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ANDREEA CIORAN OLIVIER VALSECCHI RAZVAN SADEAN FELIX R. CID MATT EICH FREYA NAJADE STEVEN BECKLY LEON FOGGITT

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Cover Andreea Cioran - Her www.andreeacioran.com The fonts used for this publication are Delicious http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/delicious.html and Raleway http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fonts/14-raleway. All images and texts are displayed with the written consent of the authors and no content may be used without their expressed permission. The texts are copied from the authors websites, except for the Razvan Sadeans interview which is made by Constantin Nimigean, thats me!

About this

years ago I published my first entry on www.oitzarisme.ro. Fascinated by the new age of creativeness that spread all over the internet, I thought that will be a very good thing to share my visual preferences with my friends. And my friends gave me positive feedback to continue. Now, after four years of perseverance and consistency, I decided to have a baby. LOVE ISSUE is its name and it will present you what love related issues bring my browsers, online and offline, in my attention. Hope you enjoy it, share it with your friends and contribute to it if you are getting attached to my points of view. Any kind of feedback is really appreciated, also suggestions, recommendations, links, hellos and goodbyes at cnimigean@gmail.com. Also, if you want a PDF copy of this document, you can write me at the same e-mail address.

ALIKE
Even if you have long hair and she wears more rouge or if you like rock music and he never skied, we will always tend to look alike. We will learn her favorite meal and his top movies, football rules and dancing waltz, Cohen lyrics and pork recipes, we will meet his highschool friends and her taste in shoes, his favorite toothpaste and her favorite coffeehouse. This is what couples do. Enjoy this issue! Constantin

Him Andreea Cioran www.andreeacioran.com

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OLIVIER VALSECCHI was born in 1979 in Paris. He mostly practices self-portrait for over ten years to perfect his technique in ETPA school in Toulouse, where he received the Grand Prize of Photography in June 2009. His latest series called Dust is the subject of numerous publications around the world Eyemazing, Azartphoto, Kult Mag, Photo, and it was exposed on photographic walks of Vendome (Summer 2010), Manifesto Festival (September 2010). www.oliviervalsecchi.com

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Olivier Valsecchis DUST series is exhibited at The FOCUS Gallery, Graz, Austria until 25/01/2011 www.galerie-fokus.at

IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH

I met Razvan Sadean on Facebook. I noticed that hes in a relationship with Alex Mirutziu and I found it very interesting to tell you a short story about them from Razvans point of view. He graduated Philosophy at the University of Bucharest and one year ago he moved to Cluj. I am a young man whos not afraid to declare thats unsatisfied, thats why I am permanently involved in the process of searching for things to beautify my existence, every day I discover, collect, select and keep or leave.

 Alex Mirutziu

When you get up in the morning what relaxes you? I hate to get up early in the morning. My day starts after 12. I find my relaxation in good music, a movie or in reading a few lines from a book. Im trying to keep my mind up, its very important for me to learn something new every day. I wouldnt like to hold ultimate truths at this age. What line guides you through life? Live fast, die young stayed in my mind after I saw a movie about Edie Sedgwicks life. Im very attached to this character and, in general, I have an admiration for people with short but intense living - when I say intense I mean that they have been followed their entire life by a spiritual storm, a psychic agitation. I am preoccupied with people who engage themselves in this hell that we call life with their whole being, who prefer to mutilate themselves rather than taking everything ready-made. I prefer the company of people with problems, vices, uncertainty, shortcomings, and I avoid icon-people for whom the truth is only one, namely the one that they know. And there is no paradox in the fact that the icons last over the time while the flesh is vulnerable and its fading down fast.

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How did you meet Alex and for how long have you been together? I met Alex in Cluj-Napoca in a small group of friends. Weve been together for more than a year, but neither of us perceives the time that passes over us realistically, because we live intensively. Besides Im not scared about the opinion of those who say that this kind of relationship ends up fast, because Im aware that everything on this Earth has an ending. The life of a human being is predictable, we are or at least we should be aware that our final destination is death. Its just like in a drama play, we know that it has an end but all the actors do through all sorts of actions is postponing it, otherwise the show wouldnt be possible.

