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Ethan Rafal

Ethan Rafal

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Profession: artist/ontologist
Status: hm*
Location: new york , United States
Email: •••••••• (private)
Languages spoken: english, spanish, arabic(?), kiswahili, luo...(maybe)
Organization: imperial hamster army
Mobile phone: (001).973.270.3890
Last login: about 3 hours ago
Member since: 14 Apr 2006 22:04

About

artist, photographer, writer. work often starts journalistically, ends conceptually… whatever means to the same end: relay phenomenon to those that do not have direct experience…

currently:

-editing a non-fiction piece on my experiences in darfur. 20 months of writing… now waiting for publishers’ thoughts… huh. maybe one more rewrite… eek.

-shooting a long-term photo based project on the effects of war on the domestic landscape… splitting my time between sedentary editing and vagabonding back and forth and back and forth round, round and round the united states. june-august: alaska. september-november: hitch from north west to the south east and then up through the appalachians. then, finally, done!

focusing more on rural america than anything else, the red states, the down and out, those off the radar, those who often both supported the bush admin and, ironically enough, have had their lives most severely damaged by the regime… the project spans 2001-2008. though, both conceptually and literally, it exists in two parts, shot primarily from 2001-2004 and revisited in 2007 to the present. it’s a wonderful, nutty, grim series and i only wish i could show you… the catch? all shot on film, film, film… and now… all on old american cameras…

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Ethan Rafal. the tragedy of darfur Rolling Stone, pp. "the tragedy of darfur". [none], Sep 21 2006.



Recent Post

>>digital backs: hmm...<<

every once in a while someone posts on here about rumors re nikon, canon etc. wondering if anyone out there has any thoughts on the future of medium and large format digital backs. also curious about durability… anyone out there roughing it with one of these? i would appreciate any and all information. thanks.

ps.. it’s hip to be square…

24 Jul 2008 19:07 | 1 replies

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another good man killed in Mogadishu by Guy Calaf 5 days ago by Jake Price
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Determining perspective.. by erica mcdonald 26 days ago by john robinson
Check this projct out by Donald Weber 27 days ago by Balazs Gardi
Eugene Smith Submission Deadline by Jake Price 28 days ago

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