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  Least Wanted says:

  "Photographers snip snap
  Take your time she's only burning
  This kind of experience
  Is necessary for her learning
  Baby's on fire"

  11th March, 2009

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  dnurv/f4f (8.245) says:

  "samantha west...very simply one of my top five favorite shooters on the site...no lies"

  10th January, 2009

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  Carmen Hawk says:

  "i dont now where to begin and what i could say about Sam that isnt already there in her work she is a true inspiration a true woman a true lady a true wild heart she makes me want to get in there and live with her in her pictures. She is generous and vulnerable, breathtaking and authentic,passionate and intelligent .She asked me when we met what image i first remembered seeing that made me excited about being a woman i couldn't remember exactly but i remembered and was reunited with that rush and excitement when i first saw her photographs. XXXXX"

  8th December, 2008

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  zamario says:

  "You need courage to really show yourself, you need the ability to dig down deep and see what's there.
  She has it, and she's showing it to us.
  No discounts, no sales.
  Thank you Sam."

  12th August, 2008

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  languisity says:

  "Samantha doesn't just take photos; she makes connections with the people and the places around her, and shares them. She shares herself. I'm always happy and eager to see the way she's seeing the world, and the way the world is seeing her."

  9th July, 2008

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  nedrosen says:

  "I think is SUCKS that Samantha has been censored. I think she is one of the most amazing photographers I've been exposed to.
  I Love the way she mixes intimacy with her photography.
  Aside from that, she's down right sexy.
  
  I do hope we get to meet one of these days.
  
  -Ned"

  26th May, 2008

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  Mick van de Wiel says:

  "Her work has been progressively awesome, plus she has awesome taste."

  21st May, 2008

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  Valerio Basili - from the beginning - says:

  "She creates a mythology of raw and sensual life; at the bones, at the stomach, at the nerves of expression. WIth thin notes around, they taste like poetry."

  22nd December, 2007

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  cept_id says:

  "Beautiful woman with charming soul. She's a real hero. Solid works and 5 of them already is on my lounge's wall.
  Love you, Sam."

  22nd November, 2007

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  maya.bird says:

  "be my best friend forever. we can live in a caravan with three dogs, twenty two cats, a chicken, a rooster, a mandolin, a broken violin, a fortune teller, a compass, a...."

  5th August, 2007

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  Eam... says:

  "samantha west's photography is amazing! her selfportraits rule and i love her series of clouds, she very much has her own style.
  
  :-)"

  9th June, 2007

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  thenewpaul says:

  "SAMANTHA STAYS ON TOP OF HER FLICKR TECHNIQUE! Loves That!"

  9th April, 2007

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  ✪ patric shaw says:

  "in my opinion there isn't a better self portrait photographer or any kind of photographer for that matter on flickr, she keeps me coming back for more, her pictures are pure poetry."

  27th March, 2007

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  gesternwargesternheuteistheute says:

  "Images are sometimes outstanding selfportraits, differnt colours supporting different moods and a deep private atmosphere. When she takes pictures the people in front of the camera are not posing, it´s more like she is an observer and catches that one single moment out of the situation. It comes that you image a life around her witch is quiet fascinating and sometimes disturbing - but always personnel."

  26th March, 2007

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  Federica Erra says:

  "all that means photograph is in this place, I infinitely love the very beautiful woman's work! for me it is a constant inspiration!"

  15th March, 2007

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  Géraud béton says:

  "A Mermaid Girl from New York City. A delicate work, deep colors and lights. Clouds or portraits. Always a "jeune fille". She loves tall beauties and odd faces."

  12th February, 2007

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  uuaoe says:

  "westholme takes portraits like iconic film stills that the next next generation will marvel at and whisper about, proudly, portraits like drawings ,that the next next generation will be green with envy about not imagining and drawing themselves, portraits that reflect both her and the subject simulataneously, portraits like life , but nicer. better. well done westholme!"

  15th January, 2007

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  exterface dot com says:

  "Our Dearest Westholme,
  Love all your magical mysteries... Intense and sweet.
  Your clouds simply symbolize it.
  Gorgeous."

  12th January, 2007

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  Love Of Carnage! says:

  "hmmm, what can i say about Westy? she takes me to places i've dreampt about ... and places i haven't. her world is like a world between sleep and awake ... ether ... incredible visons from a lovely gal!"

  4th September, 2006

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  trishlet says:

  "every time i visit sam's stream, and that would be daily, i feel as though i am reading a sort of visual literature not yet translated to text. she explores the alphabet of her own features as though they were a new language, the terrain of an undiscovered planet of her psyche.
  and all of this with an edgy, raw beauty, a volumptuous offering.
  i can hardly wait to see where her mind and urge will take her next."

  30th August, 2006

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  j j hunter says:

  "sam's the new hotness.
  
  you better believe - she rockin the ideas, the style and the lips.
  
  her photos make me say DANG out loud. they's a joy to behold.
  
  ain't no other."

  29th August, 2006

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  dirtyfeet says:

  "Samantha has a flawless beauty, which is exhibited in each of her self portraits. Her photos are emotional and penetrating, and she inspires me to do more. Samantha, you have a generous soul."

  19th July, 2006

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  [brett walker] says:

  "Samantha is a phenonenon,not to be confused with the legions of self obsessed bimbos who photograph their anorexic twisted little faces
  all day to reap yet more dribbling comments from single nurds.
  Sam reports on herself visually in the 3rd person without concern
  for traditional vanity,her arena is a perfumed slaughterhouse of warm blood,bone fragments and champagne,"

  3rd July, 2006

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  wilfredo pascual says:

  "I have always admired Sam's self-portraits. She aims the camera at herself and one could almost feel the delirious relationship between medium and subject. Every feature, from her hair to her lips, have become so familiar they are now almost iconic, at least to me. Very few can rival her unflinching boldness to reexamine and reinvent herself again and again. Always surprising."

  1st May, 2006

Name:

Samantha West

Joined:

January 2006

Hometown:

The Big and Edible Apple

Currently:

New York City, Oh Man, the USA

I am:

Female

Occupation:

Photographer

Website:

www.samanthawest.net