January 2012
9 posts
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Ramón Figueroa Collection
“The posters are a great expression of a time when Mexico made an investment in popular culture as a way to promote the values and virtues that would unify society and consolidate the power of the system. I think it is very interesting that some of the poster artists (such as Josep Renau or Ernesto García Cabral) were also muralists. There is research to be done on the Mexican poster...
Skinemax
“Skinemax is Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes. It’s long form entertainment for short attention spans. An hour long VJ odyssey, it will move your body and warp your mind.
A nostalgic look back at a half remembered childhood growing up in the 80s and early 90s, Skinemax takes a close look at the culture of that era. The images that...
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Jean Charles Pellerin's Paper Theaters...
Jean Charles Pellerin’s paper theaters were wildly popular in the nineteenth century. Depicting folk themes, Gothic gardens, domestic drabberies, prison life, and Napoleonic battlefields. Completely mesmeric.
Gutzon Borglum – Mount Rushmore
Essentially a project to promote tourism to South Dakota, Gutzon Borglum + 400 workers started the colossal sculpture in October 1927, it took them a further 14 years to finish. (Read more about the history of it here)
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Daniele Villa
Super nice collages. http://www.danielevilla.com/
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Eric Cahan
Cabo San Lusas, MexicoSunset 7:09pm
Two Mile Hallow, NYSunset 7:22pm
Bridgehampton, NYSunset 7:48pm
Fort Pond Bay, Montauk, NYSunset 8:10pm
Captured gradients as the sun rises from across America and Mexico. So nice: http://ericcahan.com/portfolio/sky-series/
Keith Warren Greiman
This man will change your horizons. http://keithgreiman.com
Ana Cabaleiro
Beautiful. Check out Ana’s portfolio here.
The Stonemasters: Californian Rock Climbers in the...
Decked out in bandanas, shades and cutoffs, they blew open the conventions of climbing. Dubbing themselves the Stonemasters, these now-legendary adventurers established techniques that allowed for some of the most spectacular climbs in history. They were loud, proud, smoked dope and chalked their lightning-flash insignia across rock faces. The glamour of their lifestyle made a huge impact...
December 2011
9 posts
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Larry Burrows: Vietnam
In the heat of battle, in the devastated countryside, among troops and civilians equally hurt by the savagery of war, Larry Burrows photographed the conflict in Vietnam from 1962, the earliest days of American involvement, until 1971, when he died in a helicopter shot down on the Vietnam–Laos border. His images, published in Life magazine, brought the war home, scorching the...
Paul X. Johnson
Panther. Masonic book. Axe… Check out more of Pauls work here. Really lovely.
Wrapped Monuments
By the infamous Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Monuments (Vittorio Emanuele II, on Piazza del Duomo, and the monument to Leonardo da Vinci, on Piazza della Scala) were wrapped up with polypropylene fabric and red polypropylene rope. Milan, 1970. More here
Thomas Struth - Museums
Museums by Struth, one of Germanys greats modern photographers. Be sure to check out his other works here.
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La Mer de Pianos
Short film about Marc Manceaux, the owner of the oldest piano shop in Paris. Like this man a lot.
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Wolff & Tritschler
Photos by Paul Wolff and his partner Alfred Tritschler.
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Damien Florébert Cuypers
Jeffrey Deitch
Grayson Perry
Hans Ulrich
Charles Saatchi
“The two-minute sketches started in a bar in Paris,” explains Cuypers. “All we had were crayons and paper so we thought we’d see how quickly we could draw people.”
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Memphis Furniture
Colourful 80’s Furniture design that changed the face of modern design. More via design museum: designmuseum.org/design/memphis
MaricorMaricar
Otherwise known as Maricor and Maricar Manalo. Amazing stuff, especially love their letter ‘C’.
November 2011
15 posts
sound recordings stills
Not sure why. Don’t care. By Pedro Alvarez
Richard Simpkin
An unnasuming man with an obsession to have his photograph taken with celebrities. Over 2,000 so far. He has turned this into a self portrait exhibition called Richard & Famous. Really nice/creepy as fuck.
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Day-After-Day in NOD
By Andy J. Miller… http://innod.tumblr.com/
Gustavo Sousa - Preto
Preto - As series of ink on porcelain works by Gustavo Sousa, opens the 24th of November at the Idea Generation Gallery, London. Really nice, check out his site here.
Wandering Coma
“My photographs are about removal: bringing people to nondescript locations, to places that aren’t recognizable, removing their clothes, capturing them with a very limited style palette. I try to think about how timelessness, isolation, and style interact.” – McGinley.
Ryan McGinleys new show ‘Wandering Coma” opens at the Alison Jacques Gallery. London, 23RD...
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Big B-movie posters
So good. So big. http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/
Jeffrey Vallance, Cultural Ties, 1979
In 1979 American artist Jeffery Vallance sent out letters to a whole bunch of world leaders. With the letter he enclosed one of his neck ties. In the letter he asks the leader to send him back one of their own ties as a sign of friendship and a way of forging closer cultural links between the leader’s country and Vallance’s America. It is basically a tie-swap.
The responses are...
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Ansel Adams
40,000 photographs cropped and individually processed during his lifetime.
Malarky
Malarky. The man bringing his world of colours and fun to the streets of London.
If you find yourself in East London head down Redchurch Street and see it in the real life.
http://malark.blogspot.com/
Wes Lang
Meticulous drawings, by the incredibly talented Wes Lang. Super nice.
Milton Glaser
‘I did the bloody thing in 1975 and I thought it would last a couple of months as a promotion and disappear.’ Milton Glaser, the I <3 NY designer.
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Norman Parkinson
Fashion photography’s first real game changer.
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Bridget Riley
So pleasing on the eye. Love it all. Awesome simple visually complex paintings.
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John Parr Miller
Wonderful little illustrations.
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Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) A truly remarkable man. Watch his talk ‘Parrots the Universe and Everything’ it will change your horizon.
October 2011
11 posts
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Edward Joseph Ruscha IV
Pronounced roo-SHAY. December 16, 1937 -
Mitch Epstein
Mitch Epstein. One of the modern photography greats check out more of his work here.
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Das Programm
Das Programm, an entire site devoted to Braun and Vitsœ products from 1955-1995.
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Andreas Feininger – Portraits
Awesome.
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Screen Caps
Really big screen grabs from films. Nice: http://screencaps.tumblr.com/
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
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Ron Galella
Paparazzo Extraordinaire.
Titlescream
Title+Graphic inspiration from 8-16bit games from the 80/90s. http://www.titlescream.com/
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Steve Jobs
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Henri Rousseau
Awkwardly amazing.
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Ed Van der Elsken
– “Show the world who you are!”
September 2011
14 posts
James Turnley
Iconic film stills photographed. Simple. Beautiful. More here http://www.jamesturnley.com/index.html
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High Quality Movie Scans
Lots of posters and stills that are all high res. Nice.
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ANDY WARHOL POLAROIDS
Lots more on google. Enjoy.
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Ed Emberley – Drawing Lessons
Perfect.
Matias Santa Maria
Surreal. More here.
David Ryle
Staggeringly beautiful photography by David Ryle. Be sure to check out his site here.