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What are you doing when youre not in your boyfriends company? What are your concerns? What are your plans for the future? Me and Alex spend a lot of time together, so much that we have decided to have some projects in common. Besides, not only the time that we spend together is the reason why wish to work together. We have common instincts, senses, concerns, thoughts, areas of interest and ways of relating to the world. Presently we are involved in a project, an exhibition in Zurich at the Barbara Seiler Gallery which started on the 14th January. The title of the exhibition is Spending time in relation to usage and this project is eventuated within notions inside culture and its production of matters of fact, in the immediate poetic of reality, based on discourses around production of objects and accumulated views that surrounds that. The exhibition is a vast conceptual debateable floor, with direct impact on the production and spending of time. Also, this year I wish and hope to finish a book that I intend to launch this summer. This volume will have a special release within an exhibition, in an art gallery, not in a bookshop as tradition has accustomed us.

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www.barbaraseiler.ch Alex Mirutziu was born in Sibiu, Romania, in 1981. He studied at the Art Academies of Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Cuenca (Spain) and Huddersfield (UK). Today he lives and works in London and Cluj-Napoca. For his video piece Tears are precious Alex Mirutziu received the Best Independent Artist Award at the Optica International Video Art Festival in 2008 (Paris, Madrid). Alex Mirutzius uvre includes photographic self-portraits, live performance, sculpture, painting and media-critical video installations. His work interrogates social processes with ephemeral emergence, using reference beyond itself and abduction of indexes as main constructs in an attempt to reconfigure the relation between information form, psychophysical language and content, challenging origins and meaning. www.alexmirutziu.blogspot.com www.international-loner.blogspot.com

Something about you and me Razvan Sadean

WAYS OF SALT

FELIX R. CID was born in 1976 in Madrid, Spain, where he began his studies in Fine Art and Photography. His work was soon published in different European media. After a time spent living and working in London, Cid moved to New York, where he graduated from the International Center of Photography in 2004. www.felixrcid.com

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he title given to Felix R. Cids project, Ways of Salt, is a biblical reference to the fate of Lots wife, who in fleeing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, turned back, and in such hesitation and vision, was transformed into a pillar of salt. The Sodom and Gomorrah in Felix R. Cids work is the Spanish island of Ibiza, known commonly as a decadent vacation getaway. As a Commercialized pleasure dome it shares notoriety with other islands in the Mediterranean such as Mykonos or Capri, in which physical pleasure is exalted as well as commodified. Cid offers an alternative view, as it were, with a series of images of local types, local characters, people who have been drawn to the louche nature of Ibiza, for whatever reason. Without caption, we cannot be quite sure of who we see, or what they do. Sex worker? Porn actor? Trans-gendered person? Model? The lack of information liberates us from any sociological reading or specificity of identity. If Ibiza can be understood as a hedonistic play-land, beyond its time-shares and nightclubs there is a very real environment which offers, if not a haven, at least an outlet for physical pleasures and being. If by presenting the figures as characters, types, Cid employs a kind of photographic classification of the exotic and different, Cid also implodes such indexing by amplifying it. In Cids images Ibiza appears as a near mythic island of sexiness, still off the track, as it were, and like a giant cruising ground, whether by an empty road or in a anonymous hotel room. The pansexuality invoked by Cids images, while charged with an immediacy of libido, also suggests solitude or isolation. The figures float as emblems of carnality in a nature that is otherwise indifferent even if it offers privacy or shelter. As much as Cid celebrates various forms of desire, he has also a sense of its marginalization, its underground status in our world. Cid presents

the blurring of fantasy and document, the tension between yearning and a sense of emptiness, the role-playing of eroticized identities as a spatial and psychic freedom.

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LOVE IN THE FIRST PERSON

MATT EICH is a freelance photographer and founding member of LUCEO. In September of 2004 he began his studies in photojournalism at Ohio University and in 2006 he was named the 61st College Photographer of the Year. His life and the focus of his work shifted dramatically when his daughter Madelyn was born in October 2007. The following summer of 2008, Matt interned with National Geographic Magazine, traveling to Peru, India, Rwanda and Botswana before returning to Ohio to complete his degree. www.luceoimages.com www.matteichphoto.com

