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  Least Wanted says:

  "Tight toy night, streets were so bright.
  The world looked so thin and between my bones and skin
  there stood another person who was a little surprised
  to be face to face with a world so alive.
  I fell.
  
  Didja feel low? No, not at all. Huh???
  
  I fell right into the Arms of Venus de Milo."

  5th June, 2009

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  phoneyman says:

  "This little lady has spunk.
  
  None of it mine.
  
  Pierre"

  18th September, 2008

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  Mason Hastie says:

  "Annene Annene Annene… Surely if you have got this far you don't need me to sell her to you. I consider her a distant, unknowing mentor. Between her and Luke I have stolen much."

  16th September, 2008

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  the workers' opposition says:

  "I just want to be on this page. Somehow associated with her photographs and her elusive brilliance."

  13th March, 2008

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  Arctic Lovers Rock says:

  "Ms. Annene doesn't need me to join the throng of those who rightly revere her remarkable photographs, and witty and adroit comments, yet I must. Her work and observations are always surprising, interesting and pleasurable. And, of course, suffused with impeccable style."

  11th March, 2008

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  Archie_Pix says:

  "She stole Shania Twain's coat and then she stole my heart. Then she sold both on ebay and bought a pony, which she rode to Mexico and set up a school for donkeys with behavioural problems."

  18th February, 2008

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  Mr Luke Harby says:

  "Annene creates electricity"

  23rd January, 2008

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  .sweeney says:

  "i can't believe i waited this long before writing something here"

  8th January, 2008

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  Henrik says:

  "I was just going through my favorites and realized that Annene is the most favorited in my collection. On top of that she has so many photos in her stream that I haven't favorited. Yet. This woman has a magical eye and captures the world in a most personal way. I love it!"

  3rd December, 2007

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  .missj. says:

  "Annene... combines the independent heart of an artist with the power of universal love. I’m a sucker for people with the right mix of masculine and feminine energies and she has it. Affengeil."

  20th September, 2007

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  crazyenglishmf says:

  "I did it; I didn’t want to admit to it but...
  When I first came across annenes stream it didn’t hit me straight away it lingered until I was out in merry engerland walking in my shoes, chewing gum, clicking my fingers to some old jive when....
  
  KEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRBBBBBOOOOOOMMMMM the full impact of annenes work hit me! With the resulting spoooge being so powerful that it ripped my y fronts in two and sent me face first straight into the mouse... poor mouse didnt even see it coming."

  19th September, 2007

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  George Pollard says:

  "I met her once.
  She had a black eye."

  3rd September, 2007

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  Phil Sharp. says:

  "another pointless testimonial."

  22nd July, 2007

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  popo y lolo says:

  "once i said 'yay' and she said 'yay yourself' (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ann3n3/418048341/) since then, i'm intimidated by and kind of in love with her. like the chick that doesn't go to the prom with you. her photos are intense, sincere and engaging. one of a kind."

  28th May, 2007

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  sevensixfive says:

  "Come for the photography. Stay for the conversation."

  18th May, 2007

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  AT★5 says:

  "The existence of Annene is an enigma.
  I cannot tell you for sure what she is."

  20th April, 2007

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  dnurv (9,498) says:

  "it took quite some time for me to warm up to the images on annene's stream...
  pardon me for saying so, but initially i found them a tad precious and perhaps a little too esoteric for my simple literal mind to appreciate..
  i am known as a bit of a bullshitter around these parts...but i do not lie..
  so when i say that this stream serves up some of the finest images that flickr has to offer...it's no joke...
  
  thx AvD...i think i'm finally starting to get it..."

  7th April, 2007

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  delicious aloysius says:

  "the verbal and visual wit herein? is served dry."

  29th March, 2007

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  cunnison says:

  "Not to belittle her photographic accomplishments, but I still hold that Annene missed her true calling as a cult leader. Flickr is happier, but the cultosphere is a sadder place."

  14th March, 2007

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  mivox says:

  "Annene is a rock star.
  
  In a good kind of way, not in a self-obsessed-junkie kind of way.
  
  *big smooches*"

  13th February, 2007

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  digiboy84 says:

  "Like a whirlwind tour across the USA !
  
  So many feeling are conjured up when I look at Annenes images...these beautifully stark phots are at one instances frightening, yet full of beauty..."

