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After rain comes sunshine - by Tom Hawkins
On a beautiful morning in Bali...
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Save a Whale!
This morning on the beach in Zingst...
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You compare yourself to a flower - by Neave Bozorgi
You compare yourself to a flower
Feeling the wind
Dancing...
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Biarritz memories - by Chillinmaster
Summer on my mind...
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Double Dreaming - by Andy Bardon
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On top of the Etna - by Fabien Dettori
Molten lucent lava, burning black darkness.
Cherry-red tears slowly rolling down those rocky cheeks.
Following the ashen path of fire...
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4 square meter in Hong Kong
Usually when I arrive at a place that is unexplored territory, the first thing I do is go for a walk, look for food, feast my eyes.
But after a past few really intense days in Turkey, I didn't feel like leaving my room yet.
Here's all the angles from a tiny space in huge a building that's gonna be my bedroom for the next couple of hours...
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PLANETPLASTIC - The Calendar 2018
Still available, get yours!
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Who let the dogs out - by Brooke Ashley Barone
On a sunny day in Brooklyn we took Mika out for a walk.
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I'm on Patreon now!
Since I'm basically blocked on all social media platforms I decided to give Patreon a go. I'll share what I see, what I experience, what I create.
And maybe much more. I'll try to livestream once in a while too..
Feel free to become a patron!
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Back in the dayz - by Mikkel Kristensen
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Surf's up - by Laurent Masurel
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The Bald and the Bed - by Gregorio
When I looked myself in the mirror around this time last year I felt transformed. My blonde manes got taken down till the root, shaved it all of (actually I made my baby brother do it, with doubt in his eyes but a quirky smile on his face)....
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Let the Winter Olympics begin!
Never-ending respect and dignity for all athletes!
May the force be with all of you!
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Viva Mexico - by Ben Horton
Sparkling stars, crisp enchanted nights,
fuschia colored blossoms, reflect the fire light...
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Playing around in Corfu - by Jasper Suyk
At first I was going to pen down a story influenced by the Greek Mythologie but in some way it just wouldn't work out.
I could have made a different selection of images probably that would have made it simpler to tie everything together...
But decided I just wanted to share my favorite images with you rather than my words.
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PLANETPLASTIC - The Calendar 2018
All 12 images...
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Getting lucky in Vegas - by Max Thompson
So what’s quickest way to get your hands on one of those keys and cash fast? Gambling… Right?!
Although my path had brought me to Vegas several times before, I had never hit the slots. Maybe because of my fathers story or maybe because I’m generally happy and I don’t need one of those keys or maybe because I was just too fascinated with people who were putting their money on the table… Seeing a natural high in their eyes, blinded by those flashy bright lights.
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Venice Vacant Hour - by Gary Breckheimer
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Il fait chaud à Paris - by Marc Hervouet
Trop chaud...
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PLANETPLASTIC - The Calendar 2018
#PLASTICSUSHI goes #PLANETPLASTIC
Not only life underneath the Big Blue surface has considerable marks of human fingerprints, (obviously) our whole planet has. The Earth has been through several major catastrophes and mass extinctions before, but this is the first one in human history - and yes, all thanks to… Ourselves.
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Cadaqueshing - by Mike Steegmans
Once upon a time,
in the town of Picasso and Dali, there was a girl.
Every morning at sunrise she wandered around the streets,
Smelled the flowers and danced her way up along the old white plastered walls to top of the village.
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Morning Dew - by Antoine Verglas
Gleaming morning dew,
Drops drip down.
They form a wave,
About to explode into the sky...
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Realm of a Dying Sun - by Noah Kalina
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Slaves of a Slaughtering System - by Gregory Derkenne
Twisting and turning ourselves to get everything done what is expected from us.
To try and climb the ladder of success.
Earn more, get a higher degree, get a better job, a bigger house…
I guess it’s time to open our eyes and realize, this ladder to success isn’t the ladder to happiness...
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Kiss the Sky - by Jen Senn
I hold my head up just enough to see the sky,
And when we go we won't go slow,
we'll put up such a fight When they fade into the dust and into ash...
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Surma and Me
This is what was brought to our senses just after being caught in Caïro and just before our lock-up in Luxor.