A shared kiss while exploring a nearby town. Matt Eich/LUCEO

t is a cold day in January when I meet my girlfriend Melissa in the concrete stairwell of the dormitory where she lives at Ohio University. Tears run down her cheeks as she leads me by the hand into her room and after closing the door, holds out an innocuous looking plastic strip. Thinking back, I dont remember any ambiguous colors or lines, just that it said the word pregnant. We both drop to the floor, laughing and crying simultaneously. The weight of the news begins to sink in for both of us as she covers her face with her hands, looking like a scared child. I feel like one. A camera dangles from my shoulder and I raise it without thinking, instinctively wanting to remember this moment, though I have no idea how any of it will pan out. I am 20, she 19 years old. Melissa and I were both unsure of what to do but decided that whatever was to come, we would face it together. The period that followed was rife with uncertainty as we tried to prepare ourselves to care for a child. In the coming months we continued classes, went to doctors appointments and eventually told our families. In June, we were married and moved across the country to Portland, Oregon, where I worked for the summer. That fall, when Melissa was 8 months pregnant we drove back across the country in time to return to school. Our daughter Madelyn was born on October 3, a few short weeks after returning to classes. Melissa had been experiencing contractions for days prior to the birth, even taking an exam during that time. She got an A. Melissa took to motherhood with an enviable grace though I did not feel as immediately comfortable in my new role as a father. In time I have fallen in love all over again. In the past three years we have experienced so much together as a family, the most exciting part is being able to witness Madelyns exponential growth into a happy, healthy, creative and spirited little girl. She embodies the best and

worst of both of us, and her very existence calls me to become a better person, a better husband and a better father. Despite the reality of needing to travel for work, I have been fortunate to be there for many of the important moments in Madelyns young life. First steps, first words, first potty training experiences. Id like to think that these moments arent who make her into the person she will become, but the moments in between. The moments daddy is there for, camera in hand, always yearning to remember.

Melissas belly early in the morning before we found out she was pregnant. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Five minutes after finding out she is pregnant the news sinks in. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Dr. Lou Boyle (L) talks to Melissa about the pregnancy. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Melissa lies in bed while three months pregnant. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Melissa cries, overhelmed at the many changes that have been happening so rapidly. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Melissas shadow falls on the wall early one morning as she inspects her pregnancy belly. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Melissa sits on her bedroom floor during a contraction while packing her clothes for the hospital. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Melissa climbs in bed late at night. Her contractions began days before the birth. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Melissa lies in the hospital bed, waiting to be examined. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Madelyn Avery Eich is born at 9:58am on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 weighing in at six pounds, two ounces. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Madelyn Avery, now three months old, gets a bath in the sink from her grandmother during a holiday visit. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Melissa carries Madelyn through a field while on a walk in Athens, Ohio. Matt Eich/LUCEO

Melissa and Madelyn early in the morning, December 2008. Matt Eich/LUCEO

more on www.matteichphoto.com

IF YOU ARE LUCKY, YOU GET OLD

FREYA NAJADE was born in Germany in 1977. After studying in Bremen and San Francisco she lives and works now in London. In December 2009 she finished her Masters Degree with Distinction in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the University of the Arts London (London College of Communication). Her work was selected for the AOP Student Awards (2009, 2010), Foto8 Summer Show (2010) and she has had honourable mention in the IPA Awards (2008, 2009). Publications of her work include BJP (British Journal of Photojournalism), The Times and Testcard. www.freyanajade.com

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Dennis, 76

The thing I regret most is that I didnt become an astronaut and never went into space Freya Najade

I have my own house, where I live half of the year. Sometimes I dont talk for a week to anybody there. In the summer I rent a room in a gay retirement home. I enjoy meeting people of my kind Freya Najade

The first time I dressed as a girl, I was eight years old. I dont want to be a woman. I am happy the way I am. I just enjoy the kick. Freya Najade

I feel that I am transforming from a caterpillar into a butterfly. Sometimes I go out like this. If people dont like it, it is their problem. Freya Najade

Thelma, 82

I got married for the first time when I was 15 years old. After my first husband I had two other and five children I thought life was just about raising kids and being a mother. Freya Najade

I fell in love for the first time four years ago. With Swede I had my teenage years which I never had. He has the prettiest blue eyes. When he walks through my door, my whole body just warms up. This is a beautiful feeling, but when he is not there it is a terrible feeling. I had my first orgasm with him. Freya Najade

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One day Swede went to see his son for seven weeks. The seven weeks turned into seven months. I got really ugly with him then. When he came back he didnt want to touch me anymore. Things got difficult when we stopped agreeing. Once I started having my own say about things, Swede would go home.

People often dont realize that everyone sees things differenty. This can be a problem. Slowly I am getting to the point, that I feel I have to move on. I am not a fool just waiting around. If Swede doesnt want me, I will get around without him.

