<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1ff18683-0805-4947-9c2b-eb96b8d1c73a/DA15A83C-768A-4C6F-ADBA-C716AC77D06A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://existinglight.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/battle-photos-figures/" href="http://existinglight.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/battle-photos-figures/" style="font-size: 11px;">existinglight.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://existinglight.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/battle-photos-figures/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link to Battle Photos: Figures" rel="bookmark" href="http://existinglight.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/battle-photos-figures/">Battle Photos: Figures</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://existinglight.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/battle-photos-figures/"><P><IMG src="http://www.calebcolephoto.com/blog/14_Rivera.jpg" /> © Lissa Rivera</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://existinglight.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/battle-photos-figures/"><P>vs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://existinglight.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/battle-photos-figures/"><P><IMG src="http://www.calebcolephoto.com/blog/fig_18.jpg" /> © Bill Durgin</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com/2008/08/bill-durgin-merge-gallery-new-york.html" href="http://1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com/2008/08/bill-durgin-merge-gallery-new-york.html" style="font-size: 11px;">1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com/2008/08/bill-durgin-merge-gallery-new-york.html">Durgin is a New York-based photographer and his current series explores the body in a truly original framework. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com/2008/08/bill-durgin-merge-gallery-new-york.html">Durgin's photographs are a reflection of his fascination with the body as a sculptural entity and not as a sensationalized object</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com/2008/08/bill-durgin-merge-gallery-new-york.html">His images do not exploit, instead they explore the limits of our physical bodies and our capacity to accept the human form as just that, a form. </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://billdurgin.com/figure_studies.html" href="http://billdurgin.com/figure_studies.html" style="font-size: 11px;">billdurgin.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gunpowder-magazine.com/articles/20080523_1" href="http://www.gunpowder-magazine.com/articles/20080523_1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gunpowder-magazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gunpowder-magazine.com/articles/20080523_1">Hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, Rivera was named One of the 25 Under 25 Up-and-Coming American Photographers </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gunpowder-magazine.com/articles/20080523_1">Lissa says of the new series:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gunpowder-magazine.com/articles/20080523_1">For my phallic self I play the female muse. 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