Published by one small seed in 2009, Picture This Magazine has since released 13 stunning issues and one limited print edition, with all images sourced directly from the members of one small seed network (est. 2008) – which currently has over 61 000 images. Since we launched Picture This, there has been incremental changes in photography – with growth in technology, the ever-evolving social media and the human factor involved.

It comes down to now being able sharing your special moment. Straight away. Allowing you to do this has been one of the pioneering factors in the our re-launch of Picture This and also why we took a bit of a break to create a new photographic blueprint. With a stunning new website that has all issues uploaded (including the new #13), the freshly designed Picture This is ideal for iOS and Android and now anyone with a smartphone can upload their best image. And all you Instagram junkies – you’ll love our new option to upload all your images straight from you mobile phone with www.onesmallseed.net/m – Want to find out more? Share to be Seen and published in Picture This Magazine!

Our goal is to maintain the superb quality of images and as we did before in 2010, we once again plan to print an exclusive limited edition print version of Picture This Magazine.
 
Issue 13, Cover by Dr-Benway


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I See Red by Joanne Peltz

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Each week (Feature Friday!), we add four more Featured images from onesmallseed.net to the relevant month’s gallery collection on onesmallseed.com. All images are the featured works of members of one small seed network – to have your work up for the world to see, simply sign up as a member and start uploading!

Week 02

Image by Bongani Ndlovu

Image: ‘Sleep Walking’ by Candace DiTalamo

Image by Lee Roy Bender

Image by Jes Hunter

Week 01

“Vistas_006″ by Udesh Chetty

‘Dance is in my Feet’ by Siyabonga Mkhasibe

‘Lasta Mkhize (for Neo Revolt)’ by Elsa Bleda

untitled by Sepanta Bagherpour

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To be more candid, the narrative is a screaming homophile manifestation; typified by the model’s oiled body glossing the pages and a fluffy rat-like companion complementing the pink midriffs and sailor paraphernalia. This man drenched in feminine inflections got me thinking about the androgynous nature of pop culture and the first iconic gender-benders who upset the conservatives in the early ’70s.

We have moved into an age that transcends the onset of metrosexuality, past the point of David Beckham assuring everyone that it is cool to frost their hair and decorate their ears. I’m talking about the engagement of boy/girl and the fading distinction that still makes the backline of first-team rugby shudder.

One can trace the infiltration of androgyny quite simply throughout the decades. It was first hinted at during the cultural revolution of the ’60s – that era where flowers had powers and we had our first glimpses of long-haired men in flared pants. The general mood of the day was in keeping kaleidoscopes in your eyes, anti-war protests and loving thy neighbour as thoroughly as possible. It wasn’t until the ’70s came swinging in through the svelte hips of Prince and Michael Jackson that new meaning attached itself to the idea of androgyny. Even David Bowie was reincarnated in the form of his androgynous exemplar, Ziggy Stardust. Bowie’s biographer David Buckley declared that Ziggy Stardust ‘created perhaps the biggest cult in popular culture’.

As one would expect, the mainstream puppet masters of the ’70s and ’80s tried to rally the population into a climate of fear – in the name of national interest, of course – as their normative values of gender role and behaviour were being challenged. This new league of expressionists were criticised for emulating offensive, communist and even demonic values. And when the folly of those claims were overshadowed by the avalanche of success and popularity of these icons, people felt uncomfortable and quickly eased their awkward selves by equating high-pitched notes and lacy attire with homosexuality.

Isn’t irony the best? Its timely smugness points out that these ‘homosexuals’ have been linked or married to a catalogue of some of the most beautiful women in the world such as Iman, Carmen Electra and Brooke Shields – not to mention the legions of female fans that go to bed at night wishing their love would be requited.

Despite sexy being a word that can no longer be thrown around too liberally (since its decimation as the tagline of advertisers and the C-rate songstress), this celebration of the human is an exception. It has been proven that people who embrace the natural features of masculine (instrumental) and feminine (expressive) traits are more mentally healthy then those who invest solely on one end of the spectrum. Neither manhood nor the idealisation of the lady is under threat. There is simply a shift on consciousness as we begin to realise that emotion has no gender.

words by: Megan King

Enjoy our selection for July and take a look at previous month’s top images, here!

Week 04

‘Street Portrait 5′ by Yaseen Ameer

‘Cult Collective’ by Lynsey Anne Hughes

‘The Perfect Storm’ by Lindsay Purdon

‘Coy Woman’ (2011) by Viccy Wanliss

Week 03

untitled by Wiehahn Diederichs

‘Bright’ by Tyler McGown

‘Raja in Black and White’ by Natalia Anna Ferrara

‘Gothic’ by Graham Mitchell

Week 02

untitled by Bongani Ndlovu

‘The Lost Boy’ by Tyler McGown

‘Card 6′ by Paolo Maneli

‘Brain Off’ by SIN International

Week 01

untitled by Logan Lopata

‘Demure’ by Samantha Hanlon

untitled by Chantal de Jager

‘Street Portrait 4′ by Yaseen Ameer

At the end of each week, we add four more images from onesmallseed.net to the relevant month’s gallery collection on onesmallseed.com. All images are the featured works of members of one small seed network, our creative online community. To have your work featured here, simply sign up as a member and start uploading!

Week 03

‘Lost Lady’ by Lindie Jacobs

‘Princess Malfunction’ by Kyle Araujo

Taken from “Dreams and Nightmares” album by Janine Kuschke

‘The Curtain Call’ by Ilse Moore

Week 02

‘At One With Nature’ by Yaseera Moosa

‘Mmana’ by Sibusiso Ngubeni

‘Floating Curtain’ by Sven Kristian

‘BEE’ by Daniela Sarinski

At the end of each week, we add four more images from onesmallseed.net to the relevant month’s gallery collection on onesmallseed.com. All images are the featured works of members of one small seed network, our creative online community. To have your work featured here, simply sign up as a member and start uploading!

We hope you enjoy our collection for the month of November 2012.

Week 04

'Drag me to Hell' by Zenography

'Jump' by Jessica Solomon

'Lucid' by Tyler McGown

'On the Menu - Hors d'Hoeuvre' by Dr-Benway

Week 03

Image by Ashleigh Tasker

'Burnt Train' by Sheldon Evans

Image by Axel B.

'Indulging' by Elani Jacobs

Week 02

'Vintage Man' by Felix Maponga

'Don't Tell Me What To Do' - Elani Jacobs

'Antique Tears' - Lindie Jacobs

Week 01

'The Water's Edge' - Tauriq Dolley

'Cloudscape' - Daniel van Flymen

'The Other Side' - Tyler McGown

'Serenity' - Robyn Jessica Botha

Credits:
Photographer – Elani Jacobs
Model – Melissa Grobler
Retoucher – Elani Jacobs

At the end of each week, we add two more images from onesmallseed.net to the relevant month’s gallery collection on onesmallseed.com. All images are the featured works of members of one small seed network, our creative online community. To have your work featured here, simply sign up as a member and start uploading!

We hope you enjoy our collection for the month of June 2012.

Week 04

Cleo Outtake by Daniel David & Christo

Long Way Home by Mark Freebs

Week 03

Woody Allen by Cherese Liebenberg

GEISHA1 by Desiree Moila

Week 02

Untitled - by Hendrik Smit

'Nicole Christie' by Lukas Nel

Week 01

'Abigal' by Sivan Miller

 

image by Peer Reede