Watch this beautifully filmed music video by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney. Shot by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin. This fantastic photographic duo are well-known in the photography industry. And now they have created this amazing video. It’s like they used a classic hasselblad. That iconic square format. And all in black and white. As if each frame could be a strong portrait image in it self. A perfect blend of photographic mastery, moving images and music.
Bela Borsodi created a fascinating photograph for an album cover (“Terrain” by VLP). At first glance it looks like an image constructed out of four different photographs. But if you look close, very very close you might be able to see the amazingness (is that a word?) of it all. It’s just one photograph! The cleverly placed objects fool both our minds and eyes. It’s all about placement and perspective. Very impressive. Below the video of this crafty project.
Bela Borsodi’s website: www.belaborsodi.com
Above the same set up. Only a different perspective. Still a colorful image but not quite the same.
Bela Borsodi’s website: www.belaborsodi.com
Google Glass will do something for everyone. People will love it or hate it, at first. Like we first did with the mobile phone. When those became widely available, early adopters went with it. Others said they didn’t need one. Look around you now. I see this happen too with Google Glass. It will certainly become more easy to take photos. But will this be a good thing for photographers? Watch the clip and see for yourself!
The origins of the cameras we use today were invented in the 19th century. Or were they? A millenia before, Arab scientist Alhazen was using the camera obscura to duplicate images, with Leonardo da Vinci following suit 500 years later and major innovations beginning in the 19th century. Eva Timothy tracks the trajectory from the most rudimentary cameras to the ubiquity of them today.
Created by Eva Timothy and Andy London.
Learn more at TEDed: ed.ted.com/lessons/illuminating-photography-eva-timothy
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.
Xárene Eskandar gives us an interesting look into a landscape over time. He studies the relationship between our body and space, primarily the space of the natural landscape devoid of the built environment. Visit his website to get a better look at his wonderful and intriguing take on landscapes.
Xárene Eskandar’s work: cargocollective.com/atelierxe
Getting too old for fireworks? Nonsense! Dave Lehl’s photographs proofs that fireworks are more then just a loud bang and some annoying smoke. Photography, so it seems, are a wonderful way to use these celebratory noise makers. Check out the behind the scenes video of a shoot he did using fireworks and smoke bombs.
Dave Lehl’s website: davelehl.com
Li Wei is a true artist and he manage to amaze and inspire many with his work. This video shows us how Li Wei works.
Li Wei’s website: www.liweiart.com
One way to cover an event is to do it with a bunch of photographers and film crews at the moment it all goes down. Typically this is called journalism. Another way to tell the story is not to tell what is happening, but more why it’s happening. Slow journalism. Dutch photographer Rob Hornstra and writer/filmmaker Arnold van Bruggen are currently working on a series in Sochi, Russia. To cover the events leading up to the Olympic games in 2014. The whole town of Sochi will change in many ways. This is their subject. You can follow their project on www.thesochiproject.org.
Rob Hornstra’s website: www.borotov.nl