderful place to collaborate, weather it be part of an exhibit, magazine or book (on-line or in print). The ASA project could never have happened without this incredible and talented network of artists and I am glad to be part of it. Before I discovered Flickr I felt very much like I was working in a vacuum and the only work I had access to was that of established artists presenting polished bodies of work. I’ve since discovered that communities such as Flickr are the raw pool from which many talented photographers find focus and emerge with countless and inspiring projects. It’s a true inspiration.

This article was edited from an Interview with myself and Head-On Photo festival. Many thanks to Lyndal Irons for her time and for publishing this text at the Head-On blog. thanks also to everyone who has contributed to the ASA project. To view the individual photograph credits for this post please click the image. Unfortunately I was not able to list the artists names below the images, like I usually do, on this particular post.

To see the original post with a alternative selection of images please follow this link.

http://headon.com.au/blog/altered-states-agoraphobia

Alexis Gerard: Aerials

2011-03-24T13:42:00.000-07:00

"One of the things I love about aerial images is that they're so challenging to get. Photographing from regular commercial flights you need the right seat, have some luck with the condition of the window or to find ways to work around it, and of course you never know whether there will be anything to photograph at all. So you have to be attentive and prepared to react very quickly since, if an interesting scene does in fact present itself, it will go by VERY quickly. I really enjoy putting myself in that state of relaxed awareness, followed by total concentration during the short window of time that images are there to be recorded."

All photographs by Alexis Gerard

See more of Alexis's work here:

http://jpgmag.com/people/agfuture/photos/ JPG.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexisjgerard/ Flickr

Michael Cinque X9 (Black & White)

2011-03-23T05:32:00.000-07:00

Born and raised in New York, Michael lives with his family in Santa Cruz, California. Michael has been taking pictures since 1979 and has focused on street photography since the early 1980's. He continues to work in this area today, where his goal is to make interesting observations of life’s everyday events, which most people pass by without noticing.

See more of Michael's work here:

http://www.cinquephotography.com/ Website

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcinque/ Flickr

Jeffrey Meyer X4

2011-03-22T08:27:00.000-07:00

All works by Jeffrey Mayer.

See more of Jeffrey's work here:

http://www.goofbutton.com/ Website

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goofbutton/ Flickr

Missy Prince X15

2011-03-18T06:44:00.000-07:00

All Photographs by Missy Prince:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35336382@N00/

TN03

2011-03-13T05:56:00.001-07:00

TN03, originally uploaded by peterbaker.

VG10

2011-03-13T05:53:00.001-07:00

VG10, originally uploaded by peterbaker.

Ann Arbor, MI 1977

2011-03-13T05:46:00.001-07:00

Ann Arbor, MI 1977, originally uploaded by Don Hudson.

Tony N' Tina's Wedding @ Turner Hall

2011-03-13T05:29:00.001-07:00

Tony N' Tina's Wedding @ Turner Hall, originally uploaded by Erik_Ljung.

tvs - greeley, co

2011-03-13T05:28:00.001-07:00

tvs - greeley, co, originally uploaded by Erik_Ljung.

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Detroit, MI 2011

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Detroit, MI 2011, originally uploaded by Don Hudson.

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BAJ05

2011-03-12T04:58:00.001-08:00

BAJ05, originally uploaded by peterbaker.

20.jpg

2011-03-12T04:56:00.001-08:00

20.jpg, originally uploaded by Jason Koxvold.

2011-03-12T04:55:00.001-08:00

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Sarah Kate (X10)

2011-03-09T05:40:00.000-08:00

All photographs by Sarah Kate.

See more of Sarah's work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahkatevuona/

Wire_paladinSF Horizontal (X9)

2011-03-08T06:37:00.000-08:00

See more of Wire_paladinSF's work here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41699885@N02/

Georgia in California (X6) Vertical

2011-03-03T14:39:00.000-08:00

See more of Georgia's work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/74007366@N00/

Image of the day by Georgia n California

2011-03-03T06:06:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by georgia n california.

See more of Georgia's work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/74007366@N00/

The American: An ASA feature by Meral Guler

2011-03-02T15:57:00.000-08:00

"So I wasn't dreaming, after all," she said to herself, "unless—unless we're all part of the same dream. Only I do hope it's my dream, and not the Red King's! I don't like belonging to another person's dream. I've a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens! "

'Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There' (1871) By Lewis Carroll

Photograph by Jonathan Young

Photograph by Alan W George

Photograph by Polish Sausage Queen

Photograph by Andrew Wertz

Photograph by Marko Mihailovich

Photograph my Jeff James

Photograph by Ben Roberts

Photograph by Bryan Formhals

Image by Natalie Faye

Photograph by Simon Kossoff

Photograph by Lee Gumienny

Photograph by Emiliano Granado

Photograph by Jack David Hubbell

Photograph from Moxette

Image edit by Meral Guler: http://www.flickr.com/photos/meralguler/

This feature was first published at La Pura Vida as part of the monthly Altered States of Agoraphobia show in Febuary (#2)

http://lapuravidagallery.com/blog/2011/02/altered-states-of-agoraphobia-2-the-american/

Jack David Hubbell (X4)

2011-03-02T07:46:00.000-08:00

All photographs by Jack David Hubbell:

http://subontic.blogspot.com/ Blog

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95366015@N00/ Flickr

Condiments

2011-02-24T05:30:00.001-08:00

Condiments, originally uploaded by Dominic Bugatto.

Image of the day by Brandon Mitchell

2011-02-22T05:16:00.001-08:00

Brooklyn, originally uploaded by Altair Nouveau.

