Thomas Bayrle
Posted by Fabio 22 April 2010
German artist Thomas Bayrle was born 1937 in Berlin and now lives and works in Frankfurt. As a founding figure in Germany’s Pop movement along with Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter, Thomas Bayrle has been influential as both an artist and as a teacher at Frankfurt’s Staedelschule for over thirty years. Shown here is NDR from 1976, heliography on paper, 95.2 x 78.4 cm.
Thomas Bayrle
Brian Ulrich
Posted by Fabio 21 April 2010
Over the past 7 years American photographer Brian Ulrich has been engaged with a long-term photographic examination of the peculiarities and complexities of the consumer-dominated culture in which we live. This photo is from the Copia series and is a shot of the window of Powerhouse Gym.
Eyjafjallajokull – The Vulcan
Posted by Fabio 20 April 2010
An amazing set of photographs of the Icelandic vulcan Eyjafjallajokull has been collected by the Boston Globe.
AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti
Josh Cochran
Posted by Fabio 20 April 2010
Brooklyn based illustrator Josh Cochran graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design, CA in 2005.
Derrick Santini
Posted by Fabio 19 April 2010
Derrick Santini is a London based photographer with a broad portfolio in fashion, reportage, music and advertising photography.
Frédéric Poincelet
Posted by Fabio 16 April 2010
French artist Frédéric Poincelet worked as a graphic artist for ten years before turning to comics. With already some underground publications to his credit, he joined the publishing house Ego Comme X in 1998. There, he created such comics as ‘Une Relecture’, the ‘Le Périodique’ series and ‘Essai de Sentimentalisme’ (in cooperation with Loïc Néhou).
Vice Guide to Film
Posted by Fabio 14 April 2010
From Korea to Beirut, from Russia to Mexico City, The VICE Guide to Film is directed and produced by VICE co-founder Shane Smith, and VICE Creative Director Eddy Moretti. They’ve previously been exploring the active Mexican B-movie industry where the movies are low budget and about the very real world of drugs – narco-cinema.
This week – Iranian cinema!
www.vbs.tv
2010 Pulitzer Price
Posted by Fabio 13 April 2010
This years winners of the prestigious Pulitzer prices were announced last night in New York. Mary Chind of The Des Moines Register was awarded the price for Breaking News Photography for her photograph of the heart-stopping moment when a rescuer dangling in a makeshift harness tries to save a woman trapped in the foaming water beneath a dam. See the list of all the winners here.
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