When we decided to add flickr streams to the Caught 8handed blog, Dan Banda Lee was one of the first people I thought to feature. A few months have gone by, and today seems like the perfect time to feature his intimate stream. I have to admit I have the softest spot for the kind of work that Dan Banda Lee presents. Taking us in on the most personal level, we see the evolution of a life, from the first photos that he took of his wife, to their new baby, to their kids, to some of the best christmas cards I've ever seen - all taken with a sense of humor, honesty and style. Oh, and he shoots tons of great band portraits, like the Pipettes and Fujiya and Miyagi. Definitely a flickr stream that always keeps it on the real... Enjoy.

 

Swann & The Mini

 

 

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swan_nightswimming

 

 

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tatlana and brolley

 

 

Enjoy The Silence

 

 

Swan_Goggles

 

 

Dimitrich and Swan North_Norfolk

 

 

Dmitrich and Swan

 

 

The James Kendall

 

 

Auto Portrait for Christmas 1

 

 

To view more of dan banda lee's stream, click here.

 

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You can now add the Belgian ward_zwart to your list of underground-talent-that-you-can-tell-your-friends-you-knew-back-when-they- were-sweet-young-things-on-flickr-and-could-buy-their-work-for-$16. The kid works hard, churning out limited edition books of his portraits, flyers, illustrations for Bolshoi Gorod, Moscow's weekly city newspaper (I'd love to hear how that connection came about!), skateboards, and of course, the de rigueur tote bag and t-shirts. And he has that scratched out sketched out look down! Definitely worth a journey through his stream. Enjoy...

 

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To view more of ward_zwart's stream, click here.

Glimpses, just glimpses of a life. Fjordscape's stream gives us moments: food just prepared or eaten, a cat lounging around the house, a walk in the forest,  sheets just used. People occupy this space too, but are never with us. Quite the opposite, they always seem to have just looked away, or are not even aware that we're watching them.

 

Beautiful and a bit unnerving, it is truly a voyeur's paradise. Enjoy...

 

Remember those vanished years.

 

 

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If you'd like to see more of fjordscape's stream, click here.

In continuation of my Gorilla vs. Bear post, I'd like to dedicate another post to a soon to be lost gem, polaroid film. Now, I have to admit, I'm not much of a polaroid user (more of a 120 holga girl now) but I'm shocked nonetheless. It is a sad sad time, and maybe I'm most scared because film may be the next to follow.

 

So, in honor of the untimely announcement that Polaroid will stop producing their legendary film, we will feature people that take polaroids to a whole other level.

 

One such person is Lou O'Bedlam. He shoots perty girls and hip boys on polaroid film, lending the look an even further intimacy. His 120 shots are also great, so I had to include them as well. Unfortunately, that will be all he's left with soon... Enjoy.

 

Aaron's Face is Made of Putty

 

 

Perpetually Backlit

 

 

Ninja

 

Light Painting - Lhea

 

 

Sam, at his Party

 

 

"Look Sexy, Ginny!"

 

 

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Kris!!!

 

 

New Camera, I Think I Love You

 

 

To view more of Lou O' Bedlam's stream, click here.

Tedementa!! Wow, who are you!?!? I see you make tote-bags and pillowcases and t-shirts and love your arts and crafts. You're from Argentina, right? You seem to be in a lot of exhibits and turn your whole world into your vision. Your friends look cool, and I love how they don't mind becoming triangles and circles and rainbows and pinetrees. Everything you do just has that little bit more, from your doodles to your collages to your self portraits with drawn in friends. I guess in the end, this is just a fan letter to you, dear tedementa, whoever you may be!

 

fiesta de cumpleaños

 

 

volcano and pine

 

 

home O▲■

 

 

how to explain it o cómo explicarlo?

 

 

reach by lala

 

 

nublado

 

 

jugo de naranja

 

 

mujer y varon

 

 

To view more of tedementa's stream, click here.