Have you traveled around the world, trekking around all sorts of various countries, sparkling with different ways of life, attitudes and perspectives? If you were Phil Borges, then the answer would be a definite yes. For the better part of the past twenty five years, Phil has been traveling all over the planet, capturing the world through his camera and giving the global village some moving and wonderful stories about who we are, how we live, our spirit and our struggle. [Read more...]
Long before the present day, when every image seems to be Photoshopped, Robert Funk was creating surreal images that bent reality without even leaving it. The previously New York based photographer captured images around the world in the 70′s, juxtaposing real life with toys, miniatures, paintings, cutouts & “plastic thingies.” He pioneered the photography of toys, an unusual subject for the time, and was featured in many magazines of the day including Popular Photography. Often his images used large flat cut-outs of magazines or even his own art, interacting with the environment around them while their shiny surfaces reflected the surrounding light. His work took him around the world, sometimes seeing him haul large cut-outs in his luggage or creating new ones on location. [Read more...]
Clark Little was born in California, but when he was only 2 his family moved to the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii. It was a move that would define his life. Growing up in the world surfing mecca, Little made his name in the 80s and 90s, pioneering the waves of the Waimea Bay shorebreak, and becoming known for an unusual talent of escaping the beaches quickly crashing waves unscathed. Years later, in 2007, Little put this talent to work when his wife asked him to take a picture of the ocean to decorate a bedroom wall. Today, just five years later, he has become world famous for his photographs, having them featured on Good Morning America, Inside Edition, The Today Show and ABC World News Now. To see more of these incredible translucent waves, or to order his new 2012 calendar, swing by clarklittlephotography.com [Read more...]
A year after moving to New York City, photographer Paul McDonough started documenting its bustling street life. From the dog park to Wall Street, his photographs captured a vibrant city in the throws of the progressive 60s and 70s, each of his captivating images holding small gems, hidden for the viewer to discover. McDonough has lived in New York ever since, and his love of the city shows through in the tender treatment of his subjects. Find out more, in the artists own words, at The Paris Review [Read more...]
Vihao Pham takes ballet out of the theater and studio, planting it naturally and gracefully in the streets. Each images transforms the urban landscape into something to be played with, enjoyed and danced upon, opening up discussion about how public space is viewed and used in everyday life. [Read more...]
Scott London has beautifully captured Burning Man once again. This year, the behemoth desert based event (which sold out for the first time in 25 years) seemed to me even grander in scale then in years past. There were so many major pieces of art burning that I could barely keep up.
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In the exclusive interview below, London was kind to answer a few questions about his experience this year at Burning Man and how he captures his incredible shots in such a harsh, dusty environment. Just a small sampling of his diverse portfolio, see many more photographs at ScottLondon.com. [Read more...]
These strikingly crisp images take me back to campy Japanese Mothra films of the 60′s. The ‘portraits’, taken with a scanning electron microsope (SEM) by Steve Gschmeissner, reveal the tiny world that surounds us, yet still evades our view. Images recorded with an SEM include no color so these examples have had subtle hues added for more impact. See more of Gschmeissner’s high quality close-ups at visualphotos.com. [Read more...]
Are we in a space-time continuum? Or maybe a wormhole to another moment in time? That’s what comes to mind when appreciating Appuru Pai‘s amazing time-released photographs. [Read more...]
Some know Jose Ferreira in the world of fashion. Others know this young Portuguese man as a photojournalist. Whichever the case, Ferreira captures and shares with us poignant moments of our world, be it moments of beauty or human distress. [Read more...]
This amazing Dutch photographer says he’s passionate about landscapes, which are indeed, exquisite, but his human portraits hold a same sort of expectant presence–all of his images speak of a journey taken. Sander Koot’s series Back from the Future is a pairing of new portraits of the individual with an older picture of that person from years past. [Read more...]
