Posts Tagged ‘photography’
NICK KNIGHT SHATTER MODEL PRINCESS.
Guess what? Nick Knight, who might be one of the most influential photographers on this swirling rock, is on our jock list. Here is some of his latest work from British Vogue of Natalia Vodianova. Natalia,the supermodel princess of this piece, is shot in a state of dead branch drama that only Knight can capture. Make the jump to see more of his twig shattering shoot. Read on
WILD THINGS DOWN UNDER.
If you haven’t seen Where the Wild Things Are (we haven’t), then pick up the new issue of Interview Magazine to see some super duper sweeeeeeeeeet photos from our neighbor, Ari Marcopoulos. He flew to the land of OZ to shoot some photos of Spike, and some monsters, while on the set of one of the most hyped movies of all time. Not sure if James Gandolfini was hiding in the monster costume or what the deal was but you can check it out HERE.
A TRUE LENSMAN ALWAYS HAS PLATINUM APPLES.
Nothing says TRUE PLAYA like having a collection of platinum apples. Truth be told, we have no idea if the bleached metal objects in Thomas Brown’s photographs are made of anything platinum at all, but we’ll be goddamned if we are going to ruin our TRUE PLAYA fantasy just to have a subjective argument about “facts”. Shit’s real. Check out the stylings of a true lensman HERE.
SPENCER TUNICK COMMANDS NAKED CROWD.
Spencer Tunick has seen more nipples in a day than the boom mic guy at Jenna Jameson’s record breaking serial bangathon. His work captures the abstractions of the human form in massive structures to create a new organic view of life and the environment. These installations are voluntary based with his biggest one yet in Mexico city, with about 18,000 naked people free ballin’ it. Make the jump to see more nudies in mass. Read on
PAOLO VENTURA’S WINTER STORIES
Paolo Ventura is an internationally acclaimed photographer from Milan with an obsession of the lost art of dioramas. His new book Winter Stories, is a beautifully staged narrative about the life of a circus performer recounting his life before his deathbed. Using miniature figurines ranging from clowns, harlequins and lion tamers he finds from flea markets, he creates a moody piece of a clown’s hidden sorrow. Find Paolo himself at Aperture Gallery for a talk and signing of the new book, on the 13th of this month. Read on
LOGS AND LOCALS IN BARBADOS.
Guess who’s come back with more killer photos from living the million dollar lifestyle? Noah “MDL” Conopask and our good friend Seth “Sean Weasly” Ricart, set off again on a new expedition in search of wahines and cocktails on the island of Barbados. During their down time from too much log riding and sunbathing, these two captured some stunning images of the island and locals. Take in the amazing tropical sights after the jump. Read on
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING IN ISTANBUL.
We just came back from the lands of Istanbul, Turkey where we spent a week with the Commodore himself, Noah “Million Dollar Listing” Conopask. He was kind enough to give us some of the beautiful flicks that he took while wrapped in a blue blanket to shield his scantily clad body from mosque goers during Ramadan (we must be the only ones who can endure such a copious amount of man chest). Check for the full survey of the city after the jump. Read on
DON’T MIX ADDERALL AND TOYS TOGETHER.
Wanna imagine what Hello Kitty or Thomas the Tank Engine would do to a 5-year old’s room after a night of heavy tea partying and adderall? The artist JeongMee Yoon is working on a project documenting the relationship between gender and family consumer habits. See if you can tell the difference between a child and Dora the Explorer. Read on
RAVED OUT SOWETO FASHION SLUMS.
Our buddies at Live From the Coast tipped us off to Johannesburg photographer Chris Saunders the other day and we decided to keep the chain mail going by giving it a REEEEEEEEEEEEEPOST. Check out the beautiful slew of portraiture, documentary photography, and fine art but be sure to give an extra special double check to the spread he did for Colors Magazine on the raved out Soweto fashion slums. We can’t really imagine the soundtrack that matches their streetwears but someone should definitely send it to us. Read on
MOONMILK FOR THE CAVE BEAR.
Ryan McGinley’s new Moonmilk series is a kaleidoscopic melding of Moonage Daydream and Clan of the Cave Bear. Check out the full series HERE. Read on
DROWNING CATS.
Danilo Parra is a photographer, filmmaker, and artist who lives, breathes, and sleeps in Brooklyn, NY. His epic cat torture film fits in nicely with our previous post about Lola Dupre but as you scroll through his work it becomes apparent that dude has a well rounded visual aesthetic that stretches far beyond drowning cats in slo mo. Check out a selection of his work after the jump. Read on
Whoever Loves Me, Follows Me.
Oliverio Toscani was no stranger to controversy by the time he got the world in a huff with his provocative campaigns for United Colors of Bennetton. In fact, his work with copywriter Emanuelle Pirella many years before on Jesus Jeans led to a significantly more European fervor that was no less outrageous than his later work. At that time drawing parallels between religion and commerce – or exposing the hypocrisy of the two – by pairing reworked passages of the bible with vibrantly colored images of his girlfriend’s tanned butt cheeks overflowing out of …uhh…Jesus Jeans, was a lot for Europeans to handle. Needless to say, Jesus Jeans weren’t around for long, but this ad lives on as an iconic example of art meeting commerce. If only advertising would get this good again. Read on
UFOs BURN DOWN MEXICAN HOUSE.
Mexican photographer Jamie Martinez takes photos of UFOs burning down houses, makes GIFs that make you feel super bizarre, and channels mexican lightbeams into his lens to create sun soaked depiction’s of the things that haunt his dreams. Check him out HERE. Read on
WHITE HOT WHIRLPOOL OF BODILY FLUID.
Marilyn Minter’s enamel on metal paintings and lush photography create such a white hot whirlpool of grime and bodily fluids that her textured and delicious depictions of girls eating raw eggs somehow transforms what would normally be a little bit of a……uhhhh…health hazard… into a hot new fetish that everyone needs to get familiar with. Read on
ALDRIN HASSELBLADS IT ON THE MOON.
“We” have a bad habit. Or at least one of us does and it consists of breaking cameras during moments that are intensely worthy of photographs. And not just breaking, SMASHING. Off the side of a boat, stepped on, dropped in toilets, and the list goes on. Give us (me) the opportunity to take a real picture of a bigfoot or something equally mysterious or elusive and we (I) can guarantee the camera will spontaneously evaporate in my hands. So, good thing the above headline says ALDRIN HASSELBLADS IT ON THE MOON because if it was the other way around it would be like: CLAYTON SERIOUSLY DROPS THE BALL AND SMASHES HIS HASSELBLAD WHILE TRYING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE MOON LANDING. Read on