Speaking of contradictions…
'While scrolling through this story, feel free to press play on the song above to get the some Ethiopian vibes going :)'
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In search of Ancient Egypt
I’ve been running around wild and free in at least 50 countries during the last 2 years.
Rarely I found myself in a gnarly situation until this April, in Egypt…
If you don’t wanna read the whole story, I can already tell you how this adventure unfolds...
We ended up spending one of our 8 Egyptian nights behind the bars... If you do wanna read the whole story, this is how we got there…
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Nothing beats Nature
A live performance with Nick Bril for Plastic Sushi and Natural Tableware.
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What is real? - by David Karlak
“What is 'real'? How do you define 'real'? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. This is the world that you know.”
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Roll over and Play - by Paul Bellaart
Right where the shadows fell, she nestled herself down.
You could smell the crushed grass, when she rolled over.
The high haulms twisted around her legs...
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Love Game - by Jasper Suyk
Sun baked court,
sparkling in the sun.
Shades of green and velvet red.
First game, first serve...
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La vie avec Emily - by Emily Labouérie
Exactly one year after we met, in Biarritz, I got reunited with Emily again. FINALLY!
This time Saint-Barth was the lieu of luck.
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Bed and Breakfast - by Gregory Derkenne
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Fireworks and Freedom - by Brandy Eve Allen
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One night in Long Beach - by Larsen Sotelo
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La Pulpo
This octopus got washed up dead on the shore, unfortunately.
We decided to give a last tribute to his existency. With he biggest love and respect to all (sea) animals.
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It's a Busta move in the Hamptons - by Brandon Ralph
Sometimes you need a month to get know one, sometimes you need a year, sometimes you don’t want to connect at all and sometimes you disconnect before connection even happens.
But sometimes all the stars align...
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Wet with a Chance of Showers - Office Magazine
Unlike many prudes born in turtlenecks with judgements already formed, Marisa Papen was born naked and free. In a society that has made unthinkable technological strides, it's a wonder why we've yet to let the woman bask in femininity without shame. Without censorship...
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Jamaica, Ja man!
As you all probably know, I love cruising around naked.
And everywhere I go, I try to do so. Sometimes I have to be a little more careful depending on the country I’m at, but here in Jamaica I felt like everything was possible. So I took the bull by its horns and threw of those f*cking clothes!
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New Born - by Elena Kulikova
If we dare to dream the impossible dream,
If we dare to make a commitment,
To ourselves, or to anybody else. We’ll push ourselves to explore the unknown or even to enter another World.
Impossible obstacles will be swept away by allowing new thoughts...
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Atlantis - by Jörg Billwitz
Over 11,000 years ago there existed an Island in the middle of the Atlantic ocean populated by a noble and powerful race. The people of this land possessed great wealth thanks to the natural resources found throughout their island.
It was a center for trade and commerce between Europa and Africa.
This was the Island of Atlantis...
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A day in Andorra
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Heliotropic Flower - by Christopher Von Steinbach
Turning my blossom like a flower,
tracking the motion of the sun.
Across the sky, from East to West...
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Living for Art - by Paul Bellaart
For Vogue Man with Frans Malschaert in his atelier in Amsterdam.
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French lessons for an English boy
A night in Paris
A week in Belgium
Our last kiss in Greece
Till that time it felt like love...
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Space on Earth - by Davis Ayer
A journey of self discovery,
Drawn to space, shapes and abstractness.
Finding truth in the emulsion.
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Light my fire - by Gregory Derkenne
A new level of emotion.
A higher form of experiencing senses as awake and alive.
A spark.
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The Sense of Sight - by Christian Vizl
Do you think if we could see underwater,
We would open our eyes?
Would we open our eyes and explore the unknown
Or would we just float,
float close enough to the surface,
where we could find a reflection of ourselves?
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Plastic Sushi - The Calendar
Check out what the full Calendar looks like over here.
No borders, no time. Just life.
There’s something special about Islands. The vibe, the air, the people…
It’s a feeling that gets to me every single time when ‘I have arrived’...
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Fantôme Des Rêves - by Arne Totz
'A short journey through the dreams and nightmares of the Belgian model Marisa Papen.'
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Roadtripping with Jörg Billwitz
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Plastic Sushi
By buying this Calendar you will save the Ocean a little bit.
