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HAMBURGER EYES SHOWSince the first issue of xeroxed pamphlets was printed in Hamburger Eyes has become an elegant yet underground periodical combining the documentary approach of National Geographic with the hit em hard sensibility of a late night tagger. A pictorial history of both the intimate and iconic moments of everyday life Hamburger Eyes is a travel journal a personal diary and a family album. Inspired by the traditions that began with LIFE magazine and Robert Frank the magazine revitalizes the sensation of photography as a craft as well as a tool to record and document. In conjunction with the Spring release of their first book Hamburger Eyes Inside Burgerworld Miss Rosen Editions powerHouse Books the Hamburger Eyes crew will put you through the grinder with a selection of photographs by magazine masterminds Ray Potes David Potes Stefan Simikich and Jason Roberts Dobrin as well as regular contributors Ted Pushinsky Ryan Furtado Patrick Griffin Boogie Vic Blue David Uzzardi Brian David Stevens Mark Murrmann Jai Tanju Michael Jang Matt Weber Uri Korn and Bill Daniel. Get ready. Exhibiting Photographers Include Ray Potes has been making pictures for the past years. At age he made his first zine and has been doing the same ever since. The author of Hamburger Eyes Inside Burgerworld Miss Rosen Editions powerHouse books Potes edits and publishes Hamburger Eyes photo magazine a magazine inspired by the traditions that began with National Geographic and Life dedicated to revitalizing the sensation of photography as a craft as well as a tool to record and document. Dave Potes is emerged in photography from shooting film for fifteen years hiding out in darkrooms Michael Jackson buy mp3 working on photo shoots creating photo zines and books and sleeping with his Contax under his pillow. Potes has helped Hamburger Eyes photo magazine be what it is today a B Diego Felix Gallery Buenos Aires New Image Arts Los Angeles and various San Francisco galleries including the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Steven Wolf Fine Arts Minna Gallery and SFCamerawork. He currently lives and works in San Francisco and Buenos Aires. Ted Pushinsky lived in foster homes and state run institutions until he was when he stowed away on a European bound tramp steamer. While working as a roustabout with a traveling circus he learned the craft of photography from Israelis Izis Bidermanas best known for his photos of French circuses and the streets of Paris. Pushinsky came back to the United States and received a master s degree in design at the University of California. His photography is dedicated to his mentor Isiz. Ryan Furtado was raised in the wilds of northern California. He picked up a skateboard when he was which in turn led him to pick up a camera soon after. He currently resides in San Francisco CA. His work has appeared in Thrasher Mother Jones Vice and the Pacific News Service. Patrick Griffin was born and raised in Houston Texas. In he moved to the Midwest where he first began playing with photography. After about years in Kansas City he moved to the bay area where he started to work with Hamburger Eyes. Around he started his own zine Frienemies of which he put out five issues. After graduating from the California College of Arts in he moved to New York where he currently lives and works. Born and raised in Belgrade Serbia self taught photographer Boogie Vladimir Milivojevich began documenting rebellion and unrest during the civil war that ravaged his country during the s. Though he never planned to leave his hometown a capriciously entered green card lottery brought him to the United States in . He settled in Brooklyn where he continued to pursue his dream while doing odd jobs to survive. In he started photographing gang life and drug addiction in and around New York s most notorious housing projects. The result was his first book It s All Good Miss Rosen Editions powerHouse Books . His eponymous second book features a more personal selection from his archives and was published in . Two more books will come out in one on S o Paulo and another on Belgrade. He had solo exhibitions in in New York Tokyo and Istanbul and was presented at the Paris Photo and London Photo festivals. In he was commissioned by Nike to do the first in a series of ad campaigns a relationship that continues to this day. His other recent clients include LEE Jeans Japanese fashion labels Shellac and Nano Universe as well as Element Skateboards. But his biggest accomplishment was probably becoming a dad to Maya who was born on September . Victor J. Blue is a San Francisco based photojournalist. He has worked in Central America since concentrating on social conflict in Guatemala as well as photographing stories in Mexico El Salvador and Honduras. In the United States he has documented news stories and social issues including Hurricane Katrina and it s legacy in New Orleans prison overcrowding in California and the lives of illegal …
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