Gustavo Gomes // São Paulo, Brasil

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For my more personal work (my girlfriend and travel photos) I guess I'm inspired by a Braziliian photographer, Marcelo Gomes. I love his first book: marcelogomesphoto.com/loveandbefore/

Nan Goldin was an obvious inspiration when I started doing this as well, though I'm miles away from all her intensity and drama and beauty.

Also, I like the Nouvelle Vague films a lot, specially Godard, Truffaut and Eric Rohmer.

For my street work, I learned a lot from Carlos Moreira, with whom I studied in Sao Paulo, and also names like Saul Leiter, Harry Gruyaert, Georgui Pinkhassov, Boris Savelev and Alex Webb. Light in their photos are always outstanding.

In literature, Italo Calvino is very inspiring when he speaks about the cities. I love the light in Tarkovsky's movies as well, but is hard to find a similar light in our sunny Brazil.

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Jonathan Jacques // Brussels, Belgium

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"the photography of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, old Cronenbergs and Walerian Borowczyk movies, old paintings, erotic literature, red wine and last but not least, my complicated girl"

Michael Aubtin Madadi // London

'Tear Drops Blossom'


'me + you -'


'Take me With you'

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SEGA Mark III, lying in bed in the day and working at night, Haruomi Hosono's Daisy Holiday (below), Monsieur Lambert.

Sarah Forrest // Glasgow, Scotland

'The Hook and The Artist' (2009) video, duration 6.13 minutes.

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I recently read The Dark Object by Katrina Palmer, which i loved, and The Infinite Conversation by Maurice Blanchot was important for me around the time of making this piece of work. I also really love Samuel Beckett's play 'Not I' performed by Billie Whitelaw in 1973, it's available to watch on ubuweb.  http://www.ubu.com/film/beckett_not.html