Monthly Archives October 2007

The work of

Chris Jordan

‘Pants rack in a women’s clothing store, St. Bernard Parish’ from the series ‘In Katrina’s wake’

Il cenacolo

Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper’ at 16,000,000,000 pixels at Haltadefinizione.
From the press release:
Milan, 27 October 2007 – Today, for the very first time, The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, the most famous, most discussed and most controversial work of art of all time, declared a World Heritage work of art and registered at the UNESCO worldwide […]

West Coast

I wish I were listening Gerry Mulligan’s ‘Night Lights’ right now…

Gute Aussichten

(c) Agata Madejska

(c) Andrej Krementschouk

(c) Marget Hoppe
Gute Aussichten this year’s edition has awarded the work of 11 young photographers, straight out of school. I particularily like 3 of them:
- Agata Madejska abstracts common playground elements and transforms them into suggestive contours.
- Andrej Krementschouk presents a delicate reportage on his Russian hometown.
- Leipzigerin Marget Hoppe’s project […]

Eugene Smith says

“The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.”

Disaster in little land

auch!

Pixy Liao

I really like Pixy Liao’s imaginary girlfriend series.

Saudade

(c) Matheus Alves
I ‘ve just happened to stumble upon this look at Design Klicks
Saudades, só portugueses
Conseguem senti-las bem.
Porque têm essa palavra
para dizer que as têm.
Fernando Pessoa

Trust Your Eye, Not Your Gut

To some extent, nothing you didn’t know already. Photography classes might teach about composition, lighting and depth of field, but no photographer judges the quality of an image by measuring whether the horizon falls exactly according to the rule of thirds.The same is true of the opportunity to take a good photo. Talented photographers can […]

watercolors -or the thin boundary between documentary & fine art

(c) Naralle Autio
Las night I discovered the underwater work of Naralle Autio in a past issue of the documentary photography ‘Agence VU”‘ eNewsletter.
“The figures in Narelle Autio’s underwater pictures, despite being ordinary people enjoying a swim at the beach, seem almost posed for dramatic effect, as if on a stage.”, reads the text.
It reminded […]