  5th February, 2007

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  GStrader says:

  "Eloquent words abound here, about Annene...and it goes without saying that none of those words no matter how well they are put together, quite describes her.
  
  I will not be so eloquent, I will just say that as one can see by all the tributes posted here about Annene that two or three things jump out.
  
  One, that Annene is a great photographer, perhaps as great as Ansel Adams, or any who came before.
  
  Two, that Annene is unique, one of a kind, often imitated, never duplicated. Just when you think you have her figured out, she smiles and gently knocks you on your butt with something unexpected.
  
  Thirdly, and most important of all, Annene is one of those addicting personalities. She knows no stranger, and the longer to know her, the more you love her. From the tributes posted here, I would have to say that Annene is loved by many, many people. That perhaps is the greatest tribute of all! Annene, I/we love you."

  18th January, 2007

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  pa gillet says:

  "Un sens de la vie sans commune mesure."

  2nd January, 2007

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  Dill Pixels says:

  "No question, Annene is the most interesting American photographer on Flickr. "American" is there because her work is a delicious, sizzling 3/4 pounder of sexual surfaces with the cheese scraped off, topped with pixels and Special Sauce containing 17 secret herbs and spices, wrapped up in a leopardskin enigma. On wheels."

  22nd December, 2006

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  cubbsie says:

  "there will always ve debates about who is the 'best' photographer on flickr; who is the most inffluential, who is the most emulated...
  these debates are rendered meaningless as soon as the phrase ann - ene is muttered.
  a modern master."

  16th December, 2006

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  Diego Gravinese says:

  "I don't know why,
  but I'm afraid of her..
  although she offers me
  chocolate and stories...
  
  (...I think she rules Flickr!)"

  15th November, 2006

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  ♥ shhexy corin ♥ says:

  "She makes me behave very badly and I love her for it."

  10th November, 2006

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  artissoft says:

  "Annene is the center of the universe. She is the shining star in the middle. She is the best.
  
  I wanted to write a testimonial for a long time now, but it is totally useless after 404's testimonial. I will never hit the nail in so few words. Apart from that I would not use those words. :-)"

  28th October, 2006

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  maddog. says:

  "Ann'ne takes stunning photos and I suspect she may come from the depths of outer space, out near Pluto or maybe even from one of those tiny blinking lights in the sky that I worry about occasionally. But that's ok, so long as she flosses regularly."

  24th October, 2006

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  synecdoche says:

  "I'd say "she makes the ordinary extraordinary", except for how fucking cliched that is.
  
  Aww, what the hell, I'll say it anyway."

  12th October, 2006

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  jonhuck says:

  "her take nice picture."

  21st September, 2006

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  Kevin says:

  "I anticipate Annene's themed series just like I anticipated Sunday night James Bond flicks on TV every few months when I was a kid. If you are just here on a lark checking out the profile, please listen to the people on this side of the page and jump to the photo page pronto, and especially the mind blowing photosets. Parched desert? Check. Urban hell? Check. Roadside Americana? Check. It's all there, Clyde. Here's the clue stick- knock yourself out, move mousie up to the 'Photos' link and climb aboard for the ride."

  18th September, 2006

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  M.kalida/ says:

  "Annene is my piece of home when I feel lonely, my piece of logic when I feel confused, my piece of simplicity when I´m in the mess, my laugh when I feel sad....and I don´t even know the woman!"

  16th September, 2006

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  Hell's Donut House says:

  "If she took any more of my breath away, she'd be arrested for manslaughter."

  29th August, 2006

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  coccodrillo says:

  "just like Julius Shulman before her, Annene is an architectural, modernist genius. her talent for elegant, streamlined, powerful images never ceases to amaze.
  
  the only question now is, I want a book, when is the book coming out?"

  15th August, 2006

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  BullyRook says:

  "If I had Annene's eyes, she'd be blind and I'd be a great Artist."

  14th August, 2006

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  NightPhotographer says:

  "Annene von Durchgerockt is my prefered FlickR contact. She works on a "classical" but very modern urban photography that shows our cities just the way they are. Many of her photographs are real masterpieces and I feel very sorry that my GERMAN words are too few and my ENGLISH is too poor to express what I think about every one of them. Thanks very very much for sharing!"

