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XGRAY VISION: Photography bv Stephen M. Gray
www.xgrayvision.com 
xgrayvision is my photography twitter.
xgray is my personal twitter.
(It's set to private, but feel free to follow--i approve most folks i know online.)
i'm also on the facebook: 
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if you don't see what you're looking for, let me know.
custom photography, events and other assignments:
i am for hire and available for custom art work/commissions, portraits/headshot sessions, events and whatever else you can come up with that needs to be photographed. please contact me by email with the details of your assignment or proposal.
notice and terms of use: as of april 22, 2008
like many photographers online, i get lots of emails asking to use my photos for various purposes. i've also found people out there using my photos without permission or any notice. i do not wish to remove my photos from public view, so i am setting out some official guidelines to be followed.
1 all photos in my flickr stream are copyrighted "all rights reserved" to me, stephen gray.
1.1 i do support the "fair use" of media, but make sure you understand the meaning of "fair use" before using it as your defense.
1.2 there are no (0) creative commons licensed photos in this stream. (sorry. i like the idea of it, but it needs more work and legal precedence.)
2 please do not use any photos in this stream without my permission.
2.1 if you wish to use a photo from this stream, please ask.
2.2 blogging exception: i do allow blogging of my photos without prior permission, as long as credit and link-back to the source are provided. also, if you let me know that you've blogged my photo, i will add a link to your blog from that photo. it's a win-win.
3 most photos in this stream are available for sale or license. contact me for details.
3.1 if you wish to use one of my photos for commercial purposes, you will have to contact me to work out a licensing agreement.
3.2 note: in most cases, i am no longer "giving away" photos for commercial purposes in return for "exposure". this includes most "non-news" editorial publication as well. of course you can still ask--who knows? just be prepared to quantify what "exposure" means and be able to verify what you promise to deliver. to me this kind of trade means that i'm in effect buying advertising in your publication or website. so just as with any advertiser--if you tell me 10,000 people will see my photo at the top of your website each week, then i'll need to see your metrics and see some kind of bump in my own stats as well.
3.2 i am still open to donating ($0 licensing) of photos to worthy non-profit organizations, public radio/television stations, or truly independent art/media projects (including open source news). please contact me for permissions and details.
3.3 usage agreements made before the initial publication date for these terms (april 22, 2008) are still in effect, however, i reserve the right to review, request changes, or end any previous non-binding agreement at any time, if i feel it is no longer equitable. (non-binding = we don't have a contract or license agreement in force.)
4 all portrait sessions will require an applicable release to be signed.
current equipment:
:: canon eos slr/dslr kit
:: canon eos digital 5d (nov 2008)
:: canon eos digital 40d (sept 2007)
:: canon eos 1n film (april 2008)
:::: lenses:
:::::: ef 24-105 f/4L USM
:::::: ef 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
:::::: ef 135mm f/2L USM
:::::: ef 85mm f/1.8 USM
:::::: ef 50mm f/1.4 USM
:::::: ef 35mm f/1.4L USM
:::::: ef 24mm f/1.6L USM
:::: lighting:
:::::: 580ex II speedlite
:::::: 580ex speedlite
:::::: 430ex speedlite
:::::: st-e2 speedlite transmitter
:::::: various lighting gear including: small softbox, 32" & 45" umbrellas, 22" & 36" reflectors, 5x7ft portable background, and stands.
