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      Marcus Reidenberg on January 20

      Congratulations. What a suspenseful time. You certainly need a day off to relax and celebrate. Best wishes for no complications as you implement this project to its completion.
      Marcus

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      Megan Chouinard on January 20

      Congratulations Cara! I know how much you've dedicated to this project and couldn't be more happy to see you realize your vision through Kickstarter. Yay! I look forward to the day my copy of Singular Beauty arrives. Take care, Megan

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      William Galindo on January 20

      Congrats. That was too close!

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      Rebecca Jane Weinstein on January 18

      Great accomplishment!

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      Mel Trittin on January 18

      Congratulations! Important work needs to be seen and preserved and your images in a book are an ideal solution. So looking forward to being able to absorb them again, and again.

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      Philip Martin on January 11

      I can't wait to put this on my coffee table.

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      MHB | DALLAS ARTS SALON on December 31

      Stunning project. Wish I had backed last weekend to get the 5x7 :)

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      Cressida Heyes on December 20

      Cara, these images are beautiful and provocative. Thank you for letting us use your photography on the cover of Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer. I'm delighted to be able to support you in turn by backing this project. I look forward to Singular Beauty.
      Cressida Heyes

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About the artist: Cara Phillips was born in Detroit, MI, she lives and works in Brooklyn. After spending most of her life in the beauty industry--first as a child model then as a make-up artist in luxury department stores--she returned to Sarah Lawrence College to study photography. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally and it is in several private collections. Cara not only focuses on her own work, she also writes and curates. She is the co-founder of the online exhibition site, Women in Photography, and a member of the international photography photo group, POC Project.

About the publisher/designer: Hans Gremmen is a graphic designer of (photo-)books and co-founder of Fw:, a platform for Dutch Contemporary Photography. He is the editor of the books 'Empty Trashcan', 'Serendipity', 'Fake Flowers in Full Colour' (with photographer Jaap Scheeren) and 'The Mother Road'. Gremmen organizes workshops and gives lectures at various academies and universities in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Russia. At this point he is one of the 15 nominees for the 'Rotterdam Designprize 2011' The most prestigious design prize in the Netherlands.

  1. cara-phillips.com
  2. hansgremmen.nl
  3. pocproject.com
  4. fw-photography.nl