a photo a day
March 25, 2009
the fwa created a webpage called fwaphoto.com where they highlight one amazing photo (in some cases it seems like a very subjective decision to say the least but some are really good and fun) a day.
not only can you watch them on your laptop but also download a free iphone application via itunes. and that’s nice, because it does help to get through some bowring meetings. or just take a minute off, look for the right shot and dream away for a few.
forgotten beauty, moments of the past
March 17, 2009
it is a shame how the city of detroit has been run down and ruined. yves marchand and romain meffre captured the forgotten beauty of a once powerful and vibrant city.
looking at the photos you don’t know what to feel. there is something absolutely fascinating in those dilapidated structures. it makes you dream, you start thinking about the times when these places were filled with life. where are the people who once stood in the hallways, worked in those offices, lived in those houses and what are their memories? how was the very last moment before the doors were shut and locked.
the city had at it’s peak in the 50s a population of roughly 2 million. 50 years later it’s down to about 750 thousand – declining, with about 2000 people leaving the city area per month.
jay z typography
March 12, 2009
brooklyn (go hard), interesting video but it would have been nice to form the face out of the lyrics versus just the brooklyn. anyways refreshing to see from jay z instead of some worn out gangster stuff, quite stylish.
nice eye – kim høltermand
March 12, 2009
impressive his architectural work. kim høltermand, born 1977 in denmark. don’t know much more than that. but most importantly is anyways what he does – photography. i like how he merges the authenticity of a moment and place with style and purity. obviously it is subjective but i love this kind of photography and image esthetic.
be a photographer
March 10, 2009
check out this fun online piece where you slip into the role and view of a fashion photographer. you can shoot both a man and a woman and put the best shots into a virtual magazine, sending that off to friends pretending you are a hero.
downside is, the email that gets send off highlights mostly the JAG webspecial and it is actually hard see the link to your magazine. anyways, still a fun piece and the site works well.
kalle gustafsson
November 6, 2008
check out this guy, kalle gustafsson. sounds like the most cliche swedish name i have ever heard but he does some really cool work.
http://www.kallegustafsson.com/
fotofest beijing
December 27, 2007
not really recent but nevertheless interesting. some of the images have a truth and reality to it you don’t find that often anymore. in october 2006, fotofest international partnered with hewlett packard china and a team of chinese photographers and businessmen to sponsor an event bringing together 278 contemporary chinese photographers and 35 influential professionals from the professional and art photography world in europe, north america, china and australia – meeting place fotofest beijing 2006 (MPFB2006).
MBFB2006 was an unprecedented event in china. it was designed to open up new opportunities for contemporary chinese photography. it was the first time a large number of contemporary photographers in china were able to show their work to such a broad-based group of important international curators, commercial gallery owners, photography festival directors, editors, representatives of photo agencies, educators, and director/curators of artist spaces.
photographers came to beijing from all over china. some were long-time professionals and others were recent graduates of chinese art and film schools. for four days, the international reviewers met with chinese photographers on a one-to-one basis, looked at their work and shared professional knowledge. the range of photography presented was remarkably broad, from classical black and white documentary to conceptual color works.
unicef image of the year
December 20, 2007
this shot by stephanie sinclair is amazing. it shows an 11 year old afghan girl which was just married to a 40 year old afghan man. not only that i believe he is lying (doesn’t he look like he is at least 132 years old?) but also the look she gives him (kind of like “dude, wash you beard”) – just great. this image is a reality portrait out of thousand and one nights.
geoffroy de boismenu
November 21, 2007
moments – by jacques henri lartigue
November 17, 2007
his images are stunning, funny, amazing, and often portrait a moment in history and time. jacques lartigue was born in courbevoie on june 13, 1894. he took his first photographs at the age of six, using his father’s camera, and started keeping what would become a lifelong diary. in 1904 he began making photographs and drawings of family games and childhood experiences, also capturing the beginnings of aviation and cars and the smart women of the bois de boulogne as well as society and sporting events.
an unfailingly curious amateur, he tried out all the available techniques, tirelessly recording the fleeting moments and meticulously arranging his several thousand images in large albums. however, it would seem that photography was not his true vocation. In 1915 he attended the académie jullian: painting was to remain his professional activity and from 1922 onwards he exhibited in the salons of paris and southern france.
his acquaintances in the world of the arts included sacha guitry and yvonne printemps, kees van dongen, pablo picasso and jean cocteau, while his passion for movies saw him work as still photographer with jacques feyder, abel gance, robert bresson, françois truffaut and federico fellini.
although lartigue occasionally sold his pictures to the press and exhibited at the galerie d’orsay alongside brassaï, man ray and doisneau, his reputation as a photographer was not truly established until he was 69, with a retrospective at the museum of modern art in new york and the publication of a portfolio in life. he now added his father’s first name to his own surname, becoming jacques henri lartigue. worldwide fame came three years later with his first book, the family album, followed in 1970, by diary of a century, conceived by richard avedon. in 1975 he had his first french retrospective at the musée des arts décoratifs in paris. for the rest of his life, lartigue was busy answering commissions from fashion and decoration magazines.
he also produced the official photograph of the new french president, valéry giscard d’estaing. he died in nice on september 12, 1986.
philip toledano
November 11, 2007
philip toledano made the switch from a new york advertising creative to a conceptual strong photographer. originally from britain, his work is obviously inspired and influenced by a different, more idea based creative thinking and lot of his work shows typical elements of an art director’s mind. his portfolio has quite changed over the last 3 years and where he was more of an observer with an eye for the interesting and unseen moments he now expresses his own creativity and thoughts. interesting stuff.
florence & johann
November 10, 2007
florence tétier and johann besse are a lausanne, switzerland based graphic design, photography and illsutration team (not a couple) which finished studies in 2006, graduating from ECAL – an in 1821 founded fine and applied art school, now officially university of art and design.
the two have an interesting mix of disciplines and work on their site. often combining different media to create its own style. i’d describe it as somwhere between psychedelic introverted and forward agressive.
victor j blue
November 3, 2007
this blog isn’t just about advertising, fine art and the beautiful things in life. i admire photo journalism and think that some of the most powerful images we know have been taken by photographers like vitor j blue, james nachtwey, h.c. bresson and others. many of these images are not only interrupting, impressing and disturbing for the moment but also stick to your brain for ever.
victor j. blue is a san francisco based freelance photojournalist. he has worked extensively in central america since 2001, concentrating on the post-conflict situation in guatemala, as well as covering issues of national importance in california across the country. he is represented by the world picture news photo agency in new york.
christophe huet
November 3, 2007
amazing pieces, amazing retouching. christophe’s website – making of section – allows you to follow the steps revealing where he departed and arrived. going through the list of photographers he works with explains why the paris based retoucher and pixel artist is one of the best of his guild.
floria sigismondi
October 24, 2007
floria sigismondi’s work is marked by creating hyper-surreal worlds. as a multi-disciplinarian she works as artist, photographer and director producing hallucinatory pieces often combining paintings, photography, video and early film aesthetics to dark poetic plays.
