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Owen Schaefer's photostream
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Blog: Art+Tokyo
Twitter: Here
If you're interested in prints, please visit: Owen @ Imagekind
(If there's another shot you'd like a print of that isn't available at the store, let me know.)
Much of what I'm doing right now is just experimenting with not-too-serious ideas. What I'm most genuinely interested in is conceptualism and neo-conceptualism: photographers I like include Leiko Shiga, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Miwa Yanagi and Jeff Wall. Yeah, a lot of those are Japanese. It's purely because I live here in Tokyo.
But I'm also a fan of straight-forward beautiful images and manipulations.
For those who are curious about such things, I don't use stock images or textures. Everything you see (with the obvious exception of a few collaborations) has been taken by me only.
If you want to blog an image of mine or use them for something, let me know. I like to imagine I'm a reasonable guy. Got questions or something to say, drop me a line.
Photos of Owen Schaefer (4)
Owen Schaefer's favorite photos from other Flickr members (2,321)
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Contacts (100)
Groups (50)
- Your Best Shot 2010 19,988 photos, 24,428 members
- Flickr Taiwan (English) 129,742 photos, 4,085 members
- 美和藝術 Beauty and Art 153,425 photos, 8,140 members
- simplexity 199 photos, 37 members
- I´m not ... 33 photos, 18 members
- ishism 1,434 photos, 60 members
- focusschmocus 13,159 photos, 1,872 members
- blurism 35,672 photos, 1,708 members
- ● 12,549 photos, 1,556 members
- Vanishing Points 17,221 photos, 2,330 members
- I ♥ Taiwan 193,690 photos, 5,355 members
- The Rye 0 photos, 1 member
- non-pose pose 710 photos, 159 members
- Non Colours in Colour 33,398 photos, 1,943 members
- This pic makes me wanna... (comment on the 3 previous pics) 62,611 photos, 6,506 members
- Just backs 1,980 photos, 617 members
- Canon 50D 130,052 photos, 3,874 members
- Wednesday Contact Showcase 1,006 photos, 685 members
- 52 Sunday Selfies 196 photos, 28 members
- Self Centered Sunday 10,534 photos, 1,433 members
- For Eggs Only 1,282 photos, 337 members
- Collaborations Pool 2,545 photos, 871 members
- the beauty of black&white. 2,209 photos, 576 members
- Strobist.com 540,390 photos, 106,219 members
- Monday Blues 16,856 photos, 2,395 members
- Flickr Ideas 0 photos, 10,772 members
- Humor 28,049 photos, 2,667 members
- Hands - No faces! PLEASE read the rules. (Or else) 5,605 photos, 1,675 members
- hands art 7,194 photos, 1,881 members
- I shot my soul 7,036 photos, 596 members
- GroupX: Flickr´s most narcissistic 2,579 photos, 627 members
- Process my photo (Not better, just different) 483 photos, 807 members
- 52 Weeks 52,888 photos, 5,566 members
- *Fairy-tale and Self-tale* 18,664 photos, 1,720 members
- Identity & self portraits 141,515 photos, 10,954 members
- █████ ☁ Flickr Anti-Social ☁ █████ 80,166 photos, 5,035 members
- Architecture 958,737 photos, 55,361 members
- ╠Mains-Hands-Hände-Mani-Manos╣ 8,849 photos, 4,342 members
- Diptychs - two is better than one! 113,774 photos, 20,970 members
- Mountains 115,178 photos, 8,016 members
- FlickrCentral 5,180,798 photos, 171,010 members
- World of Eggs 6,082 photos, 1,945 members
- FLICKR B&W 206,581 photos, 5,870 members
- B&W 2,589,080 photos, 133,004 members
- JAPAN-IN-BW (Black-and-White) 26,684 photos, 1,068 members
- Nocturnes - Night Photography 212,137 photos, 16,678 members
- !Hands, Claws and All Kinds of Paws! 24,591 photos, 5,334 members
- Your_Hands 28,871 photos, 6,492 members
- Photographic Art 104,013 photos, 4,607 members
- Portrait★Faces 144,143 photos, 40,031 members
Galleries (5)
- ...in the rye 13 photos
- Full of Light 11 photos
- Obverse Universe 6 photos
- Other Avatars 9 photos
- This Way 15 photos
Testimonials (2)
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p r i m e r says:
"This can't even be right. Owen can't just have one testimonial, can he? It's like the universe isn't even turning correctly.
The one thing that separates Owen from 99.99% of the population with cameras is that he has Vision. Just look at his work. I can get lost in it for hours. It has a perfect balance of delicateness and strength, peace and tension, subtlety and the obvious. He doesn't smack a viewer over the head with his work; instead, it seeps in slowly and leaves a lasting impression. I used to wonder how he comes up with some of his ideas, but I've since stopped trying. Now, I just enjoy the way he sees the world. It's unique but there is also something that I can relate to. It impresses me more and more every time I look at something new.
Thank you for the friendship and inspiration!"25th August, 2010
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{machel spence} aka..."mushroom queen" says:
"First of all, I cannot believe Owen does not have a million testimonials yet but I am glad to be the first! His work is not only totally imaginative and beautiful, but it sometimes is quite creepy and really makes you use your noggin to try & figure out how he achieved it. He never ceases to amaze me with his incredible photographs. He is also very good at giving you an honest opinion instead of some bullshit jargon that some photographers tend to fall back on. I appreciate his artwork and friendship here on Flickr...you are awesome Owen!"
5th October, 2009
- Joined:
- November 2006
- Hometown:
- Toronto
- Currently:
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation:
- Writer/Editor