States of Grace (Part Two) at Netherworld Magazine

Part two of my photo series 'States of Grace' has been published at the excellent 'Netherworld Magazine'. Many thanks to Marcin Klimek for doing a terrific job putting it all together. Please follow the link at the bottom of this post to view this feature (which is best viewed as a full screen slideshow) and see more of Netherworld Magazine.

STATES OF GRACE (Part Two)

STATE:

1. the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.

2. a particular condition of mind or feeling: to be in an excited state.

3. an abnormally tense, nervous, or perturbed condition: He's been in a state since hearing about his brother's death.

4. a politically unified people occupying a definite territory; nation.

GRACE:

1. elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action.

2. favor or good will.

3. mercy; clemency; pardon: an act of grace.

4. favor shown in granting a delay or temporary immunity.

5. an allowance of time after a debt or bill has become payable granted to the debtor before suit can be brought against him or her or a penalty applied: The life insurance premium is due today, but we have 31 days' grace before the policy lapses.

6. the influence or spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them.

This series of photographs was made during, and also in response to my process of immigration into the United States of America from the UK. It is a personal document – a mosaic of images or even (when viewed with part one) a poem of sorts. The immigration process took approximately one year and it was a difficult and uncertain time for my wife and I. We could not make any solid future plans or put down any roots. While making this work I often felt like my own anxiety and hope was also a kind of an echo of the anxiety and hope of the nation I had arrived in, which was in the grips of recession and in the middle of an election campaign for a new President.

Follow this link to see both this feature and see more of Netherworld Magazine:
http://www.netherworldmagazine.com/presentation/simon-kossoff-2/
Both part to this series can also be viewed here at Get the Picture:
http://getthepicture.fr/En/Photographes/Kossoff/Sog.html

Remains To Be Seen (at issuu)

Open publication - Free publishing - More photobook

My first photo-book Remains to be Seen is now sold out. For those interested in viewing the books layout and contents, but were unable to order a copy, it can now be viewed in full, here in issuu. Many thanks to everyone who bought a copy and showed their support for my work.

Remains to be Seen has also been featured at these websites/magazines:

La Pura Vida:
http://lpvmagazine.com/2011/10/simon-kossoff-remains-to-be-seen/#1
Landscape Stories:
http://www.landscapestories.net/issue-04/022-simon-kossoff?lang=en#1
Holy Ghost Zine:
http://www.holyghostzine.com/2011/10/simon-kossoff.html#more
Trend Hunter:
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/simon-kossoff-remains-to-be-seen
Get the Picture:
http://getthepicture.fr/En/Photographes/Kossoff/RTBS.html

Bass Pro & Cabelas (III)

These photographs continue an occasional series which somehow documents my visits to the bizarre and baffling, always surprising, sometimes strange and often sad Bass Pro and Cabelas outdoor hunting and fishing superstores. To see more images from previous visits follow the links below.

Part One: http://simonkossoff.blogspot.com/2010/04/bass-pro-cabelas-i.html

Part Two: http://simonkossoff.blogspot.com/2010/04/bass-pro-cabelas-ii.html

Venustreet Book

I am proud to have one of my photographs published in Charalampos Kydonakis new photo-book venture ‘Venustreet’, which contains a wide collection of photography by some of the most interesting street photographers working today (in my opinion). It’s a fabulous and excellently edited book and well worth tracking down and ordering a copy. The images which make up this book were selected from his Flickr group of the same name.

Here is Charalampos’s introduction and description of his Flickr group which also gives a flavor of the book itelf:

"This group is dedicated to the beauty of women and all those who admire it. Its subject is the feminine beauty, also the interaction between women and man (or woman and woman, who knows?) and the interaction between woman and the photographer. All this through the eyes of the street photographer. Is it enough that a beautiful lady can create just by her presence in an image a beautiful photo of the street aesthetic? This group was made to try and answer this question. Our only matter is the photographer’s way of thinking and his/her guts to go close and to create street beauty from the beauty that one way or the other exists in reality. After the ‘click’ this beauty exists only in the unique moment caught by a photo and not in front of our eyes in real time."

Charalampos also hosts a wonderful and exciting blog which is well worth exploring.

The link below is to a recent feature he made about my own work:

http://dirtyharrry.blogspot.com/2011/05/simon-kossoff.html

Venustreet book can be previewed and ordered here at this link to Blurb.com

http://www.blurb.com/books/2560879

Charalampos is himself a wonderful photographer. His Flickr photo-stream can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtyharrry/