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Mason Wendler's avatar

Been a huge fan of Sam Gulliver’s work, especially this set. Great to see it getting recognized elsewhere!

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Noah Waldeck's avatar

Me too! I was fortunate to have Sam student, he’s one of the most talented photographers I’ve ever encountered. Check out the Three Rings book of this work that I published earlier this year. I’m sure you’ll love it.

https://subjectivelyobjective.com/product/sam-gulliver-three-rings/

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Paul Votava's avatar

Portrays so well this particular slice of American culture. Photo number one looks impossible, love it.

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Noah Waldeck's avatar

I completely agree Paul! It does, doesn’t it? That was the first thing I asked Sam about when he showed me these images, and it actually is a real pyrotechnics display.

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Matthew Poburyny's avatar

Such a great project! I was so happy to see you publish his work, I had been following these images on Instagram for a little while, and I was always blown away by their intrigue and quality.

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Noah Waldeck's avatar

Yeah me too! Even for being fairly young, Sam has a super distinctive style already. Almost hyperrealistic and surreal at the same time.

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Matthew Poburyny's avatar

That's a great way to describe it 😀

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Noah Waldeck's avatar

As someone who's a big fan of using flash in my own work, I find the ways he's using it to really transform them into something that only exists in a photograph really inspiring too.

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Liam Jones's avatar

Some awesome use of flash by the look of it.

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Noah Waldeck's avatar

The amazing flash use is one of the things that made me want to publish this book. Sam was using a 640 watt studio strobe powered by a battery in a backpack for this project.

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Liam Jones's avatar

wow

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