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Photojournalist turned fashion photographer, Greg Williams, has recently been experimenting with the Red camera capturing some incredibly stunning footage. His transition to moving image was almost foreshadowed by the cinematic lighting of his still image work. Some of you may have seen his feature on Daisy Lowe for Esquire Magazine, with Tell-Tale, he brings a noir edge to his film work, which to me seems like a definite nod to Lynch and Hitchcock. Enjoy.
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I recently checked out the work of photojournalist Jocelyn Bain Hogg for his collection of photos that document a society obsessed with celebrity culture. While browsing Idols+Believers, I revisited a piece that left a stronger impression on me. This particular set entitled, The Firm, gives us a closer look into the world of organized crime in the UK. Bain Hogg spent four years alongside the men and women of the British underworld offering them a chance to be represented as honestly as possible. The foundation of their relationships – that loyalty must remain their foremost concern – becomes very apparent through the photographs. The whole book is in B&W as are the lives of the subjects depicted. The following photos are some of my favorites. Enjoy.
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Evan Roth graduated with a MFA in design and technology from The New School at Parsons. He is one of their most notable recent graduates focusing on how to incorporate an interest in popular culture with coding and open source technology. Roth seems to enjoy exploiting the flamboyant nature of popular culture but also involves himself in deep studies of subcultures such as graffiti art. He co-founded the Graffiti Research Lab after working on the Graffiti Analysis project for his thesis. His goal here is to provide “graffiti artists with open source technologies for urban communication.”
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Up There is a short film produced by Mother NY and directed by Malcolm Murray about the diminishing craft of hand-painted advertisements. “It takes so much work that it’s kind of ridiculous… We try and do it as fast as possible, but that doesn’t change the fact that there are way easier ways to get it up there.” This quote by one of the painters was captured while he stood in the rain and it became apparent to me at this moment that Murray was showing us the faces behind the work we see everyday. As a graphic designer, I know too well how easy it is to be stuck in front of the computer, but also realize the value and payoff of working manually to produce handmade components for a design. Similarly, the production of billboard advertisements is now overrun by vinyl printers because it’s efficient and consistent. It’s nice to see that there is still a human hand amidst a world dominated by the digital medium. This beautiful documentary was shot with a Sony EX1.
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hannahelisabeth on Flickr has compiled her favorite black and white photographs from her collection. I have seen a couple all over the internet but never knew who took them. So, now we all know.
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I was introduced to Eric Saeter’s work last year by a mutual friend who knows him from their hometown of Seattle, Washington. It had been awhile since I checked on the progress of his budding design career so I revisited his work to find some nice new additions. Saeter was essentially underwhelmed by what was available in the men’s jewelry world, complaining about a lack of imagination and color. He took matters into his own hands and L’Âge d’Or was born. Lately, he has been experimenting with new material and the result is a collection of some really beautiful and unique works of art.
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Cosmic Excerpts is a collection by Ryan Todd from Darklord. The collection is a result of many years of disco, funk, and cosmic record hunting. What makes this collection unique is the way Todd documents only a portion of the record sleeve in order to create a gestalt of new perspective for some of these bizarre designs. Todd had this to say, “I would buy a record and if it happened to have weird, sci-fi artwork then I photographed a portion of the cover for the set, avoiding any words or identifiers as best as possible. If the record turned out to be terrible, then at least I was able to take away a cool image from the experience before donating it to Goodwill. It also turned into a little bit of a game, with random people showing up to see if they could identify records based on the bit I chose to show.”
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Alexander S. Budnitz of Sametz Blackstone Associates has compiled a fantastic collection of cover designs for books dating all the way back to the early twentieth century. Go ahead and judge a book by its cover. Below are some of my favorites.
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Record Makers is a label founded by the French duo Air and is celebrating their 10 year anniversary by releasing a rotoscoped animation for Sébastien Tellier’s “Look.” They are also releasing applications for the iPhone as well for the same occasion. Cheers!
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Alexa Meade is a poly-sci major from Vassar College who works with acrylic paint on three dimensional objects. Through her perception altering technique, Meade attempts to compress a 3D space into a 2D plane. She masks found objects and her human subjects by applying paint directly to the surface without ever using a traditional canvas. The documentation of her work has a great balance of reveal as well.
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