Posts tagged with documentary photography
August 27, 2011 | New Photography | by Andrew Smart |
Wend Lear is one of my favourite photographers. Her documentary series from Palestine is beautiful, capturing a fragile country innocent of its leaders’ politics.
August 13, 2011 | New Products | by Soham Gupta |
This book is for anyone interested in frank testimonials about the human race. Twenty-two of the best photo-journalists today share their experiences with you. A must for any sensitive person.
April 5, 2010 | New Photography | by Gerry Mak |
Daniel Shea’s lens mostly focuses on the ugly, the forgotten, and not always irredeemable sides of American culture — the decaying neighborhoods of Baltimore, the poor and working class people of his hometown of Chicago, and the devastation of the mining industry in Appalachia. His most recent series, Plume, documents the coal-fired power plants of southeastern Ohio, where smokestacks loom over abandoned towns, generic suburban sprawl, and once idyllic farmland. Read more
February 5, 2010 | New Photography | by Alison Zavos |
James Reynolds currently lives and works in London. He recently graduated from Kingston University studying Graphic Design. This series, Last Suppers, documents former Death Row prisoners’ requests for their last meal before execution. [see more photos at Feature Shoot] Read more
November 27, 2008 | New Photography | by Francis Andrews 
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There’s something about the immediacy of press photography, where the setting is rarely staged and the acts usually entirely spontaneous, that makes it so absorbing. A good photograph can often do more than the thousand word article it accompanies; can be so powerful as to render the writing background material. A photo is not so tainted by opinion, and therefore not always necessary to subject it to the same scrutiny that news or feature writing attracts. A camera can lie, no doubt about that, but certain images are so raw and so remorseless that surely no choreography could have been involved. This exhibition (now at the Royal Festival Hall, London) proves just that: amongst the jubilation of sporting achievements and natural wonder, there are certain images – particularly those in the war and conflict section – that leave you feeling very exposed and vulnerable, going some miniscule (but important) way towards bridging the gulf between viewer and subject.
October 17, 2008 | New Photography | by Zolton |
I love the sense of quiet yet peaceful desolation that Australian photographer Lucia Fischer captures in her essay, 2008; Portrait of a Postcode. Of the gritty and textural series, she says: ‘I have been working on the project for the past two years. It is about the little suburb of Chippendale in Sydney. It’s only small and unknown to many Sydney-siders, but it has this great dirty, grungy and grimy history that stems from the CUB Brewery and the industrial culture that has evolved around it. The streetscapes are alive with colour and textures that reflect the rogue atmosphere of the area. I just can’t get enough of the place and spend hours aimlessly wandering through the streets with my Rolleiflex camera. But the ruthian Chippendale character is in danger!’ Read more
It’s practical. It’s cute. It’s the Pixbag, designed to protect your DSLR camera and eliminate the need for those otherwise bulky and unflattering photography bags. Read more
Don’t Shoot the Puppy is one of the more difficult flash games out there, sure to engage you for hours. Strategy is the key, but quick reflexes and a photographic memory don’t hurt either. It’s rare that a computer game challenges the intellect and hand-eye coordination to this extent.
B-Reel is real smooth. And when I say real, I mean really. They created the latest ad for kicks brand Onitsuka Tiger. Read more
Ben Thomas applies the skills he learned at the International Design and Animation School in Adelaide to make large, wide-angle photos of massive urban landscapes look as if they are tiny dioramas. Read more
A colourful thing to do on the net is surf on over to She Breaks for Rainbows, an evolving collection of images and videos featuring rainbows (with ‘Double Rainbow’ tastefully excluded). Read more
The highly polished electronic sound of Minneapolis band UltraChorus falls somewhere between Hot Chip and Phoenix, bringing a cut and paste indie rock aesthetic to late nineties Hip-Hop and R&B. We have their debut single, Words Kept Talking [listen below], available for free download in our Music Download section.
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See Lady Gaga and raise her an iron mask. This fierce metallic face accessory created by AND_I is made of anodized aluminium and trumps any everyday masquerade ball. Perfect for a night out of crusading cocktails.
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Communication prosthesis by Sascha Nordmeyer
This ‘communication prosthesis’ by designer Sascha Nordmeyer is hilarious and awesome. I want to wear one to a job interview.
Here are a couple awesome pieces by Matt Leines that were recently on display in the Doubting Thomases exhibit at Nudashank gallery in Baltimore. Gives me ideas for Halloween. Read more
Matthew Dear’s Black City album totem
Our friends at Ghostly International are releasing Matthew Dear’s Black City album as a limited edition ‘totem’. A what? A totem – a limited edition metal bar used to access a private music chamber. Cool! Read more
Honest Food Preparation Instructions
Yes, we’ve all been there: the chinese food from last week that still looks edible amongst the bare surrounds of an empty fridge. But really, we shouldn’t. Just let it be. Or College Humor will expose you! Read more
Benjamin Edminston’s psychedelic heads seem to have some fearful wisdom behind their blissed-out eyes. Read more
On this Virgin Mary HaloTech watch, the dial is a modern version of the nineteenth century art form of lithophanes, carved porcelain sheets that, when lit, deliver astoundingly detailed images. When the pusher is activated, the dial springs to life in 3D. The watch features a light-up dial, LED light, and afterglo effect. Read more
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