by Hazel Chua • Art, Concept Product • Tags: Lightplot
The great thing about art is that it’s limitless and virtually has no boundaries. Something what you consider beautiful could look atrocious to someone else, and vice versa. So now might be a good time to ask you what your take on light art is, because that’s exactly what Ben Cowell-Thomas’s Lightplot is all about. Lightplot [...]
by Hazel Chua • Art, Stuff We Like • Tags: kickstarter
What do you get when you put two photographers, a camera, and a car together? The Going Nowhere project, that’s what. It’s one of many creative photography projects up on Kickstarter, where people like you and me can pitch in by donating a few bucks so that the ones who came up with the idea [...]
by Hazel Chua • Art, Stuff We Like • Tags: Nick Veasey, X-ray
As the saying goes, beauty is only skin deep. But Nick Veasey is out to prove a different point with his X-ray fashion photography project — that it isn’t just what’s on the surface, but also what’s several layers deep as well. It’s a different kind of photography, because Nick isn’t using a camera to capture his [...]
by Hazel Chua • Art, Stuff We Like
Children make great advertising subjects, mainly because of their cuteness factor and appeal. And eyewear company Very French Gangsters recently banked on theis ability of kids to look oh-so-adorable in order to showcase their new eyewear collection. A series of mugshots of these kids was taken, with some looking pretty sinister and mischievous, while others [...]
by Hazel Chua • Art, Stuff We Like • Tags: disposable, kickstarter
If you think of life as one big adventure and the world is your oyster, then you might be a perfect fit for this Kickstarter project called Disposable Stories. The first Disposable Stories project began in the summer of 2011, when Hejorama gave away 10 disposable cameras to 10 people in Paris. Each of them [...]
by Hazel Chua • Art, Timelapse • Tags: shawn reeder, yosemite
Shawn Reeder decided to move to the Sierras after winning a trip to Yosemite when he was 18. There, he was able to pursue his passion for photography and timelapse cinematography. We all know that the best art pieces are the ones made with a lot of heart and passion. And Shawn’s timelapse of Yosemite and [...]
by Hazel Chua • Art, Stuff We Like • Tags: Contemporary Art, Installation
If you’re a fan of anything and everything artsy, then you might want to check out Installation magazine. It’s a newly-released digital contemporary-art publication that was created by A. Moret and Field Sells, the Literary Director and Creative Director of California-based Installation Media, respectively. Installation is published quarterly and features the work of artists who work in a [...]
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by Tyler Olson • Art, Website • Tags: Aw Zinkie, portrait series, Republic of Pulau Semakau, Singapore
Aw Zinkie has recently created an insightful portrait series examining peoples lives, their possessions, and most importantly, their garbage. Our garbage reveals a lot about who we are, our culture, and the consumer environment we have become slaves to. Aw Zinkie works from Singapore and ties her work to the looming garbage problem, waste management [...]
by D.L. Cade • Art, Fujifilm • Tags: film, Kodak, Slide Film
The old ways are going by the wayside, and nowhere is the evidence more apparent than when looking at the once great Kodak company. Over the last few months any story with Kodak in the title has been a sad one, ranging from “Kodak Shuts Down Camera Business During Restructuring” to “Kodak Files for Bankruptcy…” [...]
by D.L. Cade • Art • Tags: Ansel Adams, Famous Photographers, Photography Documentary
Ansel Adams is what might be considered the ultimate American photographer; and if not that, then he certainly is the best known. Even the photographically illiterate know the name, own a portrait, or have stared awe-inspired at his black-and-white work in Yosemite National Park. If you walk into an American home chances are you’ll find a book [...]
