PHIXATIVE — Joe Obima’s Faded Amerika
Hailing from D.C., Joe Obima aims his 35mm camera at whatever bizarre subjects pass him by, hoping to "express a beautiful world full of spontaneity [that is] contiguous to one another."
Phoenix’s Proposed Senior Community Draws Outrage Over Ageism
Keep elderly people out of traffic: I feel that opening it will only more heavily congest that area.
Abandoniers! — The Coke-Fueled, Anarchist Spray Paint Fracas
Steven started blowing out bits of blood in his nose into my sink. I asked if he was OK. He replied, Oh, it’s just the coke.
PHIXATIVE — Dimitri Karakostas’ Playground Mob
Brooklyn's Dimitri Karakostas gets around. His scratchy negatives are like the beatup, bleeding kids rolling on skateboards through suburban wastelands. And in the process of getting washed in all that grim, grease and grit, there's a lot of self-discovery.
The Tattered Remains of Costică Acsinte’s Ghostly Photographic Plates
Romanian Costică Acsinte (1897-1984) was an official war photographer during the first Great War. After he was discharged, he opened a studio in Slobozia. In 1985, around 5000 of Acsinte's glass plates (developed between 1935 and 1945) were purchased by the Ialomița County Museum, who began to digitize them in mid-2013.
PHIXATIVE – Joseph Abbruscato’s Salton Sea Excursion
This week’s photos come from Joseph Abbruscato who slunk down to the Salton Sea in Niland, CA. He tries to make a yearly pilgrimage there to document the decay of the, well, decay.
Abandoniers! — War Is Hell, And So Was This Deserted Veteran’s Home
The eeriness only added to the suspense of getting caught by the cops, but I even felt a bit sad thinking how this is where these so-called American heroes wound up.
PHIXATIVE — Jack Schwitz’s Tijuana Occupation
This week’s photos come from Jack Schwitz, who was once stuck in Tijuana for three months. He says, “What what supposed to be a day trip to Tijuana turned into a three month stay in the country bouncing from one cheap hotel to the next. One of the members of our group was not permitted...