A fair amount goes to Mission Blue, an initiative of the Sylvia Earle Alliance (S.E.A.) to ignite public support for the protection of Hope Spots—special places that are vital to the health of the ocean, the blue heart of our planet.
'THESE IMAGES ARE NOT THE OFFICIAL CALENDAR PICTURES'
Buy your Calendar here; www.plastic-sushi.com
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Chillinmaster Legacy Suite by Emily Labouérie
Just before Summer started.
Charleroi-Biarritz.
Flo picked me up at the airport wearing fancy shades, as only a real chillinmaster would. It was the first time we met but we got a long straight away. Our minds were riding the same wave...
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Fine touch - by Nicolas Guérin
Lightly, slightly, I touch.
I perceive, I sense, I localize...
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Blue - by Stefan Rappo
Where the boat swayed underneath the sun.
The great unknown,
Open waters,
There I find my mystery,
In Oceans deep,
The deepest blue.
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Roller Coaster of Emotions - with Ryan Muirhead
The day after Ryan and I created these images together he did an interview with ARC.
When this came out Ryan texted me and told me I should have a read if I had the time. I started straight away.
His words made me smile.
They even transferred me.
I was back there, in that room, on that bed...
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Water has memory - by Michael Chichi
Wet skin.
It feels like I'm reborn again,
New life exists.
I remember...
Shot in Oahu - Hawaï (Waimano Falls & Crouching Lion) during our beautiful hikes
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'For when there are no bananas around'
No need for words this time... Buy it, try it! CLICK HERE
If you do want some words though, I did a little interview for Ilov Magazine (in Dutch, I'm sorry) CLICK HERE
Ba-ha-mas - by Ana Dias
I think it was only 1 week before the actual shoot that Ana wrote me.
She was very short and direct but as soon as my eyes spotted ‘Bahamas’ I was sold.
I replied within the minute and the same day as Ana reached out, everything was settled.
The travel time was going to take longer then the actual time I’d be able to spend there, but I didn’t care. Ba-ha-mas…
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Through the eyes of a child - by Jörg Billwitz
There’s no signs on this road I chose to travel.
A path without directions.
A path without dead-ends.
Many ways to turn, many miles ahead.
Over and over new land reveals itself.
I touch it and it touches me. Vividly.
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About being a 'Playmate'...
So,
Today I would like to share some personal thoughts with you.
It’s not often I share my opinion, because I believe everyone is entitled to their own.
In this case I feel different about that.
Not only because it’s a controversial subject, but I wanted to let you guys know where I stand on this matter....
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The Wave - by Michael Chichi
Island Mornings.
To wake up here is not a challenge, not a struggle to get out of bed.
Effortless I got pulled up, feeling light as a feather.
Every sound, every smell goes in crescendo.
Sensations swindle my rationality...
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Sexual spirit or spiritual sexuality - by Gregory Derkenne
How can you desire for someone else, if you can't comprehend the need for loving yourself?
In my opinion it is impossible without an intimate relationship between spirit and body.
Defining yourself within your body means finding balance within sexuality as well...
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Morning Bliss (Marisa Papen by Damian Karsznia)
Breaking Dawn.
As the birds fly off on a morning hunting expedition,
I’m slowly being pulled out of my blissful sleep...
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Lost in color (For Pointsevenmach by Erik Tranberg)
Sometimes the world becomes a grey mass,
incomprehensibly plain, like the walls are closing in on me.
I’m diving without oxigen, slowly sufficating.
as if a giant jungle snake outbests me with every breath I take.
I need to let this go, close myself off into my sanctuary...
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I am Yours (For Treats by Stefan Rappo)
Who am I?
A product of evolution, or a predestined creation
The Lead in a bigger story, or just an insignificant pawn
A biological package drifting in a chaotic existence or a subject choosing to understand, feel and love your World…
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No desert disillusion (Exclusively for Treats by Kesler Tran)
Last month, actually when I just arrived back in LA after my Palm Springs adventure, I met up with Kesler Tran. Because we are both living on the other sides of LA, we gathered at a parking lot, somewhere in Canoga Park. I figured after having surrendered the Palm Springs-heat, my body was immune now for 100+ degree temperatures. It seemed I was 100% wrong there...
