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,JUSTSEEDS <<>>History
Justseeds was originally started in 1998 by artist Josh MacPhee as a way to distribute his art and the Celebrate People’s History poster series. He slowly expanded Justseeds to include the work of like-minded artists. In 2004 it grew too large to hold in MacPhee’s apartment and order fulfillment was taken on by Clamor Magazine and their new online sales venture Infoshop Direct. Both Justseeds and Infoshop Direct continued to grow, but in late 2006, serious financial problems at Infoshop Direct caused it to unexpectedly and immediately shut down. Justseeds was left with no functioning website, no order fulfillment service, and over $8,000 in debt; things looked pretty bleak. Amazingly, a grassroots effort of hundreds of people donating relatively small amounts of money helped Justseeds pay off all it’s debt, and a couple of successful benefit art shows raised enough money to launch a new and improved website.

During this difficult time, MacPhee reached out to a dozen like-minded artists and previous collaborators as well as the political street art blog Visual Resistance in order to re-create Justseeds as a cooperative effort. Justseeds was transformed into Justseeds/Visual Resistance Artists’ Cooperative, an artist/worker owned and run cooperative, that launched in the summer of 2007.

Justseeds/Visual Resistance Artists’ Cooperative is a decentralized community of artists who have banded together to both sell their work online in a central location and to collaborate with and support each other and social movements. Our website is not just a place to shop, but also a destination to find out about current events in radical art and culture. Our blog covers political printmaking, socially engaged street art, and culture related to social movements. We believe in the power of personal expression in concert with collective action to transform society.

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE WEBISTE (www.justseeds.org)and an article EuropeanCommunique#3 in the archive posts, for the month of OCTOBER 2007

in 2005 he was honourably awarded by the spider awards for a photo in the architexture catagory.

Honorable Mention | Xander Ferreira, South Africa - Funky Flats

Black and White Spider Awards is an organization for the advancement of black and white photography. Our aim is to bring photographers from all corners of the globe together with leading industry figures to participate in a unique annual celebration of this classic art-form.

Xander Ferreira
Photographer and Director
Cape Town - Southafrica

Born 1981 in Mpumulanga close to the border of Mozambique.

Grown up in South Africa.

Worked as Photographers Assistant with Frank Wartenberg, Steve Hiett, Hans Peter Schneider and Charly Garbin in Cape Town, Milano, Copenhagen, Berlin and Paris.

Freelance Photographer since 2001.

Works and lives in Cape Town since 6 Years now.

Known for editorial fashion photography and people reportage stories for exhibitions

SPECIAL art and music video director

watch out SA fashion/photography we gotta a live one

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