Everyone by now must have seen Muto the epic eight minute stop frame animation from Italian artist Blu. Well, to my delight he’s just completed a new film as part of the Fame festival which kicked off in Grottaglie Italy on the 19th of September this year. It’s called Combo and this time it’s a collaboration with David Ellis who has been making similar animations as part of Barnstormers since 1999.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Tuesday, 29th of September 2009 Permalink
A couple of posts back I blogged about a free trip to Brussels Fibre was invited to go on by Eurostar and We Are Social. Well, courtesy of the same Little Break Big Difference campaign now you have the chance to win a pair of free tickets to the same destination.
All you have to do to be the winner of this generous offer is recreate a Magritte painting of your choice using photography. You may choose any one of his masterpieces and there are plenty to choose from. The best entry will receive the two tickets to Brussels.
Anyone wishing to enter can email their entry plus an image of the original piece you copied to the ‘contact’ link on the left of the page. The competition will only be open until the end of September, so get snapping!
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Tuesday, 15th of September 2009 Permalink
I did enjoy these portraits by Adam Rubin. The subjects all seem to be experiencing both physical exertion and ectasy, but it’s not what you think it is. Link
David Rainbird
Posted on Friday, 11th of September 2009 Permalink
For my 21st birthday, way back in the mid 80s, I asked my parents for a twin-lens meduim-format camera, thinking that at best I would receive a cheap Minolta. To my absolute surprise (and at great expense to both my parents – thank you) I received a second-hand Hasselblad 500C. The 500C was first introduced in 1957 by the Swedish company and the landmark design formed the basis for Hasselblad’s product line for the next forty years. It became the standard image-capture device for NASA, as well as any studio photographer worth their weight. My camera is made up of the following parts: film back – 1966; body – 1968; and a Carl Zeiss 1:2,8 f=80 lens – 1968. It has a very basic design with the lens focus being achieved with the aid of a tiny pop-up magnifying glass and doesn’t even have a built-in light meter. I still have the camera and I’ve used it many many times since, it’s a brilliant object and a brilliant camera.
Wind on (excuse the pun) 23 years, and with the incredible advances in digital capture technology, photographers in their droves are off-loading their Hasselblad collections for very little money indeed. Just check out eBay and you will find cameras that retailed for thousands of pounds selling for a fraction of their retail worth. Your chance to own one of these incredible iconic products. Oh, and if you do make a purchase, remember you’ll need a Weston lightmeter – also available on eBay.
Nathan Usmar Lauder
Posted on Thursday, 10th of September 2009 Permalink
Anyone who is unfamiliar with the work of photographer JR from Paris, France should definitely look him up.
He started off documenting subcultures with a camera he found on a subway and now pastes up his images in large scale on walls and houses all over the world.
JRs Women project was set up to highlight the importance and “Pivotal role” of women in society, traveling to poor areas like the favelas in Rio de Janero, Kenya, and more recently (in March of this year) Delhi, shooting them in their everyday lives and pasting their images in a huge scale on the surrounding buildings, bridges (and interestingly enough an entire train) in their home towns.
His thinking is that by pasting these same images both in their native countries in the streets and in galleries of western countries he can draw attention to and give a voice to those often over looked people, colliding the two worlds in a striking and unmissable way.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Friday, 21st of August 2009 Permalink
In the world of vernacular typography Eric Tabuchi is a big game hunter. Since 2004 he’s been stalking some very big letters – on the backs of trucks. His two volumes boast some fine specimens caught on safari over several thousand miles. His objective eye has also bagged some other more stationary subjects such as French countryside skateparks and concrete shelters. (via the awesome Truck & Type)
David Rainbird
Posted on Wednesday, 12th of August 2009 Permalink
At noon tomorrow Barack Obama places his hand on the bible and takes his oath of office. CNN, with a little help from Microsoft’s Photosynth and a million friends, plan to create the most detailed experience of a single moment ever. They are asking everyone attending the inauguration to take a photo at noon and send it to them. They will then use Photosynth to stitch all the shots together in a 3D space which should be spectacular – let’s hope it’s more successful than John King’s virtual pie chart.
Of course they could crowd-sorce video footage too, as Michel Gondry did for the live video of Daft Punk’s HARDER BETTER FASTER STRONGER. Maybe next time.
Link (Via Digital Urban)
David Rainbird
Posted on Monday, 19th of January 2009 Permalink
Christian Marclay has some new cyanotypes on show at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York until the 11th. Standing in front of these wall-sized blueprints of unspooled cassette tapes is an immersive experience – these tiny images really don’t so them justice. Here both subject and reproduction are legacy, analog formats and the resulting images are stunning and ethereal.
Also on show is “Looking for Love”, a video work in which a close-up camera is trained upon a record-player needle which is forcibly skipped around vintage pop records, trying to find any mention of love. Mesmerising.
David Rainbird
Posted on Saturday, 4th of October 2008 Permalink
The V&A was awash with con’s by the end of this years Village Fete. And what a sorry looking bunch of miscreants you all were – Dance Floor Murderers, Fraudsters, Racketeers, Fashion Criminals and Nuclear Arms Dealers all rubbed shoulders with the other law-abiding visitors.
Criminality saw no boundaries as offenders young and old queued up to have their fictional Civil Liberties stripped. Some followed in the footsteps of other dynamic-duos and chose to be photographed with a partner-in-crime, others took the wrap for themselves and stood in the docks alone. Either way we caught some real hardened crims and did our part at ridding the streets of some of society’s most dangerous transgressors.
Our thanks goes to all those who took part and kept us busy for the entire event. And, if there are any of you felons reading this who received a Fibre Criminal Record, can you send us a scan of the picture side of your cards so that we can add it to our files.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Tuesday, 29th of July 2008 Permalink
It’s that time again folks, the Village Fete at the V&A is back! This year we’re giving punters the chance to show their darker side with a replica vintage Criminal Record:
“Impress your friends with the Fibre Correctional Facility Criminal Record. Walk in the footsteps of your celebrity heroes - Steve McQueen, Bill Gates, Hugh Grant, Bob Fossil - and get your very own bespoke Criminal Record complete with mug-shot, finger-prints and all your personal details, without the need to spend a second at Her Majesty’s pleasure.”
More details here. Hope to see you there!
Nathan Usmar Lauder
Posted on Friday, 25th of July 2008 Permalink