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2008
 
Afshar, Jaleh
painter/art director
 
Alpers, Jackie
photographer
 
Benabout, Jean
artist/painter
 
Cunniff, Kyle
designer
 
Durham, Oz
graphic designer
 
Dvorken, Josephine
photographer
 
 
2007
 
applebox
graphic designers
 
Bowen, Betty
artist/teacher
 
Forman, Fran
visual artist
 
Fuijmura, Taiko
visual artist
 
Marquez, Lazaro
graphic designer/illustrator
 
Peveto, Liz
fine art producer
 
Rowell, Adam
photographer/art director
 
Skotak, Joel
graphic designer
 
Smithson, Aline
fine art photographer
 
Sroka, Daniel
fine art photographer
 
Stewart, Jesse
graphic designer
 
 
2006
 
Andrews, Jeff
designer
 
Audette, Sheri
senior designer
 
Baab, Ted
designer/photographer
 
Boyle, Jaime
graphic designer
 
Chang, Adam
designer
 
Glix, Danny
sketchaholic
 
Henderson, Bethany
artist/designer
 
Hill, Randy
graphic designer
 
Johnson, DeChazier
art director/designer
 
Lait, Cynthia
artist
 
Lee, Calvin
creative director
 
Little, Janet
photographer
 
Passarelli, Marc
creative director/president
 
Perry, Sean
photographer
 
Polkowska, Kasia
painter and ceramist
 
Sprague, Kevin
photographer/art director
 
Wolfe, Scott
creative director/designer
 
Zapata, Patricia
graphic designer
 
 
2005
 
Adducci, Brian
creative principal
 
Bennett, Rebecca
visual artist
 
Brodsky, David
creative director
 
Cundy, Arthur
creative director
 
Duncan, Tamara
creative director/designer
 
Glitschka, Von R.
graphic designer/illustrator
 
Gough, Mary Ann
artist
 
Griggers, James
designer/fine artist
 
Holland, Jason
designer
 
Hong, Justen
graphic and web designer
 
Johnson, Louis
senior designer
 
Knechel, Meredith
creative director
 
Lindhurst, LJ
painter and xerox artist
 
Opdenbrouw, Gage
painter
 
Stanoff, Miya Ando
visual artist/metal worker
 
 
2004
 
Buttecali, Peter
designer
 
Clark, Marshall
photographer
 
Hartwell, David
graphic designer
 
Hoyumpa, Trey
designer
 
Lorenzen, Sarah E.
architectural designer
 
McMillian, William
art director
 
Tsong, Jing Jing
illustrator
 
 
2003
 
Boyd, Jesse
photographer
 
Gilchrist, Trevor
designer
 
Muñoz, Michael A.
designer
 
Senatore, Joey
painter
 
Szugye
painter
 
 
2002
 
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designer
 
Kenyatta, Jomo
photographer
 
Lewis, Albert
designer
 
Mercer, Alan
photographer
 
 
 
 

Faustinus Deraet:
photographer

Location: Austin, Texas.

Portfolio: www.faustinusderaet.com
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Music taste All my favorites: Moby, Gotan Project, Hotel Costes cd's (compilations by Stephane Pompougnac), Morrisey/The Smiths, OMD, Depeche Mode, The Cure...and 80's music.
Favorite drink Beer.
Favorite quote “Rich is not who has more, it is who needs less."
Favorite vacation spot Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Mac or PC? Mac.
Recommended books Blindness by José Saramgo. Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das. Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography by Roland Barthes. Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster. Any book written by Milan Kundera...and of course mine: Mientras vagaba por el D.F.
Specialty? The use of my plastic camera.
Dream project An impossible one: To capture/print what my eyes see in a specific moment without having a camera.
 
 
Interview
 

How did you become a photographer?
While talking to a friend, we decided to do something totally different to what we studied at the university. We went back to school and studied photography. A couple of years later, I quit IBM to become a photographer.

Where are you from originally?
I was born in Antwerp, Belgium. But I grew up in Mexico City and now based in Austin, Texas.

Who were your main influences growing up?
My mother, education, friends and listening to music.

Did you go to art school/college or are you self-taught?
I got a degree in Computer Systems from the Universidad Iberoamericana. After working for IBM, I went back to school to study photography at the Escuela Activa de Fotografia.

Any advice or tips to novice photographers?
Be yourself.

What has been the most rewarding and challenging project you have worked on?
My own book Mientras vagaba por el D.F./While Wandering Through El Deh Effeh. After more than five years, I came back to Mexico City – I decided to do a book in the shape of a pedestrian journey using my toy camera.

What is your favorite portfolio piece? Why?
I may not have a favorite one, but I'm always attracted to my latest pieces. So far, I have an attraction to Elephant's Path. I still need to develop my most recent work and I'm sure I'll have a new favorite. But technically speaking "Clean Break" is my favorite – it appears to be taken with a top of the line camera.

What American art or artist inspires you most?
Keith Carter. Additionally, Richard Avedon and Annie Leibovitz.

 
 
All images have been used with permission. All images are copyrighted and strictly for educational and viewing purposes.
 
 
 
  Elephant's Path

While being on a temple, I started to think about my life. After some time, I realized I was staring at a column with a shape of an elephant's leg. I decided to take a photo in order to remember that special moment of my life...and then a monk appeared.
 
 
  Clean Break

Taken at the forbidden city in Beijing, China. Imagine being a broom and working all day – wouldn't it be the perfect place to be?

Technically speaking it's my favorite print.
 
 
  Abandoning Ania

My daughter "Ania" was born and I decided to do a series about her. I would place her in her baby seat on unusual sites as if she was abandoned. This is the only one I took with my plastic camera.
 
 
 

Chairs

While watching a photo exhibit in Amsterdam, I wanted to find a place in order to change the film of my camera. When I turned around I found this place...I needed to remember it.

 
 
  La Rumorosa

One of the must dangerous roads in Mexico – it's called La Rumorosa. While taking photos some guys were stealing parts of the damaged cars. They started to scream because I wasn't allowed to take photos....With only three shots, I decided to leave the area. This was the lucky one.
 
 
 


My five obstructions
(Toy camera day)

I recently saw the "The Five Obstructions" a documentary by Lars Von Trier about a filmmaking process and imposing some rules. Based on it, I decided to use my toy camera to take photographs of my five obstructions:

1. One Photo/Print in color
2. One roll of film (no more than 12 images)
3. Roll need to be taken on WTCD day
4. Film taken in one hour or less (no more than 5 minutes per photo)
5. Toy camera day theme must be part of the image

 
 
  Reflecting

After waiting for the weather to improve, I decided to have a couple of beers. When the rain stopped, I got out and took some images. Reflecting, is about being sober or drunk, about reality and fiction – about dualism – it makes you think which way is up.

Intentionally printed upside down.
 
 
 


La Victoria es nuestra

My favorite beer is called Victoria. The image reflects my sensation of drinking a beer.
 
 
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