:: other cameras
:: ricoh GR Digital 2 (digital)
:: canon A-1 slr w/fd 50mm f/1.4 (film)
:: olympus XA2 35mm (film)
:: olympus Trip35 35mm (film)
:: polaroid one600 instant (film)
infomation:
xgray vision - photo blog
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Groups (50)
- Contemporary and conceptual photography 2527 photos, 543 members
- LIGHT [directory] 光 80271 photos, 5895 members
- ∆ the elements of style ∆ 155 photos, 143 members
- Canon L Primes on Film 148 photos, 16 members
- sub/urbanscape place. 10877 photos, 415 members
- Deadpan 1598 photos, 124 members
- Lee Friedlander (inspired by) 4298 photos, 446 members
- All Walls 288 photos, 90 members
- +Beautifugly+ 104 photos, 51 members
- understated furniture 43 photos, 9 members
- mi(ni)ma(l) 180 photos, 35 members
- being is boring 1687 photos, 369 members
- simply city - simplicity - p1c1 1292 photos, 356 members
- Fuck Explore~Follow Me 8810 photos, 557 members
- Pixel Lounge B&W 1270 photos, 170 members
- Canon EF 35/1.4 L USM 1522 photos, 192 members
- Beyond Phototips 1255 photos, 184 members
- photographs on the brain 771 photos, 878 members
- just ordinary. 351 photos, 77 members
- Those White Plastic Chairs 840 photos, 292 members
- exploring the known 1307 photos, 58 members
- POSI+TIVE MAGAZINE 6003 photos, 1029 members
- Minimalistic Skies of Blue! 128 photos, 83 members
- MAGIC PRIME (Canon EF 135 f/2.0 L) 3005 photos, 497 members
- 135mm 2763 photos, 295 members
- Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM 1821 photos, 226 members
- Canon EF 135mm f2 L 6357 photos, 602 members
- Best of your Canon EF 135mm f2L 7206 photos, 870 members
- GRAY [A World Of Colors] 1653 photos, 201 members
- shopping cart hero 145 photos, 37 members
- Austin Artists 674 photos, 132 members
- glue glyphs 321 photos, 52 members
- Canon EF Lenses Group 2352 photos, 126 members
- New Contemporary Photography 9205 photos, 1768 members
- More of less 85 photos, 18 members
- Premier League of the Empty Chair 163 photos, 30 members
- Shutter Crack 13780 photos, 1494 members
- Urbanjunglism - Urban jungle minimalism 2627 photos, 405 members
- Rote Reihe 195 photos, 204 members
- one more group 1227 photos, 216 members
- ephemeralicious 1862 photos, 232 members
- focusschmocus 4316 photos, 961 members
- the place i live and the things within it 821 photos, 137 members
- Get Back! 1845 photos, 567 members
- Democratic Forest 9812 photos, 452 members
- The Best Shadows / Las mejores Sombras / Migliori Ombre 139 photos, 36 members
- twitter 531 photos, 185 members
- Ricoh GRD User Share 17156 photos, 651 members
- RICOH GR Digital Monochrome 8128 photos, 558 members
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Testimonials (14)
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the|G|™ says:
"Of course it seems simple. Take a photograph!
This stream, this work, is analagous to visual ballet, possibly visual chess.
Simplicity of a viewed language of image, a coherent lingua franca of photographic intent, is a most difficult thing to attain.
It is attained here.
Image after image speaks to us of the seemingly everyday, vacant chairs, shadows cast on walls, voids, stairwells, paths, waiting. We are looking at what seems to be nothing. Though it does not seem silent.
In what way is it not silent?
This is a nothing that is vocal, eloquent, a nothing that speaks softly, though with clarity and quiet power.
The images speak as much of what is not there as what is seen.
In this space, within this gap, we can find a suitable silence. We can find a silence that may start to explain, to speak. If we listen, we can hear, and in hearing, we can understand.
To live is to inhabit. To live is to look. To live is to be looked upon.
Xgray's work asks us to walk into it. To inhabit it.
It is the void as celebration, we can go there. We can live there.
It is, in the end, joyful.
the|G|™"4th May, 2009
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tiffanycsteinke says:
"seriously the most underrated GENIUS on flickr!"
18th June, 2008
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Klein Geißlein says:
"Simply, exact, minimalistic, expressive, stunning and always a good view for details. Sometimes making speechless, sometimes thought-provoking.
Excellent.
Awesome.
That's all!
I'm looking forward for new stuff..."29th May, 2008
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meekorouse says:
"X gray knows all the angles! =) he's an artist with the lens."
18th December, 2007
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MargauxV says:
"I adore xgray's eye. I haven't found better clean lines, graphic compositions, or stunning minimalism in anyone else's work.
Brilliant!"12th November, 2007
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Mark.JPEG says:
"this guy is one of my favorites on flickr, simple but yet interesting. Perfection with every photo"
3rd September, 2007
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time_for_a_new_roman says:
"xgray has one of the greatest senses of composition i have ever seen, other then my own of course"
30th July, 2007
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longhairbroad says:
"xgray is a master at showing us lovely, restful places amid the cacophony of urban visuals."
25th July, 2007
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Olga Gerrard (reeling in miracles) says:
"xgray is perhaps the best abstract/minimalist photographer I have come across on Flickr. So good, that I freely admit I am jealous at times of his ability to see how he does, shooting flawless and subtle beauty with an extraordinary eye for detail. He makes it look easy, but it isn’t. I’ve tried. So I leave it to him to show me beauty through his lens."
27th May, 2007
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delicious aloysius says:
"i cannot believe that i haven't written a testimonial for xgray before now.
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no, really. i'm stunned."27th May, 2007
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ms. roboto says:
"xgray IS."
23rd March, 2007
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NoNo Joe says:
"My brother in finding abstract beauty in the UT area. another person who wanders around corners with a camera in his hand and looks for just the right bit of light."
30th January, 2007
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maskingtape says:
"Master of understated minimalism."
6th January, 2007
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mojoquix says:
"the boy's photos engender controversy. ;)"
24th October, 2006
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