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Posts Tagged photography

Three sculptural artworks to inspire urban life

Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo’s outdoor installation ice sculpture of melting men: hundreds of ice figures dissolving in the day’s sunlight.

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Lace Fence, by Dutch Design House Demakersvan:

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Wim Delvoye’s photographic mountains consist of inscribed messages on mountains of a massive scale.  (Photographic manipulations).  These messages seem like written notes we write to each other as reminders or [...]


Hendrik Kerstens photography: the Paula Pictures

Hendrik Kerstens‘ series the Paula Pictures, takes his daughter as the photographic subject. I see many influences here, and find the relationship between father/photographer and daughter/subject to be a fascinating one. I wonder about the story behind each portrait - how it was set up, what she was thinking in that moment, whether [...]


Jennifer Zwick photography - Constructed Narrative and Anonymous Animals series

I am loving Jennifer Zwick’s photography. One of my new all-time favourite photographs is The Reader, 2005, from her Constructed Narrative series. Check out a larger version on her homepage.

and, detail:

It’s hard for me to explain why I love the photograph as much as I do. I think it reminds me of [...]


I have a history: old photographs

I was recently given pictures of myself as a child that I had never seen before. I uploaded the best ones to Flickr. They have that beautiful faded quality of old photographs and some have interesting angles. Here are some of my favourites:
I think this is one of my earliest memories:

I get [...]


Popel Coumou: Sculptural Photographs

Again discovered through i heart photograph. Spent some time going through the archives on her site. According to the Creative Review blog:
Photographer Popel Coumou assembles two dimensional models of rooms and spaces using cloth, paper and clay. She then lights her compositions using natural daylight and a couple of projectors, photographing the results [...]


Wendy Heldmann and Dionisio Gonzalez

Have been in over my head lately - my mom visited from the east coast and I spent a busy five days keeping her busy. In other news: despite the fact that I should be saving for Europe, I fell in love and purchased another art print from 20×200.com. I have long [...]


Found: Two Portraits

(via François Coquerel. was deleted after I saved it)

(via FFFFOUND!)


Things that make me go ooo

Since I’m procrastinating from working on other important things (*cough cough* a book review and various travel preparations), I thought I would share some finds from the t-log worth highlighting.
Video: A freeze in Grand Central Station.

Baby Pear, on Flickr:

Via KK: “It a multilayered paint chip taken from a public mural wall that was [...]


On Photography and a New Eye: Nikon D40

So after I lost the battery recharger for my trusty Sony point and shoot and realized it would cost over a hundred dollars to replace, I decided to finally do that upgrade I had been planning in anticipation of travelling in the summer.
When I first bought the Sony camera, photography was a hobby I wasn’t [...]


Photography Love: Icebergs and Newfoundland Fog

When I went on my trip to Newfoundland in the summer, I saw my first iceberg - or at least, the one most up-close and personal. (And because I’m anal, I need to point out that I am not okay with the blue lines that show up around these linked images in internet explorer. [...]


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