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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 (2,351)
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Contacts (98)
Groups (50)
- Your Best Shot 2010 20,275 photos, 24,827 members
- Flickr Taiwan (English) 124,990 photos, 4,003 members
- 美和藝術 Beauty and Art 134,728 photos, 7,695 members
- simplexity 208 photos, 34 members
- I´m not ... 33 photos, 17 members
- ishism 1,409 photos, 60 members
- focusschmocus 12,450 photos, 1,818 members
- blurism 29,445 photos, 1,527 members
- ● 12,399 photos, 1,548 members
- Vanishing Points 16,467 photos, 2,270 members
- I ♥ Taiwan 184,975 photos, 5,224 members
- The Rye 0 photos, 1 member
- non-pose pose 646 photos, 151 members
- Non Colours in Colour 32,542 photos, 1,947 members
- This pic makes me wanna... (comment on the 3 previous pics) 61,095 photos, 6,676 members
- Just backs 1,955 photos, 608 members
- Canon 50D 122,960 photos, 3,773 members
- Wednesday Contact Showcase 1,032 photos, 688 members
- 52 Sunday Selfies 197 photos, 29 members
- Self Centered Sunday 9,735 photos, 1,321 members
- For Eggs Only 1,165 photos, 321 members
- Collaborations Pool 2,563 photos, 868 members
- the beauty of black&white. 2,274 photos, 584 members
- Strobist.com 520,425 photos, 102,987 members
- Monday Blues 16,566 photos, 2,399 members
- Flickr Ideas 0 photos, 10,381 members
- Humor 26,997 photos, 2,610 members
- Hands - No faces! PLEASE read the rules. (Or else) 5,458 photos, 1,649 members
- hands art 6,409 photos, 1,767 members
- I shot my soul 6,815 photos, 590 members
- GroupX: Flickr´s most narcissistic 2,597 photos, 628 members
- Process my photo (Not better, just different) 489 photos, 814 members
- 52 Weeks 51,115 photos, 5,493 members
- *Fairy-tale and Self-tale* 18,063 photos, 1,710 members
- Identity & self portraits 137,412 photos, 10,842 members
- █████ ☁ Flickr Anti-Social ☁ █████ 75,626 photos, 4,979 members
- Architecture 890,410 photos, 52,035 members
- ╠Mains-Hands-Hände-Mani-Manos╣ 9,010 photos, 4,320 members
- Diptychs - two is better than one! 110,245 photos, 20,590 members
- Mountains 109,236 photos, 7,658 members
- FlickrCentral 4,812,121 photos, 166,275 members
- World of Eggs 5,760 photos, 1,884 members
- FLICKR B&W 191,515 photos, 5,622 members
- B&W 2,432,934 photos, 128,431 members
- JAPAN-IN-BW (Black-and-White) 24,733 photos, 1,024 members
- Nocturnes - Night Photography 200,106 photos, 16,285 members
- !Hands, Claws and All Kinds of Paws! 24,269 photos, 5,296 members
- Your_Hands 28,576 photos, 6,474 members
- Photographic Art 101,079 photos, 4,606 members
- Portrait★Faces 149,056 photos, 38,908 members
Galleries (5)
- ...in the rye 15 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