Japanese photographer Takeshi Suga sent me a link to a new collection of photos titled Winter Wonderland which are quite lovely.
Although I’ve been remotely inspired by the song Winter Wonderland, my main focus is to explore the idea of a wonderland in wintertime Japan. Winter in Japan can be extremely harsh but I seek moments of euphoric serenity it also offers every now and then. That’s where I believe Winter Wonderland resides.
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March 4, 2013 - See more posts by Bobby
Last week, after several years and two talks about organizing art, Ursus Wehrli published his latest book The Art of Clean Up, wherein he attempts to organize… just about everything. Bowls of soup, a single pine branch, or even a sky full of star, it seems nothing is immune from his penchant to introduce order. His process (photographed by Geri Born and Daniel Spehr) is carried to absurd extremes, where flower arrangements are made into tidy stacks of detached petals and stems, convoluted train maps are turned into neat stacks of lines, text, and dots, and even type itself is broken down into useless stacks of lines and curves.
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February 26, 2013 - See more posts by Alex
It’s difficult to categorize Dutch photographer Arjan Benning. A master of still life tableaus, his work breathes with a sense of movement and wonder. Though prolific in the worlds of advertising, magazines, and cultural institutions, his photos stand alone as quiet works of art.
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February 26, 2013 - See more posts by Andi
About two and a half years ago Danica (remember her?!) posted about photographer Caleb Charland, and how he creates fantastic images without the use of digital trickery. What I didn’t realize at the time is how much of Caleb’s work is interested in demonstrating scientific principles; in fact, he has two series series called Demonstrations where he… well… demonstrates electrical/chemical properties of everyday objects and captures it on film. Another part of his work seems interested in carrying out experiments in film, itself. Whether he’s slapping it, setting it on fire, or letting bacteria eat away at the different layers of fim, this is work where the photograph isn’t just the evidence of the experiment, but the experiment itself.
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February 20, 2013 - See more posts by Alex
More than anything else I love to travel. New cities, new sights and new sounds are the things that I live for and if you ask me, there’s probably nothing better for you then getting a change of scene and perhaps even gaining some new perspective. While we can’t always be on the move, a good alternative is to catch a glimpse of somewhere new through the eyes of someone else. That’s what I love most about this series of photographs by the Paris-based photographer Marion Berrin; they offer a perfect glimpse into her life in the city.
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February 6, 2013 - See more posts by Philip