Photo as an Art a Cover or Something Else

Natasha Klimchuk is really on to something. First, you see, she has all of these portraits. They really run the gamut, though they all involve something empire-waisted or bow-tied or caped.
But then she’ll throw in a surprise, like a man in the air. With a saw. Yup. Scroll down there a bit to take a look.

Fraction Magazine Group Show!

yes, I still have that orange crush sign.
Customer-service announcement: apply to be in Fraction Magazine’s Group Show. Here are the details:___
Typology: The study or systematicclassification of types that have characteristics or traits in common. For example, a series of photographs of water towers.

Reaching for the Out of Reach

Gifs made from old photographs from the New York Public Library by Cursive Buildings.
Forgive me if you’ve seen these one hundred times. I can sometimes be the last to know.
Gold miners with frost-covered faces, -62 degrees, Alaska, circa 1899.
Two men take out ore in a Colorado gold mine, circa 1888.

Dear Michael George,

I like your style. And your blog has taught me valuable things about medical photography. I will now remember to thank the doctor.

I Feel the Need, the Need for Speed.

Hmm, Swedish Ad Agency. I’m not convinced. I mean, it is amusing to distort one’s face. My buddy AJ likes to subject his friends to it and post the pictures on flickr, after all:

But I find the effect a bit off-putting, to be honest. Too many thoughts of saliva.

Yes, Please, and Thank You, Mr. Zeiss!

“Carl Zeiss is expanding its successful line of SLR lenses: ZE lenseswith EF bayonet for all analog and digital EOS camera models. As withall EF lenses, the new ZE lenses from Carl Zeiss transfer allinformation exclusively via electronic contacts.

Jason Lazarus Brightens My Day

I saw a  picture over on Flak Photo yesterday, and I thought “hey, that’s really clever, I like that contemporary picture”.

Do You Know Where The Paparazzi Came From?

Without Ron Galella there’d be no TMZ. And this image wouldn’t exist, either. Really.
Read all about it.
Even if Ron invented the beast, the word itself definitely hails from La dolce vita.

Vincent Skeltis: Fish and Ghosts

Vincent Skeltis had me at the title of his new project: Fish and Ghosts. And then I saw this first image, and I was a goner. Skeltis just posted a first installment of the project on his site, and he tells the story on his blog.
I can’t ignore a muted cyan, a delirious landscape, or a beautiful blonde.

Radiohead Had a Contest

To create a full-length animated video to accompany their song. This one didn’t win. But I love it.
Weird Fishes: Arpeggi from flight404 on Vimeo.
I’ve ascertained that it was made using “processing”, which my brain can’t process.