Untitled, 2009 [from "Taming the Alpha Vessel"] © Rachel de Joode Photographer Rachel de Joode got in touch to share some of her fascinatingly absurd installation-based work with me. With her projects Taming the Alpha Vessel, Still Life and Alters, she uses modern symbolism to construct complex statements.
Aaron Gustafson recently completed a series of large-format landscape photographs that he shot while freefalling through the skies of New York and Washington State. He is supposedly the first person to take large-format photographs while skydiving. It was done using a custom designed helmet-camera, which holds a sheet of 4×5 film: L: 4×5 Helmet Camera [...]
In her new body of work, Black is the Day, Black is the Night, Amy Elkins broadens her artistic practice in a very exciting way. The series utilizes portraits, text pieces, layered/manipulated photographs, aerial land images as well as found objects. 13/32 (Not the Man I Once Was), 2009 [from "Black is the Day, Black [...]
White Light, 2009 [from "Rapture"] © Kate Steciw Kate Steciw got in touch to inform me of her recently updated website, which contains some intriguing photographic and video work. Have a look around.
L: Study #1 (154y, 164m at F8 for 4 sec.) R: Study #25 (0y, 100m, at F8 for 15 sec.) [from "Robert Heinecken Studies"] © Jason Lazarus Just received word from Jason Lazarus that he updated his website with a unique new photographic project. Made with a portion of the cremated remains of the artist [...]
My girlfriend hand makes really nice, super simple/minimal books under the name BLACK PINE. She just launched her online shop with a blank journal that is available in two different colors – a great gift idea for the holidays (or for yourself).
Matthew Swarts got in touch to share his work with me. He has an eclectic portfolio with some interesting and playful works, in particular the ones that are sourced from image searches for various terms such as “sex,” “love,” and “death.” Untitled, 2004 © Matthew Swarts Untitled, 2004 © Matthew Swarts Untitled, 2004 © Matthew [...]
Here’s a recent video piece by James Welling, titled Lake Pavilion. For those of you unfamiliar, you may want to see his photographic work here or here for some context. I should also mention (just announced!) that, in addition to the other works/writings, a conversation between James Welling and Lyle Rexer (author of the fantastic [...]
Happy 40th birthday to Sesame Street! To celebrate, I give you one of my favorite moments (next to maybe this, of course): Geometry of Circles, a clip from a 1979 episode that includes music composed by Philip Glass! If only shows for kids were still this great…
I recently came across the photographs of Chinese artist Liu Bolin (these will of course remind some readers of Georges Rousse‘s similar technique): Locomotive, 2008 [from "Camouflage"] © Liu Bolin L: Camouflage 16, 2008 R: Camouflage 17, 2008 [from "Camouflage"] © Liu Bolin Camouflage 2, 2008 [from "Camouflage"] © Liu Bolin More to see here.
