Letting Go by Femke van Veen

April 12, 2013 marceleverts Leave a comment

Letting Go

Dutch artist and photographer Femke van Veen‘s new series is pretty colorful. Her series shows toys. Toys she used to play with. But with aging comes letting go. And that is the title of this series. Letting Go is partly an homage to her younger years and an attempt to let go of her past. Let her past be represented by memories. So for the last time she played with the toys and created this wonderful series. The way she painted the toys in the exact colors of the background is like a representation of her letting go. Let the physical all blend away in the back, fade into the past.

“In order to let go, I had to face my fears. I had to learn that memories will always remain in your head. Even when your belongings are of living their own lives. This is their chance to shine for the last time, before they will be kept safe in my head.“

Femke van Veen’s website: www.femkevanveen.com

Letting Go

Femke van Veen’s website: www.femkevanveen.com

The Art of the Streets – Architecture by Nicholas Alan Cope

April 10, 2013 marceleverts Leave a comment

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Color can distract. That’s why some photographers choose to shoot in black and white. I’m not sure if this is the reason why Nicholas Alan Cope photographs architecture in black and white. But it sure makes you look at the things he wants you to see, the lines and compositions. The art of the streets. And in some photographs the black seems to fade. To show us a white pallet of lines and shadows. Almost neoplasticism like the works of painter Piet Mondriaan. Except of course, without the red, blue and yellow. Nicolas Alan Cope takes the seemingly ordinary and photographs it in such a way that perhaps makes you look differently the next time you visit the mall or park your car in those giant concrete parking garages.

Nicolas Alan Cope’s website: cope1.com

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Nicolas Alan Cope’s website: cope1.com

Naked Silhouette Alphabet (SFW) by Anastasia Mastrakouli

April 4, 2013April 4, 2013 marceleverts Leave a comment

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In desperate search for a unique font? Visual arts student Anastasia Mastrakouli created this sensual font using the human body. Visit her Behance profile for the complete set.

Anastasia Mastrakouli’s Behance profile: www.behance.net/AnastasiaMastrakouli

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VIDEO: Beijing Silvermine – Thomas Sauvin

March 24, 2013 marceleverts Leave a comment

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Beijing Silvermine is a unique photographic portrait of the capital and the life of its inhabitants following the Cultural Revolution. It covers a period of 20 years, from 1985, namely when silver film started being used massively in China, to 2005, when digital photography started taking over. These 20 years are those of China’s economic opening, when people started prospering, travelling, consuming, having fun.

The Center of the Universe by Jim Vecchi

March 23, 2013March 22, 2013 marceleverts Leave a comment

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This photo series by Jim Vecchi is breaking the rules of composition; placing the subject dead center. But in many cases in art, breaking laws provokes and creates an interesting piece of attention grabbing art. This series is called The Center of the Universe. He created this series as a memory of the hours he spent looking at everything. As a child he simply spent hours inspecting ordinary objects, such as poles, columns, wires. The focus was entirely on the subject. The surrounding landscapes would blur and melt away in color and motion. So all and all he tried to recapture that magic feeling he had inspecting things as a child. A wonderful and colorful series. That really captures the imagination and make you look at something you’d ordinarily don’t pay much attention to. And on top of that it makes you look at the unsharp worlds created behind the subject. Abstractions of real life.

Jim Vecchi’s website: www.jimvecchi.com

A Strange but Wonderful World by Rodney Smith

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 marceleverts Leave a comment

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“He can wear an ascot without appearing pretentious. He proclaims himself to be a closet optimist. He believes Modernism took a wrong turn at a wrong time. He thinks Freud saved his life. He graduated Yale. He lives in a wooded enclave in Snedens Landing, just close enough to Manhattan to meet an editor for lunch at a moments notice, but far enough away to mollify his distain for city living. He loves books. Paper. And printed matter. He wrestles with Big Ideas and references Wittgenstein and Plato as if he saw them just yesterday. He’s tweedy. Proud. Not loud. He’s a perfectionist. Workaholic.”

This is a short bio of photographer Rodney Smith. You can read the rest on his website. But more importantly you can see his wonderful work there as well. His photography is like that of another world or dimension. Strange but beautiful settings. Men wearing suits and hats, women wearing dresses. Each photographs with its own story, or so it seems. Visit his website and create yours.

Rodney Smith’s website: www.rodneysmith.com and his blog: rodneysmith.com/blog/

Beautiful Night Shots: Sleepwalking by Alex Bamford

March 10, 2013 marceleverts Leave a comment

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Photography is in essence the art of recording light. And the longer an exposure the more light is recorded. Alex Bamford is a photographer who really likes to go out and push that to the limit. He recorded light in the wee little hours of the night. You know, that time of day when light is as scares as butterflies are in winter.

His series, called Sleepwalking, shows us a set of photographs in which he himself is situated in different poses on different locations…in his PJs. The long exposures make the world look like a dream. Faded and soft. The light is wonderful. Not yet morning but not really night as well. A very interesting and wonderful project. Take a look and perhaps it inspires you to create art when you find yourself wondering around in your PJs.

Alex Bamford’s website: www.alexbamford.com

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Beautiful Portraits of…Trees? by Myoung Ho Lee

March 6, 2013 marceleverts Leave a comment

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South Korean artist Myoung Ho Lee has created some very unusual photographs focussing on trees. Myoung Ho Lee photographed trees like it were a studio portrait. The idea is quite simple; get a white background behind the subject and take the picture. But doing this with trees is something totally different. He separates the tree from its natural habitat by using the large white background. It makes you look different at trees and their surroundings. He lifts them out of their comfort zone in a way and let tree speak for its self. Without the help of the rest of nature.

A Different take on Portraiture by Maurizio Galimberti

February 27, 2013 marceleverts Leave a comment

Italian photographer Maurizio Galimberti takes on portrait photography is quite unique. He uses multiple Polaroid images to construct a portrait. As if he tries to blend multiple dimensions into this flat, 2D, medium. A take on cubism perhaps. These famous faces are photographed multiple times from different angles. This way Maurizio creates wonderful collages that covers both time and space.

Maurizio Galimberti’s website: www.mauriziogalimberti.it