  14th August, 2006

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  Zen Cat says:

  "It’s amazing how we can go to the market, drop in at sears, stop at Firestone to get the tires rotated, and simply be part of these very venues day after day and have their images pass into oblivion. It’s even more eerie how one can walk down the same block, go to the same post office or sit in a classroom, airport, bus station or local burger joint and never really see what is in front of them. Someone once said, “The camera helps us to learn the art of seeing.”
  
  Well Annene has an uncanny talent for doing just that - to see. Going through her photostream you will find images that you see every minute of every day when it comes to your moving about and without thought these very same images slip comfortably into the unconscious. The world would not be the world without this array of form around us. In short she takes the invisible world of our surroundings and turns it into a visual titillating art form to be appreciated."

  28th July, 2006

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  lichtundschatten says:

  "Annene was one of my first Flickr-Contacts. She gives me views into a world far away and sometimes her soul.... she has the eye to see things ambiguous and ironically. And so are her comments. Go ahead."

  27th July, 2006

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  Roadsidepictures says:

  "Annene tickles the imagination with her creativity, turning a rather bland subject into a work of art. Keep up the good work ;-)"

  14th July, 2006

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  s2art says:

  "Annene V D, has two faults, one, she doesn't drink beer, and two, her images grab you by the nuts.
  
  The first I can forgive, [I'm no elitist] as for the second; I guess I'll just have to wear a cricket box while surfing flickr in future."

  13th July, 2006

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  ir_fraser says:

  "Mostly I don't understand what she is talking about."

  12th July, 2006

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  Tim McDonough says:

  "Best of all are her building images. Like genuinely talented artists she finds the remarkable in the mundane. The innumerable drab apartment complexes sprawled across southern California become great, jutting monoliths, stabbing into the hazy sky and I cannot turn away; a line of windows on an exterior wall become a delicate balance of geographic proportions. What's the best thing one can say? These are inspiring."

  6th July, 2006

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  Stephen R Mingle /Gonzo® says:

  "I'd scrawl Ms. Annene a testimonial, but that would be redundant, and she doesn't need ego stroking while she's out there doing the work of sages, sooth-sayers, and visionaries. I won't bother her while she in the process on contextualizating everything- that "all the slackers of the universe" wish they had figured out.
  
  And if that weren't enough:
  
  plus: Annene throws the best parties!"

  5th July, 2006

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  poorusher says:

  "This girl is so fucking sharp, I'd be amazed that she doesn't cut herself every single day."

  4th July, 2006

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  a nameless yeast says:

  "what manny said - Annene is prone to irony not as a pomo defense mechanism to counter the dangers of feeling, but to embrace the beauty of this stark land in which we're livin' in."

  2nd July, 2006

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  Kent Johnson says:

  "She's great!
  
  Look at the pictures, they do all the talking you need."

  28th June, 2006

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  Lucy...I'mHome! says:

  "Annene is looking.
  
  She is documenting the strange details of the world, here and now, that most of us take for granted."

  23rd June, 2006

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  mannydiller says:

  "annene's photography embodies the spirit of saying "yes" to life... in the age of irony, that's really something special."

  1st June, 2006

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  Windhund says:

  "Every Foto she made, is a little Movie!"

  30th May, 2006

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  Sidereal says:

  "Annene said when she was just about five years old, "Hey y'know, there's nothing happening at all. Every time I put on the radio, you know, there's nothing going down at all. Not at all." Then one fine morning she puts on a New York station, she couldn't believe what she heard at all. She started shaking to that fine, fine music - you know, her life was saved by rock 'n roll."

  18th May, 2006

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  Michael Surtees says:

  "she gets it"

  30th April, 2006

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  (Fight this Generation) says:

  "i like her photo 'cause that for me a european son make me feel the mood and the inspirancy of great american photography"

  10th April, 2006

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  radiant guadalupe says:

  "Annene is one of my photographic heroes. Her choice of subject matter is always fresh, and she has a critical eye without being cynical. In sum, someone should give her a medal."

  31st March, 2006

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  dmarsh451 says:

  "I will never wash these images from my mind. The light is now part of my own eye and the shadows have twined themselves around every synapse. BWV 1014, Cantus Arcticus and a touch of Balada.
  "Nach dem Tann lenkt sie das taumelnde Ross--She's riding her giddy horse towards the fir trees.""

  11th March, 2006

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  fliegender says:

  "Incisive and insightful. Just like her photos."

