Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Filip Dujardin

After the Long Palace photography from yesterday, here is some great photography of crazy, unreal buildings by Belgian photographer Filip Dujardin. Somewhere in between reality and fantasy lie the the photographic collages of imaginary buildings made from Filip’s copy & past photoshop skills.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Balint Zsako

Aubodon By Balint Zsako

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Shuichi Nakano

Artist Shuichi Nakano's "Searching for Paradise" paintings depict Godzilla-sized animals towering over the urban sprawl of Japan.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

5,000,000,000

Flickr is now hosting more than 5 billion photos/ According to the Yahoo-owned photo site, user “yeoaaron” uploaded the site’s 5 billionth photo on September 18th, 2010.. The image shows the Woodwards Collage in Vancouver, B.C. Flickr says more than 3,000 images are uploaded to the site every minute. It reached 2 billion photos in 2007. It hit the 3 billion mark a year later in 2008.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami

It does not make sense to disregard the wisdom of those whose long-term approach to and knowledge of the natural world have been informed by experience over millennia, when we do not yet know the full scope of what it is we are losing. With traditionally low-carbon lifestyles, tribal people are well placed to give advice on the solutions needed to mitigate climate change. They believe they can influence the choices which humanity faces. “Only we, the indigenous people, know how to protect the forest,” says Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, “give us back our lands before the forest dies.”

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Alain Delorme

Totem #5 by Alain Delorme
Compiled during an art residency in Shanghai.These workers carry throughout the city unbelievable piles. These precarious columns made of cardboard, chairs, bottles or tires appear as the new totems of a society in complete transformation, both a factory for the world and a new El Dorado of the market economy.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Alvaro Sanchez-Montanes

Inspired by an article he read about abandoned diamond mines in Namibia, photographer Álvaro Sánchez-Montañés wanted to learn more. In his magazine he had only stumbled across one picture of Kolmanskop, a now ghost town in southern Namibia that had once been a rich mining village. Online he found a treasure trove of interesting photos and at that moment promised himself that he would one day experience the Namib desert for himself. He would see with his very own eyes how the desert sands' had reclaimed its space.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Michelle Ray

Home is where I'm Alone by Michelle Ray

Friday, September 10, 2010