Last year The Holgasnake gave me my first holga. For about a month it sat on my shelf. It had been years since I had touched a film camera, and my last digital camera was so bad, that I had stopped taking pictures all together. And then one day Ms. Holgasnake came over, took the holga out, showed me how to load film, post on flickr, and pushed me off the diving board into a whole new life. Seriously.

The Holgasnake is also one of my favorite photographers. She has this uncanny ability to give the most banal object a haunting beauty. Her street shots of Los Angeles are like no other and she is a master of the double exposure. We can all learn a lot from The Holgasnake, I know I have.

To see more from The Holgasnake, click here.

Here’s a little treat to start off your 2008 right. The legendary Black Rebel Motorcycle Club came into town, and I was lucky enough to get to shoot them. The evening started with an in store appearance and ended with a mind blowing show. Total gentlemen through and through. Enjoy. (p.s. please excuse my Peter Hayes obsession - i couldn't take my eyes off him all night...)

The Crowd

I think psychic_heart's photostream is the first I ever fell in love with on flickr. She is a lo-fi queen, master of the holga-verse, and creator of the popular Lo–Fi Light Hunters group.

Oh, and her photos of celebs + the fashion world are some of the best out there. Definitely my guilty pleasure...

Mary Virginia Carmack

lera.

thecoolkids.

band of horses

DENN!S.

whippersnappers.

amanda lepore.

minnie.

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Based in Brooklyn, NY.

You can find more of Psychic_heart's work here: http://flickr.com/photos/psychic_heart