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About Ben Stainton

Ben Stainton makes analogue collages. Their subjects are mainly portraits of people in abnormal situations, using vintage/new paper stock. His work is surreal/playful/deadpan in nature, and comments in some way on society, fashion, or longing for things. His art and poems have shown up in Maintenant Dada Journal, 3am, For Every Year and TheNewerYork. He has a small book of poems called Edibles, described by Todd Swift as "an innovatively witty piss-take of modern culture," out now from Eyewear Publishing.

Collages by Ben Stainton

Ben Stainton

city by the sea - Ben Stainton

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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