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Just got a pleasant package in the mail from the kind folks at The Holster. I ordered a variety of zines from them, but so far the most rewarding has been David Horvitz’s ‘Public Sex Acts’. At the risk of repeating a visual joke, Horvitz’s images actually build upon one another, climaxing in an understated punchline.

I should also mention ‘May 10, 2008‘ by Sam Friedman and Gary Fogelson. Feeling a bit worn down by projects and series that seem to go on for years, I’ve been more attracted to short-term projects, like, really short-term. In Friedman & Fogelson’s case, it’s one afternoon of stacking rocks in a park. I think Fusco’s ‘RFK Funeral Train‘ is the holotype in this case, and it’s a stunning example. Not so stunning: Robert Adam’s ‘Questions for an Overcast Day‘. That’s just boring, and not in a good way.

My roomie works at a skateshop and so we have a seemingly endless supply of cultural by-products and ephemera around our place. One particular waste product caught my eye: Juxtapoz magazine’s photography issue. It is what it is–there are plenty of photographs in it (like many magazines), but most of them are garbage and come off as advertising anyway. Not selling a product, but a lifestyle. Another gripe: Each photographer only gets one image, and they all are double-page spreads. Who’s the layout genius who planned that? Seriously, the best (and most provocative) image is on the cover, and if you go to your local magazine stand, you can see that for free.

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