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thoughts cate lewis cate is vice-president of the australia western sahara association and a member of western sahara resource watch, cate has followed the saharawi issue since first meeting saharawi children at an international youth camp in the uk in eighty nine. she has been to the saharawi refugee camps three times. visuals abcnt street artist, abcnt, has been plastering the walls of los angeles since the nineties. he's iranian born, hip-hop inspired and he’s been critiquing the hypocrisy of the corporate world with his business bandit imagery. maria papaefstathiou maria, from athens, is the co-founder of the international reggae poster contest and the curator and art representative of freestylee. her blog, GRaphicART-news.com, is for graphic designers and photographers, focusing on high quality designs and art photography. currently, she works as an art director, at the publishing house stamoulis publications s.a. michael thompson michael thompson, aka freestylee, is a creative activist who studied graphic design at the jamaica school of art in kingston, jamaica. his poster works express solidarity with and support of the oppressed people of the world. he is immersed in reggae music and culture and is co-founder of the international reggae poster contest and he has vision to see a reggae hall of fame museum and performance centre established in kingston. shots gopal MS gopal MS aka indian road romeo is a photoblogger and writer from mumbai, india. he documents the mumbai and indian streets at mumbaipaused.com. follow @mumbaipaused john raptis by day multimedia director, by night a rock photographer armed with lens and in the time in between raptis shoots the city streets of melbourne. his photos have been published in various publications, the age and heavy magazine to name a few. rock shots can be found at visceralindustry.com, while his street shots are at clandestinemanifesto.com. words abe vinny bambora vinny's been a very naughty boy for a long time. he can't help himself. breaking the rules, he thinks, is paramount to gaining enlightenment. so he spends all his time trying to strip away those boundaries... sometimes, when he's really out of it, he kids himself that he's already found nirvana. louise carter louise is a writer who once spent an entire year writing one poem per day – an experience which, while worthwhile, is not one she would recommend. at the moment she is working on her first verse novel, called warm in the belly of a monster. when she’s not writing, louise can be found baking cakes and talking to cats in the street. she lives in sydney. maru delgado multi-award winning writer, maru delgado has published in utero and el autoeclipse del espejo. she's translated the poetry of plath and vivien with maria miranda for the collection lady lazarus. she has taken part in various international magazines, directed two urban intervention projects and studied at the school of literature and linguistics at the universidad nacional de san agustin in arequipa. nimmy joshi nimmy is an architect and writer from bangalore. when she's not tapping on those keys or drawing up plans she likes to dabble in a bit of everything... especially travelling to far off places and trying exotic food. paulina noir paulina's mother used to read her de sade at bedtime. she fell in the street early on and her mind has been in the gutter ever since. she grew into one of the most stunning specimens and helps cuties with their relationship problems. style stylites stylites documents the blossoming of self-expression in contemporary china, providing a pictorial record of the most fascinating pedestrians in beijing at the start of the twenty first century. shots by nels frye and suzy seidler. |