"The portrait series was created with no clear intention in mind. It was possibly meant to serve as a way to take a different look at people around me and discover something new. One could find subtle nuances in the facial expressions of those people and take a guess what might have caused them. Human curiosity is the sole motive that leads us to discover undiscovered and unexpected. In those spontaneous moments that these snapshots were taken there is plenty of it..." - Bogdan Seredyak

Interested by the human psyche, obscurity and those tender, glorified moments of absence, Helen Flanagan work portraits the intensity of loneliness that we human beings like to close our eyes for. The general dreamy atmosphere of composition and used palette of loamy colors makes every photo look like a still from a dream. This photography is maybe not for everyone, but we really appreciate it. Turn of the lights, get a glass of whiskey and put on a Nick Drake record.

Almost a year after the first test issue the second issue of crack magazine is a fact. The CFYE brand and network has expanded during this year beyond our imagination, and we've only just begun. This issue (digital only) is put together by our good friend and respected designer Meneer de Zwart, who had the difficult task to narrow down the huge amount of submissions and contributions.

The beauty of Carl W. Heindl's work is the huge amount of diversity in his images, but he yet manages to maintain a distinctive style. On a regular basis we saw his pictures popping up on shuttercrack, so we knew we were on to something great. We managed to get a few words from him before he and his camera are going into a deep winter sleep.

There was a time where we just had discovered Flickr and were amazed by the countless products of creativity we could find on there. We gathered as much things we liked as possible in our own pool, shutter crack, and blogged the best of that on shuttercrack.com. We still do that, but because of all the amazing work out there, we became less easy to impress. One photographer who never ceizes to amaze us though, is the French Stéphane Giner. Stéphane's work is breathtaking, intense portraits, real street scenes and challenging urban explorations are just a few of the works you can find in his photostream. Since Stéphane keeps on impressing us, it was about time we did an interview with him!

With shuttercrack we try be a highly inspirational photography website for our visitors. Well, it works for us tho, everyday we plunge in and bath in the pool of good spirited creativity. We came across Anthony Cronin, an amateur photographer who started with a 3 MP Point & Shoot Samsung. After he got the hang of it, he did a darkroom course bought a cheap second hand Nikon F75 and fallen in love with analog. Mainly shoots and develop at home these days. Visit his Flickr photostream to see more of his work.

Everyday we come across stunning photography on our shuttercrack website. That also means we come across cool people who bless us with their work. We're always intrigued with photographers who gives us a little peek into their world. For them it's just plain normal, for us it's exciting to be a part of their life trough their images. Same with Tamara Lichtenstein from Houston, USA. She takes her camera with her on her daily adventures and documents everything she comes across. Her models are her friends, that could be one of the reasons that she can deliver such genuine up and personal work. If it worked for Ryan McGinley why not for Tamara..

We don't know why but the last weeks we came in touch with lots of cool people from South America, and especially Brazil. One of the main reasons I think, is that they are filled with postive energy and enthusiasm. We don't hug trees or anything but CFYE is all about positive karma loops and good spirited people. Take Ana for example, we came across her in the Shuttercrack Flickr pool. From that moment on, we were hooked by her portfolio and uplifting vibes.

Photography made a huge transition since the first camera. Back in the day taking one photo could easily take minutes. Nowadays walking around with a hyper digital unit around your neck seems the standard. The pace of life has increased and everything has to be finished in the blink of an eye. But there is still a special kind of breed out there who manages to take it easy. They go by the name of pinhole photographers, their tools of the trade are homemade cameras made of pure love. Sometimes an old shoebox or milk pack serves as the basis of the camera. But living in the era of portability and convenience those cameras are just too big to carry around with you. If you like your camera compact so it fits in your pocket but still has that je ne sais quoi, say hello to matchbox photography.

We first spotted this young photographer from Baltimore through our shuttercrack network. As your regular readers may know we are all about pushing great work and the people behind it. We really like the work and eagerness of our man, so we had no other choice then to reach out to him..