document.write('\x3cmeta http-equiv=\x22x-dns-prefetch-control\x22 content=\x22off\x22/\x3e\x3col class=\x22tumblr_posts\x22\x3e\x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3e \x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eThe Glint of Armor Caught Her Eye\x3c/strong\x3e, by Scott Timberg\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp class=\x22MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cspan\x3ePhotographer E.F. Kitchen found herself drawn to the medieval re-enactors known as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Her pictures of them fill the book \x26#8216;Suburban Knights.\x26#8217; \x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp class=\x22MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cspan\x3eE.F. Kitchen, a Venice-based fine arts photographer who works with platinum prints, spent years fascinated by the glint of light off of handmade armor. \x26#8220;It was a purely visual concept,\x26#8221; says Kitchen, whose first name is Elizabeth and who loved \x26#8220;the materials, the craftsmanship, the creativity of the designs.\x26#8221;\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp class=\x22MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cspan\x3e\x3ca title=\x22The Glint of Armor\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-suburban-knights-20100801,0,4051867.story\x22\x3e[Read the complete article on the \x3c/a\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\x3cem\x3e\x3cstrong\x3e\x3ca title=\x22The Glint of Armor\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-suburban-knights-20100801,0,4051867.story\x22\x3eLos Angeles Time\x26#8217;s \x3c/a\x3e\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/em\x3e\x3ca title=\x22The Glint of Armor\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-suburban-knights-20100801,0,4051867.story\x22\x3ewebsite]\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3c!--EndFragment--\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3e \x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3eJuly 28, 2010\x26#160;\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3ch3 class=\x22entry-title\x22\x3eON AND OFF THE WALLS: SUBURBAN KNIGHTS\x3c/h3\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3ePosted by\u00a0\x3ca title=\x22search site for content by Kristina Budelis\x22 href=\x22http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/kristina_budelis/search?contributorName=Kristina%20Budelis\x22\x3eKristina Budelis\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eAt\u00a0\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.powerhousearena.com/\x22\x3ePowerhouse Arena\x3c/a\x3e\u00a0the other night, a lanky hipster girl in a madras-print dress held hands with a man sporting a medieval-style robe and cap. And as photographer E. F. Kitchen spoke about her new book, \u201c\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://suburbanknightsbook.com/about-the-book.html\x22\x3eSuburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages\x3c/a\x3e,\u201d a man clad in full armor wandered around behind her, his suit clanking noisily. When an audience member asked, \u201cWhat sort of weapons do your subjects use? 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It is likely that such boys had chosen to attend my college because it held a reputation institutionally as a champion of the artistic, intellectual, and social long shot. For instance, the two students who dressed, for what seemed like weeks, in matching silver spacesuits, were not treated as pariahs; nor was the boy who was habitually clad in a chainmail tunic he\x26#8217;d crafted himself.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eI thought little of these characters until I encountered \u201cSuburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages,\u201d a folio (with an all-important accompanying online video) of fifty-nine portraits of \u201creenactors,\u201d by the photographer E. F. Kitchen, forthcoming from powerHouse Books.\x26#8221; [\u00a0\x3ca title=\x22the new yorker magazine\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/03/the-middle-ages-meet-suburbia.html\x22\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eRead the complete article on\u00a0\x3cem\x3eThe New Yorker\x26#8217;s\x3c/em\x3e\u00a0web site\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/a\x3e\u00a0]\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6rbfsLIE11qbwof7o1_400.jpg\x22 alt=\x22From the Time Out New York 3D issue!\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3e\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/own-this-city/87128/suburban-knights-a-return-to-the-middle-ages\x22\x3eFrom the Time Out New York 3D issue!\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3e \x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eThe Front Row: Dinner-Role Models: The New Yorker\u00a0\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3ePosted by Richard Brody\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3eOver\u00a0\x3ca href=\x22http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2010/07/suburban-knights.html\x22\x3eat Photo Booth\x3c/a\x3e, Kristina Budelis presents a selection of photos, by E. 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Kitchen, of members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, \u201ca group devoted to recreating the arts and activities of the Middle Ages.\u201d The story and the pictures remind me of a movie that came out in 2008, \x26#8230;\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2010/07/dinner-roll-models.html\x22\x3e[ Read the complete article on\u00a0\x3c/a\x3e\x3cem\x3e\x3cstrong\x3e\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2010/07/dinner-roll-models.html\x22\x3eThe New Yorker\x26#8217;s\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/em\x3e\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2010/07/dinner-roll-models.html\x22\x3e\u00a0website]\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6ra0e6Bsa1qbwof7o1_400.jpg\x22 alt=\x22Monday Aug. 30th from 5 to 7pm at LACMA \x26mdash; Book signing \x26amp;amp; Conversation with E.F. Kitchen and author Leo Braudy\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eMonday Aug. 30th from 5 to 7pm at LACMA \u2014 Book signing \x26amp; Conversation with E.F. 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Kitchen\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/a\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eTo see a video preview of\u00a0\x3cem\x3eSuburban Knights\x3c/em\x3e,\u00a0\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://suburbanknightsbook.com/video.html\x22\x3eclick here!