  4th February, 2006

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  pleaselovemyphotos says:

  "Annene is mah friend. And I am hers. Her point of view...drives me wild-eyed - 2005. And now she just keeps getting even better - 2006."

  17th January, 2006

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  @nicoleslaw says:

  "Annene has a powerful eye for design. She also takes excellent Nan Goldin-style party shots. I love the 80s flashbacks and her typographic details."

  21st December, 2005

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  theGolfer says:

  "Annene is a house with uncountable rooms. Once you have entered it, beware not to get lost. Behind every door you will find another room and another room and another room, containing fascinating new things to discover. You will find large ones sheltering all kinds of a species, and small ones with only the highest art of its kind. The cellar is a labyrinth with numerous catacombs, showing dark relics from long gone times and the attic consists of ateliers where the light floods through the windows and beauty has found its home. If you now think, oh, this is too much for me, just go to the kitchens. Once you found those, you will never want to leave again. And that is good, because the neighbourhood is weird."

  26th November, 2005

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  rockygirl05 says:

  "Annene is THE independent rock-star goddess of this world and beyond. Deal with it."

  4th November, 2005

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  musicmuse_ca says:

  "Annene and I are twin sisters seperated before birth. Except for the fact that she is the younger, prettier, nicer, wittier, more intelligent and more talented one. Other than that, you can't tell us apart at all!
  
  Check out her photos and you will be capitivated by her unique eye as we all were."

  22nd October, 2005

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  drade says:

  "While on my last german tour,
  I came across random Rorschachs
  of lonely streets lined with stock polaroids
  of the voodoo museum being devoured
  by the night of the shriners..
  
  all of the sudden..
  America in ruins,
  "phoned in" New Orleans
  proving once and for all that
  death and philosophy
  are unwitting allies..
  
  it's a long story
  but you're in luck..
  the lovely Annene von Durchgerockt
  will grace you with the images
  of history, ancient."

  14th October, 2005

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  derpunk says:

  "Annene is the Queen of polaroids and much more! She has the coolest name ever and a unique collection of wonderful(self)portraits. She has a special sense of humour and she makes a lot of clever remarks. Look at her photographs! Did you see something similar before?"

  6th October, 2005

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  BingsOfFlushing says:

  "Annene is my big sister if she likes it or not. I love her photos if I like it or not."

  30th September, 2005

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  KeliBlonde says:

  "Sometimes on the Internet, you meet a person and you feel like maybe you should bow down and obey. Lick their shoes clean, name a new star after them, give them million dollar scratch-off tickets you find in the street.
  
  If you have not done this for Annene yet, you better soon."

  20th September, 2005

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  Rev. Santino says:

  "I read very good testimonials here and I only want to add a few things.
  It is hard to write about a writer for an immigrant from Italy like me, but I have to make an exception for Annene.
  I am in forever debt with Annene for she made me walk the street of New Orleans one more time before Jupiter's Great Wrath broke the heavens a few days after she broadcasted her trip from her camera phone. One more time.
  
  Thank you."

  13th September, 2005

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  Apocaplops says:

  "I gotta say, I like her eye. Her photography is very intuitive, which is especially important in a Polaroid user. When she gets it right, it's dead-on, and when she gets it wrong, it ain't by much."

  13th September, 2005

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  Funny Fish says:

  "Ann is absolutely rocked through! She loves food and good laugh and lovely old pictures with atmosphere and nostalgic dreams! She is an original, and as I love people with a difference, I really enjoy her!"

  9th September, 2005

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  .LDC. says:

  "If you think you have seen it all, then STOP and re-think!
  Annene's photo diary will take you to the places you never been, and maybe, where you will never go. This is a mind trip, enjoy the voyage!
  Tks Annene."

  9th September, 2005

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  Project 404 says:

  "Annene is as cool as fuck."

  6th September, 2005

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  (Ambient) James says:

  "When viewing Annene's images, it can seem like the sharing of many tiny secrets. Through glimpses of her past and a gritty, honest look at her present, what emerges is a person of talent, taste and unique perspective."

  5th September, 2005

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  Hepzebah says:

  "She's the woman who made Orkut what it was. It's good to see her on Flickr too."

  3rd September, 2005

Joined:

June 2005

Currently:

New Orleans, USA

I am:

Female

Website:

http://codmagazine.com/

Email:

annene [at] gmail.com