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A friend told me about her photography and I’ve become new, I’m going to see some of her photos in LA soon
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She’sa photographer named Sinziana Velicescu. I first saw her about nine years ago on tumblr and have followed her since. she captures the feeling of Southern California in a unique and true-to-life way. And her work has a sense of humor to it that gives it warmth and life even though her compositions are precise.
Also for photography, check out The Heidies and Brooke Holm.
Jun 11, 2024
She’s been my favorite since her work caught my eye on Tumblr, circa 2016. She photographs buildings, primarily in Southern California, where I live. You can find her on Instagram as casualtimetravel.
Southern California is naturally beautiful, but most of what’s been built here is based around cars - wide streets, strip malls, big parking lots - and there isn’t much beauty to be found in it.
Lots of photographers take photos of banal American architecture, but typically they seem to try to show it as ugly and soulless. Which, fair enough. SV looks at that architecture and shows us something else.
Her compositions are clever and precise, bringing elements together in brightly lit, complex compositions. The light is key for me. She embraces midday sun and its clear colors and sharp shadows. It’s what it feels like to live here where the beaming sun is an almost-daily presence.
But what really shines in her work, what I fall for every time, is the sense of humor that comes through her photos. I can imagine her smiling as she composes them, happy to see how she can bring the elements together for the viewer. Yes, the dull architecture is there, but it’s been cropped and composed into something almost whimsical.
It’s always there, in the supermarket parking lot, the back of a strip mall, the stucco facade of an office building, it just takes an artist to show it to us.
Feb 12, 2025
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Not only was she part of the most important circle of the Mexican punk rock scene when we were 15, but she is the best photographer of all times. She photographed one of my favorite restaurant’s cookbook, Ikoyi (coming out soon), she takes photos of Natalia Lafourcade, one of my favorite musicians, and she knows all the good chicken soup spots in Mexico City. Give her a follow @maureenme
Jan 17, 2023
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We’re so infinitely lucky to live in the world alongside her.
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big recommend. the joy? crazy 🙏
Jan 28, 2024