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Palm Springs - by Paul Ripke
Palm Springs…
I did 3 well-focused attempts to write down my thoughts/feelings about these series...
But I had to come to the conclusion that I just don’t have the exact right words to even describe 10% of this whole Palm Springs Sensation...
You got me there Palm Springs… Big time! Really!
So here’s what I’m doing, I’ll just let the pictures do the talking.
And I believe they say quite enough… Enjoy!
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Facing the storm - by Andrei Runcanu
I met up twice with Andrei during his TradeTrip, one time in Brussels and the other time in Paris.
This story is about our first shooting, in Brussels. We got of straight away after only a few minutes, not really having an exact plan we started shooting around...
Pretty fast we had some spectators joining us, so after only one hour we ceased our play. We went for a quick drink and after that our roads split again. Till Paris.
So here's a short state of mind that in my opinion fit these pictures perfectly...
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Gender is Over (Editorial for Yume Magazine by Kris Rodammer)
"Men come for Mars, women come from Venus"
In literature, this is just one in a million verses that describe a fundamental gender-distincition.
Guys love football, Girls love ballet and play with dolls.
Again one in a billion assumptions about basically dividing our society in a male and female camp. Everybody knows them, so they must be true, right?
Follow the rules, never question them...
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Editorial for C-heads by Eric Marillier
Just a month ago, Eric called me up to do a shoot in Brussels. The city was melting due to a heatwave that was heading over Belgium.
I don't know what it was but when I arrived I immediately felt a boiling atmosphere that got a hold of the people.Everybody felt sunny and hypnotized by the rythem of the summer...
I Rotate - by Tobi Schnorpfeil
Last week I drove coastwards to meet Tobi and Nico, they happened to be in Belgium for a few days and asked me to do a portrait. I figured it had been way too long my toes touched the sand so I was pretty quick to ditch my other plans. We spent the evening on the beach, eating some ice-cream, me rolling and running around - Tobi trying to capture the whole shebang.
Everything went super spontaneous and in my opinion he did an amazing job!
Thanks guys!
Video and Edit by Tobi Schnorpfeil (@tschnorpfeil)
Best Assistent Nico Schnorpfeil (@nico.schnorpfeil)
Habitat - by Gregory Derkenne
No story this time, just the way in live.
Primal instinct meets nature.
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I can be this, I can be that - by Gregory Derkenne
Friday at noon, dark clouds were packing together, as I entered the loft Gregory had fixed for this shoot...
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State of Flux (Story for PointSevenMach by Mike Steegmans)
A Sunday without taboos, without obligations, without structure...
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We dream up (Editorial Yume Magazine)
A few weeks ago I finally found some time to make my way to Tisja Damen in Amsterdam. About time it was...
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"It's all about the right balance"
Last week I had a small chat with Matt from JUNNNKTANK, you can read the whole interview on junnnktank.com/marisapapen/
La Vita Extra Vierge
Salve Ragazzi!
For our new story and campagne, we crossed Europe by car for a 3week-journey around Italy. We started in Venice to go down all the way to Puglia and Calabria, the most southern parts of the country... and back.
'Nothing comes easily' is a known expression, but our journey became by far the most challenging quest we ever undertook. Total carfailure and hours of negotiations with southern Italian mechanics who never heard of any other language than Italian.... At times we were wondering if our campagne had to be canceled. We refused to, couldn't accept that. And we kept on going, whatever challenge we were confronted with.
It took energy and effort, improvisation at times...
BUT the results of this campaign are worth all the trouble.
Best one by far, in our opinion.
Truly proud to present you our fictional Short Story, 'La Vita Extra Vierge'.
The story presents you a 'lovestory gone bad' and the aftermath, a clash of opinions and break loose from the regional authentic life in the South to follow a dream and make it in the biggest city of the North, Milano.
Hope you all get carried away, by our pictures and story.
Bacio
Marisa & Piet
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Viva Calabria
Well, I've been traveling for 10 days throughout Italy now to make a new story. As predicted, my planning got squashed. Again. Since this is obviously not the first time, I had to adapt to these unexpected situations, some funny and some infuriating.
I escaped a day. Zen-mode on. Destination: Calabria. Half a day of 'La Dolce Vita' in 1 minute.
Btw, this a real video or something. Just some spaghetti of snaptshots.
Buon Appetito!
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