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New collages by Justine Kurland, long-form reports on New York communities, literary fiction and more in this issue of OSMOS An "art magazine about the use and abuse of photography," OSMOS is divided into thematic sections: some traditional and others more idiosyncratic. This issue features a portfolio by Maureen Beitler about an unusual family in the Hudson Valley; essays by curator Marina Chao on new collages by Justine Kurland and by Ben Read on the poetic landscapes of South African photographer Ian van Coller; a long research report on the relationship between modernist architecture and personal health by architect Landon Brown; a reportage by Onaje Benjamin on the long-term work of SNUG, a community first response team responding to gun violence in Upstate New York neighborhoods; and a fiction text by Judith Zander responding to the photographs of ruins in former East Germany by Sven Gatter.