Andreas Blank
Posted by Fabio 12 July 2012
Sourcing blocks of precious stone from quarries all over the world Andreas Blank carves them into contemporary subject matter creating deceptively realistic ordinary scenes. In precise sculptures everyday objects such as a shirt or briefcase, made entirely from alabaster and marble, achieve monumental permanence. read more
Jason Ratliff – Walking Shadows
Posted by Fabio 11 July 2012
Walking Shadows series by freelance designer and illustrator, Jason Ratliff. Ratliff currently lives and works in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Desks as Portraits
Posted by Fabio 10 July 2012
Desks as Portraits: An Inside Look at the DC Art World by E. Brady Robinson documents the desks of artists, curators, collectors, art critics, dealers, museum directors and taste makers in the District. This project has become a “six degrees of separation” in the DC Art World. One photo shoot leads to another in which Brady asks for recommendations and names of possible subjects. read more
Olympic portraits create controversy
Posted by Fabio 10 July 2012
AFP photographer Joe Klamar’s portraits of Olympic athletes have been called everything from “shoddy,” “appalling,” and “amaturish,” to an embarrassment to the United States Olympic team. The way Joe tells the story on the official AFP website there’s also a dose of serendipity in the way the photos came out. read more
Grizzly Bear confirm first album in three years
Posted by Fabio 9 July 2012
Grizzly Bear will release their first album in three years on September 18th via Warp Records. Recorded over the better part of a year, the album represents the band’s most charged and concise collection of music to date and follows 2009’s critical and commercial breakthrough, ‘Veckatimest.’ read more
Christoffer Relander – Multiple Exposure Portraits
Posted by Fabio 9 July 2012
A series of photographs by graphic designer and self-taught photographer from Finland, Christoffer Relander. All images are done “in-camera” while shooting with a Nikon D700. Afterwards, the files were contrast adjusted, black & white toned and more or less dodged and burned.
Isabel Martinez – Quantum Blink
Posted by Fabio 9 July 2012
The photographs in Quantum Blink by artist Isabel M. Martínez are composed of two exposures taken instants apart. The striped pattern is the result of masks placed in-camera, this feature allows her to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully fusing onto one another. read more
Thomas Demand
Posted by Fabio 6 July 2012
Thomas Demand studied with the sculptor Fritz Schwegler, who encouraged him to explore the expressive possibilities of architectural models at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where Bernd and Hilla Becher had recently taught photographers such as Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, and Candida Höfer. read more
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