\x3c/a\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eExhibition: July 14\u2013September 6\x3c/strong\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eOpening Reception:\x3c/strong\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cu\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eThursday, July 22, 7\u20139\x3cspan\x3ePM\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/u\x3e\u00a0\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eThe powerHouse Arena\x3c/strong\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201\x3cbr/\x3eFor more information, please call 718.666.3049\x3cbr/\x3ePlease RSVP:\u00a0\x3ca href=\x22http://www.powerhousebooks.com/newsletters/100722/suburbanknights@powerhousebooks.com\x22\x3esuburbanknights@powerHouseBooks.com\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://www.powerhousearena.com/products-page-2/powerhouse-books/suburban-knights-a-return-to-the-middle-ages/\x22\x3e\x3cimg align=\x22left\x22 border=\x220\x22 width=\x22180\x22 src=\x22http://www.powerhousebooks.com/newsletters/100722/SK180.jpg\x22/\x3e\x3c/a\x3e\x3cspan\x3eWhether they\x26#8217;re bored office stiffs, housewives, or disgruntled war vets, the armor-clad members of the Society for Creative Anachronism like to get beat up the old-fashioned way. Boasting more than 30,000 members worldwide, and over 16 \x26#8220;Kingdoms\x26#8221; in the United States alone, the eclectic eccentrics of the SCA participate in a variety of rigorous medieval battle simulations.\x3cem\x3eSuburban Knights\x3c/em\x3e\u00a0is a series of portraits of these 21st-century warriors, in costume and in character as their knightly alter egos.\u00a0\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eFrom 2003 to 2005, internationally renowned photographer E.F. Kitchen photographed and interviewed the fighters of the SCA on location at their battles. Kitchen\x26#8217;s unique approach dispensed with technologically sophisticated cameras, and she instead used a tripod-mounted, 8x10 bellows camera with exclusively handmade and antique lenses. The results are appropriately hoary, sepia-tone images of these fierce warriors lost in time.\u00a0\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eAbout\u00a0\x3cem\x3e\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.powerhousearena.com/products-page-2/powerhouse-books/suburban-knights-a-return-to-the-middle-ages\x22\x3eSuburban Knights\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/em\x3e:\x3c/strong\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x26#8220;I\x26#8217;ll be honest, I see a lot of people join because their real life sucks. You can come here and be anybody.\x26#8221;\x3cbr/\x3e\u2013Lord Duncan the Monster\u00a0\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eSuburban knights willfully escape from the 21\x3csup\x3est\x3c/sup\x3e-century and into the realm of the SCA, where one can come face to face with the formidable armor and lance of a knight calling himself \x26#8220;Nissan Maxima.\x26#8221; Warriors are icons for an idealistic code of behavior extolling power and virtue. The men and women of the SCA capture a bit of this past glory for themselves, and while a majority of the portraits obscure the faces of these knights, under their thick armor, their features couldn\x26#8217;t be made clearer.\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.powerhousearena.com/products-page-2/powerhouse-books/suburban-knights-a-return-to-the-middle-ages\x22\x3e\x3cimg width=\x22560\x22 border=\x220\x22 src=\x22http://powerhousebooks.com/newsletters/100722/images.jpg\x22/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eImages from\u00a0\x3c/a\x3e\x3cem\x3e\x3ca target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.powerhousearena.com/products-page-2/powerhouse-books/suburban-knights-a-return-to-the-middle-ages\x22\x3eSuburban Knights\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/em\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3eFor more information, please contact\u00a0\x3cstrong\x3eJoel C\u00e1ceres\x3c/strong\x3e, Publicity Associate\x3cbr/\x3epowerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201\x3cbr/\x3etel: 718.666.3049 fax: 212.366.5247 email:\u00a0\x3ca href=\x22mailto:joel@powerHouseArena.co\x22\x3eJoel@powerHouseBooks.com\x3c/a\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eCopyright 2010 powerHouse Books\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8swiq5JCq1qbwof7o1_400.jpg\x22 alt=\x22\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eNPR: The Picture Show: \x26#8220;Gather Ye Olde Suburban Knights,\x26#8221; by Claire O\x26#8217;Neil\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cimg src=\x22http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9f29r1xVd1qb8kcj.jpg\x22/\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3ePrithee ye willful spectators, verily caste thy gaze hither and looketh uponeth thither \x26#8230; thou \x26#8230; art \x26#8230; Um, hey, look at this! Large-format platinum portraits of re-enactors!\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3e\x3cspan\x3e\x3cspan\x3e\x3cspan\x3e\x3ca title=\x22Grady\'s Reviews\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://216.74.34.10/review/show/114882048\x22\x3e[Read the complete article on\u00a0\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\x3cspan\x3e\x3cem\x3e\x3cstrong\x3e\x3ca title=\x22Grady\'s Reviews\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://216.74.34.10/review/show/114882048\x22\x3eNPR\u00a0\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/em\x3e\x3ca title=\x22NPR\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/09/14/129852912/knights\x22\x3ewebsite]\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3eKnight fever: A battle for the ages\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3eAnachronism: one definition is \x26#8216;a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time. Photographer E.F. Kitchen, in \x26#8216;Suburban Knights: a Return to the Middle Ages\x26#8217; explores the world of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group dedicated to dressing as knights and ladies of the Middle ages, who meet on vast battlefields to do mock battle.\u00a0\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cspan\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e[Read the whole article on the \x3cem\x3e\x3cstrong\x3e\x3ca title=\x22Knight Fever\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/galleries/knight_fever_its_the_middle_ages_all_over_again/knight_fever_its_the_middle_ages_all_over_again.html\x22\x3eNew York Daily News\x3c/a\x3e\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/em\x3e website]\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a\x3c/ol\x3e');