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Rae, 80

I loved my girlfriend very much. We were true soul mates. I am very proud that I was with her for 43 years. Freya Najade

The first evening I met Rabbie, I got up to make a drink and I asked her: Can I make one for you too? And she said: No, but you can come over and kiss me. And damn it, if I didnt! Freya Najade

Rabbies Ashes July is a tough month for me. Its our anniversary, Rabbiess birthday, and her day of death. Red is my favourite colour. She hated red, I didnt ask for the red and they brought her ashes to me like that. After that, I went and bought a red car. Freya Najade

Rabbiess death was for me the most devastating thing in my life. I thought I would never get over it. I miss her so very much. When I die, our ashes will be mixed together and spread in the canyon. Freya Najade

The pain is slowly getting better, though. I never thought it would. You tend to idealise people who are dead. Now there is no Saint Rabbie anymore but Saint Rae. I have to look after myself better. Freya Najade more stories on www.freyanajade.com

LITTLE WOLF : LETS MAKE SOME MEMORIES

STEVEN BECKLYs work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Toronto, ON), Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, OR), Photo Center NW (Seattle, WA), and the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA). His images have been featured in major international publications, including Photo Life (Canada), The Photo Review (USA), and Photo World (China). Recently, he was awarded the Directors Choice Award at the 2010 CENTER Awards (Santa Fe, NM). www.stevenbeckly.com

At Least You Will Always Have A Place To Come Home To Steven Beckly

Little Wolf: Lets Make Some Memories is a series of constructed images detailing a romantic relationship between two people. Emphasizing moments within a larger narrative, these photographs focus on the intimacy in between moments of significance: unspoken glances, lingering touches, brief embraces. Using the home as the principal setting, private exchanges emerging from domestic, romantic, and sexual dimensions of a relationship are openly explored. Blurring the lines between documentary and cinematographic approaches, these images question the notion of an idealized reality between two individuals. The constructed nature of the photographs itself challenges the existence of the events depicted, inviting the viewer to contemplate the integrity of the romance, and whether this attenuates or intensifies emotional identification with the narrative. The voyeuristic quality of the images questions the origins and intentions of the memories: to whom do they belong, and for whom were they made? Whereas traditional storytelling is defined by a dramatic structure, these works play with the possibilities of fiction and challenge the expectation of a straightforward narrative. The seemingly random extraction of moments from the larger romance disrupts the order and temporality of the narrative, and allows the images to be assembled in a number of interpretative ways, blurring the lines between past, present, and future.

Towards Something Meaningful Perhaps Steven Beckly

Please Dont Go If You Can Help It Steven Beckly

Night Talk Steven Beckly

Hurt Steven Beckly

Hold Time Steven Beckly

Rest Here Steven Beckly

Choose Your Own Adventure Steven Beckly

Moving Day Steven Beckly

Everything Must Break To Be Beautiful Steven Beckly

more on www.stevenbeckly.com

COUPLES

LEON FOGGITT (born in 1985) graduated with a BA (Hons) Degree in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport in 2009. His photographs have been published internationally and exhibited in England and Wales. In 2010 Leon was selected to be included in Grand Prix Foto Festiwal, Poland. He currently lives in Brighton, England. www.leonfoggitt.com

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have always been interested in the science and psychology that often attempts to explain why certain people form a relationship with each other and why certain relationships last longer than others. So when I came across a recent written article on the subject my attention was instantly won. For years experts have been interested in so called physiognomy, the idea that we are given clues as to a persons personality and temperament via the shapes and sizes of their facial features. This is an interesting theory, but what interests me more is the idea that people tend to be attracted to others with similar facial features to their own. There are a few explanations for this, for example we feel more comfortable around familiar faces i.e. for a man (his mothers face) and for a women (her fathers), assuming the person had a good relationship with their mum or dad. It has been suggested that people might be attracted to someone with a similar face to theirs as it would suggest their personality might be similar thus allowing them to get on better and relate to each other more. So it is possible that we are often attracted to a partner that we may share similarities with, emotionally and physically. But there is another theory; it states that couples often begin to look even more similar over time. This idea has many explanations, however some are more interesting than others, shared diet and environment for instance will affect the way we look but more interestingly, empathy. In a relationship partners will often begin to develop the same emotional ideas and personality traits, then mirror each others facial expressions thus over time creating similar muscle patterns and lines on both partners faces. I was fascinated by these different theories and decided to set out to investigate. I selected couples from my local area at random who had been together for various different time spans to see if similarities would be more evident in couples that had been together for longer. Interestingly couples that had been together for longer than 20 years appeared to have a lot more similarities. The majority of the couples in this series have been together for over 20 years. Weather or not they often look similar to each other is still open for debate.

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more on www.leonfoggitt.com

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