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WORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORK! 17 Jun 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

Just wanted to say to those who are wondering why it is so quiet here and haven't seen the WORK blog yet... Personally I don't have the time posting into this normal blog during summer... so just go straight to the WORK blog! That is where the action is! Bookmark! Tell your friends about it! Give us money! WORK!

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Huju and Nipa pt. 2 05 Jun 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

Nothing to do with the picture presented here, but just wanted to say that for now on it's really time to keep checking out WORK blog maybe daily... During the summer it's propably the most active part in Strap pages.

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Book issues. 02 Jun 2008 Posted by Jussi Leinonen.

I asked this same question in my own blog but I'll ask it from everyone checking the Strap blog..
Let's think that Strap photos would produce a approx. 20 piece limited edition book by one photographer, around 100 pages (even more pictures), hardcover, relatively big pages and good printing. After the 20 is sold out, there will never be more of the same book. How much would you pay for a book like this¿ You can answer in euros, or dollars, whatever. Write your thoughts in the comments.
And just to make it clear, do you consider a limited edition book of more value¿ Is it special to own an item that is limited to 20 pieces¿ We're thinking about limiting the quantity because we don't have the money to make 100 or more books at once, it's not cheap. We could possibly make the books on demand and order more as people want to buy them, but that would increase the postage count for every book.

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..... 01 Jun 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

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Rovaniemi...one year ago. 30 May 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

Nothing special going on. Just waiting for monday that my job starts at the paper... Stay tuned.

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WORK! 29 May 2008 Posted by Jussi Leinonen.

Just a quick post to tell you guys that the WORK blog just started! And check out what I found in Kannus:

Some dude had the Apple iPhone (and I had a very dirty sleeve on my shirt). I immediately had to try it out and check out if our site worked on it. Looks amazing.

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Birds from hell. 28 May 2008 Posted by Jussi Leinonen.

I was in Helsinki couple of days ago and couldn't believe the pigeons and seagulls out there. Those motherlovers clearly don't give a shit. They fly straight at people and hover above possible opportunities to catch some food. I heard people are getting robbed by birds, you really need to hold on to your ice cream.
And the people have themselves to blame, they have fed the birds around the market area and now they won't leave. I think it's a big issue when they start taking food from your hands. Something needs to be done.
Anybody got robbed yet, comments..

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For milacek. 24 May 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

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Jeff Mermelstein interview. 22 May 2008 Posted by Jussi Leinonen.

Just found a audio interview with Jeff Mermelstein, who is an amazing photographer. Known best of his work from the streets of New York. The interview lasts over an hour and goes a lot of interesting stuff, including how he started and techniques.

You need Real player, or something to play this. http://wfmu.org/listen.ram¿show=8564 (the blog is fucking up the questionmark, so you have to change the messed up questionmark in the URL just after .ram. I hope you get it right.)

If you don't know Jeff's work, buy one of his books or check some his work here.

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About confronting people you don't know. 22 May 2008 Posted by Petri Uutela.

I see myself as a man who doesn't have much of difficulties taking pictures of strangers in the streets without asking permissions...well yeah...of course you do quick decisions in that particular moment. I don't take pictures in-your-face style of people who I think that will definitely kick my ass and smash my cameras after realizing getting photographed. I think that in the streets it's a lot easier to take pictures of people when you do ask the permission, but that is not what I am interested about. I don't want to take pictures of people posing to the camera. What I do find difficult is just confronting people or groups who I would like to document somehow with my camera. You know, maybe some group of young rebels with their mopeds or local men with their booze bottles in the park. "Hey, can I spend time with you and document your life¿", I know, sounds stupid -- it does not work like that. I know that the key here is to talk. To just getting to know the people and gain trust. To listen to them and maybe even in some level to become friends with them. I need to start more talking to people and possibly keep my camera in my bag. And at some point later if they they ask me to take their picture...then we are maybe on the right track. I quess.

I saw this man yesterday. He was really loud - he was shouting to people passing by and moved his hands really wildly. You know, that kind of situation that all those people in the streets were not looking at him in the nice way. He saw my camera and shouted to me something in loud voice...I didn't hear what he said, but I decided to talk to him a little bit. It was nice to see that after few minutes he really calmed down and became normal. No more shouting and no more wild movement with hands. He even showed me stuf he had bought earlier that day from the store and in the end told me to "have a really nice day". Small, but nice experience. I think I have to do more of this...talking to people...because I feel that this is my biggest weakness right now in photography.

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