See more of Brandon's works here:

http://www.altairnouveau.com/ Website

http://www.flickr.com/photos/altairnouveau/ Flickr

DSC02718

2011-02-21T12:17:00.001-08:00

DSC02718, originally uploaded by Sebastien Boncy.

2011-02-21T12:16:00.001-08:00

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Overland Park, KS

2011-02-21T12:14:00.003-08:00

Overland Park, KS, originally uploaded by Simon Kossoff.

2011-02-21T12:14:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by Missy Prince.

Image of the day by Graham Hamby

2011-02-21T04:41:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by graham.hamby.

See more of Graham's wonderful work here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54253236@N08/ Flickr

http://www.grahamby.com/ Website

Image of the day by Frances Woodell

2011-02-17T05:26:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by sfrances.

See more of Frances work here at this blog or follow this link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/francesrust/

'Road to Nowhere'. An ASA(II) Feature by Frances Woodell

2011-02-16T05:35:00.000-08:00

Visuals for the song "Road to Nowhere" by The Talking Heads

Photograph by Alexis Gerard

Well
we know where we're goin'
but we don't know where we've been.
And we know what we're knowing'
but we can't say what we've seen

Photograph by Brandon Michell

And we're not little children
and we know what we want.
And the future is certain
give us time to work it out

Photograph by Beerbrain

We're on a road to nowhere
come on inside

Photograph by Don Hudson

Takin' that ride to nowhere
we'll take that ride

Photograph by Don Hudson

I'm feelin' okay this mornin'
and you know

Photograph by Simon Kossoff

We're on the road to paradise
here we go
here we go

Photograph by Alexis Gerard

We're on a road to nowhere
come on inside.
Takin' that ride to nowhere
we'll take that ride.

Photograph by Alex Smith

Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care

Photograph by Brad McMurray

Here is where times is on our side
take you there
take you there

Photograph by Derek T Vincent

We're on a road to nowhere -
We're on a road to nowhere -
We're on a road to nowhere -

There's a city in my mind
come along and take that ride

Photograph by Emiliano Granado

and it's all right
baby
it's all right.
And it's very far away
but it's growing day by day

Photograph by Simon Kossoff

and it's all right
baby
it's all right.
Would you like to come along
you can help me sing this song

Photograph by Susan Catherine

and it's all right
baby
it's all right

Photograph by Nancy Soshinsky

They can tell you what to do

Photograph by Graham Hamby

but they'll make a fool of you
and it's all right
baby
it's all right

Photograph by Howard Goldberg

There's a city in my mind
come along and take that ride

Photograph by Graham Hamby

We're on a road to nowhere - We're on a road to nowhere.

Photograph by Anna Verlet

We're on a road to nowhere - We're on a road to nowhere.

This ASA feature photo edit was compiled by Frances Woodell with a lyrical text by David Byrne and Talking Heads.

See Frances's Flickr photos-stream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/francesrust/

Image of the day by Shawn C Smith

2011-02-15T09:39:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by Shawn C. Smith.

See more of Shawn's work here:

http://ihardlyknowher.com/smithshawn

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithshawn/

Image of the day by Jan Cieslikiewicz

2011-02-14T05:50:00.001-08:00

Wyoming, USA, 2011, originally uploaded by jancies.

See more of Jan's work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jancies/

october (5) (Large)

2011-02-14T05:49:00.001-08:00

october (5) (Large), originally uploaded by Crotch Fire.

Detroit, MI 1981

2011-02-14T05:48:00.001-08:00

Detroit, MI 1981, originally uploaded by Don Hudson.

2011-02-14T05:47:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by )ezra(.

2011-02-14T05:45:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by graham.hamby.

Derek, KS (Election Day)

2011-02-13T05:56:00.001-08:00

Derek, KS, originally uploaded by Simon Kossoff.

Aurora Auto Wrecking

2011-02-13T05:52:00.001-08:00

Aurora Auto Wrecking, originally uploaded by steven-brooks.

P1440250

2011-02-13T05:51:00.001-08:00

P1440250, originally uploaded by brad.mcmurray.

Taylor Loftin (X3)

2011-02-11T07:54:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by Taylor Loftin.

2011-02-11T07:53:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by Taylor Loftin.

Image of the day

2011-02-11T07:42:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by Taylor Loftin.

Please follow these links to view more of Taylors work.

http://www.taylorloftinphotography.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fingerlessgloves/

2011-02-10T13:56:00.001-08:00

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Statue of Liberty

2011-02-10T13:53:00.001-08:00

Statue of Liberty, originally uploaded by Julio López Saguar.

2011-02-10T13:51:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by ....casper.

2011-02-10T13:50:00.001-08:00

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Elmo meets the .44

2011-02-10T13:49:00.001-08:00

Elmo meets the .44, originally uploaded by ReyGuy.

Harrisonburg, Va. 2011

2011-02-10T13:46:00.001-08:00

Harrisonburg, Va. 2011, originally uploaded by Jeff James.

Image of the day

2011-02-10T06:27:00.001-08:00

new series ... more to come, originally uploaded by devin yalkin aka dedecim.

Justin Vogel (X7)

2011-02-09T09:32:00.001-08:00

(100 yds from) Ground Zero, originally uploaded by justinsdisgustin.

why cant I be you?

2011-02-09T09:31:00.003-08:00

why cant I be you?, originally uploaded by justinsdisgustin.

seperations

2011-02-09T09:31:00.001-08:00

seperations, originally uploaded by justinsdisgustin.