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art
2D or not 2D
Combining or taking inspiration from different art forms can bring about wonderful pieces of work. Photographer Alexander Khokhlov created portraits of woman with wonderfully painted faces. The faces references to all kinds of different works of art. We recognize the comic style, or for the art lovers pop style, of Roy Lichtenstein; we see a pixellated portrait we all know so well by looking at pictures on our computer screens. Even the iconic Obama Hope poster by Shepard Fairey is painted and photographed wonderfully by this Russian artist.
A wonderful series to celebrate both photography and art in general. Below the series. Visit his website for more of his work.
Alexander’s webiste: www.alexanderkhokhlov.com
Alexander’s webiste: www.alexanderkhokhlov.com
Virtual Art
And I’m back! Been away from the keyboard for a while. But I’m back with more photography from artists around the globe.
As a fun experiment I started a tumblr page for a photography project. Just started it. On this page I will try to explore the photographic beauty of a very popular virtual world. Namely the Grand Theft Auto 5 universe. In this fast and fun game one can take pictures of this beautifully crafted world. Let’s try to connect the real world with this virtual world by bringing some of my photographs to your screen. Still kinda virtual but still…
Got to the Tumblr page by clicking the following link: GTA 5 Photography
The Neighbors by Arne Svenson
Controversy is always something that can help promote your work. Because of all the commotion around the photo series The Neighbors it manages to come across my table. And that’s why I’m sharing it with you. So in a way the saying, bad publicity is good publicity worked for photographer Arne Svenson. In his series he pointed the camera at the apartment building across from his studio. It shows us snippets of the lives lived in these stacked living spaces. A series of anonymous lives lived behind the windows of downtown Manhattan.
The photos have a painting like quality. The framing of the windows mimic that of paintings. And they remind me of the works of Edwards Hopper. Moments captured in a wonderful composition. It leave much to the imagination. The subjects aren’t recognizable. The artist allows us to create our own story. A theatrical way of looking at ordinary life. It also reminded me of the series Windows by Michael Wolf.
Read about the controversy of being secretly photographed and putting the work up for sale here. I can understand the feelings of being photographed in your private homes. It does raise some privacy questions but overall the work doesn’t seem to be about those specific neighbors. It shows a stage we can recognize. If I was Arne’s neighbor I would ask for a print. Not sue him for making such an interesting series.
Arne Svenson’s website: arnesvenson.com
Arne Svenson’s website: arnesvenson.com
Ha! Make Your Daily Commute More Fun
If you get bored during your daily commute to work or school. This is a way to make it more fun. Get yourself one of those free newspapers and make your fellow commuters look more awesome. An anonymous person shot these photographs. Take a look and get inspired! If you have made some…please send me your images!
Send me your commute photographs: [email protected]
via designtaxi.com
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Exhibitions on March 2013 – Gabriele Croppi
Coming soon, two exhibitions by Gabriele Croppi. Form 8 march till 15 september in Oslo and 30 march in Los Angeles. If you find yourself near those places, please visit Gabrielle Croppi’s photo series.
Gabriele Croppi on PforPHOTO: www.pforphoto.com/the-world-is-black-and-white/
Gabriele Croppi’s website: www.gabrielecroppi.com
A Different take on Portraiture by Maurizio Galimberti
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
Life Made Neat and Tidy by Ursus Wehrli
This week I purchased a book by Ursis Wehrli. Just a wonderful little book with amazing, funny and inspiring work by this Swiss artist. Some people have this thing called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This translates to behavior like always having to touch the door knob 3 times before leaving the room. Or arranging everything as straight as possible. And this OCDness is something that went through my mind when I saw Wehrli’s work. His work seems so simple. He takes it upon himself to organize the world we live in. From the very small, like a bowl of fruit, to something huge, like the night sky.
Perhaps he is doing this because he just wants to place everything in order. Or perhaps it’s a way for him to teach us how to look differently at our everyday world. His work puts a smile on my face. I hope it does the same for you.
Ursus Wehrli’s website: www.kunstaufraeumen.ch
Find his books on Amazon:
The Art of clean up: Life made Neat and Tidy
