August 13th, 2010 | Posted in: photography
Analog photography is making its comeback as a niche product, thats for sure. Lomo camera’s are everywhere and with Polaroid’s comeback this trend will surely continue. And with fun camera’s like the Lomography Spinner 360 coming out this trend is strengthened.
This camera takes full 360 shots, Taking your shots there where no panorama camera has taken you before. The results are awesome. Can’t wait to get my hands on one of these!
Available for $125,- in the Lomography Online Store.
Images via Cool Hunting.
August 12th, 2010 | Posted in: photography
Changing your perspective on random things can result in amazing pictures. Thats why I love aerial photography, because it shows you things you are encountered with regularly, from an entirely different angle. Alex Maclean has made this his specialty, and there are some amazing images in his portfolio. Here’s some of my favorites.
His work is also bundled in the book ‘Over’. Cool stuff.
As You know, I have a weak spot for Polaroid pictures. Thats why I like No Balls, No Glory; A Polaroid Story that much. Ouni decided one day that she wanted to go out and shoot great artists on her Polaroid cam. And has she succeeded. Among the faces on her blog are Pharrell Williams, Snoop Dogg and Mos Def. The cool thing is that every Polaroid has a story, which she shares with us. A bit heavy on text, but this gives the pictures so much more meaning. This is what sets her blog apart from all the other snapshot blogs. Love it. Go check it out here.
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in: photography
The other day I stumbled upon photographer Jason Travis‘ project called Persona. Travis asked random people to reveal the contents of their bags. Seeing the bag-content next to its carrier creates a very interesting profile of these people. Especially when you see that some people turn out to be completely different than you’d think. Here’s some more examples.
This one is a must see. Check out the entire gallery here.
Sometimes you bump into companies that create amazing things you’d wish you’d had discovered years earlier. Pixelcase is one of these companies. These guys make awesome virtual tours in great quality. Anything is possible, from simply displaying your house to aerial tours over your city. All images are viewable from 360 degrees. Just click the image above to see an example. Great stuff, but not unique. I agree.
The cool thing is, that their images are now available for iPhone/ iPad too. And their technology is right at home on these devices. Making optinal use of the multi touch screen, this is how it always should have been. Just get your iPhone/ iPad, surf to this page and enjoy. I wonder whether they can make these images interactive/ clickable. I’m already thinking of building websites and application based on these 360-images.
May 3rd, 2010 | Posted in: photography
We have seen before that environmental catastrophes can provide images which are dreary, striking but also amazing. The same thing is happening now in the gulf of Mexico, where oil is ruining both the ecosystem and the local economy on an unprecedented scale. Let these images remind us to keep lower our dependency on oil and search frantically for alternative energy sources.
These images where take from the Boston Globe’s ‘The Big Picture‘, which contains a lot more striking images.
April 27th, 2010 | Posted in: photography
Photographer Ashley Gilbertson captured a unique and heartbreaking side of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan with his project called ‘The Shrine Down the Hall’ for the NY Times. In this project Gilbertson shows the untouched bedrooms of fallen soldiers, with their beds still made and personal items kept in place. Striking… Check out the entire series here.
Also do check out his other work, it is definitely worth it!
April 23rd, 2010 | Posted in: photography
The Selvedge Yard recently posted an interesting piece on how New York in the 70’s looked and felt. The selection of pictures gives you a nice insight in how different things looked in Manhattan back then compared to today. The picture above for example has to be where The High Line park was opened recently as far as I can see, and must be somewhere in the now hot and happening Meatpacking district. Check out the entire post for more awesome pictures.
April 7th, 2010 | Posted in: photography
Just a short note today from NYC, as the weather is way to good to be inside all day. After my post on the Hipstamatic app for iPhone, my friend and brilliant art director Nico pointed me to the website Buro am Meer. A great collection of photography with the lomo look and feel. Great stuff definitely worth checking out!
When I was was in Brooklyn the other day, I wandered into the powerHouse Arena and was amazed by the quality of their collection, the cool photo exhibiton and the great looks of this store/gallery. powerHouse are the kind of publishers laughing at the fact that the internet is killing publishing as it was. In my opinion these are the guys who have carved a niche for themselves and are thriving.
powerHouse Books is best known for a diverse publishing program — specialized in fine art, documentary, pop culture, fashion, and celebrity books. I was especially struck by the quality of their photo books.
Since the company was founded in 1995 they have built up a massive portfolio of great work. So check out their website for the entire collection, and if you are in the neighborhood head for 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY and see for yourself!
Analog photography is making its comeback as a niche product, thats for sure. Lomo camera’s are everywhere and with Polaroid’s comeback this trend will surely continue. And with fun camera’s like the Lomography Spinner 360 coming out this trend is strengthened.
